David Fletcher: Homeland SecurityNews, information, and reports related to homeland security at state, local and national levelsRTLS and RFIDs for Homeland Security- May 26, 2004 Just returned from Washington, DC, where we met with Dr. David Boyd, program director for Project Safecom. We discussed finding funding opportunities for using RTLS and RFIDs as a UWIN-supported project. Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS) are fully automated systems that continuously monitor and track the locations of assets and personnel. In the homeland security context, we would have vehicle-mounted RTLS systems that could form a grid in responding to a given homeland...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/homelandSecurity/2004/05/26.html#a1335 Statewide Wireless Networks- May 7, 2004 Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge meets with Utah emergency responders. He was very complimentary of the UWIN project and stressed the importance of integrated communications systems.John Kavanaugh was just promoted to vice president of Northrop Grumman, state and local public safety solutions, Commercial, State and Local Solutions business unit responsible for public safety command and control centers, highway transportation management centers, statewide wireless communications...http://radio.weblogs.com/0110120/categories/homelandSecurity/2004/05/07.html#a1314 |