On the Homefront – the HSDL Blog

For the first time, a federal judge has struck down part of the antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act. In Los Angeles, the judge, Audrey B. Collins of […]

As of January 23rd, the DoD has selected 29 new start projects and 26 previously approved continuing projects to receive fiscal 2004 funding under the Foreign Comparative Testing (FCT) Program.

The General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands (AIVD) published a paper in December of 2003, with the intention of alerting Dutch companies and scientific institutions of the proliferation

A newly released report has found that anti-terrorism exercises at the Y-23 National Security complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee have been compromised allowing security guards to view scenarios prior to

As reported by FCW covering the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Washington, D.C., Jan. 22, “officials fear that installing the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) system at

Contrary to public assumption that nuclear facilities, ports, and other sensitive sites were overseen by the best in the business, Washington is outsourcing these jobs to the best of competitive

A cleverly disguised e-mail scam traced to Pakistan claims that bank deposit insurance is being suspended due to national security concerns. Federal agents warn not to click on any links

The U.S. government has yet to reconcile the balance of national security and civil liberties according to a new report from the Andrus Center for Public Policy. The report highlights

NIST released new Computer Security Incident Handling Guide This publication seeks to help both established and newly formed incident response teams. This document assists organizations in establishing computer security incident

The US Conference of Mayors has released its second report highlighting problems in the dispersement of Homeland Security funds. The report sites that 76 percent of cities still have not