It looks like we’ll have a new system of alerting us in case of disasters or terrorist attacks: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said Monday that the Commercial Mobile Alert System will direct emergency messages to cell phones in case of a terrorist attack, natural disaster or other serious emergencies. The alert plan was […]
Our new governor here in Ohio has a police problem: Looking for ammunition against a bill to strip collective bargaining rights, public unions have seized on a verbal insult the Ohio governor used repeatedly last month to describe a police officer who pulled him over in a traffic stop three years ago. Critics are distributing […]
The most struggling economy in the country is ready to try anything: As electronic highway billboards flashing neon advertisements become more prevalent, the next frontier in distracted driving is already approaching—ad-blaring license plates. The California Legislature is considering a bill that would allow the state to begin researching the use of electronic license plates for […]
Just received a breaking news alert from the Washington Post regarding this: The FBI illegally collected more than 2,000 U.S. telephone call records between 2002 and 2006 by invoking terrorism emergencies that did not exist or simply persuading phone companies to provide records, according to internal bureau memos and interviews. FBI officials issued approvals after […]
After Bush won the 2004 election he vowed to unite our divided country. Well in a way he has: Governors of both parties said Sunday that Bush administration policies were stripping the National Guard of equipment and personnel needed to respond to hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, forest fires and other emergencies. Tens of thousands of National […]
Further reading into the 426 pages that make up the National Response Plan (NRP) put out by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), I uncovered a few more interesting facts. First it mandates that the DHS The Homeland Security Act of 2002 established DHS to prevent terrorist attacks within the United States; reduce the vulnerability […]