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Friday, March 29th, 2024

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GAO recommends how CBP can help better retain employees

While U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has tripled the number of applications it has received for law enforcement positions in recent years, it has had problems retaining employees. To address this issue, CBP asked the U.S. Government Accountability Office to examine CBP’s efforts to... Read More »

Measures seek to bolster border security efforts

A pair of bills introduced by Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) designed to enhance Department of Homeland Security (DHS) border security efforts garnered House approval Monday. The Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) Authorization Act seeks to establish the OBIM as the primary biometric... Read More »

Lockheed Martin secures $364 million missile contract

Global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin has been awarded a 364 million contract to produce Army missiles, the company announced Monday. The production agreement for Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles also applies to a Foreign Military Sales customer. The service... Read More »

New cholera tracking approach may aid control strategies

Researchers recently found that preventing the chain of cholera transmission within households in high-burden areas may significantly impact efforts to reduce the number of cases worldwide. Work by Wellcome Sanger Institute and their collaborators published in Nature Genetics outlined nearly 80... Read More »

Funding boost aids lab security effort

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) recently supported an effort to steer federal funding toward enhanced security at a pivotal intelligence research laboratory. Schumer and Gillibrand said the Senate version of the FY 2019 National Defense... Read More »

New tool aids emergency preparedness efforts

University of Kansas students recently created a tool designed to enhance emergency preparedness efforts. Officials said military, veteran, and civilian students in the university’s new homeland security master's program developed and implemented an emergency plan for a long-term blackout... Read More »

DARPA program drives automated molecule production

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Make-It Program is making progress toward fully automated rapid molecule production. The Make-It research teams are developing automated devices that create the desired chemical based on the software-generated recipe. These software tools... Read More »

Malaria vaccine combo may reduce number of cases

Imperial College London researchers have determined that the use of a pair of experimental anti-malarial vaccines may reduce the number of malaria infections. Details of the probe in eLife outlined the testing of two types of vaccines in mice: those preventing mosquitoes from transferring the... Read More »

Raytheon receives milestone patent

Raytheon is the recipient of the nation’s 10 millionth patent, which covers a system for obtaining real-time readings on speed and distance from the data stream created by laser radars. The company currently holds 13,000 active patents, which includes nearly 4,500 based in the United States,... Read More »

New study addresses mosquito populations, West Nile

Researchers from the University of Waterloo recently touted the benefits of a pesticide-free approach to limiting mosquito populations that also addresses the spread of West Nile virus. The work, published in Plos One, outlined the process of introducing hungry minnows into bodies of water where... Read More »