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NMLEA
The Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) will be quickly upon us, and if history gives us any indication, we need to be ready for a short window of opportunity. The 2017 program allowed just 20 days for applicants to have their packages in... and that's not a lot of time.
How can you get ready and begin the process today? By participating in this very important webinar on Wednesday, April 25, at 2 p.m. EDT/1 p.m. Central/11 a.m. PDT.
Have you had trouble securing Port Security Grants? Maybe you've had limited resources or expertise necessary to help navigate through the constantly changing federal grant obstacle course. Could you use a little coaching? Tune in this very informative session, where key leaders who have helped guide numerous agencies, departments and maritime stakeholders from all around the country through the process for over a decade, will share their knowledge, experience and guidance as you look at the possibilities for your agency or organization.
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NMLEA
The National Maritime Law Enforcement Academy announced an innovative way to provide its members and associates with an advanced solution that makes healthcare faster, easier, convenient and less expensive. Through a partnership with Capstone Health Network, the Academy joins 3,000,000 people who benefit from elements of this program which is reshaping healthcare for as little as $12.95 per month.
Capstone Health Network is a social good company with a big mission ... improve healthcare accessibility and bring down the high cost of healthcare for individuals, families, and businesses.
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Homeland Security Today
There has been much speculation about the power and dangers of artificial intelligence, but it's been primarily focused on what AI will do to our jobs in the very near future. Now, there's discussion among tech leaders, governments and journalists about how artificial intelligence is making lethal autonomous weapons systems possible and what could transpire if this technology falls into the hands of a rogue state or terrorist organization.
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Fox Business
Most mobile app users blindly trust that the apps they download from app stores are safe and secure. But that isn't the case.
Douglas Maughan, who heads up the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology division, said that most mobile apps aren't vetted. Maughan says users are playing an increasingly important role in the country’s cybersecurity defense, but the more smart devices that proliferate the market, the bigger the target.
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By Bambi Majumdar
 Limited budgets and red tape have made the job of fighting crime more difficult. But in the face of more sophisticated criminal attacks, we need more sophisticated forensic tools. There is a need to make industries immune from cyberattacks. It is especially tough since criminal enterprises have adopted new and emerging technologies faster than law enforcement. As a result, forensic technologies are rapidly evolving.
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Quartz
A London-based cyber-security firm with just 20 employees became the first overseas company to win a contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to help tackle border security. iProov will roll out its biometric facial verification technology to help U.S. Customs and Border Protection and improve the passenger-entry operation process under the DHS' Security Science & Technology Directorate's Silicon Valley Innovation Program.
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In Homeland Security
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, said the investigation into the Austin bombings last month that combined the forces of local, state and federal law enforcement agencies might become a model for how major attacks on civilians should be handled in the future. Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley recently testified before the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee, which McCaul chairs, about his experience working with federal authorities during the rash of deadly bombings.
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WHAM-TV
It's technology that has changed the way law enforcement conduct rescue and recovery operations underwater.
Since 2009, the Monroe County Sheriff's Office dive unit has used a side scan sonar device. The technology gives them a view underwater a diver alone could never imagine. The sonar is towed behind a boat, piecing together digital images of the floor beneath.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
An Erie County, Pennsylvania boater who claims that an illegal stop by state Fish and Boat Commission authorities violated his Constitutional rights will face a panel of Pennsylvania Superior Court justices in Pittsburgh. Fred Karash of Erie claims he was boating on Lake Erie in May, 2017, when Fish and Boat Conservation officers stopped his vessel, boarded and inspected it.
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Wisconsin State Journal
Years after their last dives, members of the Madison Diving Club were guided into a flashy boat to check out equipment far more advanced than the apparatus they used when exploring Madison, Wisconsin's lakes decades ago. After a lunch reunion recently on the North Side, about 25 club members and their spouses marveled at the Madison Fire Department Lake Rescue Team's tools — equipment they wished they'd had during recovery missions in many of Madison's deaths involving its lakes.
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