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ABC News
With news of another mass school shooting still fresh, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the suspected Sante Fe High School gunman Dimitrios Pagourtzis had left just one clue to his evil plot: a Facebook post showing a simple black T-shirt bearing the words "born to kill."
Seven months before he shot and killed 17 people at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in February, Nikolas Cruz posted a photo of his arsenal on Instagram, prompting Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel to describe Cruz's social media content as "very, very disturbing."
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NMLEA
As of this writing, port authorities, terminal operators, shipping companies, cruise lines and other stakeholders throughout the maritime domain are now hard at work considering their strategies for taking advantage of the 2018 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) that was just announced this week. And within this program, there is a unique opportunity for ports to reconsider their approach to one of the top threats to our country, to our economy, and to our maritime lifeline; cyber-attacks. On page 47 of the 2018 PSGP Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO,) "Improving Cybersecurity Capabilities" is highlighted, and in particular, the focus is put on management of cyber risks. But as our community considers their grant applications, similar questions arise across the entire domain when it comes to cybersecurity.
Read the full story here, or listen to "Podcast 5-18: Cybersecurity, RiskSense, and the 2018 Port Security Grant Program" by clicking here.
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The Department of Homeland Security released its Port Security Grant Funding Notice of Funding Opportunity on Grants.gov on May 21, 2018, with an application submission deadline of June 20, 2018 at 5 p.m. EDT. So not a lot of time to get everything put together to compete for the $100 million in funding available.
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In case you missed it, you can view a recording of the webinar that we conducted with stakeholders from around the country. You can go to our Webinars and Podcast page at www.nmlea.org/webinars-and-podcasts.
Topics discussed in the webinar include:
What we know about the current environment
What could happen, that no one is telling you
What the federal government will want us to focus on
What factors contribute to successful applications
What makes good grant applications - and what makes bad ones
Why some applications continue to fail
Why you need to get that quote today
What's so important about the Post Award process
How do you manage the award, after the fact
Other Webinars and Podcasts available online at www.nmlea.org/webinars-and-podcasts:
No Safe Harbors: Charting a Smarter Course of Maritime Stakeholders through Cyber Risk Management
How Changes in Procurement and Products are Affecting Maritime Public Safety Agencies
Podcast 4/18: Innovation in Healthcare for Academy Members — and Every American
Podcast 3/18: Maritime Advanced Firearms Training — What Makes It Different?
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WTOP-TV
The survival of a kayaker stranded in deadly cold water on the Chesapeake Bay in April is being touted as an example of how following water safety advice can save lives. Sean Danielson's kayak overturned during a fishing trip on the bay April 18. For more than two hours in 47-degree water, he clung to the side of the kayak at the mouth of the West River. As darkness fell, the belly of his bright-green watercraft was noticed by Lana and Robert Lohe, who were nearing the end of a trip home from the Bahamas.
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The Maritime Executive
National Security Advisor Ambassador John Bolton announced Rear Admiral Douglas Fears as a deputy assistant to the president and homeland security and counterterrorism advisor on the National Security Council staff. Prior to his appointment, Fears served as the special assistant to the president and senior director for resilience policy at the National Security Council.
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Department of Defense via U.S. Army
Standing shoulder-to-shoulder with U.S. treaty allies and other partners, America seeks to build an Indo-Pacific region where sovereignty and territorial integrity are safeguarded and the promise of freedom is fulfilled and prosperity prevails for all, Defense Secretary James N. Mattis said recently in Singapore. Addressing the 2018 International Institute for Strategic Studies Shangri-La Dialogue, the secretary said the Indo-Pacific strategy stands in firm support of America's recently released National Defense strategy.
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Bradenton Herald
There are 9 1/2 miles of waterfront, mainly along Florida's Manatee River, that the Palmetto Police Department is responsible for. There's only one problem: they don't have a boat of their own. But Palmetto Chief of Police Scott Tyler is determined to change that.
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WXYZ-TV
A mother is sending out a powerful message, warning boaters about the very real dangers of drinking boating after losing a son and nearly another to drinking and boating. Rene LaFave says she will never forget the day she lost a son in a boating accident. It was a day that haunts her every day. Now she has a very real and very heartfelt message to everyone who's planning on hitting the water this long weekend.
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