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ASIS 2012: Jason Kyte, Director of Software Engineering, 3M Cogent Systems
access_control_identification 3M Cogent is a global identification solutions provider to governments, law enforcement agencies and commercial enterprises. Jason Kyte points out that the company’s biometric technologies are used in PIV, CAC and TWIC cards, with fingerprint authentication, in federal agencies, airports and seaports and by private companies that want to…
Peter Highnam named IARPA director
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Dr. Peter Highnam was tapped on Aug. 30 as the second director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Project Agency (IARPA) by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. Highnam, IAPRA’s second director, had been serving as the acting director of the agency since the departure…
Highnam named IARPA director
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Dr. Peter Highnam was tapped as the second director of the Intelligence Advanced Research Project Agency (IARPA) by Director of National Intelligence James Clapper on Aug. 30. Highnam IAPRA’s second director and had been serving as the acting director of agency since the departure…
Pender named executive assistant director of FBI information and technology branch
Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Jerome Pender was named executive assistant director of the FBI’s Information and Technology Branch by FBI director Robert Mueller on Aug. 22. Pender most recently served as deputy assistant director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division. “Under Jerry’s leadership and expertise, the Information and Technology…
CEIA USA names Luca Cacioli its new director of operations
Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Luca Cacioli CEIA USA, Ltd., a provider of security screening equipment, has announced that it has named Luca Cacioli to the newly-created position of director of operations. Cacioli will oversee all functions of CEIA USA and will be responsible for leading strategic initiatives to…
New DIA director says domestic and private sector partners important
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Image Caption: Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn The newly-appointed director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) told employees to be responsive, timely and relevant not only to its military services customers, but also to the domestic and private-sector. In an open letter to the men…
TSA awards explosives contract to small biz led by a former TSA assistant federal security director
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection TSA has awarded a contract for nearly $57,000 to American Homeland Security Consulting Group, LLC, of Washington, DC, to supply about 1,400 pounds of RDX and ammonium nitrate explosives to be used in training programs for TSA’s explosive-sniffing dogs. Homepage position: 10 read more…
FBI counter intelligence division gets new assistant director
Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Robert Anderson, Jr. An agent who helped coordinate federal investigations into foreign spying on U.S. nuclear technology and capabilities has been has been named assistant director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division at the agency’s Washington headquarters. Robert Anderson, Jr., who was named to the…
CBP sets new director for seaport operations for busy Texas ports
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: maritime_port_security Image Caption: Dave Fluty The director of Customs and Border Protection’s office of training and development has been tapped to head up the agency’s operation that oversees the largest container port on the Gulf Coast. CBP named Dave Fluty as area port director for…