Industry events.(Industry News)(Calendar)
DECEMBER
5-6 IDTechEx's Active RFID & RTLS Summit, Dallas, TX: Web:
www.IDTechEx.com
MARCH
3-4 Explosion Effects and Structural Design for Blast, St. Louis,
MO; Web: . . .
Business news.(Industry News)
Information sharing is addressed on the world stage by the
Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP), a government industry
partnership chartered with defining the specifications for . . .
ASIS events.(Industry News)(Conference news)(Calendar)
DECEMBER
3-5 Transportation Security, New Orleans, LA
10-11 Executive Protection, Providence, RI
12-14 Security Force Management, Providence, RI
FEBRUARY
4-8 Physical Security, Orlando, . . .
Critical Infrastructure: Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness.
****# Critical Infrastructure: Homeland Security and Emergency
Preparedness. By Robert Radvanovsky; published by CRC Press,
www.crcpress.com (Web); 336 pages; $89.95.
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. . .
Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity, and
the Rise and Fall of the A. Q. Kahn Network.
***** Shopping for Bombs: Nuclear Proliferation, Global Insecurity,
and the Rise and Fall of the A. Q. Kahn Network. By Gordon Corera;
published by Oxford University Press, USA www.oup.com/us . . .
Fraud and Corruption Prevention and Identification.
****# Fraud and Corruption Prevention and Identification. By Nigel
Iyer and Martin Samociuk; published by Gower Publishing Co.,
www.gowerpub.com (Web); 220 pages; $114.95.
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. . .
Electronic Security Systems: A Manager's Guide to Evaluating
and Selecting System Solutions.
****# Electronic Security Systems: A Manager's Guide to
Evaluating and Selecting System Solutions. By Robert Pearson; Published
by Butterworth-Heinemann available from ASIS, item # 1726, . . .
Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering,
Analysis and Investigations, Second Edition.
***** Terrorism and Organized Hate Crime: Intelligence Gathering,
Analysis and Investigations, Second Edition. By Michael R. Ronczkowski;
published by CRC Press, www.crcpress.com (Web); 392 pages; . . .
Integrated Security Systems Design.
***** Integrated Security Systems Design. By Thomas Norman, CPP,
PSP, CSC; published by Butterworth-Heinemann, www.elsevier.com (Web);
472 pages; $49.95.
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In recent months . . .
Background screening.(STATE LEGISLATION: Arkansas)
A bill (H.B. 1012) that would have allowed certain employers access
to expunged criminal records has been defeated in the Arkansas General
Assembly. The bill would have allowed companies to access . . .
Port security.(STATE LEGISLATION: Massachusetts)
A bill (S.B. 1349) has been introduced that would require the state
government to devise regulations for the safe transport of hazardous
materials in the state's ports. The state would also be . . .
Screening.(Elsewhere in the Courts ...)
A federal appeals court has ruled that a construction company does
not need to compensate workers for the time they spend traveling to a
secure site and going through security screening at the site . . .
Vicarious liability.(Elsewhere in the Courts ...)
A landlord is responsible for injuries incurred by a third party
doing work on his property. In this case, a landlord authorized the
tenant to prune the branches on a tree in his yard. A limb fell . . .
Trade secrets.(Elsewhere in the Courts ...)
A state supreme court has ruled that a real estate worker who took
a list of renters with her when she left her company did not violate
trade secret law. The court ruled that the list was not a . . .
U.S. federal legislation.(Legal Report)
FIRE SAFETY. Two bills (S. 1615 and H.R. 2882) introduced by Sen.
Christopher Dodd (D-CT) and Rep. Michael Arcuri (D-NY), respectively,
currently pending in Congress would require that all nursing . . .
Current legal highlights.(Legal Report)
Current Legal Highlights
SOURCE OF LAW BILL/CASE VENUE STATUS
Federal Legislation
Guards * H.R. 3068 House of Approved
. . .
U.S. judicial decisions.(Legal Report)
DATA SECURITY. A federal appeals court has ruled that customers
cannot sue a bank for future damages that might occur due to lax data
security. The court determined that the customers had no . . .
Door controller.(ASIS Seminar & Exhibits Product
Showcase)
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The DirecDoor controller from GE Security of Bradenton, Florida, is
a two-reader and two-door access controller. It integrates with
GE's Facility Commander Wnx, Secure . . .
Digital recorders.(ASIS Seminar & Exhibits Product
Showcase)
ELMO USA Corporation of Plainview, New York, has expanded its line
of embedded digital video recorders with the introduction of the new
ProVidient Series. Each model employs secure, intelligent, . . .
Video switch.(ASIS Seminar & Exhibits Product
Showcase)
The NetSwitcher virtual video matrix switch from On-Net
Surveillance Systems of Suffern, New York, enables the display of an
unlimited number of cameras tram multiple networked video . . .
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