ON JUNE 1, 2009, emails with the heading ”China and Climate Change” dropped into the inboxes of five US State Department officers. The five officers, working in the Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change, were involved in preparing for delicate bilateral climate change talks in B...
via Northeastern.edu Today, Northeastern will open the George J. Kostas Institute for Homeland Security, a secure, state-of-the-art research facility located at the University’s Burlington, Mass., campus and funded by a $12 million investment from alumnus George J. Kostas, E’43, H’07. ...
via InformationWeek Government While the federal government increasingly is using social media in its efforts to improve disaster-preparedness and relief efforts, a new report warns of possible hindrances. For example, people may use social sites it to spread inaccurate information or may find that ...
via green tech grid Aneesh Chopra is this nation’s first Chief Technology Officer and the Associate Director for Technology in the White House Office of Science and Technology. He’s smart-grid-aware and has spoken in the past about seeking to accelerate the smart grid through innovation ...
via Insurance News Net The U.S. Department of Energy has released the 2011 Roadmap to Achieve Energy Delivery Systems Cybersecurity. Developed as an update to the 2006 Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the Energy Sector, this report outlines a strategic framework over the next decade among indust...
via Global Research A recent cable released by WikiLeaks reveals that the managing director of the al-Jazeera network has had relations with the US government officials. According to the cable released on August 30, the US government has previously had a say in what content to appear on the al-Jazee...
via Ottawa Citizen PEARL HARBOR — Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific awarded a $500 million maximum, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) multiple award contract (MAC) to Island Pacific Energy LLC, Pacific Energy Solutions LLC, and Photon Finance LLC, Aug. 19. The MAC...
via energybiz AN APRIL 2009 Wall Street Journal story said Chinese and Russian cyberspies penetrated the U.S. electric grid and left behind software programs that could disrupt its operations. As reported in the Journal of Energy Security two months later, security firm IOActive told the Department...