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  • They did the best they could

    These alerts are by far the fastest, best-written information ever delivered in an emergency shooting situation in the United States. NIU – Northern Illinois University

  • Muslim MySpaces?

    Government funding for ‘Muslim MySpaces’ « I’m Simon Dickson. Quoting from here: The funding will facilitate an expansion of Internet based projects, radio stations and web-casts which are locally run and managed to give young people spaces and forums to share their views and discuss issues such as democracy and shared values. By encouraging young…

  • Does local government partner with Captivate Network?

    We’ve all seen the Captivate Network in high-rise office buildings all over the country. This post over on ScreenWerk got me thinking about the possibilities for emergency broadcasting to those screens in municipalities. In situations where people are still encouraged to use the elevator (i.e. the danger is nearby but not in the building) it…

  • Rethinking "coordination" in terms of Massachusetts homeland security report

    Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick released a pretty extensive homeland security strategy for the state. Ill be vetting it over the next few days, The thing that caught my eye in a preliminary story was the idea below about the centrality of the state as the coordinating body (rather than Federal or local) in the event…

  • More sharing of DHS satellite info is nothing but good

    Included in a recent story on DHS-sponsored gadgets is something about the National Applications Office, “a clearinghouse for expanded output of imagery to police, border security and other law enforcement outfits”. Despite the reservations of the House of Representatives, this could have a huge trickle-down affect on sparking innovation in private industry (i.e. the non-defense…