Tag: U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Not thinking clearly
December 17, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
While the rest of the country is buried under snow, I’ve found it unseasonably warm, and I’m hot under the collar this week as I have to deal with security issues of my own.
That’s right readers, due to a comedy of errors for the past two weeks I’ve found myself on the wrong side of OPSEC and as a result subject to the extreme annoyances of extra security measures. But I’m following through with the process until things get resolved because accountability is important.
So,...
SIA announces agenda for 2025 SIA GovSummit
March 20, 2025SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced details for the 2025 SIA GovSummit, SIA’s annual public policy and government security technology conference. SIA GovSummit 2025 will be held May 20-21 in downtown Washington, D.C.
Each year, SIA GovSummit brings together government security leaders with private industry technologists for top-quality information sharing and education on security topics affecting federal, state and local agencies.
The...
Athena addresses unreported attacks with Healthcare Violence Reporting software
March 10, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
AUSTIN, Texas – Athena Security rose to the challenge recently with the release of its latest software targeting unreported attacks in the healthcare industry.
The Healthcare Violence Reporting software provides clients using Athena’s Weapons Detection System with the tools to document and analyze incident data easily to help solve an increasing number of attacks. According to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office violence against healthcare workers is...
SIA: Biometric ID cards 'sound policy' for immigration
June 12, 2013Rich Miller
WASHINGTON—With immigration reform gaining momentum in Congress, the Security Industry Association is calling on lawmakers to approve biometrics on identity cards to ensure the highest level of security at U.S. entry points.
A hearing on S. 744, the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act, was scheduled this week in the Senate. If the bill passes it would then go to the House, where the debate over immigration reform has been more fractious.
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