IPS Open Source Daily Brief
Summary: This Open Soure Daily Brief podcast is brought to you by the Institute for Preventive Strategies at the Center for Rural Development
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Harvard researchers have released a report that describes a unique group of locomotive robots that are composed exclusively of soft materials. The materials are inspired by animals such as squid, star...
Water supplies are vulnerable targets to terrorists. In 2006, the Greater Cincinnati Water Works began a pilot program with the U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to detect terrorist tamperi...
Recently the U.S. Postal Service began to warn residents about liquid explosives being placed in curbside mailboxes. Isolated incidents of vandalism and mail box bombings have been reported to the U....
Flooding can pose significant public health risks. Flood waters often carry bacteria, viruses, and other contaminants. Water and food supplies can become contaminated during flooding. Bottled water ...
Earlier this year, 32,000 businesses were required to complete an online survey for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to determine if their security measures should be regulated. DHS is sched...
Studies completed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) show that attacks, such as school shootings, are planned using the same methods as those used by terrorists. Being able to recognize...
Cyber crimes are a growing challenge for law enforcement, governmental officials, and corporations. Cyber terrorism can be costly and disrupt activities of daily life, such as traffic lights, phone l...
Terrorist organizations have frequently turned to organized crime and gangs for logistical and financial support to achieve their goals. Street gangs often have well established networks for moving d...
Rail shipments of toxic chemicals that move through cities are an ongoing topic of debate on the risk posed to large populations from accidents or intentional threats from terrorism. New anti-terroris...
The House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee this week called for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to develop a plan for tracking the grants it funded for state and local governmen...
Researchers from the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute (VBI) at Virginia Tech's Network Dynamics and Simulation Science Laboratory (NDSSL) recently published findings on the spread of a pandemic influ...
The fifth anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security occurred last week. Leading up to this marker, Secretary Chertoff made several speeches on the departmentâs achievements and its continuing...
The Federal Rail Administration recently released data on national rail safety trends. The overall count of rail-related accidents was 12,622, a decrease of 5.8 percent. More specifically, the overall...
The Army Corps of Engineers hosted a flood preparation workshop in the Quad-Cities (Davenport, Bettendorf, Rock Island, East Moline, Moline) this week with the Red Cross participating. Around 100 pers...
Minor damage resulted from the blast of an improvised explosive device (IED) used in an attack on a U.S. military recruiting center in Times Square early Thursday morning. No reports of injuries occur...
