DHS, established in 2003 in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, has some protections that generally ban the misuse or exploitation of its symbol, but the seal does not have ...

By the 90-day mark, DHS should identify new BioWatch technology and pinpoint where in the nation it should be placed. By the 180-day mark, the report continues, DHS should have acquired at least three ...

National Research Council, BioWatch and Public Health Surveillance: Evaluating Systems for the Early Detection of Biological Threats: Abbreviated Version (Washington, DC: National Academies Press ...

The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office is the latest blow to DHS’s BioWatch system, the agency’s marquee post-Sept. 11, 2001, effort to detect pathogens that could signal a ...

The overall BioWatch program, which has cost more than $1 ... the Department of Homeland Security has canceled plans to install an automated technology that was meant to speed the 24-hour ...

“The BioWatch program plays an important role in the department’s layered approach to mitigate new and evolving threats by providing nationwide biosurveillance capability,” Chris Cummiskey, DHS’s ...

A Homeland Security spokesman said the cancellation reflected a commitment to “cost-effective acquisition without compromising our security.” DHS Cancels Plans for New BioWatch Technology ...

It isn't illegal to print the NSA's seal above the words “Spying On You Since 1952” on a mug.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has rushed to acquire a new, multibillion-dollar version of the BioWatch system for detecting biological attacks without establishing ...

In February 2007, Jay M. Cohen, a Homeland Security undersecretary, told a House committee that Generation 3 would be “four times cheaper to operate” than the existing BioWatch system, which ...