House passes Secure Border Act
Bill goes to Senate with provisions important to security industry07/16/2012Martha EntwistleWASHINGTON—The Security Industry Association announced some good news for the industry in June: The House has...
View ArticleLegislative Roundup: Congress keeps industry busy
07/31/2012SSN StaffYARMOUTH, Maine—This month we’re launching a monthly roundup of legislative news, both state and federal, of interest to security and fire integrators, installers and monitoring...
View ArticleIndustry looks to conventions for clues about security funding
08/27/2012Rich MillerYARMOUTH, Maine—With Congress in recess in mid-August, security industry watchdogs geared up for two big events outside the Beltway: the Republican National Convention in Tampa,...
View ArticleSIA urges industry to tell candidates that security matters
09/19/2012Rich MillerYARMOUTH, Maine—Summer is over, the political conventions are a memory and Congress is back in session. Pressure is building on Capitol Hill about how to fund the federal...
View ArticleLame ducks and partisan muck: Security bills await action in D.C.
10/22/2012Rich MillerYARMOUTH, Maine—Can the upcoming lame-duck session of Congress get off the ground, or will the nation’s business—and legislation of interest to the security industry—continue to...
View ArticleSIA pursues waiver to increase flow of port funding from DHS
12/04/2012Rich MillerWASHINGTON—The election is a memory, the robocalls have ceased and Congress is locked in a lame-duck session. While the so-called “fiscal cliff” is generating the lion’s share of...
View ArticleFiscal cliff keeps security industry guessing about funding for 2013
12/19/2012Rich MillerWASHINGTON—As 2012 draws to a close, security industry interests on Capitol Hill are focused squarely on a source of increasing financial anxiety: the fiscal cliff, and what a...
View ArticleNewtown shootings raise profile of debate on school security
Update on SIA’s efforts to get port funds released01/16/2013Rich MillerWASHINGTON—The fiscal cliff has been averted. But the vertigo it induced is still being felt on Capitol Hill, with school security...
View ArticleSIA tells Obama safer schools possible without policy shift
02/25/2013Rich MillerWASHINGTON—With the debate raging on in Congress about school security after the shootings in Newtown, Conn., the Security Industry Association recently sent a letter to President...
View ArticleMore states looking at requiring CO detectors in schools
SIA says recent incident at an Atlanta school highlights need03/20/2013Tess NacelewiczSILVER SPRING, Md.—A carbon monoxide leak at a school in Georgia in December sent more than 50 students and staff...
View Article'Doomsday' averted, but security industry still wary of sequestration
03/20/2013Rich MillerWASHINGTON—Sequestration hit on March 1 with more of a whimper than a bang, but the uncertainty it has caused continues to affect security companies that count on federal funding...
View ArticleVideo surveillance holds the key in Boston bomb probe
Monitor This!Rich Miller04/17/2013Marcus Dunn was late for the phone call Tuesday morning, but there was no need to apologize (although he did so anyway). As director of government relations for the...
View ArticleSchool security funding dealt setback as part of gun-control bill
04/17/2013Rich MillerWASHINGTON—Legislation to provide $40 million a year to improve security in the nation’s schools has bipartisan support, but it was dealt a blow after the Senate rejected an...
View ArticleSIA steps up fight for school security funding
Industry faces new hurdle on TWIC as report faults pilot program05/24/2013Rich MillerWASHINGTON—The Security Industry Association has expanded its fight for school security funding, taking the issue to...
View ArticleSenate immigration bill includes major security measures
The bill, which passed the Senate 68-32, would devote more than $40 billion over the next decade to security enforcement measures07/10/2013Leif KotheWASHINGTON—A major security-focused amendment to the...
View ArticleBorder security looms large for SIA
Whether the House warms to the Senate immigration bill or quashes it, border security stands to be part of any reform package08/14/2013Leif KotheWASHINGTON—Weeks into the legislative lull of August,...
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