Amazon Accepting Apps thru Oct. 28 for $2.5M Socialbot Competition

Introducing the Alexa Prize The way humans interact with machines is at an inflection point and conversational artificial intelligence (AI) is at the center of the transformation. Alexa, the voice service that powers...

Navy Commissions Amphibious Transport Dock John P. Murtha

The Navy commissioned the amphibious transport dock ship John P. Murtha (LPD 26), on Saturday, Oct. 8, in a ceremony at Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia. The ship is named in honor of John...

USMMA Alumni Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Misconduct

The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association and Foundation (AAF) has announced the creation of a Task Force on the Prevention of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment to address sexual misconduct at...

Woman on FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive Extradited (Video)

Thomas M. Class, Sr., special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas Field Office, announced that Brenda Delgado, the 506th person to be placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Fugitives...

Man who Killed Palm Springs PO’s had Body Armor/Gun Magazines

By Fred Barbash and Amy B Wang, The Washington Post A man who opened fire on police officers Saturday in Palm Springs, Calif. — killing two officers and injuring a third —...

AtHoc Competes in AST Homeland Security Awards Program (Video)

AtHoc, the market-leading crisis communications platform, provides customers pre-planning resources and automated processing of crisis communication activities, to help resolve critical incidents with less manual intervention and fewer improvised, on-the-spot decisions. AtHoc is...

Haystax Cal COP a Hit at 2016 CESA (Learn More)

Haystax Technology, a leading provider of advanced security analytics and risk management solutions, received a great deal of attention at the 2016 California Emergency Services Association (CESA) Annual Training & Conference in...

DOJ Awards $6.3M to Support Law Enforce & Communities (Video)

The Justice Department's National Institute of Justice (NIJ) has dedicated nine awards to eight institutions and organizations for research and evaluation projects to identify meaningful solutions to support law enforcement investigations and...

Close Cases Faster with Genetec Clearance Case Mgmt

Genetec, a leading provider of open-architecture, IP security solutions has announced Genetec Clearance™, a case management system designed to speed up investigations by allowing different organizations to collect, manage and share video...

New Grants Fund Critical Transit Safety Research

By Acting Federal Transit Administrator Carolyn Flowers At the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), the safety of those who ride and work on our nation’s transit systems is our highest priority. That’s why we...