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• Garda Security has won a Cdn$220 million extension of its screening operations contract for 28 Canadian airports • The Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) has demonstrated a new surveillance system that integrates cameras and software to provide 24/7 coverage • Ryder System Inc. has been recognized by Security Magazine in the first-ever ranking of top security operations at business, government, transportation, healthcare and educational enterprises • Samsung Corp. has announced plans to invest US$15 million in CommerceGuard AB, a global cargo security provider • Satellite Security Systems and Blue Bird Corp. have demonstrated a sensor-enabled GPS bus security system for the school bus market • David Monroe of e-Watch Corp. has developed a surveillance and security data collection system for monitoring, managing and analyzing critical and catastrophic events on aircraft • BMT, a UK risk management and engineering consultancy, has launched a specialist Centre for Homeland Security to advise private-sector and government clients • The U.S. General Services Administration and 38 other federal government agencies will not renew a biometric ID card contract with BearingPoint Inc., after competing firms protested that it had been awarded as the result of a flawed bidding process |
