Shoe Print Evidence: Watch Where You Walk / officer.com, 25 August 2008
http://www.officer.com/web/online/Investigation/Shoe-Print-Evidence/18$42869
"... today there are over one hundred manufacturers of athletic shoes for both men and women. Each shoe with a distinctive pattern to their sole and the name of the brand in most cases stamped into the bottom of the shoe. Thus, a shoe print has become a much more vital piece of circumstantial evidence that can help place a perpetrator at the scene of the crime and possibly eliminate other persons of interest from consideration."

[USA] Transportation Security: TSA Has Developed a Risk-Based Covert Testing Program, but Could Better Mitigate Aviation Security Vulnerabilities Identified Through Covert Tests / Government Accountability Office, 8 August 2008
PDF - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08958.pdf

[USA] Drug Control: Cooperation with Many Major Drug Transit Countries Has Improved, but Better Performance Reporting and Sustainability Plans Are Needed / Government Accountability Office, 15 August 2008
PDF - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08784.pdf

[USA] The U.S. Secret Service: An Examination and Analysis of Its Evolving Missions / Congressional Research Service, 31 July 2008
PDF - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/RL34603.pdf

[USA] National Security Intelligence Organizations Should Monitor Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience Research / National Research Council/National Academies Press, 13 August 2008
http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=12177

[USA] Supply Chain Security: CBP Works with International Entities to Promote Global Customs Security Standards and Initiatives, but Challenges Remain / Government Accountability Office, 18 August 2008
PDF - http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08538.pdf
“Oceangoing cargo containers play a vital role in global trade but can also pose a risk of terrorist exploitation. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), oversees security of the supply chain—the flow of goods from manufacturer to retailer. CBP anticipates that adoption of uniform, international customs security standards could eventually lead to a system of mutual recognition whereby the customs security-related practices and programs taken by one customs administration are recognized and accepted by another administration.”

[USA] Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector / Congressional Research Service, 28 July 2008
PDF - http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/terror/RL32189.pdf

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Visa Security Program / U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, July 2008
PDF - http://www.dhs.gov/xoig/assets/mgmtrpts/OIG_08-79_Jul08.pdf
"This report addresses the management, value added, and expansion of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Visa Security Program. It is based on interviews with employees and officials of relevant agencies, direct observations, and a review of applicable documents."

Developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security: Report of the Secretary-General / United Nations General Assembly, 18 July 2008
PDF - http://www.un.org/ga/search/view_doc.asp?symbol=A/63/139

A New reality: government and the IPOD generation /Reform and Ipsos MORI, 15 July 2008
PDF - http://digbig.com/4xkdr
"On 15 July 2008, Reform and Ipsos MORI published a report (A new reality: government and the IPOD generation) which suggests that government can be transformed for the better if it adopts some of the values of the IPOD generation – characterised by Reform as Insecure, Pressurised, Over-taxed and Debt-ridden – developing a more open approach to government, providing principled leadership and professionalism as well as communicating in exciting and imaginative ways."

[USA] The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC): An Overview / Congressional Research Service, 21 July 2008
PDF - http://assets.opencrs.com/rpts/RL34585_20080721.pdf
"The Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) is an agreement among member states to provide assistance after disasters overwhelm a state’s capacity to manage consequences..."

[USA] Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 / National Institute of Standards and Technology, August 2008
PDF - http://wtc.nist.gov/media/NIST_NCSTAR_1A_for_public_comment.pdf

[Canada] How satisfied are immigrants with their personal safety? / Statistics Canada, 14 August 2008
http://www.statcan.ca/english/freepub/89-630-XIE/2008001/article/10672-en.htm
"Although overall, the majority of Canadians indicate they are satisfied with their level of personal safety, there may be groups in the population who feel less safe for reasons such as where they live, fear of discrimination or other factors."

Fact Sheet: Homeland Security Agencies Protect Political Conventions / U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 2 August 2008
http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1219416095765.shtm

Statistics on Drug Misuse: England, 2008 / NHS, 14 August 2008
http://digbig.com/4xkdf
"This annual statistical report presents information on drug misuse among both adults and children. It includes a focus on young adults. The topics covered include:
- prevalence of drug misuse, including the types of drugs used
- trends in drug misuse over recent years
- patterns of drug misuse among different groups of the population
- health outcomes related to drug misuse including hospital admissions, drug treatment and deaths related to drug misuse."

Organisational Performance Management in a Government Context: A Literature Review / Scottish Government, 29 August 2008
PDF - http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/236340/0064768.pdf
"A summary of international organisational performance management literature, highlighting best practice in organisational performance management and its applicability in a central government context."

Hot bullet casings can still finger the criminal
New Scientist, 29 August 2008
http://digbig.com/4xkde
"Forensic scientists could soon be pulling fingerprints from fired bullet casings, a technique not unlike one used by Batman to track down the Joker in this year's summer blockbuster"

Cocaine 'flush' could be first anti-overdose drug
New Scientist, 31 August 2008
http://digbig.com/4xkdd
"By tweaking a naturally occurring enzyme, chemists have created a molecule that could flush a cocaine overdose out of the body before it can cause irreparable damage to the central nervous system. If the enzyme works in humans, it would be the first therapy to remove the drug from a user's body. Currently, doctors can only relieve the symptoms of a cocaine overdose, by lowering the patient's temperature and reducing their heart rate. "
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Police guide sets dress standards / BBC, 31 August 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/7590516.stm
"A police force has banned officers from having designer stubble and using mobile phones in public. Norfolk Constabulary has given all officers a "modern" behaviour guide and appearance code."

Dogs 'bred to fund drugs trade' / BBC, 27 August 2008
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7584453.stm
"Rescue centres across the country are being swamped with Staffordshire Bull Terriers that have been sold to or bred by irresponsible owners. "