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SIA Names Legislators of the Year

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Sen. Cory Gardner and Reps. Mike Coffman and Peter Welch have fought to prevent restrictions on security product power supplies and to restore school safety grant funding. Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) today announced it would recognize three Members of Congress as SIA Legislators of the Year for their work on…

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Collaborating for the Future of Smart Buildings

Collaborate, so you can innovate More than one hundred years ago, in 1885, Warren Johnson, a university professor in Wisconsin, invented the first electric room thermostat. The building controls industry was born, and our ability to construct and build vertically was born. Our city skylines today—in some respects, our way of life3have grown from this…

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SIA Establishes SecurityPAC to Bolster Advocacy Efforts

New political action committee will support candidates who champion issues important to the security industry. Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) today announced the establishment of a political action committee (PAC) called the SecurityPAC. SecurityPAC was established by the SIA Executive Committee for the purpose of identifying, supporting and contributing campaign donations to…

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SIA Calls for Senate Action on PASS Act

An industry coalition led by the Security Industry Association (SIA) yesterday strongly urged U.S. Senate leaders to ensure swift passage of H.511/S. 190, the Power and Security Systems (PASS) Act, before an important regulatory exemption for external power supplies expires July 1. Click here to read the industry letter. ​Power supplies used in security and…

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SIA to Host Expert Panel on Securing America’s K-12 Schools with Congressional School Safety Caucus

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Rep. Susan Brooks, co-chair of the Congressional School Safety Caucus, to speak on school security initiatives. Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA), in cooperation with the Congressional School Safety Caucus, will host a critically important panel discussion on “Securing America’s K-12 Schools” at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, HVC-201, at 12 p.m.…

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Can’t Go It Alone: How Industry Partnerships Make Impacts Securing the Homeland

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As the research and engineering arm of the 22 organizations making up the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), DHS Science and Technology (S&T) has developed close working relationships with the private sector in order to effectively respond to emerging threats and to keep pace with rapid advances in technology. Our relationships with the SIA community…

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SIA to Honor Teresa Wu of Oberthur Technologies-Morpho, Holly Borgmann of ADT with Statesman Awards at SIA GovSummit

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The 2017 Statesman Awards, presented at SIA GovSummit, represent outstanding contributions to advocating for the security industry before government decision makers. Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) will honor two of its members with the SIA Statesman Award during a dinner event at SIA GovSummit on June 28, 2017, SIA announced today.…

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SIA Establishes Public Safety Working Group

New council to be chaired by Steve Surfaro of Axis Communications Silver Spring, Md. — The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced today its establishment of the SIA Public Safety Working Group, chaired by Steve Surfaro, industry liaison, Axis Communications. SIA stands up the SIA Public Safety Working Group to develop recommendations to improve the safety,…

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