Products Seek Antiterrorism Certification

Makarand writes "According to ABCNews/Forbes, businesses with antiterrorism products for which they are unable to find insurers to provide liability coverage are lining up to seek the Homeland Security Department's seal of approval. Products certified as antiterrorism products enjoy some protection from liability suits and an official 'seal of approval', making them easier to sell. The Department has started accepting applications for certification, many likely to come from technology companies such as Qualcomm, Unisys, and others, starting Sept. 1."

Comments

Re: Getting worse?

[Black Parrot]

> Makes me wonder what sort of "protection from liability suits" these seals will get exactly. It may just be me, but I don't think antiterrorism products need this sort of freedom.

Yeah, but it's yet another convenient way the Bush Administration can exploit 9/11 as an excuse to hand out some more corporate welfare without raising too much of an outcry.

Re:REGIME CHANGE BEGINS AT HOME

[HBI]

I would hush up if I were you. The unemployed reading slashdot might be inclined to kill you for voting for the guy that destroyed their jobs.

Not my fault that virtually skill-free people rode a bubble and thought it would last forever. Everyone got fat and lazy and now the real world intrudes on the fantasy built upon corporate malfeasance. Don't forget the winking Clinton administration that let it happen. Asleep at the switch, or just hoping the bubble would burst after they were out of office? You decide. Try kicking their ass instead, you might be close to the mark there.

I broke into the work force in a recession. It sucks. Deal. Learn to spell and to use grammar correctly. It helps.

You think you fuckers are the first people to have a hard time getting work? Think again. It'll get like this again in repeating cycles throughout your lifetime.

Every time someone bitches about the job market I think "how naive"...