2000 News

• Become a NAMTSE Exhibitor. Click here to see how. (12/22/00)

• Read the December 20 of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (12/20/00)

• Read the December 13 of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (12/13/00)

• Sign up on-line to be a NAMTSE presenter (12/13/00)

• Detection Systems to be acquired by Bosch. Source: SDM Daily News (12/12/00)

• U.S. Representative Tauzin endorses Commissioner Powell as FCC Chairman. Source: 2000 LEXIS-NEXIS, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. (12/12/00)

• CSAA releases a new version of FAAP that can be used by fire departments (12/06/00)

• Read the December 6 of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (12/06/00)

• Tyco to purchase Simplex Time Recorder. Source: Security Sales (12/04/00)

• Read the November 29 issue of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (11/30/00)

• Verizon and Vector Security Form Alliance to Bundle Home Networking Solutions and Security Products (11/29/00)

• NAPCO Security Systems, Inc. announces the acquisition of Continental Instruments LLC, a developer and marketer of PC based access control systems and software (11/29/00)

• Read the November 22 issue of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (11/23/00)

• FCC Votes To Not Auction 450-470 Mhz Spectrum... For Now (11/15/00)

• Cappelletti to succeed Steve Roth as President of ADI. Source: Security Sales Magazine (11/13/00)

• Honeywell Withdraws Plan To Sell U.S. Alarm Monitoring Unit. Source: SDM Daily Industry News (11/13/00)

• Swedish ASSA ABLOY to acquire HID Corp. (11/13/00)

• CSAA's First Vice President Mel Mahler received the 2000 Medal of Honor award from First Alert. His company, ADS Security received the Dealer of the Year Award for the second consecutive year. (11/09/00)

• Protection One to buy PowerCall Security From Southern Company (11/09/00)

• Read the November 8 issue of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (11/02/00)

• New NFPA Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs--from SIA's E-mail News Services  (11/2/00)

• Read the November 1 issue of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (11/02/00)

• CSAA to Host the North American Monitoring Technologies Symposium and Exposition (NAMTSE) (11/1/00)

• Annette M. Beck elected as Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO of  Protection One, Inc. (10/29/00)

• SBC to Divest Itself of SecurityLink: includes Consent Decree text  (10/27/00)

• Read the October 25 issue of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (10/25/00)

• Teleconnect's Tips On Maintaining Your Telecommunication Equipment. From CommWeb (10/24/00)

• Honeywell's and United Technologies' Talks End. GE to buy company. Source: SDM's Daily Industry News (10/23/00)

• CSAA and UL Produce a Fire Certificate Video (10/23/00)

• Honeywell to be sold to United Technologies Corp.. Click here for Honeywell's news. Find out more about United Technologies. (10/20/00)

• Read the October 18 issue of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (10/19/00)

• CSAA Offers Update to Award-Winning FAAP Software (10/12/00)

• Read the October 11 issue of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (10/12/00)

• Diebold and Digital Monitoring Products Form Strategic Alliance --from SIA's E-mail News Services  (10/09/00)

• Read the October 4 issue of the BMJ&D Telecomm Update here. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader-download here) (10/05/00)

• Read the complete text of the California Alarm Association (CAA)/City of Livermore settlement document (10/04/00)

• Download FARA/NBFAA's Model Alarm Ordinance (10/04/00)

• Tyco, Siemens Eye Honeywell's Security Business
  Source: Security Control Panel®: News From Security Sales Magazine (10/05/00)

• Federal Digital Identification Law Takes Effect--from SIA's E-mail News Services (10/04/00)

• Ensure that your Central Station is in RF Compliance (10/03/00)

• DMP and NuTech National Announce Strategic Partnership (10/03/00)

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• TRG Associates will sponsor Tuesday's coffee break. (09/2/00)

• The location for the October 2000 UL Seminar has changed. (08/26/00)

• Radionics will sponsor the bilingual hospitality desk at the 2000 Annual Meeting. (08/22/00)

• Sentrol will be the partial sponsor of Tuesday's and Wednesday's Continental Breakfast at the 2000 Annual Meeting. (08/22/00)

• DMP will sponsor of the flowers for the President's Reception at the 2000 Annual Meeting. (08/21/00)

• Honeywell to sell its security monitoring business-from SDM Magazine (08/01/00)

• TRG Associates will sponsor Tuesday's coffee break. (09/2/00)

• The location for the October 2000 UL Seminar has changed. (08/26/00)

• Radionics will sponsor the bilingual hospitality desk at the 2000 Annual Meeting. (08/22/00)

• Sentrol will be the partial sponsor of Tuesday's and Wednesday's Continental Breakfast at the 2000 Annual Meeting. (08/22/00)

• DMP will sponsor of the flowers for the President's Reception at the 2000 Annual Meeting. (08/21/00)

• Honeywell to sell its security monitoring business-from SDM Magazine (08/01/00)

• Paging Carriers Seek to Provide Alarm Monitoring Services (07/27/00)

• Prior FCC Approval Needed For All Transactions Resulting in License Ownership Changes, Even Internal Reorganizations and Mergers (07/27/00)

• Read Call Center Magazine's article on how site selection can increase your labor pool in Europe. (07/27/00)

• Free bare-bones e-commerce storefront offered at FedEx.com's Main Street--from Call Center Magazine (07/27/00)

• Click here to access information about the September Call Center Management Seminar (07/25/00)

• Survey Confirms that Personal Safety is at the Core of Consumers' Desire for Location-Based Services--from Security Dealer Magazine (07/20/00)

• Pre-employment screening survey reveals high-risk job applicants--from Security Systems News (07/18/00)

• Secretary General of Interpol and President of the National Federation of Independent Businesses (NFIB) to address CSAA 2000 Annual Meeting attendees on Monday, September 18. (07/17/00)

• DSC Security Products will sponsor the Board of Director's and the "An Evening in Provence" dinners. (07/17/00)

• Northern Computers is the partial sponsor of Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday's breakfasts. (07/17/00)

• CSAA Signs Agreement with ChoicePoint™ to Provide Pre-Employment Screening to the Industry (06/30/00)

• Altronics to sponsor the entertainment for the CSAA 2000 Annual Meeting's  "Evening in Provence" reception (06/30/00) 

• Read ADI / ADEMCO to sponsor of the CSAA 2000 Annual Meeting's President's Reception (06/29/00)

• NAPCO will be a partial sponsor of the CSAA 2000 Annual Meeting's President's Dinner (06/29/00)

• Detection Systems, Inc. to sponsor the Wednesday morning coffee break (06/29/00)

• Call Center Management Practices that Maximize Productivity, Customer Loyalty, and Employee Satisfaction-from Call Center Magazine (06/23/00)

• Police Must Freeze No Response Policy On Burglar Alarms in the UK (6/22/00)

• House of Representatives Approves 'E-SIGN ACT' (06/22/00)

• Cappelletti to Lead ADI (06/14/00)

• Read Tina Richardson-Jones' You Can't Put a Price on Praise--from Security Sales.  (06/13/00)

• Read Craig Leiser's Minding Your Monitoring! Station Selection Is Central to Your Business--from Security Sales.  (06/13/00)

• California Alarm Association nears settlement with Livermore, CA--from Security Systems News. For more details, click here  (06/13/00)

• Industry friend Dean K. Wilson wins the Automatic Fire Alarm Association's Person of the Year Award (06/13/00)

• Pittway Announces Changes in Structure (06/12/00)

• HUD Proposes Rule on Smoke Detectors in Manufactured Homes (06/12/00)

• Information for Phase 2 of the industry's fight against alarm frequencies auctions (06/08/00)

• Freedonia Group forecasts US electronic security products and systems demand will advance 8.6% annually through 2004. Click here for more. (06/01/00)

• Pinkerton's seventh annual survey of Fortune 1,000 corporate executives identified workplace violence as the most significant threat to businesses. Click here for more information. (05/24/00)

• Visit CSAA's new ACCENT Listserver archives (05/23/00)

• Concerned about computer viruses in your central station? Visit the Virus Information section in CSAA Operations Management Web page (05/23/00)

• Security Associates International (SAI) will merge with King Central and Monital Signal Corp. The three also agreed to merge with SecurityVillage.com. Click here for more. (05/18/00)

• SDM Magazine has published its SDM 100 company ranking. Click here for more (05/18/00)

• Click here to see the companies represented at CSAA's May Call Center Management Seminar (05/16/00)

• Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC) are now requiring the use of digital security cameras in for-hire vehicles, if they do not use a partition as a chosen safety measure. (05/15/00)

• Roger Fradin has been appointed president and COO of the Safety and Security Solutions division of Honeywell's Home and Building Control Products business, formerly known as Pittway.--from Security Sales. (05/08/00) 

• Lucent Technologies announced it is selling its Power Systems business, which sells power supply, power conversion and backup power equipment for wireless, optical, switching and other gear that run communication networks --from Security Sales. (05/08/00)

• Tri-Ed Distribution has moved its corporate headquarters to Fountain Valley, CA. (05/08/00)

• Request for Monitoring Restrictions Information (05/05/00)

• New CSAA Disaster Preparedness Web section (05/05/00)

• ITI and SLC completed their merger. The new company will be known as  Interlogix Inc. For more details, click here (05/05/00)

• The ADEMCO Group has announced the appointment of Larry Tracy  as president of ASC/C&K Systems.- from Security Sales (05/04/00)

• See copies of CSAA's 2000 Mid-Year Meeting presentations here (05/03/00)

• See photographs from CSAA's 2000 Mid-Year Meeting here (05/03/00)

• Read Security Magazine's 2000 Security Industry Forecast (05/03/00)

• Massachusetts will get new area code numbers in 2001 (05/01/00)

• June UL Seminar registration form and updated information now available on-line (04/24/00)

• See the topics to be covered during CSAA's Annual Meeting (04/12/00)

• Read SIA's in-depth analysis of the effect of DSL lines on alarm signals transmission and solutions (04/03/00)

• Visit CSAA's newest Web section, Operations Management (03/28/00)

• Customer DSL Lines May Impede Alarm Signals Transmissions  (03/23/00)

• Sentrol will sponsor the Monday luncheon during CSAA's 2000 Mid-Year Meeting's (03/23/00)

• ADI will sponsor the wine and beverage during CSAA's 2000 Mid-Year Meeting's Sunday opening reception and dinner (03/23/00)

• The Call Center Management Seminar will have a presentation on computer viruses. Click here for additional information (03/21/00)

• FCC Take Steps to Solve Area Codes Problems (03/17/00)

• TRG Associates, Inc. will be a partial sponsor of the Opening Reception & Dinner of CSAA's 2000 Mid-Year Meeting's (03/17/00)

• Peter Flynn Associates will sponsor the wine & beverage at the Mt. Vernon reception of CSAA's 2000 Mid-Year Meeting's (03/17/00)

• Northern Computers will sponsor all coffee breaks at CSAA 2000 Mid-year Meeting (03/10/00)

• Check out the Preliminary Agenda for CSAA's 2000 Annual Meeting (03/13/00)

• First 2000 Mid-Year Meeting Sponsors Announced (03/10/00)

• First CSAA/ UL Seminar a Success (03/10/00)

• Call Center Management Seminar forms now available on-line (03/10/00)

• NFPA to Develop Building Code (03/10/00)

• Don't miss CSAA's next 
  Call Center Management Seminar (02/25/00)

• Per Mar Security Services Acquires Complete Security Services (02/15/00)

• Alarm Industry Wins Mutual Central's Case (02/10/00)

• UPDATE: Department of Justice's Investigation of CCTV with Covert Audio (02/10/00)

• More Jurisdictions Requiring Third-party Verification (02/10/00)

• CSAA Appoints New Director of Meetings and Conventions (02/10/00)

• Read SIA's proposed Mobile Security Devices Standard (02/03/00)

• Download CSAA's Mid-year Meeting hotel reservation and registration forms. (01/29/00)

• Stay up-to-date on the work of the America Burning project (01/20/00)

• Read the National Institute of Justice's Research Report: The Appropriate and Effective Use of Security Technologies in U.S. Schools (01/20/00)

• NFPA to Consider Burglar Alarm Standards Again (01/10/00)

• ACCENT + Y2K = A+ (01/10/00)

• Thinking about becoming UL-Listed? Click here for information on a valuable course (01/04/00)

• Don't miss CSAA's 2000 Mid-Year Meeting (01/03/00)