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No one has a blueprint for what states and <br />localities shoUld do to secure the home- <br />land. But clearly, being on the same <br />wavelength is the place to start, <br /> <br />BY ELLEN PERLMAN <br /> <br />THE OLIVE-DRAB, Navy-issue belt is stretched out <br />across a table in a Washington, D.C., city building. It's a <br />curiosity to behold: way too long and heavy for even a <br />Sumo wrestler to use to hold up his pants. That's because <br />it's hooked up with all manner of wireless devices, from cell <br />phones to two-way pagers to personal digital assistants. <br /> <br />Suzanne Peck, the city's chiefinforma- represents how far the city's communica- <br />tion officer, is on hand. She's explaining tions have come since 9/11, when the Pen- <br />how the belt, which she tagon was on fire, dial <br />hauls to seminars and tones were not available <br />conferences aroundtown, and city officials from <br /> <br />24 G OV E R N I N G May 2003 <br /> <br /> <br />