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| Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the Miami-Dade Office of Emergency Management. |
| Friday, Jul 30, 2004 |
| Secretary Ridge discusses preparedness and partnership in a speech following emergency training exercises in Miami, Fla. July 30, 2004 |
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| Fact Sheet: RapidCom 9/30 and Interoperability Progress |
| Friday, Jul 30, 2004 |
| RapidCom 9/30, is a program that will enable America’s first responders in ten urban areas to communicate with each other in the event of a large emergency incident like a terrorist attack. By September 30, 2004, a crisis communications capability will be in place in these ten high-threat urban areas to address the inability of emergency workers to communicate, a long-standing problem which contributed to the tragedy of September 11th. |
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| Secretary Tom Ridge Announces Executive Director of the Homeland Security Advisory Council |
| Tuesday, Jul 27, 2004 |
| Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge is pleased to announce the appointment of Daniel Ostergaard as the Executive Director of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC). |
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| Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the Council for Excellence in Government “Excellence In Government 2004” Conference |
| Tuesday, Jul 27, 2004 |
| Secretary Ridge addressed 1,000 public servants on the mission and goals of the Department in Washington, D.C. July 27, 2004 |
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| Department of Homeland Security Hosts Security Forum for Sports Executives |
| Friday, Jul 23, 2004 |
| The Department of Homeland Security hosted representatives and security officials from professional and collegiate sport associations and venues during a one-day seminar to discuss homeland security issues and security planning for high-profile sporting events taking place during the next several months. |
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| Department Of Homeland Security to Lead Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities |
| Friday, Jul 23, 2004 |
| President Bush signs an Executive Order that seeks to fully integrate people with disabilities into the national emergency preparedness effort. Secretary Tom Ridge will chair the newly created Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities (Interagency Council), which will be comprised of representatives from the many Cabinet agencies that are committed to strengthening their preparedness efforts as a result of the President’s directive. |
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| Remarks By Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the Special Events Integrated Security Seminar |
| Friday, Jul 23, 2004 |
| Secretary Ridge |
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| Remarks by the President at the Signing of S.15-Project BioShield Act of 2004 |
| Wednesday, Jul 21, 2004 |
| The President signs Project BioShield into law. It authorizes funding and provides new capabilities to help purchase, develop and deploy cutting-edge defenses against catastrophic attack. |
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| Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the Public Preparedness Symposium |
| Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004 |
| Secretary Ridge discusses the role state and local governments, communities, businesses, organizations and citizens play in emergency preparedness across the country in a speech in Washington, D.C. |
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| Fact Sheet: A Better Prepared America: A Year in Review |
| Tuesday, Jul 20, 2004 |
| Preparedness is the responsibility of every American. At the Department of Homeland Security, we are hard at work creating and implementing preparedness plans; developing procedures and policies that will guide our actions in the event of a terrorist attack; conducting training and exercises to ensure that our first responders possess a necessary level of preparedness; enhancing partnerships with state and local governments, private sector institutions and other organizations; and funding the purchase of much-needed equipment for first responders, states, cities, and towns. |
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| Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at the Allegheny County Emergency Operations Center |
| Thursday, Jul 15, 2004 |
| Secretary Ridge discusses the Patriot Act and how its core tools are essential to preventing another terrorist attack in a speech in Pittsburgh, Pa. |
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| TSA Begins Third Phase of Rail Security Experiment |
| Thursday, Jul 15, 2004 |
| Beginning July 19, 2004, passengers may be screened for explosives while traveling on Connecticut’s Shoreline East commuter rail as part of the third stage of a pilot program exploring new measures for rail security. Passengers boarding from one of the eight Shoreline East stations may pass through a specialized railcar equipped with on-board screening technology as the train is in motion. |
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| Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at a Press Conference Discussing the Security of the Democratic National Convention |
| Wednesday, Jul 14, 2004 |
| Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge at a Press Conference Discussing the Security of the Democratic National Convention in Boston. |
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| Homeland Security Launches "Regional Technology Integration" Initiative in Anaheim, California |
| Wednesday, Jul 14, 2004 |
| The Department of Homeland Security announced the broadening of its new initiative called the Regional Technology Integration (RTI) to the Anaheim, California, urban area. RTI facilitates the transition of innovative technologies and organizational concepts to regional, state, and local jurisdictions. |
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| Fact Sheet: The Department of Homeland Security Partners With State and Locals to Protect Democratic National Convention |
| Wednesday, Jul 14, 2004 |
| Working in partnership with state and local organizations, the Department of Homeland Security has invested substantial resources and numerous personnel to ensure a safe and secure event for the Boston community and all delegates attending the convention. |
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| Department of Homeland Security Approves Use of Preparedness Funds for First Responder Training Courses |
| Friday, Jul 9, 2004 |
| The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness (SLGCP), in cooperation with the Department’s United States Fire Administration (USFA), announced today the approval of additional preparedness training courses for emergency responders. |
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| Statement for Secretary Tom Ridge U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| Thursday, Jul 8, 2004 |
| Secretary Ridge provides update on threat and efforts to ramp up security. (Trasncript with questions and answers.) |
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| New Homeland Security Operations Center Serves as Primary Hub for Information Sharing and Domestic Incident Management |
| Thursday, Jul 8, 2004 |
| Today, the Department of Homeland Security stood up a new state-of-the-art Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) to serve as the primary, national-level nerve center for real-time threat monitoring, domestic incident management, and vertical and horizontal information sharing efforts. Operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, the HSOC provides situational awareness and monitoring of the homeland, coordinates incidents and response activities, and issues advisories and bulletins to homeland security partners as well as specific protective and counter measure guidance. |
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| Remarks by the Vice President at the Opening of the Department of Homeland Security Operations Center |
| Thursday, Jul 8, 2004 |
| Vice President Dick Cheney at the opening of the new Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) in Washington, D.C. |
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| Background Briefing by Senior Intelligence Officials |
| Thursday, Jul 8, 2004 |
| Department of Homeland Security senior intelligence officials brief the press following Secretary Ridge's remarks. |
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| Fact Sheet: Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) |
| Thursday, Jul 8, 2004 |
| The Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC) serves as the nation’s nerve center for information sharing and domestic incident management—dramatically increasing the vertical coordination between federal, state, territorial, tribal, local and private sector partners. The HSOC collects and fuses information from a variety of sources everyday to help deter, detect, and prevent terrorist acts--24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. |
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| Secretary Tom Ridge Announces Homeland Security Center for Excellence at the University of Minnesota |
| Tuesday, Jul 6, 2004 |
| Secretary Ridge announces that the University of Minnesota receives $15 million to establish the Homeland Security National Center for Food Protection and Defense. July 6, 2004 |
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| Department of Homeland Security Announces $12 Million Funding for Social and Behavioral Scientists to Study Terrorism |
| Tuesday, Jul 6, 2004 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced today the release of a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) calling for proposals that will focus on research efforts for a university-based Center of Excellence in Behavioral and Social Aspects of Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism. |
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| Fact Sheet: Strengthening the Security of Our Nation’s Food Supply |
| Tuesday, Jul 6, 2004 |
| The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Agriculture work closely together as part of the Administration’s efforts to secure America’s food supply. Protecting the homeland is one of President Bush’s top priorities, and this commitment includes a multi-pronged plan to protect the nation’s food supply with leadership from Homeland Security, Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and others. |
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| Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson Remarks at the Federal Air Marshal Commencement Ceremony |
| Friday, Jul 2, 2004 |
| Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson addresses the graduating class of the Federal Air Marshal training program. Atlantic City, N.J., July 2, 2004. |
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