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| Statement by Marc S. Hollander, Acting Center Director Plum Island Animal Disease Center |
| Thursday, Jul 31, 2003 |
| When Plum Island Animal Disease Center (PIADC) was transferred to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on June 1, 2003, we began to take a fresh look at all issues relating to the operations of the facility, including the transferred contracts. |
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| CAPPS II Privacy Act Notice |
| Thursday, Jul 31, 2003 |
| The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) proposed in January 2003 to establish a new system of records under the Privacy Act, known as "Passenger and Aviation Security Screening Records." This system of records would be established primarily to support the development of a new version of the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System, or "CAPPS II." |
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| New Notice Outlines Changes to CAPPS II System |
| Thursday, Jul 31, 2003 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security today published a notice in the Federal Register to narrow how a new computer system will use passenger information to make flying more secure without impinging on individual privacy rights. |
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| Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge Announces Citizenship and Immigration Ombudsman |
| Tuesday, Jul 29, 2003 |
| Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge is pleased to announce the appointment of Prakash Khatri of Florida to serve as the Citizenship and Immigration Ombudsman at the Department of Homeland Security. |
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| Two Charged and Arrested in Scheme to Illegally Export U.S. Fighter Jet Components to China |
| Thursday, Jul 24, 2003 |
| Yesterday, arrest documents were served on Amanullah Khan, aka "Wali Merchant," who was already in federal custody in Santa Ana, California, in connection with another matter. Khan, age 54, is a naturalized U.S. citizen and a native of Pakistan. On July 21, 2003, ICE agents arrested Ziad Jamil Gammoh, aka "Al Gammoh" without incident at his residence in Tustin, California. Gammoh, age 53, is a naturalized U.S. citizen and a native of Jordan. |
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| New Homeland Security Scholars and Fellows Program Grant Awards |
| Wednesday, Jul 23, 2003 |
| The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will announce this week approximately 100 recipients of highly competitive awards under the new Homeland Security Scholars and Fellows Program. |
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| DHS Takes First Step to Select Homeland Security Centers of Excellence |
| Wednesday, Jul 23, 2003 |
| The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will release this week a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) calling for academic white papers that will focus on specific areas related to social science issues. |
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| Remarks by Secretary Ridge to the Commonwealth Club of California |
| Wednesday, Jul 23, 2003 |
| Our nation is at war with terrorism. And the terrorists are at war with us. It?s a different kind of war, one whose battlefields stretch from Afghanistan to Alameda County -- a war in which the doctor and scientist, the computer programmer and community leader, are as crucial to victory as the general and sergeant and ensign. |
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| Overview of Science and Technology Division |
| Wednesday, Jul 23, 2003 |
| The Science and Technology (S&T;) division serves as the primary research and development arm of the Department, utilizing our nation?s scientific and technological resources to provide federal, state and local officials with the technology and capabilities to protect the homeland. |
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| Department of Homeland Security Broad Agency Announcement: Initial University-Based Center of Excellence |
| Wednesday, Jul 23, 2003 |
| The Department of Homeland Security expects the United States academic community to play an integral role in securing the Nation. To facilitate this involvement, the Office of University Programs, within the Science and Technology division of the Department, will establish university-based Homeland Security Centers of Excellence (HS-Centers), in accordance with the Homeland Security Act of 2002. |
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| Department of Homeland Security Proposes Regulations to Improve Cargo Security |
| Tuesday, Jul 22, 2003 |
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection, an agency of the Department of Homeland Security, today announced the publication of proposed regulations to obtain advance information concerning shipments of goods to the U.S. These proposed regulations implement Section 343(a) of the Trade Act of 2002. |
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| Minor League Baseball and the Boy Scouts of America Help the Department of Homeland Security Prepare Americans |
| Friday, Jul 11, 2003 |
| Baseball and Boy Scouts - two of America's institutions - are joining the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in an unprecedented campaign to help Americans prepare for potential terrorist attacks. |
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| Safety Act Regulations Submitted for 30-Day Public Comment Periods |
| Friday, Jul 11, 2003 |
| The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today that regulations implementing the Support Anti-Terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 ("SAFETY Act") have been submitted to the Federal Register for a 30-day public comment period. |
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| ICE Agents Search 18 Firms in 10 States Suspected of Illegally Exporting Military Components to Iranian Arms Network |
| Thursday, Jul 10, 2003 |
| The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced that agents from ICE and the Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS) executed search warrants on 18 U.S. companies as part of an ongoing probe into the illegal export of U.S. military components to a front company in London that procures arms for the Iranian military. |
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| Secretary Ridge Announces National Special Security Event for New York Convention Site |
| Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003 |
| On Wednesday, July 9, Secretary Tom Ridge announced with, Governor George Pataki, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and former Mayor Rudy Giuliani that the Department of Homeland Security is designating the Republican National Convention in New York a National Special Security Event. |
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| Fact Sheet: Operation Predator |
| Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003 |
| Operation Predator is a new initiative developed by the Department of Homeland Security's Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to protect children world-wide. |
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| Secretary Ridge Announces "Operation Predator" |
| Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003 |
| The Department of Homeland Security today announced Operation Predator, a comprehensive DHS initiative designed to enhance the Administration?s efforts to protect children from pornographers, child prostitution rings, Internet predators, alien smugglers, human traffickers, and other criminals. The President has made it clear that anyone who harms a child will be a priority target of law enforcement in this Administration. |
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| National Special Security Events Fact Sheet |
| Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003 |
| When an event is designated a National Special Security Event, the Secret Service assumes its mandated role as the lead federal agency for the design and implementation of the operational security plan and Federal resources are deployed to maintain the level of security needed for the event and the area. |
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| Press Briefing by Secretary Tom Ridge With John Walsh, Mike Garcia, and Asa Hutchinson |
| Wednesday, Jul 9, 2003 |
| Press Briefing by Secretary Tom Ridge With John Walsh, Mike Garcia, and Asa Hutchinson on Operation Predator. |
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| Secretary Ridge Announces New Financial Investigations Initiatives |
| Tuesday, Jul 8, 2003 |
| In a speech at the New York Federal Reserve, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, today announced programs to safeguard the nation's financial systems against criminal exploitation. |
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| US-VISIT Industry Conference Announcement |
| Monday, Jul 7, 2003 |
| On April 29, 2003, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Tom Ridge, announced the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) Program, previously known as the Entry-Exit System (EES). |
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| US-VISIT Conference Agenda |
| Monday, Jul 7, 2003 |
| The US-VISIT Industry Conference will be held July 8, 2003 at the Crystal City Marriott's Crystal Forum at 1999 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202. |
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| Secretary Tom Ridge Announces State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee Members and Representatives |
| Tuesday, Jul 1, 2003 |
| Secretary Tom Ridge announced the appointment of 13 individuals to serve as Members or Representatives of the State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. |
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| Secretary Tom Ridge Announces Emergency Response Senior Advisory Committee Members |
| Tuesday, Jul 1, 2003 |
| Secretary Tom Ridge announced the appointment of the following individuals to serve on the Emergency Response Senior Advisory Committee to the Homeland Security Advisory Council. |
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| Accused Alien Smuggling Kingpin and Financier Faces U.S. Prosecution |
| Tuesday, Jul 1, 2003 |
| The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), announced today that Chui Ping Cheng aka ?Sister Ping,? has been extradited from Hong Kong to the United States. Cheng, an accused human smuggler and financier, has unsuccessfully waged a three-year extradition battle to elude American prosecution. |
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