| Remarks by Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge Regarding Recent Threat Reports |
| Secretary Tom Ridge at a press conference discussed new, specific threat information. as a result, today, the United States Government is raising the threat level to Code Orange for the financial services sector in New York City, Northern New Jersey and Washington, D.C. (Updated from transcript.) |
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| Background Briefing by Senior Intelligence Officials |
| Senior intelligence official provide background on the current threat status. |
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| Fact Sheet: RapidCom 9/30 and Interoperability Progress |
| 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 |
| 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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| Department Of Homeland Security to Lead Interagency Coordinating Council on Emergency Preparedness and Individuals with Disabilities |
| 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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| Department of Homeland Security Hosts Security Forum for Sports Executives |
| 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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| Remarks by the President at the Signing of S.15-Project BioShield Act of 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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| Fact Sheet: A Better Prepared America: A Year in Review |
| 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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| TSA Begins Third Phase of Rail Security Experiment |
| 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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| Homeland Security Launches "Regional Technology Integration" Initiative in Anaheim, California |
| 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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