| Secretary Tom Ridge and Deputy Prime Minister Anne Mclellan Highlight Progress on the Smart Border Action Plan |
| U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Anne McLellan today highlighted continuing progress on the implementation of the Smart Border Action Plan, including an agreement to engage stakeholders in a discussion on the pre-screening of commercial traffic and on work towards a pilot of full pre-clearance at the Fort Erie-Buffalo Peace Bridge. |
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| Land Ports of Entry in to Test US-VISIT Entry Procedures Starting Mid-November |
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| Secretary Tom Ridge Names Arizona Native as Advisor |
| Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge is pleased to announce the appointment of Richard Davis as the Director of the Academe and Policy Research Senior Advisory Committee (APRSAC), a part of the Homeland Security Advisory Council(HSAC). |
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| Department of Homeland Security to Create a Section 508 Compliance Office for Electronic and Information Technology (EIT) |
| The Department of Homeland Security today announced that it will create a state-of-the-art program to ensure that electronic and information technology is accessible for employees and consumers with disabilities. |
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| Metropolitan Medical Response System Grant Awards for FY 2004 Announced |
| The Department of Homeland Security today awarded more than $46 million in Metropolitan Medical Response System (MMRS) grants for Fiscal Year 2004. The 110 grants reach 114 MMRS jurisdictions throughout the United States. |
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| Department of Homeland Security Announces $1.4 Million Competitive Grant Awarded to Telecommunications for the Deaf |
| Telecommunications for the Deaf to develop network that will provide information on disaster preparedness and homeland security to individuals with hearing disabilities. |
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| Fact Sheet: Achieving First Responder Communications Interoperability – a Local, State, and Federal Partnership |
| Homeland Security is providing national leadership to a local, state, and federal partnership to ensure interoperability objectives are met in every community across the country. |
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| U.S. Department of Homeland Security Launches Office of Interoperability and Compatibility; Offers States and Locales Tools for Improving Public Safety Communications Interoperability |
| Homeland Security launches the Office of Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC) to oversee the wide range of public safety interoperability programs and efforts currently spread across the department. |
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| 27 Tons of Cocaine Seized From Two Vessels In Pacific |
| Multi-agency task force investigation results in seizure of roughly 27 tons of cocaine and the arrest of 18 individuals aboard two fishing vessels in the Eastern Pacific. |
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| Under Secretary Asa Hutchinson Discusses Expansion of US-VISIT Program to Include Visitors Traveling Under the Visa Waiver Program |
| US-VISIT is a continuum of measures that collect biometric and biographic information from foreign visitors at U.S. visa-issuing posts around the world and upon their arrival in and departure from U.S. air, sea and land border ports. |
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