Updates

Fact Sheet: Securing U.S. Ports

CBP uses intelligence & a risk-based strategy to screen information on 100% of cargo before it is loaded onto vessels destined for the United States. Cargo that is identified as high risk is inspected, either at the foreign port or upon arrival into U.S.

Statement by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff Regarding White House's Katrina Lessons Learned Report

"It will help our shared efforts to build a more integrated DHS and a more seamless federal disaster-management system." Secretary Chertoff

President Bush Discusses Port Security

"First of all, this is a private transaction. But it - according to law, the government is required to make sure this transaction does not, in any way, jeopardize the security of the country." President George W. Bush

Defense Group Announces CoBRA® Support for the Hospital Emergency Incident Command System

The Expansion Pack is completely integrated with CoBRA 4.0, so users continue to get the complete incident-report logging, communication, annotation, and data-sharing capabilities that they have come to expect and rely on for incident management.

Statement by DHS Secretary Before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

"This tragedy emphasized how critical it is that we ensure [that] our planning and response capabilities perform with seamless integrity and efficiency in any type of disaster situation - even one of cataclysmic nature." Secretary Chertoff

Akorn Announces Funding Approval For Calcium-DTPA and Zinc-DTPA

To provide and supply effective countermeasures to protect the United States civilian population in the event of a radiological or nuclear event.

MDI Selected by Multimax to Provide Network-Centric Security and Systems-Management Solutions to Department of Defense (DOD) and Federal Agencies Under NETCENTS Contract

"The contract was established to provide the Air Force (at all levels), Department of Defense, and other federal agencies a primary source of networking equipment/product supply and related services..."

RAE Systems Extends Family of Radiation Detectors for First Responders with NeutronRAE II

The first intrinsically safe personal gamma & neutron radiation detector.

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at the National Emergency Management Association Mid-Year Conference

"... outline where I think we want to go in the first step of our process of reengineering DHS and FEMA, to make ourselves better partners with you in protecting this country and responding when we have natural disasters." Michael Chertoff, DHS Secretary

Telenor Satellite Services and Addvalue Technologies Announce Strategic Business Agreement

Companies will cooperate to provide global satellite communications equipment and services throughout Asia