The Department of Homeland Security still faces serious management hurdles, and lacks a coherent strategy for filling gaps in port, border and aviation security, a panel of experts told a Senate panel Wednesday morning.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AWARENESS TRAINING. WAOL GOES LIVE February 9th. To register people go to this web site: http://www.homelandtraining.org Participants will register themselves and later go to WAOL Homeland Training Blackboard and take the courses. This site is live right now. We still do not have ODP approval, but we’re working on that and hope to have that soon. Once approved, we will advertise and provide retroactive approval.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate is harnessing the nation’s scientific knowledge to protect America and our way of life from terrorists and their weapons of mass destruction. The Office of University Programs is furthering this mission by engaging the academic community to create learning and research environments in areas critical to Homeland Security.
A new institute at Western Washington University will focus on how to keep commerce flowing across the Canadian-U.S. border while keeping the border secure. Congress approved $1 million last month to help establish a border research institute at Western. The university will provide staff support, student assistance and some capital costs.
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The Center for Domestic Preparedness has announced that the CDP is ready to begin the process of trainer certification to teach the six hour WMD Standardized Awareness course (AWR 160). This certification is designed to provide credentialing and course materials to previously qualified awareness and HAZMAT trainers.
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In a recent report, the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General (OIG) finds that the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State “have not agreed on a uniform fingerprint Technology Standard nor agreed how to develop a fully interoperable system that provides law enforcement agencies with ‘readily and easily accessible’ access to IDENT and US-VISIT immigration records as directed by Congress.”
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Follow-up Review of the Status of IDENT/IAFIS Integration
Washington will receive $45.3 million in federal fiscal year 2005 for homeland security programs, according to the Department of Homeland Security budget guidance released Dec. 3. “While the total dollar amount is not as high as in 2004, Washington’s share of the federal homeland security funds in 2005 will maintain a high level of support for the state’s homeland security preparedness,” said Gov. Gary Locke.
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