Center of Excellence

OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today the launch of the DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP). Travelers can now seek redress and resolve possible watch list misidentification issues with any of the department’s component agencies at an easy to use and easy to access online location at
http://www.dhs.gov/trip.
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OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today its intent to propose, as part of the forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), significant flexibility regarding travel documents required for U.S. and Canadian children as part of WHTI requirements for U.S. land and sea border entry in 2008. (more…)

OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released $194 million to help states and local governments prepare and implement emergency management activities through the Emergency Management Performance Grant (EMPG) program. Emergency managers have been awarded more than $750 million since fiscal year 2004 through the program. (more…)

CQ STAFF
The Homeland Security Department’s Science and Technology Directorate announced on Thursday $12 million in funding to create four additional university-based Centers of Excellence. (more…)

OFFICE OF THE PRESS SECRETARY
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) directorate announced today $12 million in funding opportunities that will establish four additional university-based Centers of Excellence in the areas of explosives detection, mitigation, and response; border security and immigration; maritime, island, and extreme/remote environment security; and natural disasters, coastal infrastructure, and emergency management.
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