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     DHS Expands Collection of Biometrics for Visitors
     Trucking Cargo Security Guidebook Released For Truckers
     DHS Calls For More Secure Employment Eligibility Checks
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In the News
DHS Expands Collection of Biometrics for Visitors
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is expanding the categories of non-U.S. citizens required to provide digital fingerprints and a photograph upon entry to the United States through the US‑VISIT program.

US‑VISIT records biographic and biometric information to conduct security checks and verify the identities of international visitors to the United States. Expanding enrollment in US‑VISIT is a positive step forward in a process designed to further improve public safety and national security while ensuring the integrity of the immigration system.

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Trucking Cargo Security Guidebook Released For Truckers
The American Trucking Associations (ATA) released the ATA Certified Cargo Security Professional Resource Guidebook, which provides a detailed synopsis of motor carrier security from pick up to delivery.

Developed by the Security Council of American Trucking Associations, the 186-page Guidebook helps readers evaluate and manage risk and trucking security, whether physical security en route and at a facility, personnel, or information and computer security.

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DHS Calls For More Secure Employment Eligibility Checks
Beginning in February, employers in the United States will not be allowed to use expired documents to verify workers' employment eligibility.

The interim rule, published in the Federal Register by DHS, aims to streamline the employment eligibility verification process and crack down on fraud. As of Feb. 2, 2009, expired U.S. passports or state-issued driver's licenses and other outdated identification cards will no longer qualify as valid documentation for Form I-9. Social Security cards will not be affected by the change because they do not expire.

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Procurement Watch

  • The Department of Homeland Security has opened the application period for approximately $48.6 million under the Driver’s License Security Grant Program. These grants support state efforts to prevent terrorism and reduce fraud by improving the reliability and accuracy of identification documents that state governments issue.

  • DHS has opened the application period for approximately $34 million under the Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) Grant Program. These grants are intended to improve state, local and tribal emergency management and preparedness capabilities by supporting flexible, sustainable, secure and interoperable Emergency Operations Centers.

  • DHS has awarded $190,000 in grant funding to the Waldo Volunteer Fire Department in Waldo, Wis. The funding is provided through the “Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program,” or FIRE Act.


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