http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/01/17/chertoff-and-rice-speak-on-secure-borders-and-open-doors/ News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Mon, 08 Sep 2008 03:36:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/01/17/chertoff-and-rice-speak-on-secure-borders-and-open-doors/#comment-31851 Homeland Security Watch » DHS developing new traveler redress system Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:27:24 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/01/17/chertoff-and-rice-speak-on-secure-borders-and-open-doors/#comment-31851 [...] The one-year anniversary of the launch of the Rice-Chertoff Initiative is later this month; this program is the result of Chertoff’s promise in that speech to establish a “government-wide traveler screening redress process before the end of this year [2006].” [...] […] The one-year anniversary of the launch of the Rice-Chertoff Initiative is later this month; this program is the result of Chertoff’s promise in that speech to establish a “government-wide traveler screening redress process before the end of this year [2006].” […]

]]> http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/01/17/chertoff-and-rice-speak-on-secure-borders-and-open-doors/#comment-567 Homeland Security Watch » Blog Archive » Is the Rice-Chertoff initiative falling behind? Wed, 12 Apr 2006 04:06:18 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/01/17/chertoff-and-rice-speak-on-secure-borders-and-open-doors/#comment-567 [...] Sec. Chertoff spoke today at the 2006 Global Travel and Tourism Summit; his full remarks are available here. The speech was a reprise of his remarks in January with Sec. Rice to unveil the “Secure Borders and Open Doors” initiative. I was very supportive of this initiative when it was announced, and continue to believe that the initiative includes a number of excellent ideas. But I’m increasingly worried that the initiative is moving forward more slowly than it should. The FY 2007 budget request for DHS did not mention the Rice-Chertoff initiative’s proposals, and today’s speech seemed to suggest that deadlines were starting to slip: [...] […] Sec. Chertoff spoke today at the 2006 Global Travel and Tourism Summit; his full remarks are available here. The speech was a reprise of his remarks in January with Sec. Rice to unveil the “Secure Borders and Open Doors” initiative. I was very supportive of this initiative when it was announced, and continue to believe that the initiative includes a number of excellent ideas. But I’m increasingly worried that the initiative is moving forward more slowly than it should. The FY 2007 budget request for DHS did not mention the Rice-Chertoff initiative’s proposals, and today’s speech seemed to suggest that deadlines were starting to slip: […]

]]> http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/01/17/chertoff-and-rice-speak-on-secure-borders-and-open-doors/#comment-261 Homeland Security Watch » Blog Archive » The origins of the Rice-Chertoff initiative Tue, 21 Feb 2006 04:26:01 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/01/17/chertoff-and-rice-speak-on-secure-borders-and-open-doors/#comment-261 [...] I also hope there is follow-through, given the strategic importance of many of the ideas introduced at the press conference. Right now the picture is unclear: there’s only passing mention of the Rice-Chertoff initiative in the FY 2007 budget request for DHS, and nothing linked to funding requests. Hopefully additional information will be forthcoming in the coming appropriations hearings. The travel and tourism industries need to keep up the pressure for State and DHS to fund and move forward on these critical activities. [...] […] I also hope there is follow-through, given the strategic importance of many of the ideas introduced at the press conference. Right now the picture is unclear: there’s only passing mention of the Rice-Chertoff initiative in the FY 2007 budget request for DHS, and nothing linked to funding requests. Hopefully additional information will be forthcoming in the coming appropriations hearings. The travel and tourism industries need to keep up the pressure for State and DHS to fund and move forward on these critical activities. […]

]]> http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/01/17/chertoff-and-rice-speak-on-secure-borders-and-open-doors/#comment-101 Homeland Security Watch » Blog Archive » New PASS travel cards: $50 Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:54:47 +0000 http://www.hlswatch.com/2006/01/17/chertoff-and-rice-speak-on-secure-borders-and-open-doors/#comment-101 [...] Press reports today indicate that the new People Access Security Service (PASS) cards, announced yesterday and intended to serve as a substitute to a passport for U.S. compliance with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), will cost about $50 per person. This story suggests that the PASS cards will include both biometric and RFID technology [...] […] Press reports today indicate that the new People Access Security Service (PASS) cards, announced yesterday and intended to serve as a substitute to a passport for U.S. compliance with the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), will cost about $50 per person. This story suggests that the PASS cards will include both biometric and RFID technology […]

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