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Press Room - October 2005

October 31, 2005

• Homeland Security Urges Small and Medium-Sized Businesses to Take Steps to Prepare for Emergencies

October 28, 2005

• DHS Reminds Public of Deadline for Comments on Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

October 26, 2005

• National Strategy for Maritime Security Supporting Plans Announced
• Majority of VWP Countries to Meet Digital Photo Deadline

October 24, 2005

• EPA and DHS Announce New Cooperative Center of Excellence for Research on Microbial Risk Assessment for Homeland Security

October 21, 2005

• Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on the President’s Nomination of George W. Foresman to be Under Secretary for Preparedness
• Federal Government Readies for Hurricane Wilma

October 19, 2005

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security Launches Program to Decentralize First Responder Training
• Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff before the United States House Select Committee on Hurricane Katrina
• Interest in Individual Preparedness Increases

October 18, 2005

• Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee
• Joint Statement by Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security
• Digital Photo Deadline for Passports Approaching
• DHS Receives $2.4 Billion Increase for 2006 Appropriations

October 4, 2005

• U.S. Department of Homeland Security Takes Unprecedented Steps to Ensure Procurement Integrity in the Gulf Coast Region

October 1, 2005

• Remarks as Delivered by Secretary Michael Chertoff, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs’ 75th Anniversary Celebration, Princeton University