DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY ANNOUNCES $179 MILLION IN GRANTS TO SECURE AMERICA'S PORTS
As part of the Department's commitment to enhancing security at our nation's key ports and facilities, Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge is pleased to announce $179,025,900 dollars in Port Security Grants. The Port Security Grant Program provides resources for security planning and projects to improve dockside and perimeter security which is vital to securing our critical national seaports. These new awards will contribute to important security upgrades like new patrol boats in the harbor, surveillance equipment and the construction of new command and control facilities. This grant program represents one layer of the Department of Homeland Security's system of defenses for our nation's ports that includes monitoring the people, cargo and vessels entering our ports from the time they leave a foreign port to the time they arrive in the United States. Read More..

Flagship Tips
The New Year is closer than it seems. We would like to remind our 'users' that when entering future dates into our applications, you must remember to enter the year if it's for 2004. (i.e. Arrival dates). Our system defaults to the current year so without the year being entered, the date will default to 2003. Without the correct year, USCS will reject the submission.

The staff at Flagship Technologies - Bloksberg Inc wishes all of our customers and partners a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 2004!

Best regards,
Flagship Technologies - Bloksberg Inc
Tim Francart
Customer Service Specialist
Phone: +1 724 727 9925
E-mail: tfrancart@flagship.com