Access Control
& Security Systems

Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge has announced plans to "reorganize to better mobilize" the people and resources of the Department of Homeland Security to make the country more secure.

Included in the reorganization are plans to:

• make available more than 5,000 additional armed federal law enforcement agents to the skies;
• consolidate three different border inspection functions into 'one face at the border;'
• consolidate terrorism grant and training programs within one office at the department; and
• implement the Strategic Communications Resources Effort (SECURE) to provide security clearances and secure video and telephone communications to all the states and territories.

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