DHS Appropriations Act Reduces Technology Funding by 30%.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2003 The Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States (DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) ) Appropriations Act reduced technology projects for homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States by an average of about 30% from the President's original request according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. INPUT Homeland Security TechWATCH(TM), a new analytical brief published by INPUT, the essential market intelligence resource for companies doing business with government. In early October, President Bush signed into law the DHS Appropriations Act, funding the department at $29.4 billion. This represents a funding surplus of $1 billion over what the President originally requested from Congress. "Most of the additional funding, however, will likely be used primarily for salaries for first responders first responder First response personnel Emergency medicine A person employed in the public sector–EMT, fire fighter, police, volunteer EMS–whose duties include provision of immediate medical care in the event of an emergency; FRs have basic emergency and passenger, baggage and cargo screeners-not technology," says Lauren Jones Shu, Senior Analyst of Federal Market Analysis at INPUT. According to the brief, early estimates indicate that Congress appropriated roughly $3 billion for technology, representing 10% of the total DHS budget, down from the President's original request of $3.8 billion. Year-over-year, technology funding remains flat with funding for technology projects in the 2004 DHS Appropriations Act equivalent to funding levels in 2003. Shu explains, "Congress decreased funding from the President's request for many of the major technology projects that have the most immediate impact on fighting terrorism, primarily because of concerns about the slow progress to date on several of these projects." Shu adds, "These reductions in funding will more likely result in scaled down projects rather than speeding DHS implementations along." Some of the largest and hardest hit technology projects reviewed in the brief include the US Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US VISIT) entry and exit system and the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, program. US VISIT appropriations were reduced to $330 million, representing a 25% reduction in funding. ACE received $441 million in appropriations, representing a 29% reduction in funding. To learn more about INPUT's new analytical brief, Homeland Security TechWATCH, go to http://hstechwatch.input.com. About INPUT: INPUT is the essential market intelligence resource for companies doing business with government. Based in Reston, Virginia Reston is an internationally known planned community whose goal was to revolutionize post-World War II concepts of land use and residential/corporate development in American suburbia. , INPUT provides market development services, advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , and software solutions to help clients secure new business, address new markets, and manage business development. For more information about INPUT visit www.input.com or call (703) 707-3500. Proper use of name is INPUT. |
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