Power2Ship Targets Homeland Security Budget; Retains Jose Trujillo to Head its Security Advisory Board.BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Power2Ship, Inc. (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :PWRI PWRI Public Works Research Institute PWRI Produced Water Reinjection (oil & gas industry) ), a Web-based Collaborative Marketplace for freight transportation and the security industry, announced that Jose Trujillo, a consultant with extensive government experience and relationships, was retained to pursue security-related government contracts and/or grants. Mr. Hersh, Power2Ship's CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. commented: "We have developed a solution with obvious applications in the security area, particularly related to tracking and visibility of `smart' containers and secure trucks. Mr. Trujillo is the ideal person to enhance the growth potential of our security division." On October 18, President Bush signed the Homeland Security Appropriations Act The Homeland Security Appropriations Act of 2004 was a United States Act of Congress that gave the authority for the President to fund the operations of the Department of Homeland Security for each fiscal year. for fiscal year 2005, providing $28.9 billion in net discretionary spending for the U.S. 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 . The funding includes $101 million for the Container Security Initiative The Container Security Initiative (CSI) was launched in 2002 by the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), an agency of the Department of Homeland Security. Its purpose was to increase security for container cargo shipped to the United States. , $64.2 million for the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to enhance land-based detection and monitoring of movement between ports and $894 million for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection to enhance the capability of intelligence and information gathering from an expanded set of sources. About Jose Trujillo Mr. Trujillo's government experience includes positions as Deputy Appointment Secretary for President George H.W. Bush Noun 1. George H.W. Bush - vice president under Reagan and 41st President of the United States (born in 1924) George Herbert Walker Bush, President Bush, George Bush, Bush , an Air Force budget officer for the American Embassies in Paris and Athens, a senior loan officer with the U.S. Small Business Administration and a business development officer for the Department of Commerce. In addition, his business experience includes Chairman of Transcontinental Airways, Chairman of the Panadero Ski Corporation, Chairman of TRIC TRIC trachoma and inclusion conjunctivitis. TRIC Trachoma-induced interstitial conjunctivitis Development Corp., Executive Vice President of a Colorado Springs commercial bank and Vice President of a Denver commercial bank. During 2003, he served as a Member of the Presidential Task Force for Small Business and received the Florida Small Businessman of the Year Award from the Republican National Congressional Committee. About Power2Ship, Inc. Power2Ship (P2S P2S Power2Show P2S Parallel-To-Serial P2S Pay to Stay P2S Push-To-Send P2S Pledge to Safety ) is a Web-based Collaborative Marketplace that provides supply chain, tracking and other logistics information that enables freight carriers (trucking companies), shippers (senders and receivers of freight) and their customers to make better-informed, cost-effective transportation / logistics decisions. This information assists P2S Member Shippers to optimize their supply chain and reduce their transportation, warehousing and inventory carrying costs. P2S Member Carriers receive free, unlimited use of an asset management system through the MobileMarket(TM) to track the location, destination and availability of their transportation assets. P2S has formed three new divisions in order to accelerate the market penetration of its patent-pending P2S MobileMarket(TM). An international licensing division will market the P2S MobileMarket(TM) abroad. The second division is focused on Homeland Security and Operation Safe Commerce, primarily related to development of "smart" container tracking and visibility. The third division is pursuing mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures of strategic, non-asset based, trucking companies and transportation-related providers. |
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