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The Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and the National Science Foundation announced on September 30, 2008 approximately $3.1 million in new grant awards to academic institutions for the fiscal year 2008 Academic Research Initiative. The Academic Research Initiative (ARI) program was initiated in 2007 to foster pioneering research in radiological and nuclear detection at academic institutions and build the nation’s intellectual capital in nuclear sciences and engineering.

The Department's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office and the National Science Foundation awarded $3.1 Million in academic research initiative awards on September 30, 2008.

Secretary Chertoff held a press conference on the agremeent signed with the Republic of Estonia to prevent and combat serious crime on September 29, 2008 in Washington, D.C.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Waiver Final Rule, a regulation that will streamline the issuance of certain short-term non-immigrant visas for non-U.S. citizens who are HIV-positive.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the publication of a final rule that will streamline the issuance of certain short-term non-immigrant visas to people infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) who are otherwise qualified to enter the United States.

On September 29, 2008 U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and U.S. Department of Justice Acting Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Matthew Friedrich signed an agreement on Enhancing Cooperation in Preventing and Combating Serious Crime (the PCSC Agreement) with Estonian Minister of Interior Jüri Pihl and the Minister of Justice Rein Lang.

The Department of Homeland Security recognizes World Tourism Day and affirms its commitment to facilitating safe travel.

Testimony of Charles E. Allen before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment