• Fully fund and support deployment of interoperable technology and services for first responders;
• Support the entry/exit and other initiatives leveraging IT to protect the nation’s borders from penetration by the enemy;
• Provide secure and continuous communications and data connectivity during crisis situations;
• Ensure effective data sharing technologies are fully utilized for leveraging and harnessing the nation’s intelligence, defense, homeland security and civilian assets;
• Address effective risk management protection for homeland security-related high risk technologies and services;
• Vigorously promote and insist on expanding technology industry’s abilities to support classified and sensitive civilian, DoD and intelligence community initiatives devoted to the War on Terrorism;
• Address information security globally and as a matter of U.S. national security;
• Investigate in-theater contractor exposure issues supporting the War on Terrorism;
• Support and oversee adequate provision of equipment for the war fighter;
• Promote and fund sustainable outreach between innovative technology companies who are not traditional federal vendors and government entities fighting the War on Terrorism.

Homeland Security
Government Informational and Contract Links:

• Homeland Security News and Actions (www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/)
• GSA (www.gsa.gov)
• FedBizOpps (www.fedbizopps.gov)
• Technical Support Working Group (www.tswg.gov/tswg/home.htm)
• NASA (www.hq.nasa.gov/office/procurement)
• Department of Energy (http://e-center.doe.gov)
• Department of the Army procurement links (http://abop.monmouth.army.mil/plinks.nsf)
• Pro-Net (http://pro-net.sba.gov/index2.html)
• Govcon (www.govcon.com)
• FirstGov (www.firstgov.gov)
• ACQNet (www.arnet.gov)
• Department of Defense - Homeland Security Site (www.defenselink.mil/specials/homeland/)
• The National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) (www.nipc.gov/)
• The National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) (niap.nist.gov)
• National Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC) (csrc.nist.gov)
• The National Security Agency (www.nsa.gov)
• Federal Bureau of Investigation on Terrorism (www.fbi.gov/terrorinfo/counterrorism/waronterrorhome.htm)
• Information Warfare Research Center (www.terrorism.com/infowar/index.shtml)
• Information Operations and Information Warfare(www.intelbrief.com/infoops.htm)
• ANSER Institute for Homeland Security (www.homelanddefense.org/)
• Intellibridge Homeland Security Monitor (www.homelandsecuritymonitor.com/index.htm)
• National Homeland Security Knowledgebase Portal (www.twotigersonline.com/resources.html)
• The Security Portal for Information System Security Professionals (www.infosyssec.org/infosyssec/)

• 2004 State of Maine Homeland Security Conference
• Maine's Homeland Security Point of Contact (www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/states/me.html)
• Maine's Strategic Plan for Homeland Security (www.state.me.us/mema/homeland/intro.htm)
• UMaine Department of Computer Science Homeland Security Lab (homeland.cs.umaine.edu/)
• Maine's Procurement Technical Assistance Centers (www.mdcme.org)
• Governor’s Homeland Security Taskforce (www.state.me.us/newsletter/April2002/governor.htm)
• Bioterrorism Resources in Maine (www.state.me.us/dhs/boh/ddc/bioterrorism.htm)
• Maine Bio-Terrorism Fact Sheet (www.state.me.us/dhs/bioterrorism.htm)