Homeland Security Awards--Call for Nominations

The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation, an independent Federal government agency, is looking to promote and encourage cutting edge innovations in four homeland security categories.

(PRWEB) April 4, 2004 --The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is proud to announce it is now accepting nominations for four Homeland Security Awards. The United States and the world have moved into a new era which necessitates the need for tighter and more vigilant security in all areas. The Foundation will do its part by awarding four Homeland Security Awards to individuals or companies that are making a measurable and constructive contribution related to basic and/or advanced research in the area of homeland security which will result in a significant and positive benefit to society.

The mission of the awards is to promote and encourage cutting edge innovations in four homeland security categories as follows--

1) Biological, Radiological, Nuclear - Including utilities (air, water, telephone), aviation, business vulnerabilities, sensors, and lack of situational awareness.

2) Border/Transportation Security - Airport security, trucks, rail, and containers authorization, certification and tracking.

3) Emergency Response - Interoperability, emergency command centers, mobile devices (PDAs, cell phones, pagers, Internet.)

4) Information Sharing - Cyber security, vertical and horizontal (Federal, State and private) communications, ways to encourage information sharing, privacy issues, and criminal and terrorist watch lists.

All nominations are accepted online at www.ccolumbusfoundationawards.org. The deadline for 2004 Nominations is Friday, May 14, 2004. You may nominate yourself and/or another worthy candidate.

All rules and details of the competition are included on the above website. Any questions related to the competition may be directed to Darlene Cavalier at-- darcav1@aol.com or (215) 629-8662.

The Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation is an independent Federal government agency established by Congress in 1992 to encourage and support research, study and labor designed to produce new discoveries in all fields of endeavor for the benefit of mankind. The Foundation has created Frontiers of Discovery--Work in Progress and Discover the Future programs that honor cutting edge innovations; innovative ideas of Americas youth; and teachers who dedicate their lives to students despite great personal hardships. For more information, please visit: www.columbusfdn.org or contact Judi Shellenberger at (315) 258-0090.