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Re: Don post# 26110

Wednesday, 05/20/2009 12:20:37 PM

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 12:20:37 PM

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Sorry don I didn't find any short blurbs :) I appreciate your post and I agree. It is ridiculous that we have let this slip from the headlines. I hope we get it back there soon. ALCD has the plan and the ability to implement it if given the opportunity. Did all of you know our Gov. Grants $360 million to the 50+/- ports in this country every year specifically for scanning and security? This has been the case for 8 years. The gov requires the port to be the principle applicant. The ports have no incentive to fund an ALCD program because they get the $$$$ and currently spend as they see fit. We still only scan 2% to 5% +/- of all containers entering our country. We have to bring this to public consciousness. All that is needed is for the Gov to allow companies to apply for the grants and/or public financing and verify the private sector s using the $$$$$ efficiently. They could not use it any more inefficiently than the ports have over the last 8 years of grant money waste.