The goal is
to ensure the selected cities are prepared to provide oral medications during
a public health emergency to 100 percent of their affected populations.C .html. Bandes, continued, "Virtual Alert is the leader in this
field and is a tremendous enhancement to Global Secure's homeland security
products and services.

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Mr. The strategy is in alignment
with the Department of Homeland Security's National Response Plan. Visit
http://www.

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These
emergency preparedness and response efforts are intended to support the
National Response Plan and the interim National Preparedness Goal. Louis); Nevada (Las Vegas); New York City; Ohio (Cleveland); Pennsylvania
(Philadelphia + Pittsburgh); Texas (Dallas + Houston); Washington (Seattle);
and Washington D . Petersburg-Clearwater and Orlando (Florida);
Indianapolis (Indiana);
Kansas City (Missouri );
Columbus and Cincinnati-Middletown (Ohio);
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton (Oregon);
Providence-New Bedford-Fall River (Rhode Island);
San Antonio (Texas);
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News (Virginia); and
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis (Wisconsin).

HHS' Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is providing $471
million for states to develop surge capacity to deal with mass casualty
events. ("Global Secure"),
a homeland security company providing integrated products and services for
critical incident responders around the world , today announces the acquisition
of Virtual Alert, Inc.
Global Secure is a Sky Capital Enterprises portfolio company.

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"Our ability to respond effectively to public health emergencies is an
important part of securing our Homeland," Secretary Leavitt said.
It focuses on the critical tasks necessary for the public health community to
prepare for and respond to a terrorist event or other public health
emergencies, emphasizing integrated response systems. Currently there
are CDC-certified laboratories to assist with chemical testing in California,
Michigan, New Mexico, New York and Virginia. The goal is to insure chemical samples are able to reach a
laboratory for analysis within eight hours. This
entails enhancing each city's dispensing plans with trained staff and
developing plans to augment with federal resources and alternative means of
delivery. In each case, the funds will go to the
state with the core city of the metropolitan area. Craig Bandes, President and CEO of Global Secure commented, "The
product suite of Virtual Alert plays an essential role in protecting Americans
in the event of a terrorist attack or epidemiological emergency by efficiently
enabling the public health community to capture and share critical
information.

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HHS will provide resources for the Early Warning Infectious Disease
Surveillance program within the CDC funding specifically for states bordering
Canada and Mexico (including the Great Lakes States) for the development and
implementation of a program to provide effective detection, investigation and
reporting of urgent infectious disease case reports in the border regions of
the three nations.com. These forward-looking statements represent
the company's judgment as of the date of this release.

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3 billion to the
states, territories and four metropolitan areas to help strengthen their
capacity to respond to terrorism and other public health emergencies. "These
funds will help us build on the progress we have made the past three years
with our state and local partners, and will result in a stronger system to
care for Americans in emergencies, whether it be a bioterror attack or an
infectious disease outbreak like SARS or West Nile virus. This includes the expansion of hospital beds, development of isolation
capacity, identifying additional health care personnel, establishing hospital-
based pharmaceutical caches, and providing mental health services, trauma and
burn care, communications and personal protective equipment. Hospitals play a
critical role in both identifying and responding to any potential terrorism
attack or infectious disease outbreak. The acquisition was completed for $20 million in cash and
stock."
Mr. Bandes underscored the role Virtual Alert would play in enhancing
Global Secure's effort to improve state and local governments' ability to
support The National Response Plan developed by the Department of Homeland
Security. (The
Department of Homeland Security has identified an $8.globalsecurecorp .

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Global Secure Corp. Acquires Virtual Alert Inc.

Virtual Alert, with offices in California,
Texas and Virginia, has 16 states, the District of Columbia, and San Diego as
clients.

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HHS Announces $1 .3 Billion in Funding to States for Bioterrorism Preparedness

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The funds will be used to upgrade infectious disease surveillance and
investigation, enhance the readiness of hospitals and the health care system
to deal with large numbers of casualties, expand public health laboratory and
communications capacities and improve connectivity between hospitals, and
city, local and state health departments to enhance disease reporting.3 billion to the states, territories
and four major metropolitan areas for these preparedness activities.

Virtual Alert's offerings include collaboration and multi media alert system;
a volunteer management system; hospital capacity tracking system and public
health and first responder exercises.

Statements in this press release other than statements of historical fact,
including statements regarding the company's plans, beliefs, and estimates as
to projected market size are "forward-looking statements".

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A table showing amounts for each jurisdiction is located at
http://www. This plan establishes a comprehensive all-hazards approach to the
management of domestic incidences and forms the basis of how the federal
government coordinates with state, local, and tribal governments and the
private sector during incidents.

About Global Secure Corp
Global Secure's mission is to secure the homeland by providing integrated
products and services to critical incident responders worldwide, focusing on
prevention, preparedness , response and recovery.

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This year, CDC may increase the number of state laboratories with
certified Level One capability for testing chemical agents.

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8 million for strengthening public health preparedness to address
bioterrorism, outbreaks of infectious diseases and public health emergencies. States included in this program are Alaska, Arizona,
California, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota , Montana, New
Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas,
Vermont , Washington, and Wisconsin., a provider of critical information systems that enable
state, local and federal governments to prepare, track and respond to public
health emergencies. The company disclaims ,
however, any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

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The ability to quickly
and effectively distribute preventative medication in affected areas is one of
the nation's top priorities to be addressed.hhs.

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Mr."
Virtual Alert, headquartered in Sacramento, California , was founded in
2001 by Dan Desmond, Eric Shaffer and Chris Popov, and is a leading developer
of software and solutions that integrate public health and safety systems.

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Note: All HHS press releases, fact sheets and other press materials are
available at http://www.
Virtual Alert also provides services for BioWatch, a program under the
Science and Technology Directorate of the U. BioWatch enables public health agencies to warn first responders
and citizens about the presence of biological agents.

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Targeted funding to continue the Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) in the
21 pilot cities will be provided to the states in the CDC grants. The CRI program funds will go to the following:
Arizona (Phoenix); California (San Diego + San Francisco); Chicago;
Colorado (Denver); Florida (Miami); Georgia (Atlanta); Los Angeles;
Massachusetts (Boston); Michigan (Detroit ); Minnesota (Minneapolis); Missouri
(St.hhs.S.

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The HHS funding is awarded via two separate but interrelated cooperative
agreements.
Last year, HHS provided a total $1.gov/news. Improving the ability of state and local governments
to communicate with critical incident responders is essential to effective
crisis management and recovery.

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Homeland Security Firm Acquires Recognized Leader in Public Health Software
Linking State and Local Governments With Critical Incident Responders

WASHINGTON, Global Secure Corp.

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This year, CDC is expanding funding by $10 million for the first 21
cities for use in their metropolitan statistical area regardless of state
lines." Mr . Global Secure's advisory board includes influential leaders from
the fields of security, government and defense, including Mark Holman, Admiral
Stansfield Turner, Howard Safir and former House Majority Leader Dick Armey.

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Global Secure manufactures advanced
SCBAs and respirators and provides WMD, HAZMAT, OSHA, DOT and EPA approved
training.

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Those starting the CRI
program are:

Riverside-San Bernadino-Ontario, Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, and
San Jose-Sunnyvale -Santa Clara (California);
Tampa-St.
The acquisition of Virtual Alert completes a key element in Global
Secure's integration strategy, adding a robust tool for critical incident
coordination and communication. The Company's products and services provide protection and security
for over 100 million people, nearly 40 percent of the nation's population.

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Eric Shaffer, President of Virtual Alert , commented, "Global Secure's
focus on the state and local government market, its nationwide distribution
channels, its training capabilities, and its operational infrastructure will
enable Virtual Alert to accelerate its already rapid expansion, improve
service to its customers and enhance its penetration of state and local
government markets.5 billion dollar budget
for 2005E for emergency preparedness and response, science and technology and
state and local government coordination).

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The initial funding for CRI focused primarily on the first 21 CRI
cities. (the National Capitol Region including parts of Maryland
and Virginia). Department of Homeland
Security.

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gov/news/press/2005pres/20050513.

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WASHINGTON, HHS Secretary Mike Leavitt today
announced that the department has made available another $1.
In addition to the 21 pilot cities, CDC will expand the CRI program to 15
other metropolitan areas in 15 states. Such statements are
subject to certain risks and uncertainties and actual results could differ
materially from expected results.

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HHS' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is providing
$862. Other states will be able to
submit applications for evaluation and up to five more may be selected for
this program.

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