<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1252"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Illinois IGNN: National Security News</title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link><description>The Illinois Government News Network (IGNN) section is your online source for news from the State of Illinois. Choose from the IGNN Links on the right to locate press releases in the categories that are of interest to you, or use the search the news feature to locate specific press releases or a different topic of releases. For other media, access the Illinois Information Service (IIS) Radio page for digital radio feeds and news soundbites.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright &#169; 2009 State of Illinois</copyright><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><ttl>2</ttl><webMaster>cms.rss@illinois.gov</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:32:02 CST</lastBuildDate><image>  <title>IGNN</title>  <link>http://www.illinois.gov/news/</link>  <url>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/images/IGNN133x45.jpg</url>  <width>133</width>  <height>45</height>   </image><!-- Note: You can get the HTML version by replacing .xml to .htm --><item><title><![CDATA[Gov. Quinn and Rep. Foster Announce Legislation to Create National Military Family Relief Fund - Call on Illinois citizens to contribute to the Illinois Fund this tax season]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=8&#x26;RecNum=7478</link><description><![CDATA[(CHICAGO) – April 8, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn and Rep. Bill Foster today announced their support of a bill that will create the National Military Family Relief Fund and provide greater aid to military families in all branches of the armed services. Rep. Foster recently introduced the bill, H.R. 1175, in the House of Representatives.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2009 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">239F914F30EA3C948FCE2EA07A9EFB33</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Blagojevich Thanks Responders for Hurricane Gustav Recovery Assistance - Last of nearly 200 responders returning from Louisiana today]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=8&#x26;RecNum=7151</link><description><![CDATA[With their mission complete, the last of nearly 200 Illinois responders Governor Rod R. Blagojevich deployed to assist Louisiana following Hurricane Gustav are on their way home.  For their efforts, the Governor today expressed his gratitude to the firefighters, Illinois National Guard troops, law enforcement officers and emergency managers who went to the Gulf Coast to help Louisiana recover from the hurricane that struck in late August.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">FC394E9935FBD62C8AEDC372464E1965</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Blagojevich Deploying Incident Management Team to Louisiana to Assist with Hurricane Gustav Recovery - Six-member team will manage out-of-state assets]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=8&#x26;RecNum=7137</link><description><![CDATA[As the Gulf Coast recovers from Hurricane Gustav and braces for another dangerous hurricane later this week, Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced Illinois is continuing its support to the region by deploying a six-person Incident Management Team to Louisiana.  The team, which includes response personnel from public safety agencies throughout Illinois, is leaving today for a 22-day mission to help Louisiana recover from Hurricane Gustav.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">CB77649F5D53798EDFA0FF40DAE46322</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Governor Blagojevich announces implementation of the Adam Walsh Child Protection Safety Act providing children a safer learning environment - Illinois becomes first state in the nation to offer FBI criminal history information to private schools for employment screening]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=8&#x26;RecNum=6003</link><description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD - Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced the implementation of the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 across Illinois, allowing private schools to have access to national criminal records and information of potential employees. Until now, only Illinois Public schools had been allowed to receive this information from the FBI. This act makes Illinois the first state in the nation to offer federal criminal history information to private schools for the purpose of employment screening.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">7ACBA01022004F2CE03BF56CA56EC6F4</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gov. Blagojevich encourages law enforcement, fire and emergency response agencies to apply for response equipment through federal program - Response agencies outside Cook County eligible to apply for part of $33.7 million in response equipment]]></title><link>http://www.illinois.gov/PressReleases/ShowPressRelease.cfm?SubjectID=8&#x26;RecNum=5939</link><description><![CDATA[SPRINGFIELD – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today encouraged law enforcement, fire and emergency response agencies to apply for a direct federal assistance program that could provide tools to better protect and respond to their citizens in the event of a disaster. The program offers local responders, outside Cook County, the opportunity to compete for approximately $33.7 million in equipment and related training and technical assistance, which can improve their ability and capacity to respond to a major critical incident or to work with other first responders.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 CST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8A88D5F412F2AD376F8597D28CBD3720</guid></item></channel></rss>