Jackson steps down at DHS

Jackson steps down at DHS Michael Jackson, U.S. deputy secretary for homeland security, has tendered his resignation to the White House, effective the end of October.
   In an e-mail to department employees, Jackson said he was leaving office for financial reasons.
   He joined the department in early 2005. During the first term of President Bush he served as deputy secretary of transportation before going to work for Lockheed Martin Corp.
   Jackson’s departure raises serious questions about whether the department’s initiative for a global trade data repository for security screening of cargo shipments, often referred to as the Global Trade Exchange, will come to fruition without its champion.