Some Are a Bit Worried About Pace of DHS Nominations
When Homeland Security deputy secretary nominee Jane Holl Lute takes the witness stand Thursday, she will be the first DHS official to dive into the confirmation process since Secretary Janet Napolitano was approved in January.Considering how much pre-transition emphasis...
DetailsIntelligence Sharing Hearing Notes & Observations
The word “intelligence” can have multiple meanings. If you were watching last week’s hearing (March 18, 2009) - “Homeland Security Intelligence: Its Relevance and Limitations,” held before the House Homeland Security Committee’s Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and...
DetailsDemonizing at its Finest & Leadership at its Worst
Several days ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) spoke at a town hall-type meeting at St. Anthony’s Church in San Francisco, CA. In addressing the assembled crowd, which news coverage described as being filled with both legal and...
DetailsPreventing a “Bhophal on wheels”
Infrastructure improvements may be at the top of the to-do list for Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, but another problem urgently calls for hands-on leadership. Catastrophic release of deadly cargo, whether by accident or an act of terror,could...
DetailsSAFETY Act Expert to Share Insights With Ohio’s Small Business Leaders
Dr. Dave McWhorter, a principal with Catalyst Partners, will join other experts at the 2009 Ohio Business Matchmaker event to educate small business owners on how to work within the evolving homeland security industry. Specifically, McWhorter will focus on...
DetailsInteroperability & Appropriations Hearing – Why Can’t You Hear Me Now?
There is a biting irony to an Appropriations Hearing on Interoperability that no one can listen to.Today, three senior DHS leaders, Dr. David Boyd of the Science & Technology Directorate; Chris Essid of the Office of Emergency Communications; and...
DetailsCatalyst Partners’ Vance Taylor to Speak at the Infrastructure Modernization Initiative
Water security expert to participate in workshop sponsored by the Center for Homeland Defense & Security Vance Taylor, a principal with Catalyst Partners, will join other security and infrastructure experts to discuss priorities for the nation’s efforts to modernize...
DetailsResilience starts in the community
National resilience is truly a community effort. I split my time between an office in DC and a home in the mountains of Utah, and one of the most important messages that Washington needs to learn these days is...
DetailsNFL Punts the SAFETY Act into the News
This week, Thomas Frank of USA Today reported on the decision of DHS’ Office of SAFETY Act Implementation (OSAI) to award the NFL SAFETY Act Certification. To see mention of the SAFETY Act in USA Today was a...
DetailsThe Mumbai Attacks – Heard by the Homeland
On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, the House Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection convened a hearing, “The Mumbai Attacks: A Wake-Up Call for America’s Private Sector.” It was a hearing that lived up to its name. Since 9/11...
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