Catalyst Partners’ Vance Taylor Named to National Task Force
Catalyst Partners’ Vance Taylor was recently chosen to become a part of the Muscular Dystrophy Association's (MDA) National Task Force on Public Awareness, a voluntary advisory board composed of individuals with neuromuscular diseases. Taylor, who was diagnosed with...
DetailsFor New Cyber Adviser, Success or Failure Might Be a Question of Authority
President Obama had barely announced plans to appoint a White House cyber czar before experts suggested the position might be doomed by a lack of real power.Obama’s announcement on May 29 sounded good, experts said, but it was missing...
DetailsPSD-1: Organizing for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism
From www.FederalNewsRadio.com:The White House is making big changes to the organizational structure of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council. Three people critical to the restructuring - Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John...
DetailsCosts of War: Fixing National Security
One of the most serious allegations leveled against Bush’s war on terror was that it broke Washington’s national security policymaking structures. Obama is trying to fix them, Shaun Waterman writes for ISN Security Watch.Last week, on the day he...
DetailsDesigning the National Security Staff and the Resilience Policy Directorate
The President’s statement on the creation of the new National Security Staff references standing up a White House Resilience Policy Directorate. In their remarks at the Homeland Security Policy Institute the co-chairs of the PSD-1 study identified this...
DetailsCatalyst Partners’ Randy Beardsworth Speaks About the New White House Organization For Homeland Security Counterterrorism
Yesterday, the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) hosted John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism; and Randy Beardsworth and Dr. Michele Malvesti, the co-chairs of Presidential Study Directive-1 (PSD-1): Organizing for Ho
DetailsArizonans abundant at U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Jeremy Duda, of the Arizona Capitol Times, spoke with David Olive, Principle of Catalyst Partners, to discuss the high number of Arizona officials that accompanied Secretary Janet Napolitano to the Department of Homeland Security.Read the full article here
DetailsFEMA, ICE Nominees’ Backgrounds Promise Little Controversy
Fugate rose from being a volunteer firefighter and paramedic to running the Florida Division of Emergency Management, where he has coordinated recovery and response efforts in 23 state emergencies and overseen the dispersal of $4.5 billion in federal assistance,...
DetailsCatalyst Partners’ Vance Taylor Presents Findings of the Water Sector’s Progress on Security
Water security expert participates in 2009 AWWA Water Security CongressCatalyst Partners principal Vance Taylor joined other industry professionals at the 2009 Water Security Congress yesterday to speak about the recent efforts of the water sector to measure its progress...
DetailsSen. Lincoln re-election could be part of I-49 funding
The history of Bill Clinton dancing down Garrison Avenue in Fort Smith may offer a lesson in how to best seek the funding and construction of Interstate 49.Seriously.Congress is expected during this session to draft a new federal highway...
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