The Costs of Making Room for G-20 Visitors
This week my hometown of Pittsburgh will play host to the world as the G-20 Summit comes to the City of Champions. Along with hosting an array of the world’s top leaders to talk about the challenging issues...
DetailsThe Signals & Colors of Reality
With the completion of the Task Force’s Report on the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) now done we have a pretty good idea of how of the oft-maligned terror warning system is going to be restructured. For those...
DetailsA Day to Remember – A Day to Recognize Those Who Protect Us – Adopt a Station
On this 8th Anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, across America people will stop and reflect on where they were, what they were doing and how their lives changed because of the events of that tragic...
DetailsErroll Southers – Right Man for the Right Job
In life you get to meet a lot of people, but there are very few that can do things that are extra-ordinary. Erroll Southers is one of those people. Nominated by the President to be the next...
DetailsThe Honor, Hassle and Headache of Hosting the World – Pittsburgh & the G-20
When it was first announced that my hometown of Pittsburgh had been selected to host the G-20 Summit I have to say I was genuinely thrilled at the news. The entire world was going to see the “City...
DetailsGood Information & An Interesting Conference Call
Yesterday, DHS, in partnership with the Commerce Department and Health and Human Services (HHS) released new guidance to the private sector on preparations for the 2009-2010 Flu Season. With heightened concern over a resurgence of the H1N1 virus,...
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In reading Dan Fowler’s article, “Emergency Management Chief Decries ‘Culture of Entitlement’” in CQ this morning I was struck by the frank talk and courage of the comments made by National Emergency Management Association President Nancy Dragani. While...
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The front page, banner headline of today’s Washington Times states the following: “Disaster plans leave the disabled behind.” In what they term as an exclusive, Times Reporter, Audrey Hudson reports on the findings of newly issued report by the...
DetailsMore Candor & Good News from Fugate
Yesterday the US Senate’s Ad hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery held a hearing on “Focusing on Children in Disasters: Evacuation Planning and Mental Health Recovery.” With notable witnesses including FEMA Administrator, Craig Fugate and Mark Shriver of Save...
DetailsQHSR – Having the Conversation We Never Had
If you work in the homeland security arena, you’d literally have to be under a very large rock or on another planet to not know that DHS is in the midst of its first ever, Quadrennial Homeland Security Review...
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