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		<title>Catalyst Partners Adds Business Development Experts to Serve Global Clients</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Defense and security consulting firm Catalyst Partners announced today that Akmal Ali and Steven Krause joined the company as principals in January 2012. These additions represent the latest moves in the firm’s continued expansion of its defense and homeland security business development, government relations and public affairs offerings for clients around the world.]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/02/catalyst-partners-adds-business-development-experts-to-serve-global-clients/</link>
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		<title>Catalyst Partners Lends Expert Insight in Latest Year in Homeland Security Magazine</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest edition of the Year in Homeland Security magazine covers a range of homeland issues, offering expert voices that include Catalyst Partner principals Randy Beardsworth, Vance Taylor and Rich Cooper. Beardsworth and Taylor lent their perspective on the development of homeland as a profession, and Cooper offered articles on emergency management and law enforcement.]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/02/catalyst-partners-lends-expert-insight-in-latest-year-in-homeland-security-magazine/</link>
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		<title>Homeland Security Budgets In FY 2013</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the 2013 budget requests, states, localities and the Science and Technology (S&#038;T) directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are expected to see a “buzz cut” in funding, Rich Cooper, a principal in Catalyst Partners LLC, told Homeland Security Today. Border and aviation security agencies, however, will retain much of their funding.]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/02/homeland-security-budgets-in-fy-2013/</link>
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		<title>Piracy is Alive and Well and More Than Your Wallet is at Risk</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you mention the word “piracy” to someone, chances are images of Johnny Depp’s character from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, but the sobering facts are that savagery on the high seas is very real and becoming a costly circumstance that deserves more attention. The waters around the Horn of Africa are growing more dangerous, with pirates from Somalia continuing attacks on commercial ships. These attacks contribute to the $7 billion-$12 billion that maritime piracy costs the international economy each year. To address and discuss this international challenge with national impact, the National Chamber Foundation will host "High Risk on the High Seas: The Economic Impact of Piracy in the Indian Ocean.” ]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/02/1473/</link>
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		<title>SAFETY Act Reached Major Milestones in 2011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having been involved with DHS’ Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies Act of 2002 (SAFETY Act) since its inception, my antenna are always alert for mentions of it. Like in late 2008, I am surprised that Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano's 2nd Annual Address on the State of America's Homeland Security did not include a pat on the back for the Department’s remarkable milestones achieved in the past year. Nevertheless, the SAFETY Act Office's list of accomplishments are impressive and growing.]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/02/safety-act-reached-major-milestones-in-2011/</link>
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		<title>Napolitano&#8217;s Speech with DHS Cupcake: A Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Maybe it’s just a Washington thing, but no where can you gather more than a hundred or so people in a significant venue for a major speech on a topic of national importance that says… well… nothing. Such was the scene at the National Press Club where DHS Secretary Napolitano delivered her second annual “State of Homeland Security Address.” Attendees were greeted with a plate of cupcakes decorated with the DHS logo. Either someone at the National Press Club has a wicked sense of humor or the Department has gotten very creative with its logo. ]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/01/napolitanos-speech-with-dhs-cupcake-a-review/</link>
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		<title>Napolitano&#8217;s State of Homeland Security Filled with Missed Opportunities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered a "State of Homeland Security" address yesterday at the National Press Club and did a wonderful job delivering a very droll message. She is an accomplished public speaker and was comfortable in reading from the Teleprompter, and if her goal was to avoid making headlines, her presentation was a rousing success.]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/01/napolitanos-state-of-homeland-security-filled-with-missed-opportunities/</link>
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		<title>With Coming Budget Cuts, Opportunities Arise for Small Security Firms and International Markets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The upcoming FY2013 budget request will begin to identify winners and losers in this new scenario.  However they are applied, reductions announced on Thursday equal the elimination, roughly, of one Lockheed Martin or a General Dynamics plus a Raytheon – every year for the next 10 years. This new normal can spell terrific opportunity for firms that are willing to shed comfortable habits and plunge into the maelstrom with courage. ]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/01/with-coming-budget-cuts-opportunities-arise-for-small-security-firms-and-international-markets/</link>
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		<title>Next Steps for Homeland Security in 2012 &#8211; Procurement and Oversight</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CQ Homeland Security concluded its three-part series on lessons learned and challenges ahead in homeland, asking sources what is the next big move the federal government needs to make? Catalyst Partners Principal David Olive offered several recommendations for both DHS and the U.S. Congress.]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/01/next-steps-for-homeland-security-in-2012-procurement-and-oversight/</link>
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		<title>Homeland Funding in 2012 &#8211; Where to Cut and Where to Spend</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In CQ Homeland Security&#8217;s second installment of its series asking homeland experts about lessons from 2011 and the path ahead, David Olive offers insight on where homeland dollars should be spent in 2012. Homeland Security Experts Weigh In: Where to Cut and Where to Spend &#8211; CQ Homeland Security With the new year beginning, CQ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://catalystdc.com/2012/01/homeland-funding-in-2012-where-to-cut-and-where-to-spend/</link>
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