Congressional DHS Oversight is Overkill
Former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge testified before the House Homeland Security Committee about the many leadership vacancies at DHS and Congress' overlapping, uncoordinated legislative oversight. His testimony is absolutely right.
DetailsJohnson Nominated for DHS Secretary – What Does That Tell Us?
The anticipated nomination of Jeh Johnson to become the fourth DHS Secretary is welcomed news almost any way you look at it. Johnson’s prodigious resume and professional history is being chronicled by the homeland security, defense and legal establishment...
DetailsWho is Jeh Johnson?
The White House leaked word yesterday that the President has selected Jeh Johnson, the former General Counsel at the Pentagon in the first term of the Obama Administration, to replace Janet Napolitano as DHS Secretary. It left a lot...
DetailsRisk in Full Disclosure – Chlorine Locations Posted Online
Last week, the Center for Effective Government (CEG) posted online a comprehensive list of how much chlorine water utilities have onsite and provided the specific coordinates of where they are stored. This information, while already available in the public...
DetailsCongress Heal Thyself – A Ray of Hope from the Senate
At Wednesday’s Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee confirmation hearing for Stevan Bunnell as DHS General Counsel and Suzanne Spaulding as Under Secretary of NPPD, both Chairman Tom Carper and Ranking Member Tom Coburn decried the number of...
DetailsCongress, Heal Thyself – Hamilton and Kean Weigh In Again
Another 9/11 anniversary is upon us. Looking back over the last 12 years, the United States has made a lot of progress in securing the country, and much of this progress grew out of the 9/11 Commission recommendations. Yet,...
DetailsOn the Cusp of Another 9/11 Anniversary
The Department of Homeland Security has been at the mercy of the White House, and nowhere has there been a greater concern than in the seeming lack of urgency in filling vacant positions. What else (other than incompetence) could...
DetailsSheila Jackson Lee for DHS Secretary?
July 29th, 2013 – by Rich Cooper I have to admit, this was a shocker. For all of the names being bounced around for DHS Secretary, a couple have caught me by surprise, but none of them was as...
DetailsWhy Ray Kelly Won’t be Leading DHS
August 20th, 2013 – by Rich Cooper It would be easy enough to question the wisdom, let alone judgment, of the Congressional Black Caucus, given their recent endorsement of the ever-divisive and volatile Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to be...
DetailsFree Webinar: Shaping Your Company's Future with the SAFETY Act – September 4, 2013
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