Raising Caps, Killing Industry and Holding America Hostage
First off, let me state for the record that I am not taking a page out of the Rep. Joe Barton (R-TX) book of apologies. I may have said some humdingers in the past, but I am not about...
DetailsOlive and Faszcza take Russian Business Delegation on Tour
Jeffrey Faszcza and I are escorting a Russian business delegation on a trip through Middle America, showing them how areas in our country have drawn manufacturing and industry to non-urban centers. Below is an excerpt from a Times Record...
DetailsPolitics vs. Security – A Tale of Two Committees
Two Senate committees, three chemical security bills and one issue to rule them all – the role of so-called Inherently Safer Technologies (ISTs) in America's approach to safeguarding communities from acts of terrorism. With DHS' Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism...
DetailsFEMA’s Steps in the Right Direction
As the country celebrates the 20th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it presents an opportunity to see how far we have come since the enactment of one of our country's great civil rights laws, but it...
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In 2008, when the then Obama Campaign issued its proposed vision for homeland security, it impressed a lot of people when it described the creation of a national infrastructure bank. This federally chartered structure would fund critical projects around...
DetailsSecrets in the News: Classified Crossings that Go Too Far
For the second straight week, Washington, DC and the nation are reeling from headlines and news coverage of events on the national security stage. Last week, it was the Washington Post's series on Top Secret America, which details the...
DetailsBuilding a 21st-Century Strategy to Counter Piracy and al Shabaab
The piracy question and how to deal with it is huge and is about to become a much larger question in the global supply-chain management continuum. I, like other folks, would like nothing more then to send in the...
DetailsThe Disturbing Value of the Washington Post’s Work
There is always something in the media that captures the conversation of people in Washington, whether it is some unfortunate gaffe that a political figure makes, some new gossip about a government official’s missteps, or the latest poll numbers...
DetailsCongress Heal Thyself (yet again)
How many times must the story be told of the mal-effects from the mishmash of Congressional turf battles over the Department of Homeland Security before something is done? Today’s latest entry is a well-done NPR story (no, that isn’t...
DetailsThe Earth-Moving Message Not Heard
Like much of the National Capital Region, I am shocked we had an earthquake this morning. For people in Washington, DC, an earthquake is usually a shocking news story - like when a President has an intern do...
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