Jeff Faszcza Joins Catalyst Partners As Principal
Jeffrey Faszcza has joined Catalyst Partners as a principal in the firm. Faszcza brings over 32 years of experience in direct management and strategic business development to one of D.C.’s most respected homeland security government relations and business development...
DetailsMissing a Key Ingredient in the Housing Hearing
On Wednesday, July 8th, the full Committee of US House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee will convene a hearing entitled, “FEMA Housing: An Examination of Current Problems and Innovative Solutions”It’s got an even more interesting witness list which includes:Witnesses:Panel...
DetailsAn American Beauty
If you’re like most people, Independence Day brings to mind all-things Americana: Will Smith chasing aliens, Dad’s “famous” cookout, and loads of illegal fireworks. For me however, it brings to mind a 22-year-old Salvadorian woman. Before you...
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This afternoon I had the opportunity to participate in a ‘Pen and Pad’ Session with Sec. Napolitano. I joined the session via teleconference, and, like her in-person appearances before the Hill, the media and speaking venues, the...
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It’s official – the National Applications Office (NAO) is DOA. Yesterday’s official announcement by DHS put the period on the end of a sentence that a lot of us have seen written for some time. The disappointing...
DetailsCatalyst 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...
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As the world continues to watch the unfolding situation in Iran and the massive protests over the disputed election results, the best quote about what is happening there was captured by Twitter and reported in today’s New York Times,...
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Members of the National Association of Emergency Managers (NEMA) received a bittersweet email this afternoon. Kristin Robinson who has served as NEMA’s lead for Government Relations for the past several years is leaving the Association to take a...
DetailsThe Training and Service of Stephen Johns and his Colleagues
Like thousands of commuters, I pass the Holocaust Museum twice a day coming into and out of DC. At any hour of the day it is not unusual to see a number of security guards outside, as well...
DetailsLessons Learned from H1N1 – Dr. Tara O’Toole Connection
While the American public’s attention has moved on to focus on the opening days of summer and vacation planning, researchers have begun to assess the lessons learned from the recent H1N1 Flu outbreak. Last week “the Robert Wood...
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