Protecting, Preserving and Defending the Essential Elements of the Homeland
From bridges to highways to water utilities, the nation’s infrastructure and critical assets are integral to preserving the American way of life. While the vast preponderance of the nation’s critical infrastructure is owned and operated by the private sector, there are dozens of agencies in the federal government making rules and regulations that significantly impact how such infrastructure is maintained and operated. Every new regulation has the potential to create unintended consequences. Having a voice at the table when regulations and legislation are being drafted is vitally important when those decisions could dramatically impact your line of business.
At Catalyst Partners, we understand the issues and people impacting our nation’s critical infrastructures and key resources. While there is no silver bullet solution to handling challenges such as response, recovery and resilience, our unique approach to addressing them head-on provides intrinsic value to our clients. We create partnership-based relationships between clients and stakeholders to advance the overall goals of critical infrastructure protection. Together, we forge strategies to preserve the interconnected security of our national critical infrastructure while advancing the specific interests and objectives of our clients.
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David Olive - May 10, 2013
Yesterday, the House Homeland Security Committee held the first in what will likely be a series of hearings on the Boston Marathon bombing. Other congressional committees will want to hold separate (and probably duplicative) hearings on the tragic event as well. As I (and others) have written before, in an era when all federal agencies are being forced to cut programs and spending, it would behoove Congress to lead by example and consolidate its oversight, per the 9/11 Commission’s advice offered nearly a decade ago.
Vance Taylor - May 2, 2013
In an era of diminished budgets and vanishing security grants, a recent break in at the Carters Lake Water Treatment Plant in Georgia highlights how the federal government is leaving small water systems, and the communities they serve, hanging in the wind. I’m not suggesting DHS throw obscene amounts of money at rural water systems, but I would argue that these systems can make major strides with small amounts of money.
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