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Rapid Notification – When You Really Have to Know
Dec 10, 2009
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Last week in Portland, officials conducting routine reservoir testing found something unexpected: E. Coli. Officials reached out to the community via print, television, and radio news outlets, health networks, and their utility Web site. Unfortunately, many in the community remained unaw...
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Interview with Chertoff in 2009 Year in Homeland Security
Dec 10, 2009
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Rich Cooper, Security Debrief contributor and Principal with Catalyst Partners, recently published an interview with former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff in the 2009 The Year in Homeland Security. Below are some highlights from the Chertoff interview. You can read
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Here We Go Again – Spending On Infrastructure Without a Plan
Dec 9, 2009
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On the drive home last night, I heard the WTOP/CBS news reporters talk about how the President was once again considering the building and re-building of portions of our nation’s infrastructure as a means to put the millions of unemployed and under-employed Americans back to work. I couldn’t h...
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Dr. Dave McWhorter on Catalyst Partners' Homeland Security Technologies Assessment Practice
Dec 3, 2009
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Dr. Dave McWhorter, principal of Catalyst Partners, speaks about the new Catalyst Homeland Security Technologies Assessment practice.
Why has Catalyst Partners created this dedicated practice? Why is it important? Why now?
One of our frustrations is when we come across a technology that is a
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Looking them in Eye: The Obama Speech
Dec 2, 2009
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With the long-belabored deliberations of his war-council concluded
and the decision to deploy 30,000 troops to Afghanistan to get the job
done now revealed, I think it is worth noting the importance of the
“how” and “where” of last night’s speech. Earlier this week, Dana
Milbank of the Washingto...
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Catalyst Partners Offers New Homeland Security Technologies Assessment Practice
Dec 2, 2009
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Party-Crashing Salahi Couple Provide a Chance for House Homeland’s Moment in the Sun
Dec 1, 2009
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It’s been observed by many over this past year that the House Homeland Committee has lost a lot of its ‘umph.’ It’s hearings, while covering a range of important issues, have not garnered much attention or for that matter, resulted in some of the big policy and programmatic changes that some of the ...
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Congress Heal Thyself (Con’t – ad nauseum)
Nov 20, 2009
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Once again it is time to revisit the issue of Congressional meddling into the operations of DHS.
As has been well established by many commentators, myself included, the only item from the 9-11 Commission’s Report that has yet to be implemented is the consolidation of congressional oversight of th...
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McWhorter Presenting on SAFETY Act for ASIS Professional Development Courses
Nov 18, 2009
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On Wednesday, December 9, Dr. Dave McWhorter will give Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technologies (SAFETY) Act presentations in Orlando at the ASIS Professional Development Courses. He will present to the ASIS Transportation Security track and Security Force Management track.
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A Lack of Imagination Led to a Lack of Preparation - A Report From Mumbai
Nov 16, 2009
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As the anniversary of another terrorist attack approaches, the questions remain: Are we safer than we were before the attacks, and are we doing the right things to prevent another attack? Those were the questions on the minds of participants this past week in Mumbai, India, at the second Security an...
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