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	<title>Security Debrief &#187; Homeland Security Industry</title>
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		<title>Working with Homeland Students &#8211; A Grand Opportunity, A Great Relationship</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/02/06/working-with-homeland-students-a-grand-opportunity-a-great-relationship/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven Bucci</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke to students at the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security. The school helps military officers get their master’s degrees, but mine was not a military audience at all - many were homeland leaders from throughout the public and private sectors. To be sure, America has gained a lot since the 9/11 attacks, part of which is a brotherhood shared by all homeland professionals..]]></description>
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		<title>With Coming Budget Cuts, Opportunities Arise for Small Security Firms and International Markets</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2012/01/16/dhs-dod-budget-cuts-opportunities-small-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Steven Krause

The upcoming FY2013 budget request will begin to identify winners and losers in this new scenario.  However they are applied, reductions announced on Thursday equal the elimination, roughly, of one Lockheed Martin or a General Dynamics plus a Raytheon – every year for the next 10 years. This new normal can spell terrific opportunity for firms that are willing to shed comfortable habits and plunge into the maelstrom with courage. ]]></description>
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		<title>Should Homeland Security Control the E Grid? Maybe.</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/06/should-homeland-security-control-the-e-grid-maybe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:03:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The time has come for the U.S. government to focus a single agency's efforts on reinforcing the security of the electrical grid, MIT researchers said today in a wide-rangingreport.
The issue, MIT's researchers say, is that the many stakeholders involved in maintaining the U.S. electrical grid aren't working together, even though "cybersecurity regulations for bulk power systems already exist in the form of the NERC Critical Infrastructure Protection reliability standards." For one, the researchers point out, those standards only apply to "the bulk power system and [do] not include the distribution system." Distribution utilities on the local level are operating outside current regulations, making managing the entire grid practically impossible, the researchers added.]]></description>
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		<title>New legislation would allow spy agencies to share cyber threat info with private sector</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/01/new-legislation-would-allow-spy-agencies-to-share-cyber-threat-info-with-private-sector/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/12/01/new-legislation-would-allow-spy-agencies-to-share-cyber-threat-info-with-private-sector/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[DailyTech &#8211; New Bill Urges U.S. Intelligence Agencies to Share Cyber Threat Info with Private Sector Members of the U.S. House intelligence committee have proposed a bill that would allow private firms to receive&#160;cyber threat-related information&#160;from government agencies such as the National Security Agency (NSA).]]></description>
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		<title>Corporate Preparations for Protester Challenges</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/10/24/corporate-preparations-for-protester-challenges/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/10/24/corporate-preparations-for-protester-challenges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Macisco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street is not just a protest.  It’s an intelligence tool for protest organizers the world over. Protesters inspired by the growing Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City are spreading throughout the United States and the world to challenge the current business and governmental paradigm. That is why corporate leaders and their security teams must be aware of the tactics, information, capabilities and equipment protesters are using.  Corporations must not underestimate the resolve of the protesters and their efforts to bring a negative view to the corporate brand name.]]></description>
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		<title>Whither the Export Enforcement Coordination Center</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/10/20/whither-the-export-enforcement-coordination-center/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/10/20/whither-the-export-enforcement-coordination-center/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:08:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Heifetz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Obama administration has made admirable and high-profile efforts toward export control reform. The President issued a November 2010 Executive Order establishing an Export Enforcement Coordination Center (EECC), to be housed within the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate the efforts of the multiple federal agencies responsible for enforcing our export control laws. Despite this, the EECC still has no apparent public presence.]]></description>
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		<title>In Praise of Nick Nayak and the DHS Office of Procurement Operations</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/10/11/in-praise-of-nick-nayak-and-the-dhs-office-of-procurement-operations/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/10/11/in-praise-of-nick-nayak-and-the-dhs-office-of-procurement-operations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back, I wrote an “Open Letter to Nick Nayak” in which I expressed, in some rather direct language, my frustration at attending a DHS Office of Health Affairs Industry Day on the Biowatch Generation 3 technology – an Industry Day where oral questions were prohibited and where the DHS officials did nothing other than read verbatim from the slide presentation. Apparently that blog struck a nerve because the response was quick and, as it turns out, rather satisfying.]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Rogers Video Statement on TSA contracting reform to stimulate job growth</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/28/rep-rogers-video-statement-on-tsa-contracting-reform-to-stimulate-job-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/28/rep-rogers-video-statement-on-tsa-contracting-reform-to-stimulate-job-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Mike Rogers, Chairman on the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security, delivers an opening statement at the hearing entitled: "TSA Reform: Exploring Innovations in Technology Procurement to Stimulate Job Growth".]]></description>
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		<title>Aspen to the Homeland’s Rescue</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/19/aspen-to-the-homeland%e2%80%99s-rescue/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/19/aspen-to-the-homeland%e2%80%99s-rescue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When the Aspen Institute does something, they do it exceptionally well. Last week, they announced the formal establishment of the Aspen Homeland Security Group, a reason for optimism about thinking and scholarship on homeland issues. Their membership is literally a “who’s who” on homeland issues. It was mentioned that this group would be available to DHS Secretary Napolitano and her successors to obtain strategic counsel on a range of matters. She certainly could not have asked for a better “kitchen cabinet” of people to talk to or meet with and that unfortunately is where there is a problem.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill &#8211; Time to turn &#8220;Lessons Learned&#8221; into &#8220;Lessons Applied&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/16/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-time-to-turn-lessons-learned-into-lessons-applied/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/16/deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-time-to-turn-lessons-learned-into-lessons-applied/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Robertson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) released their joint investigative report on the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico waters off Louisiana. There are a multitude of regulatory recommendations but two key lessons: 1) NEVER skip established safety routines and protocols, and 2) ALWAYS address risk into your decision-making. ]]></description>
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		<title>Jeb Bush forms new company focused on disaster response business</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/15/jeb-bush-forms-new-company-focused-on-disaster-response-business/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/15/jeb-bush-forms-new-company-focused-on-disaster-response-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 21:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeb Bush forms new company and gets into &#8216;privatized&#8217; disaster response business &#124; Florida politics blog: The Buzz &#124; tampabay.com &#38; St. Petersburg Times Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush is getting into the for-profit disaster response business. A veteran of emergency response operations &#8212; having personally weathered Hurricane Andrew and then shepherded the state through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Importance of Effective Public-Private Partnerships in Security Efforts</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/14/importance-of-effective-public-private-partnerships-in-security-efforts/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/14/importance-of-effective-public-private-partnerships-in-security-efforts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Contributor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Wiesinger
Recently, CSC joined the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in one of the first of what promised to be a full season of 10 years after 9/11 retrospectives. The over-arching theme of remarks centered on and around a recognition of the importance of effective public-private partnerships in countering an evolving threat that has no physical, political, bureaucratic, or corporate boundaries. Today, we recognize that the only way to respond effectively to this difficult threat environment is through active, consensual collaboration between government, the private sector and citizens. ]]></description>
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		<title>Doing Business with DHS: An Open Letter to Nick Nayak</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/14/doing-business-with-dhs-an-open-letter-to-nick-nayak/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/14/doing-business-with-dhs-an-open-letter-to-nick-nayak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:26:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Olive</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A continuing (and welcomed) theme of some DHS presentations has been the importance of maintaining a dialogue with all Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stakeholders, including the private sector. While the messages have been well received in the audiences where I was privileged to sit, unfortunately, those messages do not seem fully to have permeated DHS - yet. My specific concern is triggered by an event labeled as a Biowatch Gen3 Industry Day held by the Office of Health Affairs on Monday, September 12, 2011. Unlike other DHS Industry Day sessions, which have been substantively informative, procedurally interactive and programatically insightful, this event was a complete waste of time for almost everyone there. ]]></description>
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		<title>Homeland Security Symposium Focuses on Disasters</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/13/homeland-security-symposium-focuses-on-disasters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The world has faced tragic events of late: the Japanese earthquake and tsunami; the tragic bombing and shooting in Oslo, Norway; and post-Hurricane Irene floods along the U.S. East Coast. With these and other ever-present threats to our critical infrastructures and way of life, the National Defense Industrial Association’s (NDIA) 2011 Homeland Security Symposium is "Disasters: Preparing, Surviving and Responding to Dynamic Threats."]]></description>
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		<title>How to Transcend Post-9/11 Homeland Insecurity</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/12/how-to-transcend-post-911-homeland-insecurity/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/09/12/how-to-transcend-post-911-homeland-insecurity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 21:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How to Transcend Post-9/11 Homeland Insecurity &#8211; Forbes I work in public policy, and civil liberties matter to me; I wondered with my Cato colleague Adam Theierer about 9/11&#8242;s havoc on citizen&#8217;s anonymity and privacy.&#160;Ten years later, I remain fascinated and worried by the exile of private enterprise from security policy. But given the disdain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Air Cargo Security Requirements – Impact on the Supply Chain</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/12/air-cargo-security-requirements-%e2%80%93-impact-on-the-supply-chain/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/12/air-cargo-security-requirements-%e2%80%93-impact-on-the-supply-chain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Aug 2011 00:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Media Watch</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Air Cargo Security Requirements &#8211; Impact on the Supply Chain &#124; American Airlines Cargo Business Insights A hot topic at the Air Cargo Europe Conference in Munich, Germany last month was discussed by industry leaders, representing various aspects of the Supply Chain, in a panel session titled &#8220;Security Requirements &#8211; Their Impact on the Supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Extortion Through Terror &#8211; Fake Bomb in Sydney Reveals Real Threat</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/04/extortion-through-terror-fake-bomb-in-sydney-reveals-real-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/04/extortion-through-terror-fake-bomb-in-sydney-reveals-real-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Rosenfeld</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The elaborate extortion bomb hoax in Sydney is an active reminder that extortion and kidnap for ransom are very real threats. This threat is real, not only in Australia but globally. Extortion through terror is often dismissed as some form of Latin American phenomenon, but that simply isn’t true. If something can be imagined, it can be done. ]]></description>
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		<title>White House Set to Release National Strategy to Counter Violent Extremism</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/02/white-house-set-to-release-national-strategy-to-counter-violent-extremism/</link>
		<comments>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/08/02/white-house-set-to-release-national-strategy-to-counter-violent-extremism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 20:33:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Levitt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tomorrow, after months of drafting, heated interagency discussion, and many rounds of redrafting, the White House is reportedly set to release its long-expected national strategy on countering violent extremism - the National Strategy on Empowering Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism. Our efforts countering violent extremism on the domestic front should hone in on three key areas of concern: countering extremist ideologies, enhancing social cohesion, and building resiliency within American communities.]]></description>
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		<title>Defining Resilience for America&#8217;s Critical Infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/07/29/defining-resilience-for-americas-critical-infrastructure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:02:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Gaynor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite near-continuous pronouncements on the topic of resilience, the Administration decided not to define resilience in its latest Presidential Policy Directive/PPD-8: National Preparedness. It is precisely the difficulty of nationally defining resilience that should compel the government to do so. Deciding not to define resilience and its application to the Nation’s infrastructure condemns America to continuous validation of Einstein’s definition of insanity: “Doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result.”]]></description>
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		<title>Business, Government Finding the Edges and Opportunities in Transportation Infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://securitydebrief.com/2011/07/21/business-government-finding-the-edges-and-opportunities-in-transportation-infrastructure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Cooper</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There was a time when the United States’ transportation infrastructure was the envy of the world.  Times are changing and U.S. infrastructure isn’t. This poses a significant threat to America’s profitability, economic recovery and international competitiveness. Recognizing this, the National Chamber Foundation – the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s think tank – put on a program in conjunction with the Chamber’s Let’s Rebuild America initiative, “Infrastructure: What We Want, What We Need.” Here's a breakdown.]]></description>
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