In the years since September 11, 2001, twenty-four terror plots have been disrupted in the United States. This is top of mind given recent arrests in Denver and New York. What will be next? What should we be anticipating, and, are we managing risk appropriately? It is not just up to the government, what are you doing in your life?
On Oct 1st, the Center for Stragetic and International Studies hosted an address by the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Gary Roughead, looking at the Navy’s initiatives to stay ahead of the challenges of the new cyber domain. Roughead contended that the Navy understands networks, and the challenges we face.
As part of is ongoing outreach on QHSR, DHS hosted another Bloggers Roundtable to talk about the third portion of its homeland security dialogue.
It is too early to speculate, but based on previous behavior at DHS as well as other extensive quadrennial reviews that have occurred elsewhere, it’s fairly obvious at what’s going to happen at the end of the rainbow. Reorganization is in the future and it will have lots of insights, diverse stakeholder inputs, analysis and documentation to guide it.
The FINANCIAL – U.S. Chamber Expresses Concern Over Chemical Security Legislation The U.S. Chamber of Commerce on September 28 joined 26 associations representing the leading manufacturers, users, and distributors of chemical and petrochemical products in the United States to express their concern to Congress over chemical security legislation that would, among other things, lead to […]
Last night I got an email from Pittsburgh related to the protests that Western Pennsylvania residents can expect to see over the next few days with the G-20 Summit in town. Here’s hoping that everything goes peacefully but I have to ask myself, “Is this event worth the costs to the area?”
Suite Talk, Sept. 23, 2009 – Chertoff Joins KeyPoint Government Solutions Board – POLITICO.com Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff will serve on the board of directors at KeyPoint Government Solutions, which provides security-clearance background investigations as well as monitoring and fraud prevention services for government agencies. Chertoff, who served in the last Bush administration, […]
E-Verify Requirement for Certain U.S. Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Beginning September 8, 2009 – Background checks, extremely thorough & very inexpensive. E-Verify is an Internet based system operated by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in partnership with the Social Security Administration (SSA) that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their […]
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted a survey of its top performing confidential sources a couple years ago, and asked them to list in order of importance the factors that allow global drug trafficking cartels [and terrorist organizations] to succeed. At the very top of the list for every respondent was the single word— ‘CORRUPTION.’
Perhaps the most compelling feature of the Pittsburgh preparations for G20 has been the apparent attitude in Pittsburgh of, “It won’t happen here.” This attitude is dangerous – the local government can argue that it took all necessary precautions to warn people of the threat, but even with less than a month to go the warnings and preparation advice was basically to, “prepare as though it’s a snow day,” and to “have pre-drilled boards available for the windows” just in case.
Leadership Journal: Fact vs. Fiction: Correcting the AP on Port Infrastructure Funding The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) provided critical funding to improve security along our borders at our land ports of entry. Customs and Border Protection, part of the Department of Homeland Security, is utilizing $420 million in Recovery Act funding to replace […]
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