Daniel Kaniewski blogs on emergency preparedness, response and resiliency.
Kaniewski previously served on the White House staff, most recently as Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Senior Director for Response Policy.
Soon after joining the White House in 2005, he witnessed first hand the failed response to Hurricane Katrina. He then served as a co-author and editor of the White House report, “The Federal Response to Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned.” Following the publication of this report, he worked to improve the nation’s response capabilities and advised the President and White House senior staff during domestic incidents (including both man-made and natural disasters). He chaired the Domestic Readiness Group at the White House; managed the Presidential Disaster Declaration process; oversaw the development and approval of the National Response Framework and National Incident Management System; and traveled with the President aboard Air Force One to disaster sites around the country.
He also served as a member of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expert panel examining plans for interdisciplinary response to terrorist use of explosives and contributed to a CDC document on surge capacity in terrorist bombings.
Prior to 9/11, Kaniewski served as a Homeland Security Fellow to members of the U.S. House of Representatives where he conducted research on congressional coordination for homeland security. He proposed a House Select Committee on Homeland Security in June 2001 and subsequently published his findings. The House Select Committee on Homeland Security became a reality on June 19, 2002 with the adoption of H. Res. 449 during the 107th Congress. Kaniewski continues to speak about and write on the need for congressional coordination for homeland security, with multiple op-eds on the topic having been featured in such publications as Roll Call and The Washington Times.
Kaniewski used his experience as a firefighter and paramedic to assist policymakers as Emergency Medical Services Advisor to the Congressional Fire Services Institute (CFSI), a non-profit organization dedicated to educating members of Congress on fire and EMS issues. Kaniewski remains active with the organization, as a member of the CFSI National Advisory Committee.
Kaniewski is currently Assistant Vice President and Deputy Director of The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI). Kaniewski co-founded HSPI and served as its first Deputy Director until 2005. He now co-chairs the HSPI Preparedness, Response, and Resilience Task Force with former FEMA Administrator David Paulison and former New York official Michael Balboni. His op-ed, “Not Your Father’s FEMA,” appeared in The Washington Times.
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