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Council hosts Third Annual Partners in Preparedness & launches CEO Summit
The Council September 15 hosted with the American Red Cross of the National Capital Area the third annual Partners in Preparedness Symposium and launched the first "CEO Summit at PIP" to a sold out crowd. The Council was also proud to host the first annual PIP awards, the Distinguished Partner in Preparedness Award going to our own Robert Connor's of Raytheon.
The Awards recognized both an individual Champion of Preparedness in addition to the Distinguished Partner award. Recognizing Connor's leadership and commitment to the Partners in Preparedness Symposium and his work for preparedness for his company and others was long overdue. CONGRATULATIONS, Bob! At right, news anchor Leon Harris joins Bob Connors, Linda Mathes, CEO of the American Red Cross of the National Capital Area and Marc Pearl, President & CEO of the Council.
The Council was also very pleased to welcome former Secretary of DHS Michael Chertoff to keynote PIP and to participate with CEOs in the CEO Summit. Secretary Chertoff opened the program to a packed audience, then joined 35 CEOS and President's from D.C. Area businesses for a special program developed by the Naval Postgraduate School from Monterey, California for the Council. Cos DiMaggio of the Tauri Group; Frank Pugliese, Chair of the Council; and Secretary Chertoff engage in the Summit at left.
Several excellent panels filled the morning session, including a discussion of the Media's role in homeland security featuring Jeanne Meserve of CNN four days after the misreporting of U.S. Coast Guard training exercises; Resources available to business featuring moderator George Foresman, first Undersecretary of Preparedness for DHS and Darrell Darnell of the District of Columbia's Homeland Security & Emergency Management. Additionally, Marriott Corporation, Con-Way Trucking and Raytheon all discussed how their preparedness has improved their business operations and resulted in ROI during times of crisis. Panels from the PIP Symposium will be available on the Council's website October 15.
Many thanks to Council members Raytheon (Platinum sponsor), DuPont (Gold) and SimplexGrinnell/Tyco (Silver) for their sponsorship of the Partners in Preparedness Program.
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Thought Leadership
Federal Contracting Survey
The Council's Thought Leadership Committee has been hard at work developing the Council's substantive work on issues affecting our membership. To help develop this work and most comprehensively represent our membership, the Committee has developed a survey on federal contracting that will reach your in-box in approximately one week. PLEASE take a look at this important survey. We ask that you take a few moments to fill it out yourself AND send it to the appropriate departments and people in your company. The results will be used to help the Thought Leadership Committee develop some examples of "best practices" and constructive examples of successful acquisition and procurements with DHS. As a follow-up to the survey, the Council will host a meeting of those interested in continuing the dialogue on how to improve the DHS contracting process.
Executive Brief with Civitas
The Thought Leadership committee is also working with Parney Albright of Civitas on the Council's next Executive Brief. The brief will focus on "challenges and opportunities" in the homeland security marketplace. Albright attended the September Thought Leadership meeting to work with Council members on its focus and scope.
For more information on the Thought Leadership Committee's work please contact Kristina Tanasichuk.
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WILL YOU ATTEND?
OCTOBER 8
U.S. Secret Service Headquarters -- Executive Tour
U.S. Secret Service Headquarters
2:00pm - 5:30pm
Register
Homeland Security Industry & Government ReceptionThe Phoenix Hotel6:30pm - 8:30pm R.S.V.P. to Joe Carden
Annual Dinner
December 10 * The Willard
Mark your calendar!
ADDITIONAL COUNCIL ACTIVITIES
OCTOBER 15
Board of Advisors meeting
OCTOBER 19-20
Center for Peace & Security Studies, Georgetown University
If You Build It, Will They Use It? Optimizing the Homeland Security Network
HS&DBC Panel: October 20
For more information contact Marc Pearl
OCTOBER 26
Thought Leadership Committee meeting
R.S.V.P. to Kristina Tanasichuk
OCTOBER 28
Board of Directors meeting
OTHER EVENTS
OCTOBER 13
Women in Homeland Security
Happy Hour at Palette
5:30pm - 8:00pm complete info at:
www.womeninhomelandsecurity.com
RSVP
OCTOBER 17
American Red Cross Fire & Ice Ball
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New Council Leaders
Michelle Mrdeza of MXM Consulting has agreed to Chair the Council's Advisory Board. We are excited to work with Michelle and new member Gary Shiffman, Ph.D., Director of Homeland Security Studies at Georgetown Univeristy, who has also joined the Board.
Dave Abel, IBM has joined the Council's Board of Directors.
Jerry Buckwalter of Northrop Grumman has joined the Thought Leadership Committee as Chair. Craig Sharman, Director of Federal Relations for Tyco was named Vice-Chair of the Government Affairs Committee.
Many thanks to all of you for your hard work and support of the Council!
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Have a great week!
Marc Pearl, President & CEO
D: 202 470 6441 | C: 202 271 6000
Joe Carden, Vice President
202 470 6442 direct | 202 302 7784 cell
Membership | Government Affairs
Kristina Tanasichuk, Vice President
202 470-6443 direct | 703 201-7198 cell
Thought Leadership | Strategic Partnerships
Homeland Security & Defense Business Council
1140 Connecticut Avenue NW - Suite 1008 Washington, DC 20036-4005
Main: 202.470.6440
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Council Submits Statement for Preparedness Hearing; GAC meeting & September Executive Roundtable
The Council was asked to offer a statement
for the record before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on
Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and
Response titled "Preparedness: The State of Citizen and Community Preparedness"
on October 1, 2009. Please view the statement here. As a follow up to
this effort, the Council was asked to brief senior congressional staff on our
members internal preparedness efforts in the near future. If you have a
developed internal business continuity initiative, please forward an overview
and POC to Joe Carden.
The Council's Government
Affairs Committee met with Ben Nicholson,
U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Sub Committee on Homeland Security
Staff Director (Minority) on July
17th to discuss the legislative priorities of the Appropriations
Committee going into 2011 and with Chani Wiggins, Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security on September 25th. Craig Sharman, Director, Federal Government Relations for Tyco
International was named Vice Chairman of the Committee.
During the Summer, the Council
has been very active in meeting with the new senior leadership at DHS as well
as key senior congressional staff. In August alone, the Council has met with
both DHS Chiefs of Staff, the Assistant Secretaries for Public Affairs,
Legislative Affairs and the Office of the Public Sector as well as over four
dozen Congressional offices. These meetings are continuing to build the
Council's visibility and credibility with the public sector's homeland security
policy and decision makers.
Council Chair Frank Pugliese, Board Member Jack Mayer, Janet Hale of Deloitte and Marc Pearl join Deputy Administrator of FEMA David Garratt (center) at the Council's September Executive Roundtable. Garratt discussed FEMA's changing responsibilities, public expectations and ways the agency has improved since hurricane Katrina.
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Jack Mayer Keynotes AIAA Homeland Security Conference
 HS&DBC Board Member Jack Mayer, Vice President of Booz Allen Hamilton was the keynote speaker at the 2009 AIAA Homeland Security Conference September 2nd. Mayer's speech, "Mission Possible: Toward a Full Integration of the Department of Homeland Security discussed how DHS could shift requirements and investments from a bureaucratic model to a model that's program and budget decisions are driven by mission areas. Read his keynote here. |
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Marc Pearl featured in CEO to CEO in Associations Now:
How Does Your Organization Maintain Transparency?
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 GUEST EDITORIAL: The Homeland Security Partnership
By David Silverberg
Editor
Homeland Security Today
In 1961, President Dwight Eisenhower made the point in a
farewell address to the nation that "Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant
action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own
destruction." By the same token, he warned, "In the councils of government, we
must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or
unsought, by the military-industrial complex."
The
military and the industry that supports it were then, and are now,
partners-sometimes very contentious partners-but regardless of the state of
their influence ultimately both have pursued a goal of American security and
global peace.
At the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the
relationship is nowhere near as clear. Partially, this is the result of the
department's newness and the haste with which it was created as well as its
long struggle with the basic nature of its organization.
There really isn't a homeland security-industrial complex
similar to the military model, nor is one likely. Given its state, local,
tribal and territorial components, the homeland security community is far more
fragmented and decentralized than the Defense Department. Nor is DHS as
technologically dependent as the military. DHS is never likely to build the
kind of industrial base that produces an aircraft carrier or an advanced
fighter plane.
Nonetheless, there is a partnership. That partnership is
still developing and will be doing so for a long time. It encompasses common
concerns over acquisition but both the homeland security community and the
industry that serves it also have common interests in legislation, regulation
and national policy. And ultimately
everyone, regardless of where he or she sits in the public or private sector,
has a common interest in maintaining the safety, security and resiliency of the
American homeland as well as civilization everywhere.
Technology and the business community can do much to
make us safer. The government-business relationship should be based on an
appreciation for each partner's strengths and a mutual commitment to the
mission.
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