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CSC FEATURED IN
HS TODAY
Council Board Member Pat Schambach and CSC's work with the Department of Homeland Security were highlighted in an article in Homeland Security Today's January 2011 issue. According to Homeland Security Today, CSC was the fifth largest DHS contractor in 2009 with more than $346 million in contracts. Some of the components CSC is most active with are the Federal Emergency Management Administration and the Transportation Security Administration. In the article, Schambach discusses CSC's past successes and how the company looks to maintain its momentum in the future. Click here to read the article. | |
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Unisys White Paper
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SUBMIT YOUR COMPANY'S WHITE PAPERS TODAY! |
The Council is compiling a Digital Library on our website that features our members' white papers and thought leadership pieces. We invite you to submit documents, podcasts, and speeches of senior executives you would like included in this comprehensive resource of private sector thought leadership. Please contact Kristina Tanasichuk to submit material. |
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Marc Pearl
President & CEO
Joe Carden
Vice President
Membership | Government Affairs
Kristina Tanasichuk
Vice President
Thought Leadership | Strategic Partnerships | Communications
Melissa Middlesworth
Manager
Events | Public Affairs
Homeland Security & Defense Business Council 1140 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1008 Washington, DC 20036 202-470-6440 |
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| UPCOMING EVENTS | |
February 23 - Public Policy Luncheon with Elliot Williams, Chief of Legislative Affairs, ICE
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February 24 - Homeland Security Industry-Government Reception
REGISTER & Invite a Colleague!
PLEASE NOTE DATE CHANGE - February 25 - Executive Roundtable with Michael Fisher, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol SOLD OUT. If you would like to be placed on the wait list, please contact mmiddlesworth@homelandcouncil.org
March 10 - Partners in Preparedness & National Conversation on Preparedness
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March 16 - Annual Members Meeting
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March 22 - Executive Roundtable with Nick Nayak, Chief Procurement Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
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Seating is limited - one senior executive per member company. Please note that this is a dinner event. |
| HOMELAND SECURITY INDUSTRY GOVERNMENT RECEPTION | | Please join the Council at our quarterly Homeland Security Industry-Government Reception on Thursday, February 24 from 5:30 PM-7:30PM at the Phoenix Park Hotel. We know many of you will be downtown for AFCEA conference that day, so we hope you can stay downtown and network with your public and private sector peers. REGISTER HERE and bring a colleague! |
| THE 9/10/11 PROJECT | |
Upcoming Monographs Need a Sponsor!
As you know, on the 10th of every month, the Council publishes a new monograph on critical topics to homeland security. If your company is interested in sponsoring a monograph, you will be interviewed extensively, have final approval over the document and receive two full page color ads in the piece.
Sponsorships are available for the following upcoming monographs:
Disaster/Emergency Preparedness - March
Maritime and Port Security - April
Biometrics and ID Authentication - May
Land/Mass Transit Security - June
If your company is interested in being a sole sponsor please contact Kristina Tanasichuk.
 The Council would like to thank those members who were interviewed and Raytheon for sponsoring our next monograph on Border Security. Check the web for its release on February 10.
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| THOUGHT LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE | |
On January 25, members on the Thought Leadership Committee met and discussed goals for the year and consolidated the workgroups down to five homeland security topic areas. The committee's work in 2011 will focus on reaching out to DHS officials in each topic area. If you are interested in co-chairing, joining one of the workgroups, or becoming more active on the committee, contact Kristina Tanasichuk at ktanasichuk@homelandcouncil.org.
Workgroups:
- Advanced Technologies- Chair: Jill Cohen, Dupont
- Cyber/IT Infrastructure- Co-chairs: Scott Price, GDIT and Marty Mackes, Unisys
- Good Governance/"One DHS"/Business Processes - Chair: Rick Saunders, Booz Allen Hamilton
- Information Sharing - Chair: Kimberly Purlia, EmeSec
- Protection, Preparedness and Resilience - Co-chairs: Barbara Rosenbaum, Capgemini and Joel Griffin, Unisys
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| PUBLIC POLICY MEETING WITH USCIS | | The Council hosted James McCament, the Chief of Legislative Affairs for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, on January 28 at Deloitte. Chief McCament discussed their outreach efforts to the new Congress, the integration and maturation of the immigration case work, E-Verify, potential implementation challenges associated with comprehensive immigration reform, and how the Council can work as a trusted advisor on future immigration policy measures. Thank you to Deloitte for hosting this substantial discussion. |
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