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Intel Federal LLC
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SUBMIT YOUR COMPANY'S WHITE PAPERS TODAY! | | The Council continues to compile material for our website's Digital Library, which 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 Melissa to submit material. | |
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YOUR TEAM
Marc Pearl
President & CEO
Melissa Middlesworth
Director
Krista Sweet
Policy Director
Homeland Security & Defense Business Council
1140 Connecticut Ave., NW Suite 1008
Washington, DC 20036
202-470-6440
www.homelandcouncil.org [Note: The Council will be moving into new offices on/about February 1, 2012 - details soon]
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| UPCOMING EVENTS | |
Friday, December 2nd - Executive Roundtable with Patricia Hoffman, Assistant Secretary for the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy
REGISTER - Senior Executives Only - Limited space remaining
Thursday, December 15th - Annual Dinner
REGISTER - Senior Executives Only - Limited space per member company. If you have any questions, please contact Melissa.
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| ANNUAL DINNER - DECEMBER 15th | |
Please join your fellow senior executives and special public sector guests celebrate our very successful 7th year of programs and initiatives at the Council's Annual Dinner on Thursday, December 15th. The Council is very pleased to announce the presentation of our 2011 Lifetime Distinguished Service Award to U.S. Senator Joe Lieberman, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs and "founder"/chief legislative sponsor of the Department of Homeland Security.
In order to allow all of our member companies the chance to attend, there is limited space remaining per member company. If you have any questions, please contact Melissa. Click here to register for the Dinner.
The Council would like to specially thank Booz Allen Hamilton, Grant Thornton, and Noblis, for sponsoring this year's Dinner.
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| NEW COUNCIL BOARD MEMBERS | |
The Council is pleased to announce the election of our newest members to the Board of Directors. Congratulations!
George Cruser, Vice President and Federal Industry Leader: Departments of Homeland, Justice and State, IBM
Mike Finn, Vice President, Homeland Security and Intelligence, U.S. Public Sector, Hewlett-Packard Company
Susan Hopkins, CEO, Dynamic Security Concepts, Inc. (DSCI)
We would also like to recognize outgoing Board Members Dave Abel, Vice President - Public Sector Systems Integration Leader, IBM and Marcus Collier, Senior Vice President Health and Civilian Solutions Division, General Dynamics IT. Their active leadership and support of the Council over the years has been valuable and greatly appreciated.
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| THOUGHT LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE | |
The Council's special topic workgroups continue to actively engage in meetings with DHS officials and congressional staff to exchange ideas, share the varied points-of-view and perspectives of industry, and to discuss how best to develop a collaborative approach to the Council members' issues and mission. Members are encouraged to become involved in the full committee and/or one of the workgroups:
- Advancement of Technologies
- Cyber/IT Security Infrastructure
- Homeland Security Enterprise
- Protection, Preparedness and Resilience
- Information Sharing
The full Thought Leadership Committee meeting will be held the week of January 9th and details will be sent soon. To become involved in the Council's Thought Leadership Committee and/or one of our specific topic workgroups, please contact Krista.
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| USCIS DIRECTOR MAYORKAS SPEAKS AT NOVEMBER ROUNDTABLE | |
 Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), spoke to Council members at our November Executive Roundtable. He discussed USCIS modernization efforts and the Entrepreneurs in Residence Program. The Director also engaged with members on how the private sector could advise and offer best practices solutions to USCIS. We thank Council Board member, Pat Schambach, CSC, for moderating the discussion.
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| EXECUTIVE TOUR | |
Next week more than 25 senior leaders from Council member companies will participate in an Executive Tour of the Southwest Border in both Arizona and California. This fact-finding program will consist of Port of Entry tours and special briefings and roundtable discussions with federal, state and local officials. Given the extremely positive response from our members for these special thought leadership programs, we will plan future visits in 2012 to key locales both inside and outside of the DC area, including to such places as the NYC security hubs and El Paso. We welcome our members' input in identifying other interesting and critical locations that would be beneficial to encouraging greater industry-government engagements.
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