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Prepare My Business NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH 
WEBINARS TO PREPARE YOUR BUSINESS
September 11, 18 & 25 | 2 PM EDT 
 
Join the Small Business Administration (SBA) during National Preparedness Month for focused webinars on simple steps you can implement that could mean the difference between surviving a disaster, and giving in to one.
 

September 11: Protecting Your Organization by Preparing Your Employees

Without question, most businesses will admit their most important asset is their employees. However many businesses take very little action to help their employees and their families prepare for and recover from disasters. While data recovery and business continuity may form the backbone of a disaster recovery strategy, if employees are unable or unwilling to report to work, having your systems back on line may prove worthless. >>Register  

 

September 18: The NEW 10 Steps to Preparedness - Lessons from the Past

What would you do if a fire, flood, equipment malfunction or health pandemic occurred at your office? If you had 15 minutes to evacuate, what would you take and where would you go? How would you continue servicing your clients? Think it can't happen to you? Statistics show that 94% of small business owners believe a disaster could seriously disrupt their business within the next two years. Are you prepared? >>Register

 

September 25: Crisis Communications for any Organization

During an emergency, it is imperative that those within your organization know how to communicate effectively. This includes both internal and external communications, and applies to emergencies of all types, large and small. >>Register  

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NIEM NIEMVIRTUAL TOWN HALL
September 17 | 2 PM EDT | >>Register
 
The National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) Town Halls provide a stage to discuss all of the awesome ways our community is using NIEM to advance their missions. The September Town Hall will feature leaders from the Prescription Drug Monitoring Information Exchange (PMIX). They'll share how NIEM has been a foundation for PMIX implementation and how it's enabled states to share critical information that helps protect citizens' health. The NIEM Town Hall is free and open to everyone.
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WHSWOMEN IN HOMELAND SECURITY

2013 BBQ Cook-Off

Sept. 21 | 12:00-4:00 pm. | Bolling Air Force Base

 

Join WHS for the annual BBQ Cook-Off and 5K/Fun Run! This year's BBQ features live music, 7 teams cooking great BBQ and games for the kids! All proceeds go to support the Border Patrol Foundation! >>Register


 

 

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International
MAPPING THE INTERNATIONAL SALES LANDSCAPE IN THE DEFENSE & HOMELAND SECURITY MARKETS
September 24 | 10:00 AM - 12 PM | >>Register

In 2012, U.S. foreign military sales topped $65 billion. This panel will introduce small and mid-sized companies to some of the possibilities and pitfalls that accompany expanding into the international market.  The speakers will discuss the types of opportunities available and how to access them, the differences between foreign military sales (FMS) and direct commercial sales (DCS) and how to leverage the U.S. government and foreign embassies in the D.C. area.  This will be the first in a series of events designed to get GTSC members and other small and mid-sized companies thinking about the possibility of diversifying their revenues through international work. >>Read More

 

Speakers: 
 
Evan Croen Evan Croen
Quantitative Analyst, Bloomberg Government 
Mark Kimmitt General Mark T. Kimmitt 

Principal, MTK Defense Consulting

Former Assistant Secretary of State for Political Military Affairs

Former D/Assistant Secretary of Defense for Middle East Affairs

 
Marisa Lino Marisa Lino

Former Ambassador (ret.)

Corporate Director, Homeland, Civil, Regulatory & International

Government Relations, 

Northrop Grumman Corporation

 
Vangala S. Ram 

Office Director

Bureau of Political-Military Affairs & Office of Region Security and Arms Transfers, U.S. Department of State

 
 

The GTSC International Action Group is chaired by RADM Donald Loren, Od Dominion Strategies, and Brandon Torres Declet, GTSC Strategic Advisor and CEO of Southern Crux International.

Old Dominion Strategies SoCrux International  

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National Preparedness Month
NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH: FOCUS ON FEMA & HHS
September 26 | >>Register
CENTRA Technology, Inc. | Arlington, VA

 

GTSC recognizes National Preparedness Month (NPM) each September with an extensive program aimed at helping companies get prepared and understand why their own preparedness is key to the missions of Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). If the homeland and national security community isn't buttoned up, how can we help our Federal partners achieve mission?

 

For this year's NPM, GTSC has partnered with the InfraGard National Capital Region Members Alliance (INCRMA), the FBI's public private partnership with the private sector that works to create a more resilient critical infrastructure in the Washington, DC metro area. Join GTSC and InfraGard to hear from key preparedness officials in FEMA and HHS about how your company can be prepared and assist with appropriate mission areas to be a part of the Whole Community of emergency management. 

 

Speakers:

 

Sara Bryant
Sara Bryant
Program Development Section Chief Preparedness Grants Division,
FEMA
David Kaufman
David Kaufman
Associate Administrator
for Policy, Program Analysis, and International Affairs
FEMA
Nicole Lurie
Dr. Nicole Lurie
Assistant Secretary
for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human Services

Darryl Madden
Director
READY Campaign
FEMA
Jason McNamara
Jason McNamara
Vice President
Obsidian Analysis 
former Chief of Staff, Administrator Craig Fugate
FEMA
Joseph Trindal
Joseph Trindal
President
InfraGard National Capital Region Members Alliance
& President, Direct Action Resilience
Michael Walter
Dr. Michael Walter
Detection Branch Chief 
& Program Manager BioWatch,
Office of Health Affairs, DHS


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INSIGHT SESSION WITH
RICHARD SERINO, DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, FEMA 
September 30 | 2:30 - 4:30 PM | >>Register 

 

Richard Serino

Richard Serino

Deputy Administrator

Federal Emergency Management Agency


Mr. Richard Serino was appointed by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate as the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Deputy Administrator in October 2009. In this role, he works directly with Administrator Craig Fugate to promote the "whole community" approach to emergency management, which seeks to build, sustain, and improve the Department's capacity to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards. 

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IS YOUR DATA DISASTER-PROOF?

 

Information Week, a leading IT industry news source, estimates $26.5 billion in revenue is lost annually due to network and system interruptions. Despite the potential for depleted earnings, angry customers, tarnished reputations, and lost data, over 50% of businesses don't have an IT disaster recovery plan.

 

Your IT systems support your business, making it is essential to design a solid infrastructure that aligns with your business goals, secures your data, and is resilient. Here are a few simple tips that many organizations neglect. >>Read More

 

 

Lilly Harris
Lilly Harris
CEO, MSA

Lilly Harris is the President and CEO of Man-Machine Systems Assessment (MSA). MSA is an Economically Disadvantaged Woman-Owned Small Business with 23 years of government contracting experience. MSA is passionate about our Warfighters and the preparedness of our nation. MSA works diligently to evaluate defense systems, ensure continuity of operations and support mission critical programs that are aligned with our passion and mission. 

 

Visit: www.msaincorp.com

Follow: @MSAincorp

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NIST RELEASES PRELIMINARY
CYBERSECURITY FRAMEWORK

 

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a discussion draft of the Prelimiary Cybersecurity Framework that was developed after Executive Order 13636, "Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity," was released in February 2013.

It is inteneded for the Framework to provide a "common language and mechanism for organizations to:

  1. describe current cybersecurity posture
  2. describe their target state for cybersecurity
  3. identify and prioritize opportunities for improvement within the context of risk management
  4. assess progress toward the target state 
  5. foster communications among internal and external stakeholders 

NIST would like industry to review "Discussion Draft Message to Senior Executives on the Cybersecurity Framework," and a "Discussion Draft of the Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework Illustrative Examples.Organizations that would like to comment on the draft can also attend the Fourth Cybersecurity Framework Workshop on September 11-13 in Dallas, Texas.

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procurementwebinarDHS PROCUREMENT WEBINAR SERIES

The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of the Chief Procurement Officer's Industry Liaison will moderate a series of industry information webinars during FY14. The purpose of the webinars will be to share information and answer questions with industry around various procurement topics and opportunities similar to past DHS Industry days. Your participation is requested. Please post discussion topics or questions to [email protected].
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QUADRENNIAL HOMELAND
SECURITY REVIEW  DHS
While the mission framework established by DHS during the 2010 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR) remains enduring, the QHSR 2014 team is updating those goals to reflect changes in the world around us and how the enterprise has evolved since 2010. Visit the DHS Roles and Missions Review pages to let them know whether you agree or disagree with the proposed changes to the mission framework, as well as our updated approach to mature and strengthen the homeland security enterprise.

Two new questions for the study on public-private partnerships. For the first, we invite you to provide suggestions for a public-private partnership checklist in development. For the second post, you are invited to review archetypes that have been identified for homeland security partnerships and to provide your insights.
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Security Industry Association: 

George R. Lippert Memorial Award Nominations 

Due September 10 | Read More

This award is presented annually to honor a distinguished individual from a SIA Member company for long-term, selfless service to the security industry and to SIA.

 
  Securing New Ground 
  November 5-6 | New York City | Register

It's About the Mission. The Government Technology & Services Coalition (GTSC) is a nonprofit 501(c)(6), non-partisan association of innovative, agile small and midsized company CEOs that create, develop, and implement solutions for the Federal homeland and national security sector. These companies founded the Coalition to band together to work with their Federal partners to achieve their mission despite significant budget challenges by bringing the innovation, creativity and exceptionalism of successful small businesses to the homeland and national security mission. 
 
Our vision is to support and assist our government partners to achieve their critical homeland and national security missions with the highest integrity; best and most innovative technologies; and results-based, quality products and services to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from any terrorist attack or natural disaster.
 
Our mission is to provide exceptional advocacy, capacity building, partnership opportunities and marketing in the Federal security space for small and mid-sized companies that bring the solutions that help us achieve our vision.
 

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