Homeland security this week
Before starting the new week, please see a Sunday morning post on resilience as public policy, just a quick scroll below. This builds on a post and comments from Bastille Day.
Following are a few homeland security events for the coming week. For more information access the embedded links. Please use the comment function to identify other events you would like to bring to readers’ attention. If you are attending or monitoring any of these events, please use the comment function to report out to the rest of us.
Monday, July 20
Tuesday, July 21
2:00 pm (eastern) Washington D.C. House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology will conduct a hearing on protecting the electrical grid.
2:00 pm (eastern) Washington D.C. Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security will conduct a hearing on E-Verify.
Wednesday, July 22
DHS Workshop on Future Directions in Cyber-Physical Security Systems opens in Newark, New Jersey. Continues on Thursday.
Thursday, July 23
10:00 (eastern) Washington D.C. House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight Hearing will conduct a hearing on the Air Marshal program.
10:00 am (eastern) Washington D.C. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement conducts a hearing on E-Verify.
12 noon (eastern) Washington D.C. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment conducts a hearing on the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Act
4:00 pm (eastern) Washington D.C. The Woodrow Wilson Center hosts a discussion of Afghanistan and Pakistan: Conflict and Resistance to Modernity.
Friday, July 24
12:30 (eastern) Washington DC The Cato Institute hosts a luncheon discussion of REAL-ID, PASS-ID, or no national ID.
2009 Annual Conference of the National Association of Counties opens in Nashville. Continues through Monday.
