http://www.hlswatch.com News and analysis of critical issues in homeland security today. Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:07:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'll be in Beijing for the next week and doing my best to blog from there. We will have some guest contributors while I'm out. Stay tuned. Jonah http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/10/10/in-china/ In a meeting yesterday that comes as DHS kicks off its first National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Secretary Chertoff responded to a range of questions from a group of invited homeland security bloggers. The discussion focused on the Department of Homeland Security’s cyber security initiatives. I asked about governance issues, ... http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/10/09/hlswatch-interviews-chertoff-on-dhs-cyber-initiatives/ DHS plans to go on the offensive in cyberspace. Secretary Chertoff told a group of reporters last week, including CNN, that following Einstein 2.0, which monitors and reports cyber intrusions in real time, we can expect a version 3.0 to act “like an anti-aircraft weapon, shoot down an attack ... http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/10/07/chertoff-elaborates-on-dhs-cyber-posture/ Readers asked for information about other readers when I encouraged your commentary on this site. So in the Comments section of this post is a snapshot of the 100 most recent readers of HLSwatch.com. Reader WRC also asked about international readership. The most recent 100 readers represents ... http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/10/06/invitation-to-readers-part-ii/ Robb Willer and Nick Adams, research scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, conducted a field experiment to test whether concerns about terrorism affect the way Americans view the 2008 presidential candidates and how an event that increases the prominence of terrorism, like a threat or attack, would affect the ... http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/10/06/study-shows-impact-of-terror-threat-on-voters/ Today the Reform Institute hosts a forum on Resilience in Homeland Security Policy: Congress, Presidential Campaigns & the Private Sector with the following discussants: • Robert W. Kelly, Senior Advisor, Homeland and National Security Center of the Reform Institute, Managing Partner, CenTauri Solutions, LLC • P.J. Crowley, representing the Obama campaign • Lee ... http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/10/01/resilience-as-viewed-by-the-congress-presidential-campaigns-the-private-sector/ On Friday, the first ever Senate DHS authorization bill was introduced. Much of this is music to our ears. The Senate bill elevates the assistant secretary for policy to the position of Under Secretary for Policy, to ensure policy coordination across the Department, it strengthens the authorities of the Office ... http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/09/29/first-senate-dhs-authorization-bill-introduced/ I was fortunate to have been given the opportunity to write for HLSwatch for many reasons. Chief among them is the chance to interact with the readers of this blog and to dive deeply into our shared interest in the wide-ranging topic of homeland security policy. Your comments on ... http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/09/29/an-invitation-to-readers/ I'm still out a Livermore with the Stimson Center task force and so only have a couple updates: HLSwatch reader William Cumming sent in word that The Society of American Military Engineers, Alexandria, Va., has been chosen for the role of Secretariat for The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP)-a public-private partnership dedicated ... http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/09/26/infrastructure-security-developments/ The House will consider a large spending bill to bridge fund the federal government through March 6 with $39.9 billion for Homeland Security, which $2.3 billion more than the president requested and represents about a six percent plus-up over FY 2008’s $37.7 billion enacted. The Homeland Security Appropriations bill once again ... http://www.hlswatch.com/2008/09/24/congress-moves-to-fund-homeland-security/