Last week’s Mid-Atlantic All Hazards Forum in Baltimore was a major and productive event. It also
was the likely harbinger of numerous similar conferences, involving all preparedness communities, in
many other areas of the country.
The race is not always to the swiftest, but in the field of WMD weapons it usually is on the side
of nations willing to invest their time and talents to detect, deter, and eventually defeat WMD attacks
launched by other nations.
Commentary and AnalysisBy James D. Hessman, jamesd@domprep.com The 21 September DHS (Department of Homeland Security) announcement that the Boeing Company has been awarded a contract to build a “fence” of sorts […]
Korch discusses not only USAMRIID’s own missions but also the close and increasingly important
working relationship between the Institute and the nation’s public-health and first-responder
communities.
Podcast DomesticPreparedness Publisher Martin Masiuk met with Marion Cain III, Director of the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) and Dr. Martha Lavender, the CDP’s Associate […]
Like many other federal agencies, the Department of Homeland Security is buying more supplies &
equipment each year. But it is not hiring enough procurement professionals to ensure that the taxpayers’
money is being spent wisely & for the right things.
The American people are confused about the illegal immigration issue, and angry that neither the
president nor the Congress seems to know what to do about it. It says here, that a partial solution is
still possible in the current session of Congress.
Although well-intentioned, proposed IACP regulations governing the type of imaging systems
installed in police cars could lead to judicial chaos and prevent the trial and conviction of an untold
number of criminals “caught in the act.”
Shares his views on the regionalization of emergency preparedness plans, operations, and training,
the need for strong support from governors and other elected officials, and various related subjects.
Last week’s Mid-Atlantic All Hazards Forum in Baltimore was a major and productive event. It also
was the likely harbinger of numerous similar conferences, involving all preparedness communities, in
many other areas of the country. 