Press Office

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

 

                  

 

March 5, 2010

Contact: DHS Press Office, (202) 282-8010

 

THE WEEK AHEAD FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY:

MARCH 8 – MARCH 12, 2010

 

Monday, March 8

 

11 AM EST                 Secretary Napolitano will deliver remarks highlighting the Department’s ongoing collaboration and engagement with U.S. veterans on key DHS initiatives, including efforts to implement stronger and more effective measures to secure the global aviation network and protect the traveling public against terrorism

                                    Hyatt Regency Crystal City, Regency Ballroom

                                    2799 Jefferson Davis Highway

                                    Arlington, Va.

                                    OPEN PRESS*

 

* For more information, contact Joe Davis at jdavis@vfw.org or (202) 608-8357.

 

12 PM LOCAL           Chief Privacy Officer Mary Ellen Callahan will deliver remarks about U.S. privacy protections for traveler data at a forum entitled, “United States Perspective of Data Privacy: How to Keep Travelers Secure”

The Centre

Avenue Marnix 22

B-1000 Brussels

Brussels, Belgium

OPEN PRESS

 

Tuesday, March 9

 

• Events TBD

 

 

Wednesday, March 10

 

9 AM EST                   National Protection and Programs Directorate Deputy Under Secretary Philip Reitinger will participate in a panel discussion about the role of science and technology in improving operational resilience at the DHS University Network Summit
Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel
999 9th St. NW
Washington, D.C.
OPEN PRESS

 

10 AM EST                 Transportation Security Administration Acting Assistant Secretary Gale Rossides and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Acting Commissioner David Aguilar will testify about watchlisting and pre-screening procedures and protocols before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

                                    342 Dirksen Senate Office Building

                                    Washington, D.C.

                                    OPEN PRESS

 

10 AM EST                 Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate will testify about disaster preparedness before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security

                                    2362-B Rayburn House Office Building

                                    Washington, D.C.

                                    OPEN PRESS

 

Thursday, March 11

 

10 AM EST                 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Assistant Secretary John Morton will testify about ICE’s fiscal year 2011 budget request before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security

                                    2362-B Rayburn House Office Building

                                    Washington, D.C.

                                    OPEN PRESS

 

10 AM EST                 U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Acquisition Rear Admiral Ronald J. Rábago will testify about the Coast Guard’s acquisition programs and policies before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation

                                    2167 Rayburn House Office Building

                                    Washington, D.C.

                                    OPEN PRESS

 

10 AM EST                 ICE Office of International Affairs Director Raymond Parmer and CBP Office of Field Operations Assistant Commissioner Thomas Winkowski will testify about visa security and passenger pre-screening efforts before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism

                                    311 Cannon House Office Building

                                    Washington, D.C.

                                    OPEN PRESS

 

11 AM EST                 CBP Office of Internal Affairs Assistant Commissioner James Tomsheck will testify about efforts by drug trade organizations to infiltrate and corrupt federal, state, and local law before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration

                                    343 Dirksen Senate Office Building

                                    Washington, D.C.

                                    OPEN PRESS

 

1:45 PM EST               Associate Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis Melissa Smislova will participate in a panel discussion about challenges in Suspicious Activity Reporting during the DHS University Network Summit

Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel
999 9th St. NW
Washington, D.C.
OPEN PRESS

 

3 PM EST                    Office of Health Affairs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Weapons of Mass Destruction and Biodefense Bob Hooks will deliver a lecture about Institute of Medicine/National Academy of Sciences findings regarding BioWatch and Biosurveillance at the University of Pittsburgh National Preparedness Seminar

Center for National Preparedness

University of Pittsburgh, 707 SIS Building

135 North Bellefield Street

Pittsburgh, Penn.

OPEN PRESS

 

11:30 PM LOCAL       Chief Privacy Officer Mary Ellen Callahan will participate in a media availability about the Department’s privacy and data protection policies

United States Embassy Berlin

Pariser Platz 2

14191 Berlin

Berlin, Germany

OPEN PRESS

 

Friday, March 12

 

2:15 PM EST               Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs Dr. Alexander Garza will participate in a panel discussion about public safety and health cooperation between the United States, Canada and Mexico at the Trilateral Security Conference

Woodrow Wilson Center

Ronald Reagan Building

1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW

Washington, D.C.

OPEN PRESS

 

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