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October 11, 2005
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Treasury Officials to Join Unveiling of FloridaFIRST in Miami

Treasury Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Randal Quarles and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy Scott Parsons will be in Miami, Florida on Thursday to join in the unveiling of the FloridaFIRST Regional Coalition. 

FloridaFIRST is a regional coalition formed by a group of financial institutions based in Miami with the goal of enhancing the resilience of the financial sector in South Florida to handle threats from terrorism and natural disasters.  FloridaFIRST is a collective effort to protect the homeland through public and private partnerships.  

This regional coalition will help officials at all levels of government coordinate with the financial sector in South Florida to share information, promote policies and programs that increase preparedness and to speed the recovery of financial institutions should there be an incident of disruption. 

FloridaFIRST is the second regional coalition established in the U.S.  ChicagoFIRST was created in 2003 and served as a model for private sector coalitions dedicated to working to protect financial institutions.  (For more information on ChicagoFIRST: http://www.treasury.gov/press/releases/reports/chicagofirst_handbook.pdf)

The following event is open to the media:
 
WHO  
Under Secretary for Domestic Finance Randal Quarles
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Compliance Policy Scott Parsons
  
WHAT   
Press Conference on the Unveiling of the FloridaFIRST Regional Coalition
  
WHERE 
Hyatt Regency Coral Gables
50 Alhambra Circle
Coral Gables, FL

WHEN  
Thursday, October 13, 2:00 p.m. EDT