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This week's schedule is subject to frequent updates.
August 24-28, 2009
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| Monday, August 24 | |
| 9:00 a.m. PDT | U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Air & Marine Operations personnel will participate in a media availability and demonstration of the newly acquired Advanced Concept Demonstrator Vessel. Bellingham, Wash. |
| Tuesday, August 25 | |
| 8:00 a.m. EDT | U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will deliver remarks about Coast Guard Diversity initiatives at the Coast Guard Training Forum of the Blacks in Government National Training Convention. Baltimore, Md. |
| 8:30 a.m. EDT | National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications Gregory Schaffer will deliver opening remarks at the GFIRST Conference. Atlanta, Ga. |
| 10:30 a.m. EDT | NPPD Critical Infrastructure Protection Cybersecurity Program Director Patrick Beggs will deliver remarks at the GFIRST Conference about information technology sector risk. Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1:00 p.m. CDT | Office of Health Affairs (OHA) Acting Director for Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Defense Doug Meckes, D.V.M., will participate in a panel discussion about animal identification needs related to homeland security issues at the ID Info Expo 2009. Kansas City, Mo. |
| 3:45 p.m. EDT | NPPD Cyber Exercise Program Director Brett Lambo will deliver remarks about cyber exercises at the GFIRST Conference. Atlanta, Ga. |
| 3:45 p.m. EDT | NPPD National Cyber Security Division Acting Director Dr. Peter Fonash will participate in a panel discussion about raising cybersecurity awareness at the GFIRST Conference. Atlanta, Ga. |
| Wednesday, August 26 | |
| 8:30 a.m. EDT | U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will deliver remarks about the impact of social media on the Coast Guard at the Potomac Forum. Washington, D.C. |
| 10:30 a.m. EDT | NPPD Control Systems Security Program Director Sean McGurk will deliver remarks about mitigating the most common control systems vulnerabilities at the GFIRST Conference. Atlanta, Ga. |
| 1:30 p.m. EDT | NPPD Director for Software Assurance Joe Jarzombek will deliver remarks about mitigating risks to improve incident management at the GFIRST Conference. Atlanta, Ga. |
| 2:30 p.m. EDT | NPPD Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection and Awareness Director Jenny Menna will participate in a panel discussion about how critical infrastructure sectors responded collectively to the Conficker threat at the GFIRST Conference. Atlanta, Ga. |
| 2:30 p.m. EDT | NPPD Control Systems Security Program Deputy Director Rick Lichtenfels will deliver remarks about securing industrial control systems infrastructure at the GFIRST Conference. Atlanta, Ga. |
| 3:30 p.m. MDT | OHA Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Chief Medical Officer Jon R. Krohmer, M.D., will participate in a panel discussion about engendering support for rural emergency health care at the Rural and Frontier EMS and Trauma Summit. Park City, Utah |
| Thursday, August 27 | |
| 9:00 a.m. EDT | NPPD Deputy Under Secretary Philip Retinger will deliver remarks about DHS cybersecurity priorities and how to better build and sustain current and future cyber partnerships at the GFIRST Conference. Atlanta, Ga. |
| 3:45 p.m. EDT | NPPD Federal Network Security (FNS) Branch Director Matt Coose will participate in a presentation about the activities of the FNS Branch at the GFIRST Conference. Atlanta, Ga. |
| Friday, August 28 | |
| 8:30 a.m. CDT | Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate and U.S. Fire Administrator Kelvin J. Cochran will deliver remarks at the International Association of Fire Chief's 2009 Fire-Rescue International Conference and Expo. Dallas, Texas |
August 17-21, 2009
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| Monday, August 17 | |
| 10:30 a.m. CDT | Secretary Napolitano will deliver remarks about Gulf Coast rebuilding efforts and participate in a media availability with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator (FEMA) Craig Fugate and Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding Janet Woodka. New Orleans, La. |
| 12:00 p.m. CDT | National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Director of Software Assurance Joe Jarzombek will deliver remarks about national efforts for deploying software systems at the annual METROCON Technical Conference. Arlington, Texas |
| 12:00 p.m. Local Time | U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will participate in a media availability about Arctic Domain Awareness. Nome, Alaska |
| Tuesday, August 18 | |
| 2:00 p.m. Local Time | U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will participate in a media availability about Arctic Domain Awareness. Fairbanks, Alaska |
| Wednesday, August 19 | |
| 2:15 p.m. PDT | NPPD Supervisory Program Analyst Ryan Oremland will present an update on the National Emergency Communications Plan at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International Annual Conference and Expo. Las Vegas, Nev. |
| 3:45 p.m. PDT | NPPD Office of Emergency Communications (OEC) Director Chris Essid will deliver remarks about the OEC and the National Emergency Communications Plan at the APCO International Annual Conference and Expo. Las Vegas, Nev. |
| Thursday, August 20 | |
| 11:30 a.m. EDT | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Assistant Secretary John Morton will participate in a media availability with Attorney General Eric Holder about the indictments of leaders and other high-ranking members of several of Mexico's most powerful drug cartels. Washington, D.C. |
| 2:30 p.m. Local Time | U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will testify before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security about the Coast Guard’s Arctic Presence. Anchorage, Alaska |
| Friday, August 21 | |
| 12:00 p.m. Local Time | U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen will participate in a media availability with other members of the Ocean Policy Task Force about the federal government’s approach to managing the challenges of the Arctic region. Anchorage, Alaska |
| 1:00 p.m. Local Time | U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Thad Allen will participate in an Ocean Policy Task Force meeting about the challenging environmental, economic, and geo-political conditions in the Arctic. Anchorage, Alaska |
This page was last reviewed/modified on August 24, 2009.