DATE CHANGE! Â PLEASE NOTE! Ms. Menna was called out of town on our original date and she is now scheduled for June 6th. Join us for lunch with Jenny Menna Director, Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection & Awareness National Cyber Security Division U.S. Department of Homeland Security June 6, 2011 Â 11:30am - 1:00pm Thank...
Join us for a fascinating conversation with Dr. Sharla Rausch, the first Director of the Human Factors/Behavioral Analysis Division at the Science & Technology Directorate, DHS. May 18 9:00am - 10:30am Battelle Crystal City WHS met with Dr. Rausch and she has some fascinating stories to share....
Available at WHS photosets: Â http://www.flickr.com/photos/womeninhomelandsecurity/sets/ Thanks again to sponsors Nancy Peters, CACI and Lyn Kelly from Composite Software!...
DHS OIG: Major Management Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security The DHS Office of the Inspector General issued its latest look at the Department's management challenges last month. While the document did not hold any surprises it reinforced the numerous department-wide and operational challenges faced by...
Homeland Security: Assessing the First Five Years by Michael Chertoff In anticipation of the Secretary's talk with WHS on January 12, we invite you to read his book. As we approach the 10 year anniversary of 9/11, have we done enough? How have recent attempts been thwarted...
Please help us welcome our legislative fellow from Ukraine! Maria will be working on a project for WHS on women in homeland security here in the U.S. Â She may be blogging for us, as well as participating in our luncheons and writing a piece on the...
DHS Risk Lexicon  (click pic to read) The DHS Risk Lexicon makes available a common, unambiguous set of official terms and definitions to ease and improve the communication of risk-related issues for DHS and its partners. It facilitates the clear exchange of structured and unstructured data that...
In the years after 9/11, officials scrambled to rethink security at the border and in the air-while privacy groups and foreign governments did their best to stop and then roll back security measures. As a result, we have only partially closed gaping security holes. Worse,...
Anyone who had any question that WHS is a special organization just had to attend our January events. Â WHS members, their daughters and their families attended our "What to Wear" fashion show featuring executive dress wear from Lord & Taylor and Jenessa Hoffman, President of...