Mar 11, 2019   SOURCE: BusinessWire

DHS Leaders to Discuss Innovation at Homeland Security & Defense Business Council Event

The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council (Council) will host a National Conversation on The Promise of Innovation in the Homeland Security Enterprise on MONDAY, MARCH 11TH at 2:30 P.M. in Tysons, VA. The program will feature a series of moderated conversations with leaders from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), who will address the challenges and opportunities surrounding innovation in the Homeland Security Enterprise. Speakers will discuss the processes and initiatives driving (and impeding) innovation at DHS; the application of innovative technologies and products to current and future operations; and the role the private sector plays in carrying out the mission.

The Council will also release the fourth annual 20/20 Project on the State of the Homeland Security Enterprise Report at the event. The 2019 report assesses and presents recommendations surrounding the promise of innovation and the pain of bid protests in federal government acquisitions supporting the homeland security mission. Principals from the Council and Grant Thornton LLP, a Council member and pro bono Project leader, will provide an analysis of the results from focus groups and an online survey that involved more than 200 current and former government officials and industry executives.

 
WHO:

Kevin McAleenan – Commissioner, CBP

William Bryan – Acting Under Secretary, Science and Technology Directorate, DHS

Tammy Meckley –Associate Director, Immigration Records and Identity Services Directorate, USCIS

Joanna Ip – Acting Assistant Director, Operational Technology and Cyber Division, Homeland Security Investigations, ICE
Tim Hanes – Senior Manager & 20/20 Project Lead, Grant Thornton LLP
 
WHAT: 2019 Homeland Security & Defense Business Council National Conversation and Release of the Fourth Annual 20/20 Project on the State of the Homeland Security Enterprise Report
 
WHERE: LMI
7940 Jones Branch Drive
Tysons, VA 22102
 
WHEN:

Monday, March 11th, 2019

2:30 P.M. – Release of 20/20 Project Report

3:00 P.M. – Moderated Conversations with DHS Officials
OPEN PRESS
 

MEDIA:

RSVP in advance to Julia Treanor at jtreanor@homelandcouncil.org or (202) 470-6443.

 

About the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council

The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council is a not-for-profit, non-partisan corporate membership organization comprised of the leading large, mid-tier, and small companies that support the Homeland Security Enterprise with technology, product, and service solutions. Our mission is to bring government and industry leaders together to build and strengthen relationships, increase knowledge sharing, and improve the way we conduct business together. Towards that end, our programs and initiatives focus on building better engagement models between the public and private sectors and facilitating collaborative dialogues on the best ways to address our nation’s critical homeland security issues. Learn more about the Council’s mission and programs at: https://www.homelandcouncil.org.