BEMA Feb 2015. Meet & Greet. Wednesday, Feb 18th. 5:30-9:00pm

Step outside of your comfort zone to make the changes needed in our communities, in your career, and for our future leaders.

Come to our first 2015 Meet & Greet Wednesday, February 18, 2015at Busboys and Poets 5^th & K-Street N.W. location.

Come share the moment with current and new members (https://plus.google.com/u/0/109054681804357097719/posts).

Let’s network, discuss national and international issues, partnerships and collaborations.  2015 Cyber Security conference in UAE (March/April), crisis and risk management summit in Kuwait (May/June), Ebola, healthcare and public health issues.

Date:    Wednesday,  February 18, 2015

Time:   5:30 PM – 9:00 PM

Location:

              Busboys & Poets

              5^th and K Street, N.W.

              Washington, D.C.

Parking:

a.      On Street

b.      Off Street Parking

  -Parking lot

  -Basement of neighboring Safeway Store

Public Transportation:

a.      Gallery Place\Chinatown

b.      Mt.Vernon Square\7^th Street Convention Center

See you there! 

CDS

2015. Deletion of material in a new Office of Inspector General (OIG) report.

IG Protests TSA’s Edits of Audit Report Inspector General John Roth of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has protested actions by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials requiring the deletion of material in a new Office of Inspector General (OIG) report. During their review of the OIG’s Audit of Security Controls for DHS Information Technology Systems at John F. Kennedy International Airport, TSA officials classified sections of the report as Sensitive Security Information (SSI). By law, material labeled by TSA as SSI cannot be included in a public report. Roth, who termed the TSA action an abuse of the SSI classification, reluctantly issued a redacted version to the public. But he has furnished a full, unedited report to congressional committees with oversight over TSA. The report contains findings and recommendations for improving the security of TSA systems at the airport. “Over-classification is the enemy of good government. SSI markings should be used only to protect transportation security, rather than, as I fear occurred here, to allow government program officials ...read more  Read Report- OIG-15-18, “Audit of Security Controls for DHS Information Technology Systems at John F. Kennedy International Airport.”