Communicating in a Crisis Is Different
Barbara Reynolds
March 28, 2007
Crises and catastrophes are and will continue to be among the eternal verities of human life.
Coping with them successfully requires effective communications – clear, concise, confident, and
comforting.
Personnel Staffing in Times of Disaster
Joseph Cahill
March 14, 2007
Three modes of operation, two of which might strain the trained EMS personnel resources immediately available but would not overwhelm them. Preparing for the third mode, a sudden mass-casualty scenario, must be done carefully and thoughtfully.
A Long Litany of Difficult Questions – But No Short and Easy Answers
James D. Hessman
March 14, 2007
DPJ’s editor in chief comments on several important homeland-defense and national-security issues
now in the news, and asks some relevant questions not usually addressed by the national media – and
either evaded or ignored by the members of Congress.
Courtney B. Banks, Vice President, Homeland Security, Raytheon Company
John F. Morton
March 14, 2007
Her views on how Raytheon is leveraging its world-class technological capabilities to upgrade U.S.
homeland security. Specific comments on several systems now in production or in the RDT&E pipeline.
Colonel Patrick Sharon, USA, Deputy Director, Joint Requirements Office for CBRN Defense
Patrick Sharon and John F. Morton
March 7, 2007
Sharon discusses current CBRN projects, his office’s support for the WMD-CSTs, the JRO role in
technology experimentation, TIC/TIM threats, and the Joint Biological-Agent Detection System.
