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Wednesday, July 9, 2008 @ 10am
311 Cannon House Office Building

Hearing: “The Challenge of Protecting Mass Gatherings in a Post-9/11 World.”
• Full Committee

Witnesses (partial):
Robert B. Stephan, Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, Department of Homeland Security
Roger T. Rufe, Jr., Director, Operations Coordination Division, Department of Homeland Security
Thomas H. Blackwell, MD, Medical Director, MEDIC: Mecklenburg Emergency Medical Services Agency, Charlotte, North Carolina
Scott McCartney, Program Manager/Exercise Planner, Large Stadium Initiative, Governor’s Office of Homeland Security, Sacramento, California; Sergeant, Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department
Douglas Reynolds, Director of Security, Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota

There will be a webcast of this hearing.

No Official Events Announced

10:30 AM MDT  Secretary Michael Chertoff will deliver remarks to members and guests of the Regional Four Corners Homeland Security Coalition (Southern Ute Indian Tribal Headquarters, Ignacio, CO).

No Official Events Announced.

10:00 AM MDT  U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Ralph Basham will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at a hearing entitled “Securing the Northern Border: Views from the Front Lines” (Havre, MT)

No Official Events Announced.

1:00 PM EDT  US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny will deliver remarks at the Land Border Biometric Exit Industry Day (Arlington, VA).

11:00 AM EDT  Secretary Chertoff will deliver the opening remarks at the Heritage Foundation’s event entitled Homeland Security, Privacy and Civil Liberties: A Five Year Review Commemoration (Washington, DC).
 
11:30 AM EDT  Chief Privacy Officer Hugo Teufel III  and Officer for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Daniel W. Sutherland will participate in a panel discussion at the Heritage Foundation’s event entitled Homeland Security, Privacy and Civil Liberties: A Five Year Review Commemoration (Washington, DC).

1:00 PM EDT  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Acting Director Jonathan Scharfen will participate in a media availability during his visit to the Atlanta Field and District offices on E-Verify, FBI name check issues, processing improvements, transformation, and the new citizenship test (USCIS Atlanta District Office).

9:15 AM EDT  US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny will address the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Department of Homeland Security’s International Workshop on Usability and Biometrics on the benefits of biometrics (Washington, DC).

11:00 AM EDT  U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Acting Director Jonathan Scharfen will participate in an E-Verify informational session (Asheville, NC).

12:30 PM PDT  U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will deliver remarks at the American Petroleum Institute Tanker Conference on marine safety initiatives (San Diego, CA).

10:00 AM EDT  Acting Under Secretary of Management Elaine Duke will testify before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee at her nomination hearing (342 Dirksen Senate Office Building).

10:45 AM EDT  Chief Privacy Officer Hugo Teufel III will participate on a panel entitled “Criminal Aspects of Identity Theft: Financial Records, Data Mining, and Online Threats” at the American Bar Association’s Second Annual National Institute on Cyberlaw: Expanding the Horizons (Washington, DC).