Location: The Heritage Foundation's Lehrman Auditorium
The inability of the local, state, and federal officials to
communicate with each other in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane
Katrina was eerily reminiscent of the hours and days after
terrorists attacked the United States on September 11, 2001. Little
progress has been made since 2001 in developing a means for the
multiple levels of government to collaborate in times of dire
emergency.
Soon after September 11, the U.S. Army asked the National Research
Council to study how Army science and technology could support
efforts in counterterrorism. The first report presents a survey of
a broad range of technologies and recommends applying Future Force
technologies to homeland security wherever possible, noting that
the Army should play a major role in providing emergency
communications and information technology in support of
decision-making - what the Army calls C4ISR. Join us as we discuss
the second report,
Army Science and Technology for Homeland
Security-Report 2: C4ISR, focusing on how the Army's C4ISR
technologies can enable the Department of Homeland Security, the
Army, and emergency responders to collaborate in the response and
recovery from a catastrophic event.
More About the Speakers
John W. Lyons, Ph.D.
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Distinguished Research Professor,
Center for Technology and National Security Policy,
National Defense University
John Parmentola, Ph.D.
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Director for Research and Laboratory Management,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition,
Logistics, and Technology)
General Dennis J. Reimer, U.S. Army (Ret.)
Chief Executive Officer,
Government Services,
DFI International,
and
former Chief of Staff of the Army
Hosted By
James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies and Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies
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