Appendix C
List of Committee Meetings and Site Visits
November 24-25, 2008, Washington, D.C.: First full committee meeting
February 4-5, 2009, Washington, D.C.: Second full committee meeting
March 19, 2009, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Headquarters, Washington, D.C.: Subgroup meeting with EPA to learn about how the agency collaborates with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in developing risk assessments
March 2009, Cincinnati, Oh.: committee member meeting with EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) National Homeland Security Research Center (NHSRC) to learn how DHS activities in risk assessment inform and benefit the efforts of the EPA to advance risk assessment and management tools in its areas of focus
April 8, 2009, Jersey City, N.J.: Subgroup site visit to Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to learn about collaboration with DHS in developing the Transportation Risk Analysis Method (TRAM) risk analysis tool
May 6, 2009, Washington, D.C.: Subgroup site visit to Department of Health and Human Services to discuss collaboration with DHS
May 21-22, 2009, Washington, D.C.: Third full committee meeting
June 3, 2009, Washington, D.C.: Subgroup meeting with DHS Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP) staff to learn about IP programs and activities of the Homeland Infrastructure Threat and Risk Analysis Center (HITRAC).
July 8, 2009, Washington, D.C.: Subgroup meeting with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to discuss Homeland Security Grants Program and the Cost-to-Capability Initiative
July 8-9, 2009, Clarendon, Va.: Committee member attendance at the Third Annual Fusion Center and Information Sharing Strategy Conference
July 13, 2009, Raleigh, N.C.: Subgroup site visit with the North Carolina Division of Emergency Management to discuss its partnership with DHS in achieving homeland security goals in the state
July 20, 2009, Monterey, Ca.: Subgroup visit to Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) to learn about how NPS advises the Navy and the Department of Defense on risk analysis, particularly vulnerability analyses and consequence analyses
August 17, 2009, Albuquerque, N.M.: Subgroup visit to National Infrastructure Simulation and Analysis Center (NISAC) to learn how the center supports DHS risk-based decision making
August 24-25, 2009, Irvine, Ca.: Fourth full committee meeting
October 16, 2009, Washington, D.C.: Meeting with DHS staff from RMA, the Science and Technology Directorate, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office
October 21, 2009, Washington, D.C.: Final full committee meeting