Homeland Security Expert Available to Speak on 'Catastrophic' 7.0 Haiti Earthquake

Jan. 13, 2010 - PRLog -- Daniel Kaniewski Available to Discuss Emergency Management and Issues of National Response

MEDIA CONTACT:
Michelle Sherrard
202.994.1423 (office)
202.207.7396 (mobile)
mcs1@gwu.edu

EVENT:
Daniel Kaniewski, deputy director of GW’s Homeland Security Policy Institute, is available to comment on the 7.0 earthquake that hit the Caribbean nation of Haiti. GW’s flash studio is available for live remote television and radio interviews. Mr. Kaniewski also is available
outside of normal business hours.

WHEN:

Upon Request

WHERE:

The George Washington University
Media and Public Affairs Building, Flash Studio
805 21st St., NW, Washington, D.C.
Foggy Bottom-GWU Metro (Blue and Orange lines)

BACKGROUND:

Daniel Kaniewski, deputy director of the George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute. Kaniewski chaired the Domestic Readiness Group at the White House; managed the Presidential Disaster Declaration process, and oversaw the development and approval of the National Response Framework and National Incident Management System. In addition, he traveled with the President aboard Air Force One to
disaster sites around the country.

Kaniewski is available to comment on national response issues, incident and emergency management, and disaster relief.

Kaniewski's bio is available here: http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/about/Daniel_Kaniewski.cfm

The Flash Studio is the University’s one-camera studio used for remote television and radio interviews. Campus fiber lines and technology allow GW to transport broadcast quality audio and video signals to local, national and international media. For more information, please visit:
http://www.gwu.edu/explore/mediaroom/mediaadvisories/gwsf...

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The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute (HSPI) is a nonpartisan “think and do” tank whose mission is to build bridges between theory and practice to advance homeland security through an interdisciplinary approach.