Summary - The journal interviews Elaine C. Duke, Homeland Security Deputy Under Secretary for Management, about the Homeland Security Department’s plans for the transition to a new presidential administration.

Summary - The Journal of Homeland Security interviews Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, who discusses the challenges facing the Coast Guard today.

Summary - Quartel discusses the Dubai Ports World sale, cargo security, and international trade.

Summary - Dr. Penrose C. Albright of Virginia was confirmed to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Plans, Programs and Budgets) on October 3, 2003. On June 26, 2003, President Bush nominated Dr. Albright On June 26, 2003. Previously Dr. Albright served as the Senior Advisor to the Science and Technology Directorate at the Department of Homeland Security.

Summary - Admiral Collins became Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in May 2002. He served as Vice Commandant from 2000 to 2002, when he created the Innovation Council, spearheaded service-wide process improvement initiatives, and directed system enhancements as the Coast Guard Acquisition Executive.

Summary - Mac Thornberry (R-TX) Member, House Select Committee on Homeland Security Chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Science, and Research and Development 8 April 2003

Summary - At the time of the interview, he was Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, a position he had held since March 2002. Before his service in the federal government, he spent more than 20 years in the private sector as an information technology professional.

Summary - Gary Hart was Senator from Colorado from 1975 through 1987. Former Sen. Hart chaired, with former Sen. Warren B. Rudman (New Hampshire), the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century.

Summary - The challenge we faced with the WNV was that it crossed species barriers and in doing so crossed agency boundaries and mission statements. We got bogged down in state versus federal, animal versus human health, all of which resulted in a delayed diagnosis. But the vectors of disease, the birds and mosquitoes themselves, were blind to these artificial man-made barriers.

Summary - A nationally recognized leader and speaker in the fields of entertainment software, educational software, and translation and media services, Louie has established himself as an expert on the critical relationship between technology innovation and national security.

Summary - Ms. Wong has a master’s degree in finance and a bachelor’s degree in computer sciences and mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Summary - MG Richard C. Alexander, the former adjutant general of Ohio, replaced Maj. Gen. Edward J. Philbin as NGAUS executive director on January 1, 1999. Before taking the position, he served as the NGAUS's 45th president from September 1996 to September 1998.

Summary - The following interview with Mr. Jay Davis was conducted in the aftermath of the September 11th attacks. Davis, a research fellow at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, offers his take on the role of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Intelligence Community, and new initiatives like the "Sky Marshals" program.

Summary - In this interview, the Institute examines the role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in responding to the September 11th attacks. Brinkerhoff, a former associate director in FEMA, talks about the chain of command immediately following the attacks, as well as America's overall approach to crisis / consequence management in potential future attacks.

Summary - This week in the Journal of Homeland Security, the Institute features an exclusive interview with Dr. Kristi Koenig from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Dr. Koenig discusses the role of her agency in homeland security, the terrorist attacks of 11 September, the subsequent anthrax attacks, the role of Veterans Affairs in the Topoff exercise, and components within the VA, such as the Disaster Emergency Medical Personnel System.

Summary - The Institute spoke to Craig Reed, the administrator of APHIS, about some of the current activities and objectives of his program. Topics discussed included foot and mouth disease, mad cow disease, and the role of APHIS in protecting American agriculture. Mr. Reed also examined the dangers of agricultural terrorism within the United States, and potential federal government responses.

Summary - Serguei Popov, a former Soviet bioweaponeer, provided the ANSER Institute with an exclusive interview on his role in the Soviet biological program. Popov highlights many of his experiences at the Vector facility, and provides details on some of his past projects, including genetically engineered weapons.

Summary - Dr. Alibek, the former Deputy Chief of the Soviet's biological weapons program (Biopreparat), spoke to Institute personnel about his past activities in the field of biowarfare. Dr. Alibek describes how the Soviet Program actually accelerated following the signing of the Biological Warfare Convention and developed bioweapons in vast quantities, including anthrax and smallpox.