Federal, State and Local Officials to Hold Media Availability at National Fusion Center Conference

Leading federal, state and local officials appearing at the 2008 National Fusion Center Conference will hold media availabilities on TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008 at 10:00 A.M. PDT and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19,

WHO: Domingo Herraiz, Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance, U.S. Department of Justice

Russell M. Porter, Director, Intelligence Fusion Center, Iowa Department of Public Safety, and Chair, Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council.

Edmond G. Brown, Jr., California Attorney General

Charles E. Allen, Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis and Chief Intelligence Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Ambassador Thomas E. McNamara, Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment

State and Local Officials

WHAT: Media Availability

WHEN: TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008
10:00 A.M. PDT

WHERE: Hilton San Francisco
Franciscan Rooms C and D
333 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, California
OPEN PRESS

EVENT 2

WHO: Russell M. Porter, Director, Intelligence Fusion Center, Iowa Department of Public Safety, and Chair, Criminal Intelligence Coordinating Council.

Sheriff Greg Munks, San Mateo County Sheriff's Office
Chief William J. Bratton, Los Angeles Police Department

Russ Travers, Deputy Director Information Sharing and Knowledge Management, National Counterterrorism Center

Art Cummings, Executive Assistant Director, FBI

Kenneth Mortensen. Acting Chief, Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer, Department of Justice

Hugo Teufel III, Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security

WHAT: Media Availability

WHEN: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008
10:15 A.M. PDT

WHERE: Hilton San Francisco
Franciscan Rooms C and D
333 O'Farrell Street
San Francisco, California
OPEN PRESS

NOTE: Press wishing to attend should pre-register by contacting John Cohen at 202-331-4072 or johncc2@dni.gov. Press check-in will be in the Yosemite Room. Press inquiries regarding logistics should be directed to Elizabeth Farrell, Office of the Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment at 571-481-6723. The Conference is CLOSED PRESS with the exception of the media availabilities.

CONTACT: John Cohen, +1-202-331-4072, johncc2@dni.gov, of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, or Elizabeth Farrell, +1-571-481-6723, of Information Sharing Environment

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Source: U.S. Department of Justice

Web Site: http://www.usdoj.gov/

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