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This week's schedule is subject to frequent updates. 

July 6 - 10, 2009

Time Event
Monday, July 6
1:00 p.m. EDT Secretary Napolitano will participate in a media availability with Senator Lindsey Graham.
North Charleston, S.C.
Tuesday, July 7
10:00 a.m. EDT U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will testify before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and the Coast Guard regarding Coast Guard Authorization.
Washington, D.C.
10:30 a.m. CDT Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine personnel will demonstrate Marine Advance Concept Technology for members of Congress and local media.
Gulfport, Miss.
11:00 a.m. CDT Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Assistant Special Agent in Charge Nelson Minerly will participate in a media event to highlight Office of Law Enforcement/Federal Air Marshal Service (OLE/FAMS) workforce diversity efforts in federal law enforcement at the FAMS Detroit field office.
Romulus, Mich.
Wednesday, July 8
10:00 a.m. EDT Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate and Inspector General Richard Skinner will testify before the House Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs about FEMA housing solutions.
Washington, D.C.
10:00 a.m. EDT FEMA National Preparedness Directorate (NPD) Deputy Administrator Tim Manning will testify before the House Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, about firefighter assistance grant reauthorization.
Washington, D.C.
10:00 a.m. EDT Federal Protective Service Director Gary Schenkel will testify before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee about the Government Accountability Office’s preliminary findings concerning the Federal Protective Service and security operations.
Washington, D.C.
10:00 a.m. PDT TSA Public Affairs Manager Dwayne Baird will participate in a media event about inline baggage systems and recent screening success at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
Seattle, Wash.
2:00 p.m. EDT Acting Chief Financial Officer Peggy Sherry will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement, about annual oversight of the federal government’s consolidated financial statement.
Washington, D.C.
Thursday, July 9
10:00 a.m. EDT Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Investigations Deputy Director Kumar Kibble and DHS Assistant Secretary Alan Bersin will testify before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform about Southwest border security.
Washington, D.C.
10:00 a.m. EDT Coast Guard Rear Admiral Kevin Cook will testify before the Technology and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation about Merchant Mariner licensing and documentation.
Washington, D.C.
Friday, July 10
2:30 a.m. EDT U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen will participate in a Change of Command ceremony for the Coast Guard’s Pacific Area in which Vice Admiral Jody Breckenridge will relieve Vice Admiral David Pekoske.
Alameda, Calif.

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June 29 - July 4, 2009

Time Event
Monday, June 29
11:00 a.m. EDT U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Admiral Thad Allen will attend the District 5 change of command ceremony.
Portsmouth, Va.
3:00 p.m. EDT National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) Director of the Office of Infrastructure Protection’s Infrastructure Security Compliance Division Sue Armstrong will present an overview of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program at the 2009 Chemical Sector Security Summit.
Baltimore, Md.
Tuesday, June 30
8:40 a.m. EDT NPPD Deputy Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection James Snyder will deliver the keynote address at the 2009 Chemical Sector Security Summit.
Baltimore, Md.
Wednesday, July 1
10:00 a.m. PDT Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Public Affairs Manager Dwayne Baird will conduct a media event to highlight the in-line baggage system.
Seattle, Wash.
4:00 p.m. EDT Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will participate in a media availability about disaster preparedness.
New York, N.Y.
Thursday, July 2
12:00 p.m. EDT FEMA Administrator Fugate will participate in a media availability with Delaware Governor Jack Markell, U.S. Senator Tom Carper, U.S. Senator Ted Kaufman, and U.S. Representative Mike Castle about the importance of emergency preparedness.
Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Friday, July 3
8:20 a.m. EDT U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Acting Deputy Director Michael Aytes will administer the Oath of Allegiance and deliver remarks to approximately 1,000 citizenship candidates.
Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Saturday, July 4
7:00 a.m. EDT Deputy Secretary Lute and USCIS Acting Director Michael Aytes will administer the Oath of Allegiance at a naturalization ceremony.
New York, N.Y.
9:00 a.m. EDT Deputy Secretary Lute will participate in the reopening of the Statue of Liberty ceremony with Department of the Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.
New York, N.Y.
11:00 a.m. EDT USCIS Chief of Staff Lauren Kielsmeier will administer the Oath of Allegiance and deliver remarks to approximately 100 citizenship candidates.
Mount Vernon, Va.
12:00 p.m. EDT USCIS Chief Financial Officer Rendell Jones will administer the Oath of Allegiance and deliver remarks during a naturalization ceremony for approximately 50 members of the military.
Norfolk, Va.

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