How Are New Security Challenges Affecting Business?

1. How Are New Security Challenges Affecting Business? WEC IEF European Roundtable Darmstadt, Germany October 26, 2006 Alfonso Martinez-Fonts, Jr. Assistant Secretary, Private Sector

2. SECRETARY DEPUTY SECRETARY EXECUTIVE SECRETARY CHIEF OF STAFF MILITARYLIAISON INSPECTOR GENERAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY PUBLIC AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR S&T UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY GENERAL COUNSEL A/S CONGRESSIONAL & INTERGOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNDER SECRETARY FOR MANAGEMENT UNDER SECRETARY FOR PREPAREDNESS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS COORDINATION ASSISTANT SECRETARY OFFICE OF INTELLIGENCE & ANALYSIS DIRECTOR COUNTER NARCOTICS OFFICE OMBUDSMAN CIS CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER DIRECTOR CIVIL RIGHTS/CIVIL LIBERTIES FLETC SCREENING COORDINATION OFFICE LABOR RELATIONS BOARD DOMESTIC NUCLEAR DETECTION OFFICE COMMISSIONER ICE DIRECTOR FEMA DIRECTOR CIS DIRECTOR TSA COMMANDANT USCG COMMISSIONER CBP DIRECTOR USSS FAMS Department of Homeland Security 07-13-05

3. 1. Keep dangerous people out of the U.S. 2. Keep dangerous stuff out of the U.S. 3. Strengthen screening of workers and travelers 4. Secure the nation’s critical infrastructure 5. Build a nimble, effective emergency response system and culture of preparedness 6. Strengthen the department’s core management to ensure DHS is a great organization The Secretary’s Six Main Objectives for 2007

4. Department of Homeland Security UNDER SECRETARY FOR POLICY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR POLICY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR STRATEGIC PLANS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PRIVATE SECTOR DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION STATISTICS

5. “We are continuing a policy in bleeding America to the point of bankruptcy.” 10/27/04 videotape Osama bin Laden

6. The PSO provides America’s private sector with a direct line of communication to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), utilizes information received from the private sector, and promotes DHS policies to the private sector. The Private Sector Office Mission

7. Assistant Secretary AL MARTINEZ-FONTS Senior Business Analyst (incldg. Regulation Review) JAN MARES Executive Assistant JOANNE FRYSIAK Economist GARY BECKER Economist BRYAN ROBERTS Economist MARVIN FELL Economist JENNY RANDALL Business Liaison FEMA / G&T / S&L MOLLY WALSH Business Liaison Preparedness JOHN MINNICK Business Liaison IP / Intelligence JIM PLEHAL Business Liaison CBP OPEN Business Liaison USCG / IP DETAILEE Business Liaison TSA / CIS / ICE BEVERLY CENNAME Policy Analyst JENNY PRESSWALLA Policy Analyst JEN BREUDER Bus. Liaison-Asst. Dir. IP / Travel & Tourism / S&T TARA RIORDAN Private Sector Office

8. Advocate Sharing Information Best Practices Public/Private Partnerships Economic Consequences Private Sector Office

9. Best Practices Standards Regulations Legislation Carrots and Sticks Simple Difficult

10. Visas Border Crossings People Cargo Insurance Information Sharing Immigration Public Private Partnerships National Response Plan (NRP) Major Private Sector Issues

11. U.S. Chamber of Commerce National Association of Manufactures Business Roundtable Business Executives for National Security National Federation of Independent Business American Society of Industrial Security American Hotel & Lodging Association American Insurance Association National Restaurant Association National Retail Federation Travel Industry Association of America And hundreds more associations and NGOs Major PSO Stakeholders(Whose Members Have Interests in DHS Information)

12. “In any moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.” Theodore Roosevelt Above all Else: Action

13. Contact Alfonso Martinez-Fonts, Jr. Private Sector Office US Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 (202) 282-8484 Private.Sector@dhs.gov

14. Questions?