Mike Byrne

Senior Vice President at ICF International

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Senior Vice President at ICF International, a private consulting firm that deals with national security; former FEMA Operations Chief at Ground Zero; former Director of the Office of National Capital Region Coordination at the Department of Homeland Security

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At a hearing last week in Washington, the president of the  National Association of State Emergency Planners ,  told Congress  that, when it comes to disaster planning, he has "never…

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