Press Releases

06/17/2009

College officials often weigh whether they should use lethal or less-lethal weapons. Post Virginia Tech, some of the campus security and police departments that traditionally have not been armed are revisiting this topic.

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04/21/2009

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03/26/2009

Vice President of Consequence Management Drew Sachs appeared live on March 26 on the Don Shelby show on WCCO radio. Don Shelby interview Sachs, former Grand Forks Mayor Pat Owens and others about the impending Red River Valley flooding.

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03/20/2009

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03/17/2009

NEW YORK, March 13, 2009 -- GlobalOptions Group, Inc (NASDAQ: GLOI) announces today that James Lee Witt Associates, the Company’s Crisis Management and Preparedness Services Division, joins the Orfalea Foundations in highlighting the successes of the first year of their Aware & Prepare Initiative, a disaster preparedness public-private partnership in Santa Barbara County, California.

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03/09/2009

This briefing looks beyond preparedness and response and considers long-term recovery from a disaster. In the aftermath of disasters that overwhelm preparedness efforts and local response capacities, the United States does not yet have the administrative or financial resources in place to ensure effective recovery.

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11/11/2008

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services Division, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), has provided technical advice and counsel to the organizers of The Great Southern California ShakeOut project and to the Art Center College of Design program "The Los Angeles Earthquake: Get Ready Project" and its reality game, After Shock.

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09/04/2008

NEW YORK, Sep 04, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- GlobalOptions Group's (Nasdaq: GLOI) Crisis Management and Preparedness Services Division, James Lee Witt Associates, recommends that parents going through the college and university orientation process ask questions about how they fit into the institution's safety and security plan. The process for communicating and responding to an emergency varies greatly from institution to institution and parents should be informed about the pertinent details of each school's plan.

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08/26/2008

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Ready Campaign (www.ready.gov) is sponsoring the fifth annual National Preparedness Month (NPM) in September with support from more than 2,700 NPM coalition members, the largest amount to date. NPM coalition members, consisting of national, regional, state, and local organizations, will combine efforts throughout the month of September to encourage all Americans to take steps to prepare for emergencies before they happen.

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08/25/2008

Emergency Preparedness dialogue to help answer question:
How Prepared is our Nation?

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of James Lee Witt Associates, its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services Division, will be a roundtable participant at the 2008 Rocky Mountain Roundtable Symposium on Emergency Preparedness on Tuesday August 26th, in Denver, CO at the Ricketson Theatre.

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08/12/2008

NEW YORK--Aug. 12, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services Division, has obtained a two-year contract with the State of Iowa Homeland Security and Emergency Management Division (HSEMD) to provide disaster management consulting services in its efforts to recover from recent severe tornado and flooding events that struck the state.

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07/07/2008

Developing mitigation, response, and recovery plans

NEW YORK, July 7, 2008 – GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), its Crisis Management and Preparedness Division, has obtained a one-year contract by the U.S. Virgin Islands Office of Homeland Security (VIOHS) to provide subject matter expertise on a range of disaster preparedness, protection, response and recovery activities.

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06/23/2008

Contract Will Review, Analyze and Improve Emergency Operations Plans for Regional Transportation Systems

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services unit, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), has been retained by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to provide professional emergency management and preparedness services associated with the Authority's 1,500 square miles of transportation infrastructure and dozens of facilities in the bi-state area.

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06/11/2008

Program to be Implemented Across Several Campus Locations

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), its Crisis Management and Preparedness Division, has developed a comprehensive emergency management program that is now being implemented at Pulaski Technical College in Arkansas, the state's largest two-year college. Upon completion of this phase, Pulaski Tech will be a model for other colleges seeking to implement similar programs.

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05/12/2008

Will Showcase Service Offerings in Advance of Upcoming Hurricane Season

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 12, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), its Crisis Management and Preparedness Division, will be participating in the 2008 Florida Governor's Hurricane Conference from May 12-16 at the Greater Fort Lauderdale/Broward County Convention Center. Mark Merritt, President, JLWA and Andrew Sachs, Vice President, Crisis and Consequence Management, JLWA will be on-site to exhibit Global Options Group's wide-range of service offerings.

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05/05/2008

Disaster Preparedness of the Region will be Addressed

NEW YORK, May 5, 2008 - GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt will be the keynote speaker at the 10th annual New Jersey Emergency Preparedness Association (NJEPA) Conference on May 8, 2008 at the Tropicana Resort and Casino showroom in Atlantic City. He will speak to an audience consisting of first responders from law enforcement, fire, emergency medical services, emergency management, and associated disciplines about his evaluation of how prepared the Mid-Atlantic States are for the next major crisis.

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05/05/2008

On Tuesday, May 6, 2008, New York University’s Center for Catastrophe Preparedness & Response (CCPR) and John Brademas Center for the Study of Congress will host a discussion on the cornerstone of federal disaster relief legislation, the Robert T. Stafford Act, and needed reforms. The event will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Rayburn House Office Building, House Judiciary Committee Room 2226, Washington, D.C.

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04/17/2008

GlobalOptions Group Partners with NIMSAT to Host Gulf Coast Critical Infrastructure Conference

Nation's Luminaries to Address Issues to Protect the Gulf Coast from Natural Disasters

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its Preparedness and Crisis Management Division, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), will participate in UL Lafayette's inaugural National Incident Management Systems and Advanced Technologies' (NIMSAT) Gulf Coast National Conference from April 22 - April 24. James Lee Witt, Chief Executive Officer of JLWA, will give a keynote address about critical infrastructure protection.

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04/02/2008

James Lee Witt to Kick-off Expansion at Conference in Greece

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), its Crisis Management and Preparedness unit, is expanding its international services practice. The JLWA International Practice signifies rapid growth since its founding in 2001 in the domestic market in the United States. JLWA will provide the same crisis and consequence management and strategic advisory service offerings that it provides domestically.

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04/14/2008

Company To Conduct, Review and Develop System-wide Disaster Preparedness and Recovery Plans

NEW YORK, April 2, 2008 - GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt Associates, its Crisis Management and Preparedness Division, has been awarded a one-year contract to provide disaster preparedness and business recovery planning assistance for Carle Clinic Association based in Urbana, Illinois.

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03/26/2008

Breakthrough Emergency Alert Response System Introduced to Education and Community Level Markets

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services unit, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), has been retained by Purple Tree Technologies, Inc., to provide strategic advisory services over the course of the next year.

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03/19/2008

Key Additions to its Bode Technology Group and Corporate Operations

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, announced several significant new hires and promotions among its senior management team.

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02/13/2008

Company To Develop Long-Term Plans to Lessen Impact of Man-Made and Natural Hazards

NEW YORK, February 13, 2008 - GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that it has been awarded $1.12 million in contracts to prepare multi-jurisdictional hazard mitigation plans and other related services for Union, Middlesex, Camden, Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties in New Jersey.

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01/08/2008

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services unit, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), has been chosen by the State of Oregon to provide public assistance and hazard mitigation assistance as a result of the recent severe coastal storms.

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11/19/2007

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 19, 2007--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk mitigation and management services, announced that James Lee Witt, Chief Executive Officer of the company's James Lee Witt Associates unit, will receive the Clara Barton Distinguished Humanitarian Award from the American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas in a ceremony today in Little Rock, Arkansas.

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10/05/2007

NEW YORK--Oct. 5, 2007--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk mitigation and management services, today announced that its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services unit, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), has been contracted to provide technical expertise to enhance emergency management operations in the State of Maryland.

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09/04/2007

NEW YORK-- GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GOPG), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced James Lee Witt, Chief Executive Officer of their crisis management and preparedness services unit, James Lee Witt Associates, will bring The Sprint Nextel Prepared conferences to Arkansas, Witt’s home state. Nearly 100 Prepared conferences, focusing on public safety and new advances communication technologies developed to serve both the public and private sectors, are being conducted nationwide over the next several years.

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June 27, 2007 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GOPG), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, announced that it will lead a life safety and disaster preparedness forum at the Illinois Institute of Technology today, June 27, 2007. Leaders from the State’s premier educational institutions will meet with GlobalOptions executives to discuss security measures and concerns.

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06/21/2007

NEW YORK, Jun 19, 2007 -- GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GOPG), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its James Lee Witt Associates unit (JLWA) has formed a multi-year agreement with Kuwait-based International Investors Group Holdings k.s.c.c. (IGH), to jointly provide emergency planning, crisis management, business continuity planning, training and exercises, and continuity of government services to governments and corporations throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).

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06/13/2007

NEW YORK, NY – June 14, 2007- GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GOPG), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that Edward D. Fry, II has joined James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), the crisis management and preparedness services unit of the company.

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05/31/2007

NEW YORK - May 31 - GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA) unit will expand their Chicago operations with the addition of Cortez Trotter as their Vice President and Director of the Midwest Region. He will also be involved in the expansion of GlobalOptions Group's services in the Midwest Region including risk management and security, investigations and litigation support.

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05/02/2007

May 02, 2007 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time

Bill Lokey and Alan Pentz Join GlobalOptions Group

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GOPG), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that William Lokey and Alan Pentz have joined James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), a public safety and crisis management unit of GlobalOptions.

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04/19/2007

Witt Credited with Instituting Disaster Reduction Measures Leading Disaster Mitigation Projects to Be Highlighted April 19-22


GRAND FORKS, N.D. (April 19, 2007) –Commemorating the 10-year anniversary of the "Flood of the Century," James Lee Witt, Chairman and CEO of James Lee Witt Associates, a part of GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GOPG), will return to the communities he helped in the recovery when he served as director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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04/05/2007

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04/05/2007

New York, April 5, 2007 – GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GOPG), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that Barry Scanlon, Senior Vice President & Partner of James Lee Witt Associates, participated in a working group to develop a guideline for Community Engagement in Health Emergency Planning.

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03/27/2007

REPORT BY JAMES LEE WITT ASSOCIATES IDENTIFIES IMPROVEMENT ITEMS AT PENNDOT, STATE POLICE, PEMA, NATIONAL GUARD

HARRISBURG — Governor Edward G. Rendell said today that an independent review of the state's response to the Valentine's Day snowstorm has yielded valuable insight into Pennsylvania's emergency response operations that will help public officials better respond to future incidents.

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03/08/2007

New York, March 8, 2007 – GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GOPG), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt, Former Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and CEO and Chairman of GlobalOptions Groups’ James Lee Witt Associates, a public safety and crisis management consulting firm, will testify at a hearing of the House Small Business Committee on behalf of the Small Business Administration in Washington on Thursday, March 8, 2007. Testimony is available at www.wittassociates.com.

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02/26/2007

GlobalOptions Group Receives Emergency Preparedness Contract with George Mason University

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its James Lee Witt Associates unit has been chosen by George Mason University to prepare a comprehensive plan for disaster mitigation and business continuity.

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02/21/2007

Preliminary Internal Review Finds Shortcomings at PennDOT, PEMA and State Police

HARRISBURG – The inadequate response to last week’s statewide storm began with poor planning and execution by PennDOT in some key counties, but was further hampered by breakdowns in the Commonwealth’s emergency response operations, according to a preliminary review by Governor Edward G. Rendell’s senior staff.

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02/12/2007

WASHINGTON, D.C.- February 12, 2007 – GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that Mark Ghilarducci, Vice President of the company’s James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA) unit, has been invited by the RAND Corporation to participate in an expert panel designed to lay the groundwork for improvements in the nation’s public health emergency response capacity.

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01/31/2007

Knowledge Vector Inc. Connects the Dots of Disparate Events

DURHAM, NC (Jan 31, 2007) – Wesley Clark, the retired four-star general and 2003 presidential candidate, is meeting in the Triangle today with company officials at Knowledge Vector, Inc. (KVI) to announce a formal agreement between KVI and James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA) and to discuss KVI’s pioneering technology that effectively manages masses of information to improve security and regulatory compliance.

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11/16/2006

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--James Lee Witt, CEO of James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), a unit of GlobalOptions Group (OTCBB: GLOI), announced today that Frank Castro-Wehr and Diane L. Collins have joined the firm.

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11/07/2006

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GlobalOptions Group (OTCBB:GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its James Lee Witt Associates unit, along with Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C. and Anderson Kill Loss Advisors, will present "Natural Disaster Preparedness: Insurance Coverage and Emergency Response Planning" on Thursday, November 9, 2006 at The Harvard Club, New York City.

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11/06/2006

Former FEMA director to speak on water issues and disaster preparedness

LITTLE ROCK - James Lee Witt, former Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) director, will offer the keynote speech "Preparedness: Sinking or Swimming when Disaster Strikes," as part of a Nov. 17 conference on the complex water issues facing Arkansas. The conference will take place at the C.A. Vines Arkansas 4-H Center in Ferndale. Witt is currently CEO of James Lee Witt Associates, a part of the GlobalOptions Group based in Washington, D.C. with offices in Little Rock.

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10/31/2006

From PotectingNewYork.org

NEW YORK, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer joined with former Federal Emergency Management Director James Lee Witt in calling upon state leaders to take steps to better prepare and protect New Yorkers from the financial impact of a natural catastrophe.

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11/01/2006

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--James Lee Witt, Chairman and CEO of James Lee Witt Associates, a part of GlobalOptions Group (OTCBB:GLOI) and former director of FEMA, will share his 25 years of emergency management experience in his presentation, "Turning Crisis into Triumph: Corporate Responses," at The Conference Board Corporate Security, Business Continuity and Crisis Management Conference to be held October 31st – November 1st at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

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10/30/2006

In the Wake of Storm-Induced Power Outages, Israel, Kessel and Witt Announce Legislation That Would Provide Federal Funds to Protect Public Utilities from Hurricane Damage

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09/27/2006

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), a part of the GlobalOptions Group (OTCBB:GLOI), recently was awarded a one-year contract, which began July 1, 2006, to provide disaster preparedness planning services to the Virginia Department of Emergency Management. GlobalOptions Group’s James Lee Witt Associates operating unit (JLWA) has partnered with Baton Rouge-based IEM to provide these services.

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07/13/2006

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Philadelphia, PA – During a City Hall press conference Mayor John F. Street today accepted the Final Report produced by the Emergency Preparedness Review Committee (EPRC) he charged last September with conducting a comprehensive review of City emergency planning.

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07/03/2006

Interviewed by Diann Daniel — June 15, 2006

The National Oceanographic Atmospheric Administration predicts an active hurricane season this year. CSO talks with James Lee Witt, CEO of James Lee Witt and Associates and former FEMA director, under President Clinton. The renowned disaster management expert (he oversaw more than 350 disasters during his FEMA tenure) speaks with CSO about how businesses should prepare for hurricanes and other disasters, and tells why no company can afford to be without a business continuity plan.

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06/30/2006

James E. Jones, Jr. Joins James Lee Witt Associates As Director of Business Continuity Planning

Jones to Help Companies and Organizations Avoid Business Interruptions

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06/16/2006

Jack Perry, Jr., Former U.S. Army Emergency Contingency Planner, Joins James Lee Witt Associates

Perry Played a Key Role in New Orleans Recovery Effort

Washington, D.C., June 12, 2006 – James Lee Witt Associates, the public safety and crisis management consulting firm, has announced that Jack Perry has joined its Atlanta team. He will serve as Director of Logistics for JLWA in the firm’s New Orleans Field Office, serving as the state public assistance liaison. JLWA provides post-Katrina recovery assistance to the State of Louisiana.

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03/17/2006

NEW YORK, March 16, 2006 – GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (OTCBB: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that it has completed the acquisition of James Lee Witt Associates, LLC (JLWA), based in Washington, D.C., for $6 million in cash and stock, the assumption of $2 million of debt and certain liabilities and an earn out based upon achieving certain revenue goals.

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03/09/2006

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (March 9, 2006) – Aegis Assessments, Inc. (OTC BB: AGSI), a wireless technology company that provides products that improve emergency communications for homeland security, public safety and commercial applications, today announced that it plans to have James Lee Witt Associates assist Aegis with introducing its SafetyNet™ RadioBridge™ to emergency services organizations through out the U.S. beginning in April. The company plans to demonstrate the RadioBridge to dozens of federal, state and local public safety agencies, as well as utilities and universities.

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03/07/2006

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aegis Assessments, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AGSI - News), a wireless technology company that provides products that improve emergency communications for homeland security, public safety and commercial applications, today announced that it has received an order for additional SafetyNet(TM) RadioBridge(TM) systems from the Utah County Public Works Telecommunications Division for use in the upcoming fire season.

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03/01/2006

Witt and Loy Release Survey and Offer Solutions for Improvements

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02/22/2006

Former FEMA head to discuss how to prepare and protect against catastrophes

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02/14/2006

James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and Admiral James M. Loy, former deputy secretary of the US Department of Homeland Security, today applauded the efforts of the Hawaii Legislature in considering a comprehensive package of bills to better prepare and protect residents of the Aloha State from the consequences of catastrophe.

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01/31/2006

KENT, WA -- January 31, 2006 -- Luna Technologies International, Inc. (OTCBB:LTII) announced today that it has retained James Lee Witt Associates, LLC (JLWA) as strategic corporate consultants to increase awareness of and market share for Luna’s photoluminescent life-safety products.

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12/15/2005

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Aegis Assessments, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AGSI - News) announced today that it has retained James Lee Witt Associates, LLC (JLWA) to assist the company with strategic advisory services and help introduce its product to public safety and emergency services organizations. The Aegis RadioBridge™ is a portable wireless device that interconnects incompatible radios and bridges them to provide radio interoperability at an emergency site.

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11/30/2005

OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2005--Zenex International, Inc. (OTCBB:ZENX - News), a growth-oriented holding company, announced the engagement of James Lee Witt Associates (www.wittassociates.com), one of the world's leading crisis and emergency management consultant groups, by Zenex's new, wholly owned, environmental and emergency services subsidiary. The agreement is effective December 1, 2005.

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10/17/2005

DENVER – Emergency preparedness, whether it is a 100-year flood or deadly flu virus, will be a major topic of discussion when Western Governors meet Nov. 8 – 9 in Phoenix, Ariz.

Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Chair of the Western Governors' Association, will be joined by her colleagues and James Lee Witt, former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for a roundtable discussion.

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09/23/2005

Response to Hurricane Rita Marks Third Time Organization Plays Integral Role

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09/01/2005

In May of 2004, IEM included James Lee Witt Associates, LLC in their proposal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for developing a FEMA Catastrophic Plan for Southeast Louisiana and the New Madrid Seismic Zone.

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08/17/2005

James Lee Witt Associates Hired to Assist the National Disaster Search Dog Foundation with Establishing Training Center

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08/15/2005

Public Safety, Crisis Management and Strategic Advisory Firm Ready to Support California’s Needs

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06/13/2005

Panel addresses recovery and rebuilding efforts in Southeast Asia

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06/10/2005

Business entities across the Asia-Pacific region should try to form partnerships with communities in tsunami-hit areas to help restore local economies and look to the long-term effect on those communities.

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04/25/2005

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04/22/2005

Editorial by James Lee Witt
Published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 22nd, 2005

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04/08/2005

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3/15/2005

Former Illinois Commerce Commission Director to Lead Practice

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3/1/2005

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2/28/2005

James Lee Witt, Chairman and CEO of James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), traveled to Asia on February 28th, 2005, leading a two-week US-ASEAN Business Council-Sponsored mission to assess the reconstruction priorities in the tsunami-stricken regions of Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia.

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2/25/2005

Long-Term Reconstruction Priorities Will Be Assessed in Thailand, Sri Lanka, Indonesia

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01/21/2005

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1/4/2005

An Editorial

 By James Lee Witt

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12/09/2004

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11/16/04

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10/28/2004

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10/20/04

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09/30/2004

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9/30/2004

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9/29/2004

The Witt team will help the Caymans Islands expedite their recovery and rebuild back safer and stronger

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9/23/2004

Former NATO Commander, Transportation Secretary & FEMA Director provide wealth of expertise to public and private sectors

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08/26/2004

Team from James Lee Witt Associates will help maximize federal reimbursement and help the City of Orlando build back safer and stronger.

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08/16/2004

Dallas Jones, former director of the California Office of Emergency Services, has joined James Lee Witt Associates, based in Washington, D.C., the firm announced Aug. 10. Jones served as the top emergency management official in California through the 9/11 attacks, as chairman of the State Strategic Committee on Terrorism and as a member of the Gilmore Commission.

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06/25/2004

Washington, DC, June 25, 2004 - James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA) has been selected by Pennsylvania Campus Compact (PACC) to work with Pennsylvania colleges and universities on the Ready Campus initiative.

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05/27/2004

Washington, DC, May 27, 2004 - Hurricane Isabel, which turned off the lights to a million customers of Pepco and Conectiv power companies, was also a turning point for the utilities in how it responds to major power outages. The companies are now well on their way to making very significant improvements and even potentially setting new standards for how utility companies across the country respond to utility emergencies.

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12/10/2003

Chicago, December, 10, 2003 - Every person who worked at the Cook County Administration Building where six people died in the fire of October 17, 2003 is being asked to help in the fire review being conducted by the Washington, DC-based crisis management consulting firm, James Lee Witt Associates.

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10/24/2003

Washington, DC, October 24, 2003 - James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA) has been retained by the State of Illinois to conduct an independent investigation of the fire in the Cook County Administration Building on Friday, October 18, 2003.

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10/01/2003

Washington, DC, October 1, 2003 - Pepco Holdings Inc. (PHI) Chief Executive Officer Dennis Wraase announced today that he has asked James Lee Witt, former Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to conduct an exhaustive independent assessment of Pepco and Conectiv's emergency preparedness for and response to Hurricane Isabel.

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10/30/2008

Firm Will Provide Grant Program Assistance and Guidance

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 30, 2008--GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services Division, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), was awarded a one-year recovery services contract with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) to provide recovery support to the State following the Midwest flooding disaster.

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11/04/2008

NEW YORK, - GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services Division, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), was awarded a one-year recovery services contract with the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS) to provide recovery support to the State following the Midwest flooding disaster.

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11/10/2008

Here in Los Angeles, we live with the certainty that at any given time the ground will shift dramatically. What has been famously coined a “coast of dreams,” is also one riddled with a web of faults that could rupture any day and without any warning, to produce an earthquake of catastrophic consequences. We live in earthquake country and this post-election November, we are about to experience an unprecedented call to action for earthquake preparedness throughout the region with the Great Southern California ShakeOut. It’s our future, a major earthquake occurring along the San Andreas Fault. The questions are not if it will happen, but when, and will we be ready?

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11/12/2008

Mark Ghilarducci, Vice President and Director of the Western Region Office of James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), part of GlobalOptions Group’s Crisis Management and Preparedness Services Division, was in Indonesia on behalf of the US State Department and the Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, to serve as a speaker to address building a comprehensive disaster preparedness plan and implementing a community-based disaster preparation and mitigation program.

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01/15/2009

Report is part of assessment on state's emergency preparedness

Gov. Martin O'Malley released an assessment of emergency preparedness efforts in the state and outlined measures Maryland will take to respond to the findings of former FEMA director James Lee Witt.

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02/04/2009

California's most populous American Indian tribe and one of its poorest and most rural - the Yurok Tribe - has used its area's natural disasters as cause to educate its people, develop an emergency plan and forge coordination with local governments.

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03/16/2009

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 16, 2009-- GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services, today announced that James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), its Crisis Management and Preparedness Services Division, has obtained a contract to assist the City of Alexandria, Virginia’s Office of Emergency Management in building its comprehensive emergency preparedness program.

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04/24/2009

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04/27/2009

James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA), a part of GlobalOptions, Inc., is a leading national crisis and emergency management support consulting firm that offers comprehensive emergency management services, with services to assist with preparations for multiple hazards, natural and man-made, and incorporating pandemic flu and other public health incidents.

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04/28/2009

Emergency Preparedness Conference Schedule of Events

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As you have undoubtedly already heard, human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) virus infection have been identified in the United States, Canada and in Mexico – which is the likely epicenter of the outbreak. As of this morning, several other human cases are pending identification in countries outside of North America.



The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working very closely with officials in states where human cases of swine influenza A (H1N1) have been identified, as well as with health officials in Mexico, Canada and the World Health Organization. This is a very fluid and rapidly evolving situation.

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04/30/2009

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05/12/2009

Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce members, including local businesses in the hospitality, social service, and technology fields, brushed up on emergency planning and pandemic preparedness in a briefing on May 8. The briefing included a presentation on emergency implications for business and public health recommendations in regard to H1N1 influenza.

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05/06/2009

WASHINGTON--President Steven Knapp announced today a new organizational structure for safety and security at The George Washington University. The University had engaged James Lee Witt Associates to study the University's existing programs as well as the question of whether to arm the officers of the University Police Department (UPD). After a thorough examination of the Witt Associates report, the University has accepted the firm's recommendation not to arm University police, as well as the firm's recommendation to consolidate the University's safety and security programs into one organization reporting to a single senior administrator.

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07/09/2009

Former US President Bill Clinton left for Haiti Monday accompanied by his former FEMA Director James Lee Witt. Clinton is the recently appointed UN Special Envoy to the Caribbean nation.

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01/14/2010

As part of the Clinton Global Initiative Commitment to Action Partners with United Nations, James Lee Witt Associates is providing disaster preparedness training, in the form of Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) training for women in several communities in Haiti.

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