Report Finds Problems with CL&P’s Planning, Response and Communication Both Before and After the StormMalloy Orders DESPP to Create a Plan for Improving Coordination Between State and Local Governments, and Public Utilities(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Dannel P. Malloy today...

  Published March 16, 2012, 10:30 PM OUR OPINION: Bill Clinton and the ‘perfect storm’ As president, Clinton brought government to bear on a problem in Grand Forks and East Grand Forks, and the cities are better off today as a result. By: Tom Dennis for the Herald, Grand Forks...

Witt Associates President Barry Scanlon and Vice President Charlie Fisher addressed the Legal Committee of the Edison Electric Institute this spring.  The association of investor-owned electric utilities, invited Witt Associates to address the group because of their work conducting an...

Witt Associates to Discuss Review of Utility Companies   (HARTFORD, CT) – The working group Governor Dannel P. Malloy created to review the preparedness, response and recovery efforts of Tropical Storm Irene and the October Nor’easter will meet on Friday, December 2, during...

James Lee Witt elevated to Chairman   WASHINGTON, D.C.—, 2011 Witt Associates, a leader in public safety and crisis management, today announced that it has named Kenneth Burris as its new Chief Executive Officer.  Burris will succeed James Lee Witt who has been elevated to...

  V.I. Moves A Step Closer to Tsunami-Ready Gov. John deJongh Jr. and V.I. Territorial Emergency Management Director Elton Lewis this week signed the territory’s first Tsunami Incident Annex. According to a Friday press release from Government House, it establishes guidelines for a...

William Lokey, Program Specialist, Witt Associates was a speaker at the Washington State Hospital Association’s “Preparing for the Unexpected III Conference”  on Wednesday May 9 at the Wenatchee Convention Center.  This conference for hospital administrators is...

Earthquake Preparedness Experts available in DC Media Advisory: Witt Associates Experts Available to Discuss East Coast Earthquake Earthquake preparedness experts are available to discuss today's East Coast earthquake. Contact Kim Fuller kfuller@wittassociates.com  202-585-0780 Release Date:...

  FRIDAY: GOV. MALLOY HOLDS NEWS CONFERENCE ON WITT REPORT; PARTICIPATES IN FAIRFIELD METRO STATION CEREMONY; ATTENDS INAUGURATIONS IN BROOKFIELD & WATERBURY (HARTFORD, CT) – On Friday at 10:00 a.m., Governor Dannel P. Malloy will hold a news conference with Witt Associates Vice...

The Tennessean, 2/3/12, Op-ed: Time to fund for New Madrid quake is now (The Tennessean runs op-ed signed by ProtectingAmerica.org co-chairs commemorating the New Madrid Bicentennial and urging the passage of a catastrophe fund.) Written by James Lee Witt and Adm. James Loy   Some of us may...

Witt Associates to Present the Independent Assessment of the Indiana State Fair Collapse Incident Report to Indiana State Fair Commission Thursday, April 12, 2012 at 11:00 am Eastern. Click here for Executive Summary Click here for full Report •  The final report will be available on...

      Witt Participates in Tsunami Panel at Asia Society Conference   Panel addresses recovery and rebuilding efforts in Southeast Asia   James Lee Witt traveled to Bangkok on June 4th, 2005 to attend the Asia Society's 15th Asian Corporate Conference: Southeast Asia...

CQ HOMELAND SECURITY
Jan. 3, 2012 – 6:06 p.m. Homeland Security Experts Weigh In: Where to Cut and Where to Spend By Rob Margetta, CQ Staff With the new year beginning, CQ has asked dozens of homeland security experts in the public, private and academic sectors to weigh in on the lessons...

  Sachs to Speak at Inter-American Defense College Disaster Management Conference Andrew Sachs, Vice President Disaster Services at Witt Associates will speak at the Inter-American Defense College (IADC) at Fort Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, March 27 at 8:30 am. Witt...

Mark Merritt Will Appear on Fox Business News at 2:15 pm EST Monday Fox Business The power to prosper -- opportunity, pure and simple. Join Dagen McDowell, Connell McShane, Cheryl Casone, Lori Rothman and Chris Cotter as they bring you insight and analysis on the market's every move! To find your...

    STATE OF CONNECTICUT  DEPT. OF EMERGENCY SERVICES & PUBLIC PROTECTION  DIVISION OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT & HOMELAND SECURITY  TO: The Honorable Governor Dannel P. Malloy  FROM: William J. Hackett, State Emergency Management Director  Division of...

  Barry W. Scanlon, President, Witt Associates will participate in the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York on Thursday, March 15th at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers in New York City at 2:30 pm. Witt Associates  conducted a Haiti version of the US based...

On going coverage of Hurricane Irene and the aftermath will feature Mark Merritt, President, Witt Associates.   Merritt will appear on the business network at 6:14 am EST, Check your local cable listings for channel location or watch live on http://www.bloomberg.com/tv/ The video will be...

Merritt Says NYC Irene Evacuations Were 'Right Thing' http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/merritt-says-nyc-irene-evacuations-were-right-thing/2011/08/29/gIQA4wBxmJ_video.html Aug. 29 (Bloomberg) -- Mark Merritt, president at Witt Associates and a former official at the Federal Emergency...

http://www.clintonglobalinitiative.org/ourmeetings/2011/meeting_annual_multimedia_player.asp?id=28   Natural disasters strike both the developed and developing world without regard to economic status, race, religion, or culture. Economic and social conditions do, however, dramatically affect...