Succession Planning in Critical Infrastructure
Washington, DC, July 15, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA) held the latest in its series of critical sector forums by examining the importance of succession planning in critical infrastructure protection with Michael Kane (Chief Human Capital Officer at the Department of Energy) and Jeff Neal (Chief Human Capital Officer at the Department of Homeland Security). INMA Chairman Dr. Kathleen Kiernan and Jenifer Fritz, welcomed the distinguished panel and a full room of leaders from the public and private sectors.
“One of the most important elements in our critical infrastructure protection is the one often least spoken about and that is the strength of the human capital which safeguards it,” said INMA Chairman Dr. Kathleen Kiernan. She added “Our responsibility is to ensure that we protect this element with the same vigor and identical long-term view. Mr. Kane and Mr. Neal bring a wealth of experience having managed human capital in public sector organizations with tens of thousands of employees that represent the core of and secret to the resilience of our critical infrastructure.”
Jenifer Fritz, Director of Government Solutions at CareerBuilder remarked “As a global leader in human capital solutions, we recognize the importance of succession planning. We are pleased to have an opportunity to sponsor this session and start a dialogue that will contribute to stronger planning and response within the critical infrastructure community.”
Michael Kane is the Chief Human Capital Officer for the Department of Energy. He is responsible for strategically aligning the agency's workforce to its missions through effective management of human capital policies and programs. The CHCO advises and assists the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Energy, and other agency officials, in selecting, developing, training, and managing a highly skilled, productive, and diverse workforce in accordance with merit system principles and all applicable statutory requirements.
Jeff Neal is the Chief Human Capital Officer for the Department of Homeland Security. As Chief Human Capital Officer, Mr. Neal focuses on retaining and developing the Department’s current highly-skilled workforce and ensuring that DHS is able to recruit the additional talent necessary to achieve its mission. He also works to enhance diversity at DHS to reflect the composition of the nation and build department-wide capabilities and systems to provide the best training, education and professional development opportunities.
The attendees included leaders from the FBI, DHS, DoD, the military services, the intelligence community, academia, and the private sector.
About InfraGard and the InfraGard National Members Alliance
The InfraGard Program began in 1996 as a collaborative effort between private sector cyber professionals and the FBI field office in Cleveland Ohio. The FBI later expanded the program to each of the FBI’s 56 field offices. In 2003 the private sector members of InfraGard formed the “InfraGard National Members Alliance” (INMA). The INMA is a non-profit Delaware LLC with 501(c)3 status. The INMA LLC is comprised of 86 separate 501(c)3 InfraGard Member Alliances (IMAs) representing over 42,000 FBI-vetted, InfraGard Subject Matter Experts. The INMA has a dual-focus value proposition. First, InfraGard provides its members with unmatched opportunities to promote the physical and cyber security of their organizations, through access to a trusted, national network of Subject Matter Experts from the public and private sectors. Secondly, it provides government stakeholders, at the local, state, and Federal levels, with unmatched access to the expertise and experience of critical infrastructure owners and operators.
For more information about InfraGard, please visit www.infragard.net. For more information about the INMA, please visit www.infragardmembers.org.
About CareerBuilder Government Solutions
CareerBuilder Government Solutions (CBGS) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CareerBuilder, LCC. CareerBuilder is the global leader in human capital solutions, helping companies target and attract their most important asset – their people. No matter the challenge or requirement, CBGS will use its uniquely intelligent, adaptive solutions to advance an unheralded but crucial public-sector mission—turning government agencies into employers of choice. Its online career site, CareerBuilder.com, is the largest in the U.S. with more than 23+ million monthly unique visitors, 1+ million jobs and 38+ million resumes. CareerBuilder works with the world’s top employers, providing resources for everything from employment branding and data analysis to talent acquisition and Social Media solutions. More than 9,000 Web sites, including 140+ newspapers and broadband portals such as MSN and AOL, feature CareerBuilder’s proprietary job search technology on their career sites. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company and the McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.careerbuilder.com.
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“One of the most important elements in our critical infrastructure protection is the one often least spoken about and that is the strength of the human capital which safeguards it,” said INMA Chairman Dr. Kathleen Kiernan. She added “Our responsibility is to ensure that we protect this element with the same vigor and identical long-term view. Mr. Kane and Mr. Neal bring a wealth of experience having managed human capital in public sector organizations with tens of thousands of employees that represent the core of and secret to the resilience of our critical infrastructure.”
Jenifer Fritz, Director of Government Solutions at CareerBuilder remarked “As a global leader in human capital solutions, we recognize the importance of succession planning. We are pleased to have an opportunity to sponsor this session and start a dialogue that will contribute to stronger planning and response within the critical infrastructure community.”
Michael Kane is the Chief Human Capital Officer for the Department of Energy. He is responsible for strategically aligning the agency's workforce to its missions through effective management of human capital policies and programs. The CHCO advises and assists the Secretary and Deputy Secretary of Energy, and other agency officials, in selecting, developing, training, and managing a highly skilled, productive, and diverse workforce in accordance with merit system principles and all applicable statutory requirements.
Jeff Neal is the Chief Human Capital Officer for the Department of Homeland Security. As Chief Human Capital Officer, Mr. Neal focuses on retaining and developing the Department’s current highly-skilled workforce and ensuring that DHS is able to recruit the additional talent necessary to achieve its mission. He also works to enhance diversity at DHS to reflect the composition of the nation and build department-wide capabilities and systems to provide the best training, education and professional development opportunities.
The attendees included leaders from the FBI, DHS, DoD, the military services, the intelligence community, academia, and the private sector.
About InfraGard and the InfraGard National Members Alliance
The InfraGard Program began in 1996 as a collaborative effort between private sector cyber professionals and the FBI field office in Cleveland Ohio. The FBI later expanded the program to each of the FBI’s 56 field offices. In 2003 the private sector members of InfraGard formed the “InfraGard National Members Alliance” (INMA). The INMA is a non-profit Delaware LLC with 501(c)3 status. The INMA LLC is comprised of 86 separate 501(c)3 InfraGard Member Alliances (IMAs) representing over 42,000 FBI-vetted, InfraGard Subject Matter Experts. The INMA has a dual-focus value proposition. First, InfraGard provides its members with unmatched opportunities to promote the physical and cyber security of their organizations, through access to a trusted, national network of Subject Matter Experts from the public and private sectors. Secondly, it provides government stakeholders, at the local, state, and Federal levels, with unmatched access to the expertise and experience of critical infrastructure owners and operators.
For more information about InfraGard, please visit www.infragard.net. For more information about the INMA, please visit www.infragardmembers.org.
About CareerBuilder Government Solutions
CareerBuilder Government Solutions (CBGS) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of CareerBuilder, LCC. CareerBuilder is the global leader in human capital solutions, helping companies target and attract their most important asset – their people. No matter the challenge or requirement, CBGS will use its uniquely intelligent, adaptive solutions to advance an unheralded but crucial public-sector mission—turning government agencies into employers of choice. Its online career site, CareerBuilder.com, is the largest in the U.S. with more than 23+ million monthly unique visitors, 1+ million jobs and 38+ million resumes. CareerBuilder works with the world’s top employers, providing resources for everything from employment branding and data analysis to talent acquisition and Social Media solutions. More than 9,000 Web sites, including 140+ newspapers and broadband portals such as MSN and AOL, feature CareerBuilder’s proprietary job search technology on their career sites. Owned by Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE:GCI), Tribune Company and the McClatchy Company (NYSE:MNI), CareerBuilder and its subsidiaries operate in the U.S., Europe, Canada and Asia. For more information, visit http://www.careerbuilder.com.
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