New group to address 'disconnect' in security market

By Molly M. Peterson, National Journal's Technology Daily .

A "tremendous disconnect" exists between federal, state and local government agencies and small- and medium-sized businesses looking to enter the counterterrorism market, the founders of a new homeland security organization said on Friday .

"We sort of sit between the government, industry and the small-business community so we can become a repository of information and ... disseminate that information back out," Preston McGee, a board member of the not-for-profit Homeland Security Leadership Alliance (HSLA), said during an introductory meeting.

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