Practice Areas

Travel and Tourism:

• July 3, 2008 | Federal Identity Programs Boost Biometrics Market, National Journal
• May 13, 2008 | Hoteliers armed with knowledge, Hotel and Motel Management
• May 13, 2008 | Global Entry - Risk Management Alive and Well At CBP, Security Debrief
• April 23, 2008 | Analysis: New DHS airline fingerprint plan, UPI
• April 22, 2008 | Pointing fingers over fingerprinting, Politico
• April 21, 2008 | TSA Is Looking Good, Security DeBrief blog
• April 15, 2008 | Moving Beyond the First Five Years: How the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will Continue to Enhance Security for All Modes of Transportation”, Testimony of C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection
• April 9, 2008 | Los Angles Business Trade Association, Business Travel: The Government Perspective
• March 24, 2008 | Airlines, Homeland Security Tangle Over Fingerprint Rule
• March 15, 2008 | Air traffic system overhaul stuck in holding pattern, Cox News Service
• March 11, 2008 | The Skies Are Opening Up, Meeting News
• March 6, 2008 | Registered Traveler Program Finally Hitting Its Stride, Kiplinger Letter
• February 25, 2008 | NBTA Raises Lobbying Spending, Hires D.C. Firm
• February 25, 2008 | 3rd Latin American Corporate Travel and Technology Exchange
• February 21, 2008 | NBTA The Masters Program
• February 20, 2008 | Puget Sound Business Travel Association
• February 8, 2008 | NJ Senators Hold Up Sturgell's FAA Nomination, Business Travel News
• January 31, 2008 | Feds score lower in use of travel IT, Government Computer News
• January 29, 2008 | When Your Name Is Mud at the Airport, System to Help Innocent Fliers Get Off Terrorist Watch Lists Hasn't Lived Up to Promise, Wall Street Journal
• January 21, 2008 | 2nd NBTA Mexico Corporate Travel Conference
• January 20, 2008 | ID plan will protect border, privacy, The Buffalo News
• January 14, 2008 | TIA, NBTA Urge CBP to Start Intl RT Effort, Aviation Week
• January 3, 2008 | Registration to ease international travel, Federal Computer Week
• December 28, 2007 | Stewart Verdery, Guiliani for President Immigration Advisor, C-SPAN
• November 15, 2007 | Government Executive, Staying on Track
• November 5, 2007 | Congress Daily PM, Biz Groups Say U.S. Effort Lags On Foreign Air Travelers (subscription required)
• October 12, 2007 | NYCBTA Education Day
• October 4, 2007 | TRX Client Forum
• September 28, 2007 | UK Corporate Travel Think Tank
• September 28, 2007 | GovExec.com, DHS traveler screening system under fire from privacy advocates
• August 12, 2007 | Rudy Giuliani Campaign Announces Immigration Policy Advisors
• August 1, 2007 | U.S., E.U. Partner on New Security Measures, The Transnational
• July 6, 2007 | Privacy Concerns Surround PNR Deal, Business Travel News
• July 5, 2007 | U.S. Seeks to Tighten Int'l Air Security While Promoting Inbound Travel
• June 27, 2007 | NBTA lauds EU-U.S. deal on passenger data
• July 20, 2007 | The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative: Perspectives of a Community on the U.S.-Canada Border, Testimony of C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., House Committee on Homeland Security
• June 20, 2007 | Land, Sea Passport Requirements Delayed Until Summer ’08, Congressional Quarterly Homeland Security (subscription required)
• June 15, 2007 | Doubling Down on Real ID, National Review
• June 14, 2007 | Passport Requirement Language in Spending Bill Draws Administration’s Ire, CQ Today (subscription required)
• June 11, 2007 | Analysis: Voinovich urges visa waivers, United Press International
• June 11, 2007 | Breach Shows Borders Still Vulnerable: Inspectors' Workload Is Cited as Factor, The Washington Post
• June 7, 2007 | Visa Waiver Reform: Time for Action, Heritage Foundation
• June 6, 2007 | Immigration amendments offered by Durbin, Reid stir Olympic hopes, The Hill
• May 9, 2007 | DHS Entry-Exit Plan Alienates Airlines Over Fingerscans, Congressional Quarterly Homeland Security (subscription required)
• May 10, 2007 | Friend or Foe: Travel in the Age of Terror, Silicon Valley Business Travel Association
• April 13, 2007 | Homeland security panel demands plan for visitor tracking project, National Journal’s Technology Daily
• January 18, 2007 | CQ, Homeland Security, Lawmakers Puzzled by DHS Plan to Merge
  US-VISIT, Cyber-security, Infrastructure Protection (subscription required)
• December 19, 2006 | CQ, Homeland Security, DHS Official Rebukes Notion That Privacy Concerns Outweigh Benefits of Screening (subscription required)
• December 18, 2006 | CQ Weekly, Tourism Group Pushing for Security with a Smile (subscription required)
• December 15, 2006 | CQ, Homeland Security, Funding for Exit portion of US-VISIT May Be Tied to Immigration Overhaul (subscription required)
• December 8, 2006 | GovExec, Chertoff: Traveler screening program wasn't a secret
• November 22, 2006 | The Brooks Bulletin, World News, U.S. trying to hit original deadline on passports
• November 21, 2006 | CSIS Presentation in Audio, Implementing the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative
• January 3, 2006 | Boston Globe, European visitors drawing U.S. scrutiny
• June 23, 2005 | Migration Policy Institute, One Face at the Border: Behind the Slogan
• June 22, 2005 | Ensuring the Security of America's Borders Through the Use of Biometric Passports and Other Identity Documents, Testimony of C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cyber-security
• June 9, 2005 | The Promise of Registered Traveler, Testimony of C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cyber-security
• February 18, 2005 | Science, New Rules Ease Scientific Exchanges
• October 11, 2004 | Business Week, Flying High?: Long the innovation leader, the U.S. now has serious competition from abroad. Is America's research lead in danger?
• October 4, 2004 | President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, S&T Collaboration: Ideas for Enhancing European-American Cooperation, Enhancing International Mobility for European and American Researchers
• September 30, 2004 | Disrupting Terrorist Travel: Safeguarding America's Border,
  Testimony of Assistant Secretary C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., U.S. House Select Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittees on Infrastructure and Border Protection and on Intelligence and Counterterrorism
• September 27, 2004 | Migration Policy Institute, Immigration Policy at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
• September 9, 2004 | Cooperation between DOS and DHS on Issues Affecting U.S. Visa Policy, Testimony of Assistant Secretary C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., U.S. House Committee on Governmental Reform
• Fall 2004 | St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary, Keynote Address: Changing the Face of Immigration: A Year in Transition
• June 28, 2004 | Information Week, Business Technology: Privacy Isn't The Only Thing That's Important
• June 23, 2004 | Travel, Tourism, and Homeland Security: Improving Both without Sacrificing Either, Testimony of Assistant Secretary C. Stewart Verdery, Jr. before U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
• June 10, 2004 | U.S. Department of Commerce, International Travel to the U.S., Dialogue on the Current State of Play - Finding the Needle, Facilitating the Haystack
• June 7, 2004 | U.S. News and World Report, An E-ZPass for airports?
• May 28, 2004 | Associated Press, Europe And United States Agree To Share Airline Passenger Info
• May 19, 2004 | The Use of Biometrics to Improve Aviation Security, Testimony of Assistant Secretary C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Aviation
• May 13, 2004 | Challenges and Accomplishments as the European Union and the United States Promote Trade and Tourism in a Terrorism Environment, Testimony of Assistant Secretary C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• May 10, 2004 | European Institute, Bridging US-European Homeland Security Concerns, The Evolution of Transatlantic Border and Immigration Security
• April 13, 2004 | U.S. Department of State, Roundtable with European journalists regarding travel issues
• March 4, 2004 | American Enterprise Institute, Fortress America: The Implications of Homeland Security on Transatlantic Relations
• February 18, 2004 | GovExec.com, New technology drives changes in border policy
• December 17, 2003 | New York Times, U.S. and Europeans agree on sharing of airline passenger data
• October 23, 2003 | The Post-9/11 Visa Reforms and New Technology: Achieving the Necessary Security Improvements in a Global Environment, Testimony of Assistant Secretary C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
• October 1, 2003 | Identification Documents Fraud and The Implications For Homeland Security, Testimony of Assistant Secretary C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., U.S. House Select Committee on Homeland Security