[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 98 (Monday, June 18, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1326-E1327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            RECOGNIZING THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF CAROL DUMAINE

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                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 18, 2007

  Mr. MORAN of Virginia. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the 
accomplishment of Ms. Carol Dumaine, of Reston, Virginia, and a proud 
member of our civil service. Ms. Dumaine, an employee of the Central 
Intelligence Agency, has contributed to our Nation's future security 
through the establishment of the Global Futures Forum (GFF), a highly 
innovative think tank which coordinates international expertise to 
enhance intelligence analysis.
  As the 9/11 Commission confirmed, intelligence and law enforcement 
officials had uncovered a number of warning signs that a terrorist 
attack on U.S. soil was imminent, but the failure to recognize the 
links between the intelligence precluded authorities from stopping the 
attacks. Ms. Dumaine has created a forum which allows for more thorough 
intelligence analysis from a cadre of outside experts. Global Futures 
Forum (GFF) unites intelligence experts from different nations with 
professionals from diverse fields so that emerging issues can be 
recognized quickly and collectively addressed. The GFF reviews 
intelligence in the public domain and promotes open, interactive 
linkages to knowledge and insight that exists outside of traditional 
security organizations.
  GFF delegates represent the wide spectrum of intelligence and 
security organizations, multilateral institutions, academia and non-
government personnel from more than 30 nations. A series of forums in 
2005 and 2006 brought these experts together to work face-to-face, 
providing them with an opportunity to strengthen international 
partnerships and to share knowledge about global security challenges. 
To ensure that partners would have opportunities to collaborate outside 
of the conferences, Ms. Dumaine created the GFF website to provide a 
constant means of collaboration, allowing GFF partners to share their 
latest thoughts, research and analysis through their

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own interactive blogs or chats with other participants. Her work 
ensures that the dialogue fostered by the GFF never really ends.
  Ms. Dumaine created a global community that increases exposure to 
diverse perspectives and catalyzes discussion on adapting intelligence 
organizations to address nontraditional challenges. These partnerships 
created through Ms. Dumaine's effort will help ensure that potential 
security threats will be handled properly, allowing for the best 
response possible. For her great contribution to the intelligence 
community, she has been selected as a finalist for the Partnership for 
Public Service's ``National Security Medal''.
  Madam Speaker, I commend Ms. Dumaine for her leadership, and I am 
proud to have her live in Virginia's 8th Congressional District as she 
contributes to the greatest civil service in the world. I wish her all 
the best in her future endeavors.

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