As congressional hearings about the federal response to Hurricane Katrina rage on Capitol Hill, the threat of natural disasters and a need for critical infrastructure resilience are replacing terrorist threats as key issues affecting infrastructure security.
The impacts of hurricanes Katrina and Rita helped expand discussions at the annual Infrastructure Security for the Built Environment conference, held Feb. 15-17 in Washington, D.C. Terrorism has been the dominant theme at past events held by conference co-organizer, The Infrastructure Security Partnership.