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Paul Goldenberg Named Chairman TWL Knowledge Group’s
Homeland One® Advisory Board
CARROLLTON. TEXAS – December 1, 2007 – The TWL Knowledge Group, Inc. (TWLK) (OTC: TTYL) announced today that Paul Goldenberg, CEO for Cardinal Point Strategies has accepted the position as Chairman of the TWLK Homeland One® Advisory Board.
Homeland One® is an integrated training and communications platform serving the communities of Law Enforcement, Fire and EMS and several allied field of Emergency Management. Homeland One® is comprised of TWLK’s Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN), Fire and Emergency Training Network (FETN), Professional Security Training Network (PSTN), and the Health and Sciences Television Network (HSTN). The training curriculum is delivered over a highly encrypted satellite system and a Web-based Video-On-Demand platform. The training is supported by a full-service broadcast production facility in Carrollton, Texas just north Dallas, and a Learning Management System accessible over the Internet for testing, assessment, certification, and documentation. The Homeland One® courseware is based on the DHS Guidelines for Emergency Response personnel.
Paul was the driving force behind an agreement between the County Executives of America (CEA) and TWLK to offer the Department of Homeland Security full time use of the TWLK secured broadcast and production facilities to communicate to police, firefighters, EMS, and emergency healthcare professionals throughout the nation.
Paul Goldenberg built a distinguished career as a highly decorated criminal justice executive with extensive and broad-based experience in a wide variety of high profile and politically sensitive government and corporate environments. Mr. Goldenberg played a key role in setting domestic and international policy for the legislation and investigation of hate crimes and counter-terrorism. He is well known for his record of resolving numerous high profile and confidential matters for governments, businesses and other organizations around the world. In the aftermath of the 9-11 tragedies, New Jerseys’ newly elected Governor appointed Paul to serve as special advisor to the Governors’ Homeland Security/Counter Terrorism Transition Team.
Among his many achievements, Paul co-authored the national Hate Crimes Training program for the US Departments of Justice and Treasury. He formed the National Public Safety Strategies Group AKA Cardinal Point Strategies, an international public safety training, assessment and public policy consortium. Paul currently provides the County Executives of America (CEA) and the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) with a wide range of strategic policy consultations and tactical guidance in areas such as training, domestic preparedness, human and community relations issues and civil affairs. Paul heads initiatives as diverse as the Secure Community Network (SCN) which has become a model for community capacity building for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security through to the implementation of hate crimes training across the 55 participating States of the region overseen by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). Paul is senior consultant to many of the nation’s premier human relations organizations.
Dennis Cagan, TWLK CEO and President said; “We are thoroughly honored that Paul Goldenberg accepted our invitation to Chair the Homeland One Advisory Board. Paul brings over thirty years of experience as a leader in the arena of Public Service. Paul’s untiring commitment to Emergency Management seasoned by a resume of achievement too long to list here, uniquely qualifies him to lead this highly respected and nationally recognized Board of Advisors.”
Upon learning of his appointment, Paul stated: “It is a privilege and honor to have such distinguished professionals join with me to serve on the Homeland One Advisory Board. TWL has been a renowned fixture in law enforcement training for many years and we look forward to working with management to expand TWL’s horizons here and abroad.”
HOMELAND ONE ADVISORY BOARD
Mike Griffin
Executive Director
County Executives of America
Jack Lichtenstein
Director of Government Affairs & Public Policy
ASIS International
Paul Maniscalco
Senior Research Scientist
George Washington University
Scott Lillibridge
Director, Center for Biosecurity and Public Health Preparedness
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health
Dr. Elsie Scott
President and CEO
Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
Steve Pomerantz
Director of Counter Terrorism
Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs
Danny Defenbaugh
President
Defenbaugh & Associates, Inc.
Former FBI Special Agent in Charge
Kelley Stone
Director, Homeland Security
Collin County, Texas
About Homeland One®
The National Strategy for Homeland Security suggests that distance learning be employed as one of the training delivery vehicles for first responder training, and functions as the quickest and most effective way to reach the maximum number of learners. Homeland One® meets this need.
Homeland One® delivers:
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Standardized “Level One” Awareness Training: First-responder training based on published guidelines from the DHS.
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Continuing Education (CE): Distance learning, testing and accreditation which satisfies various agency CE requirements.
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Secure Communications: Encrypted satellite-delivered communication, enabling senior Homeland Security officials to share immediate communications and directives with first responders nationwide, by state, by region, by city, or by individual agency.
About TWL Knowledge Group
TWL Knowledge Group, a subsidiary of Trinity Learning Corporation (OTCBB:TTYL) is a leading provider of integrated learning solutions for compliance, safety, emergency preparedness, and skill development in the workplace. Since 1986, the TWL Knowledge Group has met the training and education needs of more than 8 million professionals in the industrial, healthcare, automotive, fire & emergency, government, law enforcement, and the private security markets. TWL Knowledge Group’s offerings provide clients with a unique combination of training and educational content, learning management and accreditation, anytime/anywhere delivery technologies, and implementation, and outsourcing services to ensure client success. Key offerings include the Fire & Emergency Training Network (FETN), the Law Enforcement Training Network (LETN), and the Health & Sciences Television Network (HSTN); PRIMEnet and PRIMEed e-learning services, and a wide range of other CD-ROM, Web-based and video training programs. For more details on the TWL Knowledge Group, visit www.twlk.com.
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