Washington Business Journal: "Viewpoint: The case for an FBI headquarters in Northern Virginia's Springfield"

Jeannine Harvey — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 15:02:36 +0000

Washington Business Journal: "Viewpoint: The case for an FBI headquarters in Northern Virginia's Springfield" Jeannine Harvey Mon, 03/27/2023 - 11:02

��AV's President, Dr. Gregory Washington, recently shared his thoughts in Washington Business Journal, making a case for an FBI headquarters in Northern Virginia.

As Virginia and Maryland officials make their final pitches to be the home of the next FBI headquarters, Springfield is the clear choice. While Maryland has made an excellent case for how the state would benefit from an FBI relocation, Virginia stands alone in its capacity to bring transformational change to the FBI.

^{Without a doubt, the new FBI headquarters would bring great benefit to Northern Virginia. By embedding the FBI in Springfield, it would immerse itself in a majority-minority community where Latinos and Black and African Americans combine to make up the largest cohort. Seventeen languages in addition to English are spoken there, from Spanish to Korean to Arabic to French Creole."}

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Fulbright Researcher Jennifer Oreta Joins Schar School’s TraCCC

Andrew J Schappert — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 20:46:24 +0000

Fulbright Researcher Jennifer Oreta Joins Schar School’s TraCCC Andrew J Schappert Wed, 08/11/2021 - 16:46

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Jennifer Oreta: ‘I want to look into the efforts and the reforms done in the security sector…’

Jennifer Oreta had heard of the Schar School of Policy and Government’s Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) even on the other side of the world in her native country of the Philippines. When Oreta applied to and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship for research, the Schar School was her first choice.

“I was looking for a university where there is a program on terrorism and anti-terrorism,” Oreta said. “And the track record of TraCCC is very solid when it comes to anti-corruption and anti-terrorism.”

Terrorism, Oreta notes, is a major problem in her home country.

“Terrorism is a major challenge when it comes to security, therefore it is really necessary for countries that are allied and working together be more synchronized and harmonious in their anti-terrorism operations,” Oreta explained. “I want to look into the efforts and the reforms done in the security sector—meaning the military, the police, the intelligence bodies of the countries that are allied together: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and the U.S. The U.S. is a major partner when it comes to issues of anti-terrorism.”

Oreta aims to use her research with TraCCC, led by founding director Louise Shelley, to help guide policy in the Southeast Asia region. She also hopes to submit her findings to regional partners.

“I want to make policy recommendations to the Philippine government on how we can further improve our cooperation with other Southeast Asian countries,” she said.

Additional reporting by Buzz McClain.

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