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IMAC Consulting Groups Albert L. McGinty, jr., former FBI
counter-terrorism expert, receives government license to assess
potential risk to nation's drinking-water utilities. |
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (November 01, 2002) - IMAC Consulting Group’s
Albert L. McGinty was recently licensed by the federal government
to assess the vulnerability of the nation’s drinking-water
utilities. As a former FBI agent, McGinty was in charge of the
Bureau’s Anti-Terrorism/Weapons of Mass Destruction Program in
Northeastern Ohio. |
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As a
result of his earning the license, McGinty and IMAC Consulting
Group have the necessary resources to conduct Environmental
Protection Agency-mandated assessments of drinking-water systems.
He underwent a weeklong program called Risk and Vulnerability
Assessment-Water Utilities (RAM-W) that was developed for the EPA
by Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia is part of the National
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). |
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someone to perform a RAM-W assessment, an individual must pass an
examination following completion of the course. Now that McGinty
has passed the examination, he has the necessary certification to
assess the vulnerability of drinking-water utilities. He already
has had intensive training on other Sandia methodology. |
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McGinty recently helped to design and evaluate a mock disaster
drill at Jacobs Field. |
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McGinty is Security Advisor with IMAC Consulting Group, a
full-service security planning and prevention consulting company.
A native Clevelander and alumnus of John Carroll University,
McGinty is a former Cleveland police officer and a U.S. Marine
Corps veteran. He spent 31 years as an FBI Special Agent in
Minneapolis, New York City, and Cleveland. |
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Based
in the FBI’s Cleveland office from 1977 to 2001, McGinty served on
the Violent Crimes and Major Offenders Squad before assuming
responsibility for the Cleveland Office’s Crisis Management
Program. In this role, he prepared Emergency Response and Disaster
Preparation Plans that enable the FBI to respond to everything
ranging from aircraft hijacking to Weapons of Mass Destruction
Protocols. |
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