“Keeping the public informed during emergencies is a critically important responsibility of government. People need to know what threats exist, what is being done to address them and what they themselves can and should do. Secretary Napolitano has long been committed to looking for new ways to enhance Homeland Security’s public communications, and I appreciate her efforts to overhaul the current advisory system. Former Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler served on the task force that reviewed the existing practices, and I’m glad that work and the efforts of the Department of Homeland Security have led to a new and better advisory plan.”