2024 Law Enforcement Conference
The 2024 PSC Law Enforcement Conference is where senior executives from the government technology and professional services industry will convene to hear from government officials across agencies to discuss critical law enforcement mission priorities and IT challenges. Join your fellow federal law enforcement colleagues for the PSC law enforcement event of the year

Prior to that, Mr. Homan served as the Executive Associate Director of ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) since 2013. In this capacity, he led ICE’s efforts to identify, arrest, detain, and remove illegal aliens, including those who present a danger to national security, a risk to public safety, or who enter the country illegally. During this time, Mr. Homan oversaw the removal of more than one million illegal aliens from the United States.
Mr. Homan is a 34-year veteran of law enforcement and has nearly 33 years of immigration enforcement experience. He has served as a police officer in New York; a U.S. Border Patrol Agent; a Special Agent with the former U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service; as well as Supervisory Special Agent and Deputy Assistant Director for Investigations. In 1999, Mr. Homan became the Assistant District Director for Investigations (ADDI) in San Antonio, Texas, and three years later transferred to the ADDI position in Dallas, Texas.
Upon the creation of ICE, Mr. Homan was named as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge in Dallas and later to the Deputy Special Agent in Charge. In March 2009, he accepted the position of Assistant Director for Enforcement at ICE Headquarters in Washington, D.C. and was subsequently promoted to Deputy Executive Associate Director.
Mr. Homan holds a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and has received numerous awards and special recognition for his achievements and the impact he has made to secure our nation and promote public safety as a federal law enforcement officer and leader. He received the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award in 2015 for his exemplary leadership and extensive accomplishments in the area of immigration enforcement. He also received the Distinguished Service Medal in June 2018 in recognition of exceptionally distinguished and transformational service to strengthen homeland security for the country. In 2018, he also received the Law Enforcement Person of the Year Award from the Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association that represents over 26,000 federal law enforcement officers. In November 2019, Mr. Homan was awarded the Man of the Year Award by Blue Magazine, a law enforcement publication created by and managed by law enforcement career professionals. He has also had the honor of being awarded the National Security Medal by President Trump for his distinguished achievement in the field of national security, through his exceptional, meritorious service.
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Michael Maxwell began his career in law enforcement with the Kennesaw State University Police Department in 1994 prior to beginning his career with the Drug Enforcement Administration 1999. He has served in Miami, Florida HIDTA, Atlanta, Georgia Financial Investigation Team, Charleston, South Carolina Task Force Group Supervisor, Country Attache of The Hague Netherlands, and as a Staff Coordinator in the Special Operations Division Counter Narco Terrorism Operations Center. He was promoted to Section Chief of the Europe, Asia, Africa Section, and then served in the Special Projects Section where he supervised some of DEA’s most sensitive technologies and Data Science services. He was promoted in 2023 to the rank of Special Agent in Charge of the Office of Investigative Technology where he oversees DEA’s global technical investigative enterprise.
Featured Sessions

Countering the Complex Threat Landscape of the Public and Dark Web
1:40 p.m.
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Timothy Kotman, Unit Chief, Cyber Crimes Center (C3), Homeland Security Investigations
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Derrick Driscoll, Chief Operating Officer, National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
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Jim Schrant, Director Strategy and Growth, Operations Support and Services, CACI (moderator)
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Shimon Richmond, Assistant Inspector General for Investigations Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Office of Inspector General

The Future of NextGen Case Management Systems
3:00 p.m.
- Eric McLoughlin, Deputy Assistant Director, Innovation Lab & Technical Operations Center, Homeland Security Investigations
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Michael Maxwell, Special Agent in Charge, Office of Investigative Technology, DEA
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Ron Appel, Vice President, Law Enforcement and Cyber, Harmonia (moderator)

Federal Market Update: Developments & GovCon Impacts
4:30 p.m.
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David Berteau, President & CEO, PSC
Registration options

In-Person Registration
In-Person Access
Includes:
- Registration for one person
- Access to all event sessions
- Buffet lunch
- Post-event happy hour
- On-demand sessions

Virtual Registration
Live Virtual Access
Includes:
- Registration for one person
- Access to all event sessions
- Q&A audience access through chat function
- On-demand sessions

Government Registration
Complimentary to full time federal government with valid government email address
Includes:
- Registration for one person
- Access to all event sessions
- In-person or live virtual access
- All event sessions
- On-demand sessions
Plan Your Trip
PSC's Law Enforcement Conference is located at the Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel in the Washington, DC Metro Region. Conveniently near two major airports, Metro, bus routes, and plenty of on-site parking.

Things to Do in the Area
Driven by innovation and urban cool, Ballston is a lively neighborhood featuring the Ballston Quarter complex surrounded by quiet park-laced areas.