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U.S. Sec. of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano is scheduled to speak at Duke University next week.

She will appear at the university's Sanford School of Public Policy on Oct. 20 at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

Napolitano, the former Arizona governor, is the third secretary for Homeland Security. She leads the U.S. government's efforts to safeguard the country from terror threats, natural disasters and border troubles.

She will be introduced by U.S. Rep. David Price, a Chapel Hill Democrat and former Duke professor. Napolitano is expected to discuss how to secure the nation while protecting privacy and civil liberties.

Andrea Bazán has beennamed to a federal border task force.

The Durham resident, who currently serves as president of the Triangle Community Foundation and chair of the board of the National Council of La Raza, will serve on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Southwest Border Taskforce. 

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced the initiative last month as a way to support Mexico's campaign against violent drug cartels.

The task force will work to reduce the flow of guns and cash from the U.S. to Mexico, reduce the transfer of contraband across the border in both directions and improve enforcement of immigration laws.

Other members of the task force include law enforcement from border areas, the mayor of San Diego and the preisdent of the California Endowment.

The group will hold its first meeting on June 4 in Albuquerque, N.M. 

U.S. Rep. David Price is meeting this afternoon with new Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.

Price holds the purse strings for the Homeland Security agency as chairman of the spending subcommittee with jurisdiction over the department. He plans to talk with her today about his priorities within the department, said his spokesman, Paul Cox.

Those include focusing enforcement efforts on criminal illegal immigrants, and ensuring that the Federal Emergency Management Agency has a strong connection with local and state governments.

The meeting also could be helpful to Napolitano as she shapes her budget request for next fiscal year. She will go before Price’s panel this spring to ask for funding for the agency.