Virtual Exercises: They're the Real Thing!
Joseph Cahill
April 20, 2005
Frequent and effective training is one of the keys to carrying out an adequate domestic-preparedness plan of any type. Such training costs money, though, and funds are scarce.
Ohio, Hawaii, California, and Minnesota
Domestic Preparedness
April 20, 2005
Ohio Just two weeks before the large “TOPOFF3” exercise tapped major resources in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, the state of Ohio held a small tabletop exercise focusing
Risks and Realities, Grants and Vulnerabilities
James D. Hessman
April 20, 2005
The mostly successful launch of the Department of Homeland Security has been followed, not
surprisingly, by allegations of wasteful spending and a failure to establish priorities. The new team at
DHS meets the challenge head-on, and is already working wit
A Message From the Publisher
Martin D. Masiuk
April 20, 2005
Two major homeland-security events – the CFSI dinner in Washington, D.C., and the FDIC conclave in Indianapolis – reinforce, in different ways, Chairman Cox’s goal of keeping a tighter rein on DHS management while also providing the funds needed to contin
GAO - Management of First Responder Grant Programs and Efforts to Improve Accountability Continue to Evolve
Domestic Preparedness
April 19, 2005
ODP (Office of Domestic Preparedness) has taken steps to improve accountability in the state preparedness planning process, in part by requiring states to update homeland security strategies. In tandem with
GAO - DHS: A comprehensive and Sustained Approach Needed to Achieve Management Integration
Domestic Preparedness
April 19, 2005
GAO recommends that the Secretary of DHS: (1) develop an overarching management integration strategy, and (2) provide its Business Transformation Office (BTO) with the authority and responsibility needed to serve
GAO - Defense Logistics, Actions Needed to Improve the Availability of Critical Items during Current and Future Operations
Domestic Preparedness
April 12, 2005
U.S. troops experienced shortages of seven of the nine items GAO reviewed. According to the 2005 National Military Strategy, U.S. forces expect to have sufficient quantities to the right items
GAO - Anthrax Detection - Agencies Need to Validate Sampling Activities in Order to Increase Conficence in Negative Results
Domestic Preparedness
April 12, 2005
GAO recommendes that the Department of Homeland Security develop a coordinated approach to work with federal agencies, so that appropriate validation studies of various activities involved in detecting anthrax are