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| Hurricanes Katrina and Rita: Coordination between FEMA and the Red Cross Should Be Improved for the 2006 Hurricane Season
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General Accounting Office,
6/8/2006
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Questions have been raised about how the Red Cross and FEMA operated following the Gulf Coast hurricanes and what improvements can be made for the 2006 hurricane season. This report includes GAO's interim findings on the Red Cross and FEMA's hurricane operations.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Preventing Toxic Terrorism: How Some Chemical Facilities Are Removing Danger to American Communities
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Paul Orum,
Center for American Progress,
4/24/2006
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This survey found that facilities across the country, representing a range of industries, have switched to safer alternatives from a variety of hazardous chemicals, producing dramatic security and safety benefits at a reasonable cost.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Preparing for Future “Katrinas”
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Robert E. Litan,
The Brookings Institution,
3/1/2006
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Katrina exposed more than problems with poverty, emergency management, and infrastructure. The storm also illustrated the inability of private insurance markets to handle large-scale losses.
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Link to Issue Brief (PDF)
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| Israel's Lessons for Fighting Terrorists and Their Implications for the United States
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Daniel L. Byman,
Avi Dicter,
Saban Center for Middle East Policy,
3/1/2006
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There are three key areas which this paper explores where Israel's experiences are directly relevant and offer specific lessons for the United States: coercing governments that are reluctant to crack down on terrorism to take effective counterterrorism measures; broader defensive measures; and techniques for striking at the leadership of terrorist groups.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Redirecting FEMA Toward Success
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Select Committee on Homeland Security Democratic Office,
2/16/2006
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Last year's hurricanes should serve as a wake-up call that the government's emergency preparedness and response efforts should not be led by an inexperienced political appointee. Nor should that leader be hampered by bureaucracy and inattentive superiors.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Survey of Research: Lessons Learned From Hurricane Katrine
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The Henry L. Stimson Center,
2/15/2006
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The Domestic Preparedness and Homeland Security Program recently completed a comparative study of research on the response to Hurricane Katrina. In March 2006, it collaborated with the Swedish Emergency Management Agency on a conference that examined coordinating multi-level governmental responses to disasters.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Homeland Security: Recommendations to Improve Management of Key Border Security Program Need to Be Implemented
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General Accounting Office,
2/14/2006
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The Department of Homeland Security has established a program - the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology - to collect, maintain, and share information, including biometric identifiers, on selected foreign nationals entering and exiting the United States. GAO has made many recommendations to improve the program, all of which DHS has agreed to implement.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Security Controls on the Access of Foreign Scientists and Engineers to the United States
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Gerald L. Epstein,
David Heyman,
Center for Strategic and International Studies,
10/1/2005
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The globalization of science and technology means that no country has a monopoly on talent, or a unique ability to discover and apply the principles of nature. Only by drawing on and interacting with scientific and technical communities around the world can any nation’s scientific and technical enterprise stay competitive.
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Link to Issue Brief
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| Epidemic Proportions: Building National Public Health Capabilities to Meet National Security Threats
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et al.,
Elin Gursky,
ANSER Institute of Homeland Security,
9/25/2005
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This report analyzes how the current public health system lacks the capacity to address new national security imperatives, and recommends we adopt a new national paradigm for public health preparedness.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| The Worst is Yet to Come: Lessons from September 11 and Hurricane Katrina
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Donald F. Kettl,
Fels Institute of Government (University of Pennsylvania),
9/22/2005
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How the response to Hurricane Katrina failed, what lessons we still haven't incorporated from September 11, and how to move forward.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Report on the Status of 9/11 Commission Recommendations
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9/11 Public Discourse Project,
9/14/2005
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Members of the 9/11 Commission evaluate whether the group's recommendations are being implemented. Part I examines progress in homeland security preparedness and emergency response.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Passenger Rail Security: Enhanced Federal Leadership Needed to Prioritize and Guide Security Efforts
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Government Accountability Office (GAO),
9/9/2005
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An assessment of DHS and federal actions to address risks to the U.S. passenger rail system in the context of prevailing risk management principles.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| New Strategies to Protect America: Terrorism and Mass Transit after London and Madrid
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Bill Johnstone,
Center for American Progress,
8/3/2005
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The current structure of homeland security emerged from the tragedy of September 11. Today, in terms of the protection of transportation infrastructure, the vast majority of resources – money and people – are dedicated to fixing what went wrong four years ago, to the detriment of other transportation modes that are increasingly at risk.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Terrorism and Transit Security: 12 Recommendations for Progress
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Brian D. Taylor,
Center for American Progress,
8/3/2005
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Because of extensive international news coverage and elevated public concern over the London attacks in particular, transit security in the U.S. is now widely viewed as an important public policy issue. The question is whether the attention and subsequent fear generated by these attacks will motivate policymakers into action.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Defusing the Threat of Radiological Weapons: Integrating Prevention with Detection and Reponse
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Andrew J. Grotto,
Center for American Progress,
7/27/2005
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The United States must develop and implement a layered, risk-based strategy to defend against the threat posed by radiological weapons.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Defense Procurement: Full Funding Policy — Background, Issues, and Options for Congress
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Ronald O'Rourke,
Stephen Daggett,
Congressional Research Service,
6/28/2005
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The full funding policy is a federal budgeting rule imposed on DOD by Congress in the 1950s that requires the entire procurement cost of a weapon or piece of military equipment to be funded in the year in which the item is procured.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Human Rights Abuses Under the Material Witness Law Since Sept. 11, 2001
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The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU),
ACLU,
6/27/2005
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Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, at least seventy men living in the United
States—all Muslim but one—have been thrust into a Kafkaesque world of indefinite
detention without charges, secret evidence, and baseless accusations of terrorist links.
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| Peacekeeping and Related Stability Operations: Issues of U.S. Military Involvement
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Nina M. Serafino,
Congressional Research Service,
6/25/2005
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The Bush Administration’s decision to reduce the commitment of U.S. troops to international eacekeeping seems to reflect a major concern: that peacekeeping duties are detrimental to military “readiness,” i.e., the ability of U.S. troops to defend the nation.
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Link to Issue Brief (PDF)
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| New Strategies to Protect America: Safer Ports for a More Secure Economy
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Joseph F. Bouchard,
Center for American Progress,
6/15/2005
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The optimum strategy for protecting maritime transportation requires a risk-based approach to integrating security, consequence reduction, and emergency preparedness and continuity of business into comprehensive plans and programs for enhancing the resilience of the maritime transportation system.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Courting Disaster 2005: Americans' Constitutional Freedoms and Legal Protections are Threatened by the Radical Right
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People for the American Way,
6/7/2005
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In this report, People for the American Way asks, "What would the actual impact be on Americans' rights and freedoms if the views of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas become the majority views on the Supreme Court?"
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Read the report
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| Survey: States Make Strides in Homeland Security, Challenges Remain
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National Governors' Association & NGA Center for Best Practices,
2/17/2005
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While still a nascent arena, this survey found homeland security has quickly become a bipartisan priority for governors across the nation.
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Link to Issue Brief
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| Failing Grades
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Center for American Progress,
9/9/2004
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A comprehensive examination of the record of the Bush administration yields a sobering conclusion: far from improving our security, the Bush administration has managed to squander a historic opportunity.
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Link to Report
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| Homefront Confidential (5th Edition)
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Various Authors,
Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press,
9/1/2004
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Since 9/11, the public's right to know has been severely threatened by changes to freedom of information laws and other restrictions.
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Link to Report
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| Secrecy Report Card
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OpenTheGovernment.org,
8/26/2004
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An initial effort to establish measurable benchmarks for evaluating the level of secrecy in government.
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| America the Vulnerable
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Stephen E. Flynn,
HarperCollins,
7/20/2004
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Stephen Flynn (a Century Foundation contributor) offers a startling portrait of the radical shortcomings in America's post-September 11 plan for homeland security.
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Order Online
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| America at Risk: Closing the Security Gap
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Select Committee on Homeland Security Democratic Office,
United States House of Representatives,
2/1/2004
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Report on DHS' first year from the Democratic members of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security.
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Read the Report
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| Information Security: Challenges in Using Biometrics
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General Accounting Office,
9/9/2003
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Discusses considerations that need to be addressed in using biometric technology.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Maritime Security: Progress Made in Implementing Maritime Transportation Security Act, but Concerns Remain
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General Accounting Office,
9/9/2003
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Notes that progress has been made since Maritime Transportation Security Act but concern still lingers.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Security: Counterfeit Identification Fraud Raise Security Concerns
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General Accounting Office,
9/9/2003
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Counterfeit identification is still a pressing issue.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Transportation Security: Federal Action Needed to Enhance Security Efforts
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General Accounting Office,
9/9/2003
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The nation's transportation system is fraught with challenges.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Homeland Security: Reforming Federal Grants to Better Meet Outstanding Needs
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General Accounting Office,
9/3/2003
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Federal grant system is fragmented and is complicating integration and coordination of services.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Homeland Confidential
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press,
9/1/2003
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This report describes in detail why the public should be concerned about the information it is not getting.
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Read the Report
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| Homeland Security: Efforts to Improve Information Sharing Need to Be Strengthened
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The General Accounting Office,
General Accounting Office,
8/27/2003
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GAO survey shows that information sharing process is ineffective.
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Read the Publication
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| Land Border Ports of Entry: Vulnerabilities and Inefficiencies in the Inspections Process
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The General Accounting Office,
General Accounting Office,
8/27/2003
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GAO study shows that point of entry are vulnerable at the borders.
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Link to Report (PDF)
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| Unpatriotic Acts
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ACLU,
7/1/2003
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The PATRIOT Act that was rushed through Congress after the attacks, under pressure from the Justice Department, greatly expanded the FBI’s authority to monitor people living in the United States.
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| Preserving Our Institutions
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The Associated Press,
The Brookings Institution,
6/1/2003
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This report, released by a joint AEI-Brookings commission in June, 2003, recommends that Congress adopt a constitutional amendment to ensure that the House of Representatives and Senate could reconstitute quickly in the aftermath of a terrorist attack.
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Link to Report
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| America's Challenge: Domestic Security, Civil Liberties and National Unity After September 11
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Various Authors,
Migration Policy Institute,
6/1/2003
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Gauging the impact of government policies on the country's vulnerability to terrorism—especially as experienced by Arab-and Muslim-Americans.
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Learn more about the report
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| Homeland Security: Information Sharing Responsibilities, Challenges, and Key Management Issues
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William New,
General Accounting Office,
5/8/2003
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The GAO identifies key areas for improvement in information sharing within the DHS.
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Learn more about the report
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| Major Management Challenges and Program Risks
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William New,
General Accounting Office,
1/1/2003
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This GAO report makes recommendations for improving management and leadership within the DHS.
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Learn more about the report
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| A Year of Loss
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Amnesty International,
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights,
9/2/2002
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This People For the American Way Foundation report reviews his actions both before and after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks that have an impact on a range of civil rights and civil liberties.
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Link to Report
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| Transforming Border Management in the Post-September 11 World
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Stephen E. Flynn,
Campbell Public Affairs Institute,
1/1/2001
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Confronts the challenges of border security in balance of the facts of globalization and economic needs.
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Learn more about the report
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| Securing the Homeland, Strengthening the Nation
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Mark Sawyer,
The White House,
1/1/2000
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The President’s homeland security policy and budget priorities.
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Link to Report
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| Risk Management: Further Refinements Needed to Assess Risks and Prioritize Protective Measures at Ports and Other Critical Infrastructure
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Government Accountability Office (GAO)
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GAO examines how three Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components were carrying out the mandate to incorporate risk management strategies.
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