Unit 3 – Discussion Board
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Assignment Overview
Type: Discussion Board
Unit: National Protection and Preparedness & Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP)
Assignment Descriiption
Primary Task Response: Write 1 complete page that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Research Assignment
Part 1
Using your course materials and your own research, discuss the following topics:
What are the elements of an all-hazards approach to protection and preparedness at the national level of government, and what primary efforts have been taken to establish a culture of preparedness within American society?
Has the U.S. government and society learned the lessons from the 9/11 terrorist attacks and from Hurricane Katrina? Explain your answer.
Has this information been integrated into national- and state-level policies? If so, how has this been integrated? If not, how do you think this could happen?
Your post should demonstrate an executive-level understanding of the challenges associated with critical infrastructure (CI) and emergency management preparations in place to anticipate and minimize the impact of natural or manmade disasters.
Part 2
Drawing from national-level documents, including the National Response Framework (NRF) and the Homeland Security Presidential Directives, respond to the following prompts:
Consider the debate among homeland security planners and the intelligence community regarding efforts to predict attacks and disasters so that they can be prevented, versus a focus on resilience and investments in recovery capabilities and redundancy. Although you may see importance in both efforts, state and defend 1 of the proposed strategies.
On a national level, what steps have been taken in favor of your chosen stance?
Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials. Ensure all references are peer reviewed.
Reference
Quadrennial Homeland Security review report: A strategic framework for a secure homeland. (2010, February). Retrieved from the Department of Homeland Security Web site: http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/qhsr_report.pdf
Bush, G. W. (2003, December 17). Homeland security presidential directive/HSPD-7. Retrieved from the Federation of American Scientists Web site: http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/hspd-7.html
Bush, G. W. (2003). Homeland security presidential directive/HSPD-8. Retrieved from the Federation of American Scientists Web site: http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/hspd-8.html
Clinton, B. (1998, May 22). Presidential decision directive/NSC-63. Retrieved from the Federation of American Scientists Web site: http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/pdd/pdd-63.htm
Department of Homeland Security. (2011). National preparedness goal. Retrieved from the Federal Emergency Management Agency Web site: http://www.fema.gov/pdf/prepared/npg.pdf
National security presidential directives. (2010). Retrieved from the Federation of American Scientists Web site: http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/index.html
