Federally Sponsored, Not for Profit Research and Development Centers: Evolving Regional Roles to Engineer State and Local Emergency Preparedness Capabilities

Abstract

This paper examines the roles federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) and university affiliated research centers (UARCs) might play in delivering systems engineering and analytical capabilities to state and local jurisdictions to improve the nations preparedness and address enterprise challenges for responding to and recovering from all-hazards incidents and emergencies. Public law and Presidential guidance following the attacks of 9/11 outline general policies and specific activities to improve the nations overall preparedness to respond to and recover from an array of all-hazards threats. The country's national preparedness architecture requires intergovernmental and private sector involvement in domestic security activities. These activities encompass a broad range of prevention, protection, response, and recovery activities necessary to confront the full spectrum of domestic threats, both natural and man-made, facing the nation. At the national level, many foundational policies, processes, and systems have been established and are now being implemented to help the country prepare for and respond to the full range of incidents and emergencies that have national, regional, and local impact. Since 9/11, the nation has made great progress in identifying specific threats and in taking tangible steps to counter those threats at national, regional, state, and local levels using the collective resources and capabilities of government, non-government, private sector, and individual entities. Despite this progress at the national level, state and local jurisdictions continue to struggle to upgrade preparedness or develop new capabilities in response to sometimes confusing and complex guidance from the national level.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1108443

Entities

People

  • Dennis R. Schrader
  • Michael R. French

Organizations

  • MITRE Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Business Administration
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Detectors
  • Ecology
  • Emergency Response
  • Engineers
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Systems
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Materials Science
  • National Security
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Particle Physics
  • Personnel Management
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Public Administration
  • Systems Engineering
  • Systems Management

Readers

  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.
  • Strategic Security Studies