Towards a Strategic Approach to Special Events Management in the Post-9/11 World

Abstract

This thesis reviews the literature related to counterterrorism and law enforcement planning for major special events and identifies some of the strategic issues that have emerged in special events management since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The thesis focuses on the subjective and objective components of the systems currently used by the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI to categorize and resource special events, and it evaluates whether the current approach to major event planning is sufficient for contemporary counterterrorism challenges. The thesis considers how changes in the present system may improve interagency counterterrorism preparedness. Finally, it applies risk management principles to the interagency special event planning process to determine if these principles are useful for developing a rational, politically defensible, and fiscally responsible approach to federal resource allocation for major special events.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA439225

Entities

People

  • G. B. Jones

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Business Administration
  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • Health Services
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Science
  • Interagency Coordination
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Risk Analysis
  • Risk Management
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Instructional Design and Training Evaluation.
  • Irregular Warfare and Special Operations Cyberspace Operations against Adversarial Threats.