National Continuity Policy: A Brief Overview

Abstract

On May 9, 2007, President George W. Bush issued National Security Presidential Directive (NSPD) 51, which is also identified as Homeland Security Presidential Directive (HSPD) 20, on National Continuity Policy. The directive updates longstanding continuity directives designed to assure that governing entities are able to recover from a wide range of potential operational interruptions. Executive branch efforts to assure essential operations are similar to those that are broadly integrated into many private sector industries. Government continuity planning also incorporates efforts to maintain and preserve constitutional government, based on the assumption that certain essential activities typically provided by government must be carried out with little or no interruption under all circumstances.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 08, 2007
Accession Number
ADA469086

Entities

People

  • R. E. Petersen

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Congress
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Continuity
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergencies
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Judicial Branch
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • President (United States)
  • Public Administration
  • Security
  • United States
  • United States Government

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  • Economics
  • Emergency Management and Homeland Security.