Building a New Storyline for Florida's Domestic Security to Provide Future Resiliency for the State

Abstract

Immediately after the 9/11 event, the state of Florida drafted one of the Nation's first comprehensive counterterrorism strategies to aid in the protection of the state's visitors and citizens. The strategy has had several modifications over the years, but it has not had a comprehensive review since its inception. Many things have changed in the arena of homeland security since the 9/11 event. An analysis of interviews of Florida's homeland security leaders and of other states' homeland security strategies in combination with a review of the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) set of desirable characteristics for implementing domestic security strategies demonstrates the need for Florida to develop the next iteration of its domestic security strategy. This thesis recommends that Florida's new domestic security strategy be based on four pillars: the strengths of Florida's Regional Domestic Security Task Forces, the Department of Homeland Security's Target Capabilities List, the GAO's set of desirable characteristics, and traditional elements of strategic planning.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2008
Accession Number
ADA488806

Entities

People

  • Dominick D. Pape

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Counterterrorism
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Disasters
  • Emergency Response
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Information Exchange
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Security
  • Task Forces
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Urban Areas
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Coastal Oceanography
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Strategic Security Studies