Homeland Emergency Preparedness and the National Exercise Program: Background, Policy Implications, and Issues for Congress

Abstract

Current homeland emergency preparedness exercises, carried out through authorities that created the National Exercise Program (NEP), evaluate and adapt an integrated, interagency federal, state, territorial, local, and private sector capability to prevent terrorist attacks, and to rapidly and effectively respond to, and recover from, any terrorist attack or major disaster that occurs. This report, which will be updated as warranted, provides an overview of emergency preparedness authorities and guidance; development and management of the NEP; and current exercise planning, scheduling, and evaluation processes. Additionally, it provides analysis of national preparedness policy issues and exercise operations issues that Congress might wish to consider.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 10, 2008
Accession Number
ADA490008

Entities

People

  • Bruce R. Lindsay
  • David R. Peterman
  • Edward C. Liu
  • Lawrence Kapp
  • R. E. Petersen

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Combatant Commanders
  • Congress
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Emergency Response
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Homeland Security
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Medical Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Radiological Weapons
  • United States Government
  • United States Northern Command
  • United States Transportation Command
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection in CBRN and WMD Threats.
  • Strategic Security Studies