Homeland Security: Selected Recommendations from Congressionally Chartered Commissions and GAO : Report to the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations, Committee on Government Reform, House of RepresentativesU.S. General Accounting Office, 2004 - 24 pages |
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Page 1 - Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, /. Assessing the Threat, December 1 5, 1999; and.
Page 11 - We recommended that the Secretary of Homeland Security, in conjunction with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, develop specific policies and procedures for the interagency visa revocation process to ensure that information is transmitted to the appropriate immigration and law enforcement agencies in a timely manner.
Page 23 - Washington, DC: October 17, 2001. Combating Terrorism: Selected Challenges and Related Recommendations. GAO-01-822. Washington, DC: September 20, 2001. Combating Terrorism- Actions Needed to Improve DOD s Antiterrorism Program Implementation and Management GAO-01-909.
Page 9 - ... develop more comprehensive, risk-based guidelines and standards on how consular officers should use the visa process as a screen against potential terrorists.
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Page 2 - Security aligns and focuses homeland security functions into six critical mission areas: (1) intelligence and warning, (2) border and transportation security, (3) domestic counterterrorism, (4) protecting critical infrastructures and key assets, (5) defending against catastrophic threats, and (6) emergency preparedness and response.
Page 18 - We also recommended that if the Department of Justice extends the Domestic Preparedness Program to more than the currently planned 120 cities, it integrate the program with the Metropolitan Firefighters Program to capitalize on the strengths of each program and eliminate duplication and overlap.
Page 6 - ... Security Affairs, in coordination with pertinent executive agencies, establish a capability for strategically analyzing computer-based threats, including developing related methodology, acquiring staff expertise, and obtaining infrastructure data, require development of a comprehensive data collection and analysis framework and ensure that national watch and warning operations for computer-based attacks are supported by sufficient staff and resources, and clearly define the role of the NIPC in...