Retooling the Enterprise for Complex Catastrophes
Complete The Following:
- Using the technique of screening for suitability, feasibility, acceptability, distinguishability, completeness, and evaluation criteria, conduct a critical analysis to identify the most practical course of action (COA).
- Develop a comparison matrix slide that examines the COAs against the evaluation criteria (This could be included in the paper as well, no need for a powerpoint slide)
- APA format is a most, in-text citation, Abstract
Provide a supporting analysis in a 2-page information paper
Helpful Reading links:
Schneier: Part IV, Conclusions
Presidential Policy Directive 8 and the National Preparedness System: Background and Issues for Congress, Congressional Research Service, Oct 21, 2011
www.fas.org/sgp/crs/homesec/R42073.pdf
Ten Years After 9/11: Challenges for the Decade to Come, Paul Stockton, Homeland Security Affairs, Volume7, The 9/11 Essays (Sep 2011)
www.hsaj.org
Core Characteristics of Catastrophe: Complexity, Cascades, and Culture, Phillip J. Paliin, HSW, June 21, 2012,
http://www.hlswatch.com/2012/06/21/the-character-of-catastrophe-complexity-cascades-and-culture/
A Whole of Community Approach to Emergency Management: Principles, Themes, and Pathways for Action, FEMA, DEC 2011,
http://www.fema.gov/whole-community
PPD-8 National Preparedness, March 30, 2011
http://www.dhs.gov/presidential-policy-directive-8-national-preparedness
DHS Effectively Implementing a Strategy to Counter Emerging Threats?, Sharon L. Caudle, Ph.D., Testimony before the House Committee on Homeland Security, Feb. 3, 2012
http://homeland.house.gov/hearing/subcommitte-hearing-dhs-effectively-implementing-strategy-counter-emerging-threats
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