Bibliography Category: Security Issues

Department of Homeland Security. Cyber Storm II: Final Report. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2009. http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/csc_ncsd_cyber_stormII_final09.pdf (accessed 9 April 2012). This report describes the findings of Cyber Storm II, a National Cyber Exercise with the aim of providing the arena to examine the processes, procedures, tools, and organizations of the cyber response community in response […]

Department of Defense. Joint Operational Access Concept (JOAC). Washington, DC: Department of Defense, 2012. http://www.defense.gov/pubs/pdfs/JOAC_Jan%202012_Signed.pdf (accessed 6 February 2012). This concept describes in broad terms how joint forces will operate in response to emerging anti-access and area denial security challenges and strategies, and how future joint forces will achieve operational access in the face of […]

Department of Defense. Defense Study and Report to Congress, The DoD Role in Homeland Security. Washington, DC: Department of Defense, 2003. http://www.ndu.edu/uchs/NDAA%20FY02%20Report%20(DoD%20in%20HS)%20-%20final.pdf (accessed 27 October 2011). This report contains the results of a study on the appropriate role of the Department of Defense with respect to homeland security. It is divided into four sections: 1) […]

Davis, Joel D. “Maritime Security and the Strait of Malacca: A Strategic Analysis.” Master’s Thesis, Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2006. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll2/id/856 (accessed 12 August 2011). This thesis analyzes the security and strategic situation in the Strait of Malacca. It discusses the national dynamics and military capabilities of each littoral country: Singapore, […]

Davis, Geoffrey C. and John F. Tierney. 2012. The Need for Interagency Reform: Congressional Perspective and Efforts. InterAgency Journal Vol. 3, no. 1 (February): 3-7. http://thesimonscenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/IAJ-3-1-pg3-7.pdf (accessed 22 February 2012). This article argues for greater interagency coordination within the federal government, and discusses various reform efforts. The Interagency Personnel Rotation Act of 2011 is highlighted […]

Dale, Catherine, Nina Serafino, and Pat Towell. Organizing the U.S. Government for National Security: Overview of the Interagency Reform Debates. CRS Report for Congress RL34455. Washington, DC: Congressional Research Service, April 2008. http://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/104695.pdf (accessed 20 July 2011). This report, created for Committees and Members of Congress, summarizes and categorizes the various arguments for national security […]

C-SPAN. 2009. Public Safety and Homeland Security. Program 288363-1. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SafetyandH (accessed 29 July 2011). This is a video clip of a speech before the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) by Jamie Barnett, the chief of the FCC Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau. He talked about public safety, homeland security and improving emergency responses to disasters […]

C-SPAN. 2002. Homeland Security Issues. Program 169813-1. http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/HomelandSecurityIssues11 (accessed 29 July 2011). This is a video clip of former Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge speaking at the Annual Meeting of the Associated Press in 2002. Among the issues he addressed were interagency cooperation, the level of terrorist threats, and state and local efforts to build […]

Congress. Senate. Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Interagency Contracts – Parts I and II. 111th Cong., 2nd sess.,2010. S. Hrg. 111-943. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111shrg56844/pdf/CHRG-111shrg56844.pdf (accessed 8 August 2011). This is a transcript of a Senate Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting and Oversight hearing entitled “Interagency Contracts- Parts […]

Congress. House of Representatives. Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. National Security, Interagency Collaboration, and Lessons from SOUTHCOM and AFRICOM. 111th Cong., 2nd sess., 2010. No. 111-124. http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CHRG-111hhrg64927/pdf/CHRG-111hhrg64927.pdf (accessed 8 August 2011). This is a transcript of a House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs […]