Bibliography Category: Security Issues

White House, The. National Security Strategy. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2010. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/rss_viewer/national_security_strategy.pdf (accessed 19 October 2011). This national security strategy is focused on renewing American leadership to more effectively advance U.S. interests in the 21st century. The document also includes strategy for security, education, and development.

White House, The. National Security Strategy. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2006. http://www.iwar.org.uk/military/resources/nss-2006/nss2006.pdf (accessed 20 July 2011). This national security strategy focuses on several essential tasks, including strengthening alliances to defeat global terrorism, prevent enemies from threatening the U.S. and its allies with weapons of mass destruction, and igniting a new era of global development.

White House, The. National Security Decision Directive 77, Management of Public Diplomacy Relative to National Security. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 1983. http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nsdd/nsdd-077.htm (accessed 2 November 2011). This directive examines methods of strengthening the organization, planning, and coordination of public diplomacy in relation to national security.

White House, The. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7, Critical Infrastructure Identification, Prioritization, and Protection. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2003. http://www.fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/hspd-7.html (accessed 21 February 2012). This directive establishes a national policy for Federal departments and agencies to identify and prioritize United States critical infrastructure and key resources and to protect them from terrorist attacks.

White House, The. The Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2010. http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/cybersecurity.pdf (accessed 21 February 2012). This document includes a number of mutually reinforcing initiatives with major goals designed to help secure the United States in cyberspace. The goals include establish a front line of defense against today’s immediate threats; defend against […]

Vara, John C. National Security and the Interagency Enterprise: A Critical Analysis. MCWAR Papers: Preparing for an Era of Persistent Conflict, Marine Corps War College. Quantico, VA: Marine Corps War College, 2010: 25-40. http://www.mcu.usmc.mil/War%20College%20Documents/MCWAR%20Papers%202010.PDF (accessed 7 September 2011). This chapter argues that the U.S. interagency foreign-service apparatus is flawed. The current concept of coordinating interagency operations […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-12-657T, Border Security: Observations on Costs, Benefits, and Challenges of a Department of Defense Role in Helping to Secure the Southwest Land Border. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. http://www.gao.gov/assets/600/590173.pdf (accessed 18 April 2012). This testimony discusses the costs and benefits of a DoD role to help secure the southwest land […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-12-599T, Visa Waiver Program: Additional Actions Needed to Mitigate Risks and Strengthen Overstay Enforcement. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/589621.pdf (accessed 18 April 2012). This testimony addresses challenges in the Visa Waiver Program and overstay enforcement efforts.

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-12-579T, IT Supply Chain: Additional Efforts Needed by National Security-Related Agencies to Address Risks. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/589617.pdf (accessed 18 April 2012). This testimony analyzes federal acquisition and information security laws, regulations, standards, and guidelines; examines departmental policies and procedures; and interviews officials from four national security-related departments, […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-12-512T, Nuclear Nonproliferation: Further Actions Needed by U.S. Agencies to Secure Vulnerable Nuclear and Radiological Materials. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2012. http://www.gao.gov/assets/590/589345.pdf (accessed 18 April 2012). This testimony discusses the U.S. strategy to secure all vulnerable nuclear material within four years, U.S. agencies’ ability to track and evaluate the security […]