Bibliography Category: Security Issues

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-09-904SP, Interagency Collaboration: Key Issues for Congressional Oversight of National Security Strategies, Organizations, Workforce, and Information Sharing. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2009. http://www.docstoc.com/docs/19527182/Interagency-Collaboration-Key-Issues-for-Congressional-Oversight-of-National-Security-Strategies-Organizations-Workfo (accessed 20 July 2011). This report examines interagency collaboration in regard to national security. The research includes information on integrated strategies, collaborative organizations, personnel training, and information […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-08-825, Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Needs to Fully Address Lessons Learned from Its First Cyber Storm Exercise. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2008. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08825.pdf (accessed 9 September 2011). This report identifies the lessons that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) learned from the first Cyber Storm exercise, assesses DHS’s efforts to address […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-08-672, Maritime Security: National Strategy and Supporting Plans Were Generally Well-Developed and Are Being Implemented. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2008. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d08672.pdf (accessed 9 April 2012). This report discusses the extent to which the strategy and its supporting plans contain desirable characteristics of an effective national strategy, and the reported status […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-06-996, Interagency Contracting: Improved Guidance, Planning, and Oversight Would Enable the Department of Homeland Security to Address Risks. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2006. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=gao&docid=f:d06996.pdf (accessed 17 August 2011). This report reviews the extent to which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) manages the risks of interagency contracting and assessed DHS’ […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-05-434, Critical Infrastructure Protection: Department of Homeland Security Faces Challenges in Fulfilling Cybersecurity Responsibilities. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2005. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05434.pdf (accessed 8 August 2011). This report examines the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) roles and responsibilities for cyber critical infrastructure protection, the status and adequacy of DHS’s efforts to fulfill […]

U.S. Government Accountability Office. GAO-03-260, Homeland Security: Management Challenges Facing Federal Leadership. Washington, DC: Government Printing Office, 2002. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03260.pdf (accessed 9 September 2011). This report reviews governmentwide changes and challenges prevalent in the missions and activities of agencies involved in homeland security, including the coordination and collaboration required to meet overall goals and needs, and […]

Conflict Prevention and Resolution Forum. Toward a New Security Framework: Civil-Military Relations and Interagency Coordination. Seminar, Washington, DC, 14 April 2009. http://www.sfcg.org/Documents/CPRF/CPRF-Transcript-090414.pdf (accessed 20 July 2011). This is transcript of a forum that focused on nonmilitary power in the area of security. This third forum in a series on Defense, Development, and Diplomacy will explore […]

Toomer, Jeffery K. A Strategic View of Homeland Security: Relooking the Posse Comitatus Act and DOD’s Role in Homeland Security. Monograph, School of Advanced Military Studies, Fort Leavenworth, KS, 2002. http://cgsc.cdmhost.com/cdm/singleitem/collection/p4013coll3/id/214 (accessed 15 August 2011). This monograph examines DoD’s role in Homeland Security and the viability of the Posse Comitatus Act when viewed through the […]

Stuhlreyer, Tom. 2007. The JIATF Organization Model: Bringing the Interagency to Bear in Maritime Homeland Defense and Security. Campaigning (Spring): 39-48. http://www.scribd.com/doc/1597950/US-Air-Force-Campaigning-Journal-Spring-2007 (accessed 20 October 2011). This article aims to present a model for leveraging the JIATF organization model to provide for the maritime security of the American homeland under the aegis of the North […]

Smith, Anton K. Turning on the Dime: Diplomacy’s Role in National Security. Strategic Studies Institute, United States Army War College. Carlisle, PA: U.S. Army War College, 2007. http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pdffiles/PUB801.pdf (accessed 12 August 2011). This article examines the role of diplomacy in national security. The author discusses interagency cooperation between the Departments of State and Defense, and […]