Homeland Security Preparedness: The Rebirth of Regionalism

Assuring Homeland Security: Continuous Monitoring, Control & Assurance of Emergency Preparedness

This paper examines the potential relationships of Continuous Auditing and Emergency Preparedness to the design, development, and implementation of Emergency Response Management Information Systems (ERMIS). It develops an argument for the integration of emergency response processes and continuous decision process auditing requirements into the system development life cycle of an organization wi...

Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security.

This is one of a series of audit, inspection, and special reports prepared as part of our oversight responsibilities to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness within the department. This report addresses FEMA's preparedness for the next catastrophic disaster. It is based on interviews with employees and officials of relevant agencies and institutions, direct observations, and a review o...

Exploring the Relationship between Homeland Security Information Sharing & Local Emergency Preparedness

Journal Of Homeland Security

Prior to the attack on the USS Cole and the events of 11 September 2001, the U.S. Navy was developing antiterrorism programs to address potential terrorist attacks in a resource-constrained environment. Amid unprecedented tragedy associated with these and other terrorist strikes against U.S. interests, both domestic and abroad, government agencies, the Armed Forces, and private companies have r...