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Goals
August 10, 2009 at 09:33AM
Goals should be well defined and success should be measurable. We suggest the following additions: Adopt an integrated risk based approach to analyze, plan and respond to homeland security thre...
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Mission
August 10, 2009 at 09:21AM
Disagree. The mision statement should include: The Government should provide for homeland security by fully and uniformly supporting the domestic efforts of critical infrastructure owners/operator...
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Mission
August 10, 2009 at 09:20AM
Disagree, The mision statement should include: The Government should provide for homeland security by fully and uniformly supporting the domestic efforts of critical infrastructure owners/operator...
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This idea is an attempt to include 'Moral Connections' in the mission and goal statments:
August 10, 2009 at 02:47AM
Mission Vision Statement: It is the mission of the United States Homeland Security division of Counterterrorism and Domestic Security Management to provide continuous mobilization of the United...
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On The Threat of Economic Espionage And Cyber Terrorism
August 08, 2009 at 01:58PM
When it comes to dealing with the extant danger of economic or military espionage, one of our best assets is E-Verify. To this end, E-Verify should noit only assume top priority to the Department ...
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FPS Portal
August 07, 2009 at 10:37PM
The FPS Portal is a wonerful tool for facilitating interagency communications.
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Make a strong distinction between malicious actors versus normal citizen protest.
August 07, 2009 at 08:35PM
We must ake a strong distinction between malicious actors versus normal citizen protest. There is a current movement to demonize those who just diagree with the administration. This is totally dif...
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Coordinated regional response/assistance
August 07, 2009 at 04:14PM
We should ensure that organizations are training for a coordinated/consistent response to a major incident with their allied/partnering agencies.
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Why human rights matter
August 07, 2009 at 02:43PM
"Efforts to achieve these objectives must always respect human rights. Human rights are an integral and valuable part of the American political tradition. Respecting human rights--especially the r...
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Surface the TSA's role, reign it in
August 07, 2009 at 05:17AM
Specifically mention transportation and/or the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the Counterterrorism goals, especially #1 (Counter malicious actors), #2 (Protect infrastructure), an...
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Smart tradeoffs
August 07, 2009 at 04:30AM
Insert the phrase "smart tradeoffs" or similar wording in the Counterterrorism "mission vision" statement, and/or the goals. Use it as a conjunction between conflicting goals, such as "Counter ter...
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better integration with critical small businesses
August 07, 2009 at 02:34AM
"providing incentives for the sustained engagement..." does not capture the breadth of activity the DHS needs to undertake in order to fulfill this mission statement. While the DHS and related Fed...
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Glossary/definitions section
August 07, 2009 at 12:15AM
I think it might be helpful to have a definitions section or glossary of each major term for the mission and goals.
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Counterterrorism
August 06, 2009 at 06:29PM
The area should focus on goals 1 and 3 and move the remaining items to a more appropriate category
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Comments
August 06, 2009 at 10:03AM
General Comments on Mission Statement: Add a statement to ensure operations are conducted within all federal, state and local regulations and that all rights and privledges provided US citiz...
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Alternative CT Mission Statement
August 06, 2009 at 03:24AM
ALTERNATIVE CT MISSION STATEMENT SUGGESTION: TO MOBILIZE A CONCERTED AMERICAN EFFORT TO COUNTER TERRORISM OR OTHER DELIBERATE ACTS OF DESTRUCTION OR SOCIETAL SABOTAGE IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE C...
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Vision Statement Revision
August 05, 2009 at 09:14PM
The second sentence in the vision statement makes no sense. We do not prevent terrorist attacks by "providing active leadership, removing barriers, etc." Being engaged with both the public and pri...
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retired law enforcement
August 05, 2009 at 08:42PM
Many Federal LE positions have a cut-off for hireing at 37 years of age, because of retirement issues, etc. Create a new catagory in order to hire some of the thousands of trained law enforcement ...
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Remove the Patriot Act and Its provisions
August 05, 2009 at 08:29PM
The Patriot Act has been abused. Ordinary citizens are ending up on terror watch lists for marijuana (personal use). I relize this is still illegal, but it is an abuse of the act. Remove the illeg...
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Aspiration vs. goal
August 05, 2009 at 07:59PM
The "goals" look more like aspirations than goals to me. To borrow from project management vernacular, goals should be SMART: Specific Measurable Attainable Realistic Time-based ...
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Citizen Appointments by DHS
August 05, 2009 at 07:22PM
Appoint "ordinary" citizens to take on point positions to inform and communicate directly to DHS; those who are not necessarily connected within the Community (gov., law, intel) but have a strong ...
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Lack of coordination
August 05, 2009 at 06:26PM
Three of these goals indicate they are shared with Disasters (planning for ... responding to ...). However, they don't show up over under the Disasters tab. Suggests a lack of coordination.
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Natural Hazards
August 05, 2009 at 05:59PM
Remove natural hazards from this section. Natural hazards are not applicable to counterterrorism and domestic security management.While many homeland security capabilities are all-hazards applicab...
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Augment "See Something, Say Something" With More Specific Information, Guidance
August 05, 2009 at 05:55PM
Build upon the initial success of "Say Something, See Something"-type citizen information campaigns by providing the public with more specific guidance on how to assist law enforcement and, without...
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Supply chain
August 05, 2009 at 04:56PM
Although it is implied in goal 2, hardening the supply chain should be an explicit goal.
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More civic engagement
August 05, 2009 at 03:15PM
I think the goal that references empower communities and individual to become more engaged in preventing and identifying threats should include the language Secretary Napolitano used in her speech...
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Information sharing
August 05, 2009 at 01:33PM
While we at the local level are responsible for the training and response to the initial event and will be the first in and the last out we are still not trusted enough to share in vital information ...
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educate/mobilize the people and there is no need for the DHS
August 05, 2009 at 12:33AM
Educate the public to perceived threats and their likelihood. Remind the public of their responsibilities to protect and enhance their country. Don't limit/take away their rights "so that they are...
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America will be judged by how she treats the most vulnerable of her citizens
August 04, 2009 at 09:04PM
Homeland security must be balanced against American citizen's loss of freedoms, and minority citizens are the most vulnerable. DHS should cooperate with our general aviation association, AOPA, wo...
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Board Member
August 04, 2009 at 07:51PM
We need to have out standing, unbiased review of the application people are applying to come to United States and any one coming with immigration Visa need to be fairly delt. Fairness is the on...
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