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Problem
August 10, 2009 at 10:14AM
Lack of collaboration among federal, state, and local government entities results in inefficient practices that contribute to government waste and an increased burden on private sector resources. ...
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Problem
August 10, 2009 at 10:10AM
Lack of collaboration among federal, state, and local government entities results in inefficient practices that contribute to goverment waste and an increased burden on private sector resources. ...
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Purpose
August 10, 2009 at 09:56AM
Consider the following: Enable the efficient allocation of scare resources in order to maximize national security.
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Ever Faithful, Always Smartly
August 10, 2009 at 03:11AM
Create endless link with Intelligence Community in strategic solid positions. Ensure relevant sharing and alerts, without obstacle or barrier, to accomplish the mission. Risk assessment is to be t...
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Risks are limited by the scope of assessment
August 03, 2009 at 03:05PM
There is probably a greater risk of release of NBC's by government or industry than by terrorists, as recent history has shown. Setting limits on the scope of risk assessment is not a sound risk ...
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International Efforts
August 03, 2009 at 02:39PM
Whether dealing with commerce or people, much more needs to be done internationally as discovery and deterence is significantly preferable to recovery from an incident.
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A Domestic Focus Is Imperative; As Is AN Impetus For Action
August 03, 2009 at 01:47PM
In order to be optimally efficacious, it is imperative that the proposed Risk Assessment adopt an increasingly domestic focus to preclude long since extant threats to National Security that exist ...
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Opening statement
August 03, 2009 at 12:29AM
The opening statement should say (should) not (will)
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Risk Communication
August 02, 2009 at 08:01PM
Drawing from the earlier suggestion, risk assessment will not achieve its objective nor risk management its potential without a strategic focus on risk communication. This communication will have ...
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Domestic-less
August 02, 2009 at 06:17PM
As I read it, this assessment seems to omit the domestic portion of the risk. For example, it lists "transnational" crime, but the national security implications of gangs and other domestic/interna...
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refocus
August 02, 2009 at 05:44PM
I think these are good goals but they may be difficult to achieve in a meaningful way due to the uncertainty underlying the likely frequency of terrorist attacks, especially invovling weapons of ma...
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Hazards/threats will change - assessments must be adaptable
August 01, 2009 at 08:53PM
I can understand the desire to undertake this effort, but believe there are some structural deficiencies in its proposed purpose that must be addressed to make it a useful enterprise. Referring to...
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Strong Concept - Value Is Uncertain
August 01, 2009 at 02:05AM
The concept of the HSNRA is laudable and has significant potential; however, the value is to be found in the process not the final document. The assessment will require roll-ups and those numerous...
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Only as good as the variables considered
July 31, 2009 at 07:59PM
If risk assessments are being used to enlighten homeland security decision makers as to potential threat activities and the potential impact those threats might have within the homeland security en...
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Acknowledgment of the difficulty of understanding the threat environment
July 31, 2009 at 05:53PM
The threat variable of most homeland security related risk calculations is often difficult to ascertain. Rarely does the credibility or quantity of intelligence allow a domestic security organizati...
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False Confidence
July 31, 2009 at 05:27PM
While the idea and vision of an HSNRA is laudable, I think it will lead us to believe that we can "capture" the risks and threats across all spectrums and have confidence that once "documented", th...
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risk assessment vs risk management
July 31, 2009 at 04:42PM
I agree that "Something must be said about risk management". But to say that "Risk assessment is simply looking at all the potential problems" is not correct. Risk assessment does consider all...
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make it shorter
July 31, 2009 at 04:33PM
The text as written is too long and complex. It needs to be shorter
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Risk management
July 31, 2009 at 03:16PM
Something must be said about risk management. Risk assessment is simply looking at all the potential problems. Risk management is about focusing resources on the most likely problems and dealing ...
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