Challenges to leadership : responding to biological threats / Paul Rosenzweig.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Rosenzweig, Paul, 1959-

Contributor:

National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy

Series:

Defense & technology papers ; no. 86.

Defense & technology papers ; no. 86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interagency coordination--United States.

Interagency coordination.

Federal government--United States.

Federal government.

Civil defense--United States.

Civil defense.

Emergency management--United States.

Emergency management.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 30 pages).

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Center for Technology and National Security Policy, National Defense University, [2011]

Summary:

The proliferation of authorities and responsibilities in the arena of biological threats is not well documented. No comprehensive survey of programs and responsibilities exists. Indeed, the field is so broad that any review of modest length risks either degenerating into platitudes or reviewing efforts at such a high level of generality that any conclusions and recommendations are of little practical value. Accordingly, this monograph has set a more modest goal. It seeks to identify a series of gaps and overlaps in existing structures and mechanisms and to advance potential solutions that can be implemented. In particular, this monograph examines two issues of concern: federal coordination structure and federal/state coordination.

Contents:

Introduction

A prelude : the biological threat in context

The evolution of U.S. biodefense policy

A confusion of federal responsibility

Threshold challenges : state to federal responsibility and the DHS/HHS question

Recommendations.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed December 8, 2011).

"October 2011."

Series from web site.

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

767831422