Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear risk assessments : DHS should establish more specific guidance for their use : report to Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Government Accountability Office

Contributor:

United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Homeland Security--Rules and practice.

United States.

United States. Department of Homeland Security.

Risk assessment--United States.

Risk assessment.

Genre:

Rules and practice.

Rules.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (iii, 39 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

DHS should establish more specific guidance for their use

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, [2012]

Summary:

The 2001 anthrax attacks in the United States highlighted the need to develop response plans and capabilities to protect U.S. citizens from chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) agents. Since 2004, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has spent at least $70 million developing more than 20 CBRN risk assessments. GAO was requested to assess, from fiscal year 2004 to the present, the extent to which DHS has used its CBRN risk assessments to inform CBRN response plans and CBRN capabilities, and has institutionalized their use. GAO examined relevant laws, Homeland Security Presidential Directives, an Executive Order, DHS guidance, and all 12 relevant interagency CBRN response plans developed by DHS. Based on a review of a United States governmentwide CBRN database and DHS interviews, among other things, GAO selected a nongeneralizable set of seven DHS capabilities used specifically for detecting or responding to CBRN incidents to identify examples of DHS's use of its CBRN risk assessments. GAO also interviewed relevant DHS officials.

Contents:

Background

DHS used its CBRN risk assessments to directly or indirectly inform 9 of 12 of its CBRN response plans

DHS used its CBRN risk assessments to directly or partially inform six of seven of its CBRN capabilities

Specific guidance not established to help ensure DHS's CBRN risk assessments are used to inform its response plans and capabilities

Conclusions.

Notes:

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Jan. 26, 2012).

"January 2012."

Includes bibliographical references.

"GAO-12-272."

OCLC:

773895205