Description Maintaining the security of U. Physical Description 11 pages. Who People and organizations associated with either the creation of this report or its content. Author Best, Richard A.
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Creation Date December 7, Description Last Updated Feb. Usage Statistics When was this report last used? Where Geographical information about where this report originated or about its content. Place Name United States. Publication Place Washington D. We will transform the adversity of September 11 into greater opportunities for the future. We will find new and important ways to encourage citizens to be more alert and active in their communities. We will consider new organizational models for governing that are appropriate for the new century.
We will promote the principles and practice of mutual aid across America.
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And we will provide leadership and technical assistance to our international partners who seek greater security in their own homelands. The American people should have no doubt that we will succeed in weaving an effective and permanent level of security into the fabric of a better, safer, stronger America.
An unprecedented national response to the present terrorist threat began literally minutes after the first plane struck the World Trade Center.
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Virtually every American has been involved in one way or another. Others demonstrated their solidarity by wearing an American flag in their lapel. Some flew combat air patrols over our cities; some fought overseas. Others ministered to the sick and comforted the grieving. Virtually every sector of American society exhibited courage and responsibility by addressing the security needs of the people.
The Emergency Response Fund also supported the largest criminal investigation in United States history. In essence, the legislation dealt with four broad areas:. Additionally, since September 11, the Administration has gone to great lengths to identify the most vulnerable potential targets and critical infrastructure in America, and then to put in place appropriate additions safeguards and security procedures. These potential targets include airports, sea and water ports, nuclear facilities, dams, water and sewer plants, electric power plants, gas pipelines, dams and bridges and biological and chemical facilities.
The Administration has also paid extra attention to high-profile events such as the Olympics and the Super Bowl, and has responded vigorously to intelligence reports of possible terrorist threats. Yet it has not been just the Federal government responding to the terrorist threat. These expenditures have gone to protect critical infrastructure facilities as described above. Local governments have played a critical role in securing their respective communities as well.
Local police, fire, and emergency personnel have worked tirelessly since September 11 to ensure the safety and security of their citizens. They are carrying a burden unforeseen prior to the attacks on America. Local governments have recognized the importance of these men and women and remain committed to their most critical mission of public safety. According to the U.
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The United States has never had a national blueprint for securing itself from the threat of terrorism. This year, with the publication of the National Strategy for Homeland Security, it will. The process by which this document is generated, however, will involve consultation with literally hundreds of people, including officials from all relevant Federal agencies, the Congress, State and local governments, as well as the best experts in private industry and at institutions of higher learning. Homeland Security is a challenge of monumental scale and complexity. It will not be cheap, easy, or quick.
Achieving our homeland security objectives will require hard work and a sustained investment of money and time. Our job has already begun and will continue indefinitely. A carefully conceived plan is required to ensure that these efforts yield maximum- security benefits at the least possible financial and social cost. The strategy will take full account of the existing government institutions and systems for providing homeland security, such as law enforcement, public safety, public health, and emergency management.
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It will build upon systems that currently work well and are sensibly organized, but will also lay out plans to improve those that either do not work well today or are poorly or redundantly organized. This massive infusion of Federal resources reflects the priority the President has attached to the homeland security agenda. Properly trained and equipped first responders have the greatest potential to save lives and limit casualties after a terrorist attack.
Currently, our capabilities for responding to a terrorist attack vary widely across the country. Many areas have little or no capability to respond to terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction. Even the best prepared States and localities do not possess adequate resources to respond to the full range of terrorist threats we face. This initiative will accomplish the following objectives:. To achieve these objectives, the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA will implement a streamlined and simple procedure designed to speed the flow of resources to the States and localities.
The funds may be used for the following types of first responder activities:. Nearly two million first responders regularly put their lives at risk to save lives and make our country safer. Hundreds of firefighters, police officers and emergency medical workers gave their lives on September 11 as they worked to save others. The First Responder Initiative will help these brave Americans do their jobs better. Building on existing capabilities at the Federal, State, and local level, the First Responder Initiative provides an incentive to develop mutually supportive programs that maximize effective response capability.
Disease has long been the deadliest enemy of mankind. Infectious diseases make no distinctions among people and recognize no borders. We have fought the causes and consequences of disease throughout history and must continue to do so with every available means. All civilized nations reject as intolerable the use of disease and biological weapons as instruments of war and terror. An effective biodefense will require a long-term strategy and significant new investment in the U.
This new funding will focus on:. Responsibility for detecting and managing a bioterrorist attack needs to be shared among a wide range of Federal, State, local, and private entities. The President is committed to improving the ability of State and local public health care systems to deal with bioterrorism. State and local public health personnel are a principal line of defense against bioterrorism, and will often be the first to recognize that we are under a biological attack.
Ensuring that State and local health care providers have the appropriate tools and the training is critical as our health care community works to carry out this mission. The Budget also makes available funding to support the development of regional medical mutual aid compacts.
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In the event of an emergency, these compacts will enable State and local emergency managers to augment local medical care providers quickly and efficiently. Finally, the communications network that links the acute care providers of our communities with their public health counterparts will be modernized and improved so that vital information on the detection and treatment of disease can flow swiftly. A major act of biological terrorism would almost certainly overwhelm existing State, local, and privately owned health care capabilities. For this reason, the Federal government maintains a number of specialized response capabilities for a bioterrorist attack.
The President and the Congress have already taken steps to acquire a national supply of smallpox vaccine and ensure that by the end of fiscal year , the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile will contain sufficient antibiotics to treat 20 million people against diseases such as anthrax, plague and tularemia. Established in following the start of the Korean War as an early-warning system against biological warfare, the EIS today has expanded into a surveillance and response unit for all types of epidemics.
Whether we succeed or fail in our response to an act of bioterrorism depends in large measure on the quality and effectiveness of our diagnostic tests, vaccines, and therapeutic drugs. Our experience responding to the anthrax letter attacks of October has revealed major inadequacies in our existing medical "toolkit" for fighting bioterrorism. Some of the diagnostics, vaccines, and therapeutics available to us today were developed during the Cold War and hence do not harness the full power of modern biomedical science.
These resources will be focused in the following areas:. The massive flow of people and goods across our borders helps drive our economy, but can also serve as a conduit for terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, illegal migrants, contraband, and other unlawful commodities. The new threats and opportunities of the 21 st century demand a new approach to border management.
President Bush envisions a border that is grounded on two key principles:. America requires a border management system that keeps pace with expanding trade while protecting the United States and its territories from the threats of terrorist attack, illegal immigration, illegal drugs, and other contraband. The border of the future must integrate actions abroad to screen goods and people prior to their arrival in sovereign U. Federal border control agencies must have seamless information-sharing systems that allow for coordinated communication among themselves, and also the broader law enforcement and intelligence gathering communities.
This integrated system would provide timely enforcement of laws and regulations. Agreements with our neighbors, major trading partners, and private industry will allow extensive pre-screening of low-risk traffic, thereby allowing limited assets to focus attention on high-risk traffic. The use of advanced technology to track the movement of cargo and the entry and exit of individuals is essential to the task of managing the movement of hundreds of millions of individuals, conveyances, and vehicles.
Some of this work has already begun with Canada, our largest trading partner. The Smart Border Declaration recognizes that "our current and future prosperity and security depend on a border that operates efficiently and effectively under all circumstances. This additional funding will allow our border agencies to begin implementing a seamless air, land, and sea border that protects the United States against foreign threats while moving legitimate goods and people into and out of the country.
The new border initiatives will be managed by the agencies with primary responsibility for border control. This additional funding increases the ability of the Customs Service to fulfill its critical border security role. Specifically, the additional resources in the Budget will allow the Customs Service to achieve the following key objectives:.
These resources will enhance key INS missions related to homeland security, including border patrol, inspections, and the implementation of a technologically advanced system for monitoring the entry and exit of foreign visitors.