A governor's guide to homeland security
Contributors: Logan, Christopher; Mitchell, Jeffrey T.; Trella, Joseph; National Governors' Association. Center for Best Practices
Publisher: National Governors' Association, Center for Best Practices
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781558774070
Subjects: National security; States; Emergency management
Description: "A Governor's Guide to Homeland Security was written to provide governors with an overview of their homeland security roles and responsibilities and to offer some guidance on how to approach issues such as mutual aid, information sharing, obtaining assistance from the military, and protecting critical infrastructure. The Guide draws heavily on the experiences of governors who have managed during emergencies and disasters of all sizes and on the lessons learned by states in the years since the September 11 attacks. The homeland security waterfront is extremely broad, encompassing policy areas as diverse as border security, public health preparedness, and telecommunications. An encyclopedic guide would be voluminous. This document focuses on areas governors must immediately be aware of and the resources they are most likely to rely on during the initial response to an incident. Other National Governors Association Center for Best Practices publications complement this guide by focusing more closely on individual subject areas such as energy assurance, intelligence fusion, pandemic influenza preparedness, and the use of technology to enhance homeland security."--Excerpted from Foreword, p. 3.
Notes: Title from PDF t.p. (viewed June 15, 2007).

"A Governor's Guide to Homeland Security was written by the staff of the NGA Center for Best Practices Homeland Security and Technology Division: Erin Lee, Christopher Logan, Jeffrey Mitchell, and Joe Trella with immeasurable assistance from the division's director, John Ratliff, administrative coordinator, Debra Wilson, and intern, Renee Stapley"--P. 4.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-71).

Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Foreword; title: Acknowledgements; title: Executive summary; title: Introduction: What a new governor should know; title: Chapter 1: Governors' powers, roles, and responsibilities; title: Chapter 2: State homeland security governance; title: Chapter 3: Developing a public communications and media strategy; title: Chapter 4: Mutual aid; title: Chapter 5: National Guard and military assistance; title: Chapter 6: Major disasters and emergency declarations; title: Chapter 7: Federal assistance available to states and individuals; title: Chapter 8: Intelligence and information sharing; title: Chapter 9: interoperability; title: Chapter 10: Critical infrastructure protection; title: Notes; title: Appendix A.