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You are the emergency manager in a city of 200,000 people in the Midwest United States and are working on your long-term budget. You feel that you need extra resources to ensure that your city can effectively respond to emergencies and disasters, especially acts of terrorism; however, your city manager will not approve any additional spending or requests to seek grant funding until she fully understands the logistical and technical requirements associated with 21st-century emergency response.

Therefore, your city manager has directed you to draft a report that provides an overview of state homeland security and emergency management strategy and how the local level uses the state strategy to develop policies.

Assignment Guidelines

  • Address the following in a report of 750–1,000 words:
    • How do the following 3 Homeland Security Presidential Directives apply to state-level strategy development?
      • HSPD-3
      • HSPD-5
      • HSPD-8
    • How does the National Strategy for Homeland Security (NSHS) apply to state governments and emergency managers? Explain.
    • What challenges and barriers exist with regard to state homeland security strategy that are not present at the federal level? Explain.
    • Specifically, how are local-level policies developed using state homeland security strategy? Explain.
    • What types of policies would need to be addressed to effectively respond to a terrorist attack on your city’s critical infrastructure? Explain.
      • You should ensure that you include detailed policy descriptions of the following:
        • Human resources
        • Technology
        • Equipment
    • What policies could be put in place to fully accommodate interagency collaboration and innovative thinking? Explain.
  • Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.


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