Homeland Security Advisory System : Possible Issues for Congressional Oversight.

Examines limitations of DHS Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), a five-color terrorism threat level alert code system. Discusses vagueness of warnings; lack of specific protective measures for State and local governments, the public, and the private sector; coordination of HSAS with other Fede...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Defense spending. Executive advisory bodies. Business. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Description
Summary:	Examines limitations of DHS Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS), a five-color terrorism threat level alert code system. Discusses vagueness of warnings; lack of specific protective measures for State and local governments, the public, and the private sector; coordination of HSAS with other Federal warning systems; and costs associated with threat level changes.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.