Homeland Emergency Preparedness and the National Exercise Program : Background, Policy Implications, and Issues for Congress.

Examines national exercise program (NEP), the homeland emergency preparedness and response system to provide resources and support in event of natural disasters and destructive human actions such as accidents, criminal acts, terrorism, or other attacks. Reviews emergency preparedness authorities and...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Disaster relief. Government productivity. Terrorism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines national exercise program (NEP), the homeland emergency preparedness and response system to provide resources and support in event of natural disasters and destructive human actions such as accidents, criminal acts, terrorism, or other attacks. Reviews emergency preparedness authorities and guidance; development and management of the NEP; and current exercise planning, scheduling, and evaluation processes. Analyzes issues and implications related to national preparedness policy and exercise operations.
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.