It is time for DHS to make consequences clear for nations that resist full compliance with information-sharing agreements under the Visa Waiver Program.
This report presents the findings and recommendations of a task force formed to examine the global response and the response of the U.S. government to the 2013–2014 Ebola outbreak.
As the U.S. and India both continue to look for strategies that caneffectively protect their citizens from terrorism, each countrystands to gain considerably by sharing experiences and bestpractices and increasing their overall intelligence cooperationagainst global and regional terrorist threats.
With over 85 percent of U.S. critical infrastructure controlled bythe private sector, the federal government needs to (1) definereasonable actions for the private sector in reducingvulnerabilities in CI, (2) address terrorist-related liabilityissues, and (3) work to harmonize U.S. laws with laws of othercountries so that terrorists and other criminals cannot slipthrough legal gaps.
The Secretary of Homeland Security has identified many systemicshortfalls that have retarded the development of a more effectivenational response system. Congress should support his proposals tofix the problem and consider reforming the grant allocationprocess, regional preparedness, and the Federal EmergencyManagement Agency's response mission to strengthen the Department'scapacity to deal with deadly disasters.