NCJ Number
194039
Date Published
2002
Length
37 pages
Annotation
This report presents guidelines for the development of a national strategy for "homeland" security in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks, with attention to related 2003 budget initiatives.
Abstract
The homeland security strategy presented is based in the belief that the threat of terrorism is a permanent condition that requires the institutionalization of security measures in America and throughout the world. It notes that America is particularly vulnerable to terrorism because of its structures of freedom and the many vulnerable targets of metropolitan commerce and infrastructure. Guidelines for the national strategy for homeland security require that it be long-term; national in scope; comprehensive; create opportunity out of adversity; state clear objectives; and be supported by a multi-year, cross-cutting Federal budget plan. Regarding the latter issue, the Federal budget for 2003 will be a down payment on a larger set of homeland security initiatives that will be described in the national strategy and reflected in the 2004 and later budgets. The budget initiatives for 2003 focus on supporting first responders to a terrorist incident, defending against bioterrorism, securing America's borders, and using state-of-the-art technology to secure the homeland. Additional budget priorities are transportation security, Federal law enforcement, citizen corps, the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, and the protection of the Nation's infrastructure. Data and charts show how the homeland security budget was calculated, the distribution of 2003 budget requests by agency, and funding by initiative area.