HOMELAND SECURITY: Key Elements of a Risk Management Approach

摘要

I appreciate the opportunity to be here today to discuss with you an approach to manage the risk from terrorism directed at Americans in our homeland. With the initiation of military operations against terrorist targets in Afghanistan, senior government officials indicated the need to be prepared for the potential of another attack on our homeland. There may be ways to prepare better in the event such an attack does come. We have undertaken a body of work in the area of combating terrorism, which has evaluated various facets of federal efforts to address this challenge. From this work, we identified three essential elements in an effective risk management approach to prepare better against acts of terrorism. My testimony today will focus on the three key elements that the federal government as well as state and local governments and private entities should adopt to enhance their timely preparedness against potential threats.