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DHS INVITES PUBLIC COMMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:39:29 -0700
________________________________________ From: bobr () bobrosenberg phoenix az us [bobr () bobrosenberg phoenix az us] Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 3:36 PM To: David Farber Subject: FAS: DHS INVITES PUBLIC COMMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION Dave Perhaps for I.P., assuming this item from the Federation of American Scientists doesn't violate National Security [Harumph]. Cheers, Bob -- Bob Rosenberg P.O. Box 33023 Phoenix, AZ 85067-3023 Mobile: 602-206-2856 LandLine: 602-274-3012 bob () bobrosenberg phoenix az us ************** "Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear." -- President Harry S. Truman, message to Congress, August 8, 1950 ************** DHS INVITES PUBLIC COMMENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION In a noteworthy contrast with the secrecy that prevails in much of government and often within its own ranks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is soliciting public comment on revisions to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), which is the framework for defending essential infrastructure, ranging from agriculture to transportation, against attack or natural disaster. http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/2008/06/fr060608.html The request for comment places DHS in the rather unfamiliar posture -- for a national security agency -- of actively seeking to engage public interest and to invite public feedback on a matter of broad public policy. "We're hoping to get inputs from across the country," said Larry L. May of the DHS NIPP Program Management Office in an interview today, "and from everyone concerned with critical infrastructure protection." Some of the NIPP policies that are under review are trivial, such as changes in terminology. But others are profound, such as the relative emphasis in the Plan on "protection rather than resiliency." Where "protection" seeks to anticipate, deter and defend against particular threats that are intrinsically uncertain, "resilience" focuses on capabilities needed for rapid response and recovery from a broad range of hazards. They imply vastly different strategies, including public information disclosure strategies. Are there significant numbers of Americans who care enough about such issues to express their views to DHS? Apparently so. Mr. May said that the last time DHS conducted a review of the NIPP in 2006, some 10,000 comments were submitted. Why does DHS care what the public thinks? Basically, Mr. May said, "all of us are in this together, if you will." Additional information on the NIPP, including the most recent 2006 iteration, may be found here: http://www.dhs.gov/nipp _______________________________________________ Secrecy News is written by Steven Aftergood and published by the Federation of American Scientists. The Secrecy News Blog is at: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ To SUBSCRIBE to Secrecy News, go to: http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/subscribe.html To UNSUBSCRIBE, go to http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/unsubscribe.html OR email your request to saftergood () fas org Secrecy News is archived at: http://www.fas.org/sgp/news/secrecy/index.html _______________________ Steven Aftergood Project on Government Secrecy Federation of American Scientists web: www.fas.org/sgp/index.html email: saftergood () fas org voice: (202) 454-4691 ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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