“A State Homeland Security Plan to Work with Federal Entities during times of Crisis”

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Your assignment is to write a term paper, advising the governor — in the form of a proposed plan — about how best to prepare the state for an imminent pandemic, or bio-terrorism incident, that threatens millions of citizens.
Your paper is to be a plan. As such it should provide guidance on how the state should best prepare for an imminent pandemic, or bio-terrorism incident. The plan should contain the provisions of law or policy that pertains to the federal assistance, the specific request that should be made to address this sort of threat, and the procedures used to request it.
(Length: 2,000-2,500 words, font 12, APA citation style, 2 inch sentences, first sentence of each paragraph indented)
Measure of Success:
To successfully complete this graded assignment, the term paper must analyze and articulate an understanding of the major federal entities studied in this course, and the procedures for the state to react with them.
One page on procedures for using the Guard, or DoD forces to assist state civil authorites
One page on how the state could comply with PDD-21 and the NIPP in the sector of ESS. Should there be established an Office of Infrastructure Protection within the state?
What else should the state include in a state homeland security strategy?
Opportunities for enhancing overall preparedness in the area of receiving grant funds.
Challenges to gaining access to these federal capabilities.
Obstacles to gaining access to and using federal assets.
One page on a plan to attract more IC assets to support to Fusion Centers, including advice on which intelligence would be useful to have represented in the state.