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Team 9

White Papers

Rationale:

Several issues of critical importance to emergency preparedness and response (EP&R) deserve in-depth
focus by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. Team 9 proposes a
series of (###) white papers to more thoroughly inform Commission members and staff on these EP&R
issues.

Team 9 recognizes that while we are now engaged in gathering the facts of the September 11th
emergency response, it is also necessary to simultaneously develop an informed sense ot the most
significant issues regarding EP&R. issues that will likely be addressed in the EP&R recommendations in
the Commission's final report.

For example, many of the larger issues surrounding the Nation's Intelligence Community (1C) are well
known to the Commission and will likely serve as a framework for Commission recommendations
affecting the 1C. In contrast, many of the critical issues facing the EP&R community are less well
known or not fully understood.

The following is a list of EP&R white paper topics Team 9 intends on writing. The tentative goal is to
forward two papers per month, beginning in July 2003, to Commission members. In meeting the goal.
Commission members and staff will be fully informed on these EP&R issues by November 2003. and
will thereby have a solid foundation to craft EP&R recommendations. Each white paper will be at an
"executive summary" level of detail and approximately 3-5 pages in length.

Topics:

1. Role of Department of Homeland Security in EP&R

2. EP&R Coordination (Federal. State. Local) Cfi^

3. EP&R Budget Issues (Federal, State, Local)

4. EP&R Technology and Communications Issues

5. The Role of the Military in EP&R r . jj^ty * )

6. Building Performance and Engineering Aspects of EP&R ^^tjU^^

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1. EP&R for the Private Sector

8. Legal Dimensions of EP&R

9. State and Local Public Health System EP&R Issues

Detailed topics:

1. Role of Department of Homeland Security in EP&R

• National preparedness strategy

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• EP&R organization, standards, regulation, and policy

2. EP&R Coordination (Federal, State, Local)

• Management roles and responsibilities

• Planning and training

• Intelligence in support of EP&R (information gathering and dissemination)

3. EP&R Budget Issues (Federal. State. Local)

• Federal grant formulations

• Federal grant expenditure guidance (especially interoperability issues)

4. EP&R Technology and Communications Issues

• Interoperability

• Standardization

• Research and development

5. The Role of the Military in EP&R

. NORT4COM

• Natio al Guard (to include Reserve Components)

• Posse I omitatus

6. Building Performance and Engineering Aspects of EP&R

• Buildiag standards, codes, etc.

• Structural engineering assets and expertise in EP&R

7. EP&R for the Private Sector

• En.ergency planning and management

• Life safety issues (evacuation, shelter)

• Recovery, restoration, continuity of business

8. Legal Dimensions of EP&R

• Liability protection and indemnification

9. State and Local Public Health System EP&R Issues

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• Resource needs

• Infrastructure (information, telecommunication, testing technologies)

• Health care personnel and training issues

• Medical surge capacities

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