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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
1 1th emergency response, it is also necessary to simultaneously develop an informed
sense of 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)
3. EP&R Budget Issues (Federal, State, Local)
4. EP&R Technology and Communications Issues
5. The Role of the Military in EP&R V
6. Building Performance and Engineering Aspects Ry>
7. 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
- EP&R organization, standards, regulation, and policy

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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

- NORTHCOM
- National Guard (to include Reserve Components)
- Posse Comitatus

6. Building Performance and Engineering Aspects of EP&R

- Building standards, codes, etc.
- Structural engineering assets and expertise in EP&R

7. EP&R for the Private Sector

- Emergency 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

- Resource needs
- Infrastructure (information, telecommunication, testing technologies)
- Health care personnel and training issues
- Medical surge capacities

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