Safeguarding Homeland Security: Governors and Mayors Speak Out PDF
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Safeguarding Homeland Security Simon Hakim · Erwin A. Blackstone Editors Safeguarding Homeland Security Governors and Mayors Speak Out Foreword by Edward G. Rendell 123 Editors Simon Hakim Erwin A. Blackstone Department of Economics Department of Economics Temple University Temple University 1301 N. Cecil B. Moore Avenue 1301 N. Cecil B. Moore Avenue Philadelphia PA 19122-6091 Philadelphia PA 19122-6091 USA USA This book is dedicated to the memory of Paul J. Andrisani, a scholar and a pioneer in the field of economics and management of privatization, a wonderful person, and a dear friend. We also dedicate this book to our wives, Marijane Blackstone and Galia Hakim, and our children and grandchildren. Foreword The terrorist attack of September 11, 2001, and the natural disasters of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita demonstrated the challenges that governments face in initial response and recovery efforts. This book details the important steps that governors and mayors have initiated to address the serious problems illustrated by these recent disasters. The innovative solutions include developing more reliable communications, creating public–private partnerships to supplement public emergency services, establishing fusion cen- ters that interpret information, and creating joint operations centers to manage the response to the event. There are important lessons to be learned from the managerial and technological innovations that the governors and mayors describe in this book. As the Mayor of Philadelphia and now as the Governor of Pennsylvania, I have contributed to three books on best practices of state and local governments. I am pleased to participate in the efforts of the Center for Competitive Government of the Fox School at Temple University to address the important issues faced by governments. This book makes an important contribution to the public discussion on the public and private sectors’ role in homeland security. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell vii Acknowledgement The editors would like to acknowledge Dr. M. Moshe Porat, Dean of the Fox School at Temple where the Center for Competitive Government is located. His strong con- tribution and support for the Mayors’ Summits is most appreciated. Many chapters for our books including this one emanated from these Summits. ix Contents 1 The Role of the Private Sector in Homeland Security . . . . . . . 1 Simon Hakim and Erwin A. Blackstone 2 Creating the Boston Medical Reserve Corps . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Thomas M. Menino 3 The Hierarchy of Emergency Preparedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Rob Drake 4 Border Security and State Safety and Security: Addressing Common Agendas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 James Jay Carafano 5 Lessons Learned from the 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season: How This Highly Active Year Helped Jacksonville, Florida, Build a Better Emergency Response System . . . . . . . 53 John Peyton 6 Disaster Management: Privatization as a Viable Alternative© . . 61 Alan Kirschenbaum 7 Caring for the Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina and Rita . . . . 73 Bill White 8 Sheltering and Evacuating from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita . . 81 Henry Garrett 9 Local Government Contingency Planning for Public Security and Public Safety – Innovative and Remedial Efforts . . 87 David G. Wallace 10 Technological and Regional Cooperation Strategies: Securing the City and Port of Oakland, California . . . . . . . . . 99 Ronald V. Dellums, Yolanda Burrell, and Michael O’Brien 11 Innovative Anti-terror Information Sharing: Maryland’s Federal, State, and Local Partnership Model . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Robert L. Ehrlich xi xii Contents 12 Public Safety and Homeland Security Solutions: An Evolution of Technology and Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Edward G. Rendell 13 Utilizing Technology Within the Delaware Information and Analysis Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Ruth Ann Minner 14 From Curiosity to Collaboration: Leveraging Technology to Improve Situational Awareness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Curt Pringle 15 How a Midwestern “Digital City” Serves and Protects the Public . 177 Frank A. Pasquale 16 Hurricanes and Modern Communications Infrastructure . . . . . 185 Barry H. Axelrod and James V. Mudd 17 The First Line of Defense: Cities Using Technology in Homeland Defense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 David N. Cicilline 18 Full Interoperability for All South Dakota Public Safety . . . . . 197 M. Michael Rounds and Otto Doll 19 Evolutionary Planning for the Technology Revolution . . . . . . . 207 Bill Baarsma 20 History of Regional Unified and Integrated Public Safety and Public Service Communication and Transportation Systems . 217 Will Wynn 21 Interoperability in the City of Tampa: A Partnership with the Department of Homeland Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Pam Iorio 22 Capital Connections: Washington’s Public Safety Communications Suite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Anthony A. Williams 23 Information, Leadership and Decisiveness, All in One Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Richard M. Daley 24 Beyond an Information Technology Approach to Continuity of Operations: The Commonwealth of Virginia Story . 261 Timothy Kaine 25 The Soft Stuff is Still the Hard Stuff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Albert Morales and Todd S. Ramsey Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287 Contributors Ruth Ann Minner Governor, The State of Delaware, (2001–2009), xiv Contributors Simon Hakim Faculty of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA,
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