Safeguarding Homeland Security: Governors and Mayors Speak Out

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 c- 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 c- tribution and support for the Mayors' Summits is most appreciated. Many chapters for our books including this one emanated from these Summits.

Table of Contents:
The Role of the Private Sector in Homeland Security.- Creating the Boston Medical Reserve Corps.- The Hierarchy of Emergency Preparedness.- Border Security and State Safety and Security: Addressing Common Agendas.- Lessons Learned from the 2004 Atlantic Hurricane Season: How This Highly Active Year Helped Jacksonville, Florida, Build a Better Emergency Response System.- Disaster Management: Privatization as a Viable Alternative©.- Caring for the Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina and Rita.- Sheltering and Evacuating from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.- Local Government Contingency Planning for Public Security and Public Safety – Innovative and Remedial Efforts.- Technological and Regional Cooperation Strategies: Securing the City and Port of Oakland, California.- Innovative Anti-terror Information Sharing: Maryland’s Federal, State, and Local Partnership Model.- Public Safety and Homeland Security Solutions: An Evolution of Technology and Policy.- Utilizing Technology Within the Delaware Information and Analysis Center.- From Curiosity to Collaboration: Leveraging Technology to Improve Situational Awareness.- How a Midwestern “Digital City” Serves and Protects the Public.- Hurricanes and Modern Communications Infrastructure.- The First Line of Defense: Cities Using Technology in Homeland Defense.- Full Interoperability for All South Dakota Public Safety.- Evolutionary Planning for the Technology Revolution.- History of Regional Unified and Integrated Public Safety and Public Service Communication and Transportation Systems.- Interoperability in the City of Tampa: A Partnership with the Department of Homeland Security.- Capital Connections: Washington’s Public Safety Communications Suite.- Information, Leadership and Decisiveness, All in One Room.- Beyond anInformation Technology Approach to Continuity of Operations: The Commonwealth of Virginia Story.- The Soft Stuff is Still the Hard Stuff.