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Date: Tue Oct 14 2008 - 03:19:28 CDT

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http://www.fcw.com/online/news/154055-1.html

By Alice Lipowicz
FCW.com
October 13, 2008

The Homeland Security Department is severely behind schedule in its core
mission of preparing for major cyberattacks, explosive attacks, natural
disasters and other scenarios, according to Rep. Bennie Thompson
(D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee.

Of eight planning scenarios and associated planning documents that are
supposed to be the foundation of the National Response Framework, the
department has completed only the first step of planning on a single
scenario, Thompson wrote in an Oct. 9 letter to DHS Secretary Michael
Chertoff.

As of Sept. 23, the department had finished its strategic guidance
document for explosive attacks, which was the only scenario for which
that document was completed, said a spokesman for Thompson. Strategic
plans, concepts of operation, and operational plans were not completed
for any of the eight scenarios.

“Since these planning scenarios are at the very core of the department’s
mission, it is rather astonishing that these plans have not been
completed,� Thompson wrote.

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