Safeguarding Homeland Security: Governors and Mayors Speak Out

292 Pages·2009·3.3 MB·English

by  Simon Hakim, Erwin A. Blackstone (auth.), Erwin A. Blackstone (eds.)

Safeguarding Homeland Security
Simon Hakim · Erwin A. Blackstone
Editors
Safeguarding Homeland
Security
Governors and Mayors Speak Out
Foreword by Edward G. Rendell
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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
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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.
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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
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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),
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Simon Hakim Faculty of Temple University, Philadelphia, PA,