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In the U.S., critical infrastructure protection (CIP) is a concept that relates to the preparedness and response to serious incidents that involve the critical infrastructure of a region or the nation. The American Presidential directive PDD-63 of May 1998 set up a national program of "Critical Infrastructure Protection". [1]
The George W. Bush administration put the Continuity of Operations plan into effect for the first time directly following the September 11 attacks.Their implementation involved a rotating staff of 75 to 150 senior officials and other government workers from every federal executive department and other parts of the executive branch in two secure bunkers on the East Coast.
The Gateway Development Commission, which is spearheading the project, calls it “the most urgent infrastructure program in America.” The existing tunnel is key for local commuters and long ...
The Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement Act of 2013 is a bill that would require the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to transmit to the Congress a strategic plan for research and development efforts addressing the protection of critical infrastructure and a report on departmental use of public-private consortiums to develop technology to protect ...
The Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Innovation is a subcommittee within the House Homeland Security Committee.Established in 2007 as a new subcommittee, it handles many of the duties of the former Commerce Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity.
The 2007 High Priority Technical Needs Brochure [2] published by Homeland Security defines critical focus areas for Infrastructure and Geophysical research, falling primarily under the categories of "incident management": Integrated Modeling, Mapping and Simulation; Personnel Monitoring (Emergency Responder Locator System)
Federal authorities plan to temporarily ban flights over critical infrastructure sites in New York state as the area deals with a rash of reports of drones, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday. Hochul ...
One of those actions was to update the National Infrastructure Protection Plan within 240 days. Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7) established the U.S. national policy for identification of and prioritization for protection of critical infrastructure. Signed by George W. Bush on December 17, 2003 it modified previous policy for ...