HSPI - Preparedness, Response & Resilience Task Force

The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute

HSPI's Preparedness, Response, and Resilience Task Force brings together experts from government, academia, and the private and non-profit sectors to consider contemporary policy issues facing the nation's homeland security, first responder, and emergency management communities. To this end, the Task Force convenes sessions with the nation's policymakers and publishes policy papers and reports with actionable policy recommendations for the future.  The Task Force is predicated on the idea that a more nuanced approach to these policy issues can contribute to a greater level of resiliency for all levels of government, the private sector, and the public writ large.

Recent considerations of the Task Force include the meaning of resiliency; the critical junctures that exist between policy and implementation; the nexus between preparedness, response, and resilience; and the future of resiliency as it relates to a diverse and changing operational environment.

Operationalizing Resilience: A Systems-based Approach Emphasizing Risk Management is Required
Task Force Report | October 13, 2011

Comments on Draft National Preparedness Goal
Task Force Commentary | September 6, 2011

Task Force Interim Report on Resilience
Task Force Report | May 16, 2011

Presidential Policy Directive-8: National Preparedness
HSPI Event | March 21, 2011

Resilience Task Force Meetings

View PDF of Co-Chairs and Members

http://www.gwumc.edu/hspi/policy/taskforce_resilience.cfm