United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2001-04-24 monographic deposited born digital GA 1.13:GAO-01-660T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-660T P0b002ee180391d44 f:d01660t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-23 GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-660T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-660T GAO-01-660T Emergency preparedness Interagency relations National defense operations Proposed legislation Terrorism DOJ Five-Year Interagency Counterterrorism and Technology Crime Plan Testimony A00880 This testimony discusses three bills that would change the overall leadership and management of programs to combat terrorism. The three bills--H.R. 525, H.R. 1158, and H.R. 1292--vary in scope. H.R. 525 focuses on federal programs to prepare state and local governments for domestic terrorist attacks. Both H.R. 1158 and H.R. 1292 focus on the larger issue of homeland security, which includes terrorism and additional threats such as military attacks. The bills are similar in that they all advocate a single focal point for programs to combat terrorism. However, some bills place the focal point in the Executive Office of the President and others place it with a lead executive agency. In addition, the three bills provide the focal point with different, but often similar, duties to improve the management of federal programs. To the extent that these three bills--or some hybrid of them--address these problem areas, GAO believes that federal programs to combat terrorism will be improved. It will be important to develop a consensus on these matters and provide the focal point with legitimacy and authority through legislation are important tasks that lie ahead. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-660T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-660T.htm GAO-01-660T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-01-660T Testimony GAO-01-660T; Combating Terrorism: Observations on Options to Improve the Federal Response; Emergency preparedness Interagency relations National defense operations Proposed legislation Terrorism DOJ Five-Year Interagency Counterterrorism and Technology Crime Plan Public Law 105-85 Public Law 130-62 S. Rept. 106-404