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 2004-02-03 monographic deposited born digital 52 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-408T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-408T P0b002ee1803773ab f:d04408t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-24 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-408T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-408T GAO-04-408T Counterterrorism National preparedness Performance measures Risk management Terrorism Strategic planning National defense operations Testimony A09211

Following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration developed and published seven national strategies that relate, in part or in whole, to combating terrorism and homeland security. These were National Security Strategy of the United States of America; National Strategy for Homeland Security; National Strategy for Combating Terrorism; National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction; National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Assets; National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace; and the 2002 National Money Laundering Strategy. In view of heightened concerns about terrorism and homeland security, GAO was asked to identify and define the desirable characteristics of an effective national strategy and to evaluate whether the national strategies related to terrorism address those characteristics. The purpose of this testimony is to report on GAO's findings on this matter. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-408T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-408T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-408T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-408T.pdf GAO-04-408T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-408T Testimony GAO-04-408T; Combating Terrorism: Evaluation of Selected Characteristics in National Strategies Related to Terrorism; Counterterrorism National preparedness Performance measures Risk management Terrorism Strategic planning National defense operations Title 31 Section 5341 Title 31 Section 5341(b)(2) Title 31 Section 5341(b)(4) Title 31 Section 5341(b)(6) 31 U.S.C. 5341 31 U.S.C. 5341(b)(2) 31 U.S.C. 5341(b)(4) 31 U.S.C. 5341(b)(6) Title 50 Section 404a Title 50 Section 404a(b)(3) 50 U.S.C. 404a 50 U.S.C. 404a(b)(3) Public Law 100-690 Public Law 103-62 Public Law 107-296