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 2008-06-25 monographic deposited born digital 24 p. GA 1.13:GAO-08-904T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-904T P0b002ee18038d5af f:d08904t DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-904T machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-904T GAO-08-904T Allocation (Government accounting) Critical infrastructure protection Emergency management Emergency preparedness Emergency response Government information dissemination Homeland security Interagency relations Intergovernmental relations National policies Program evaluation Program management Risk assessment Risk factors Risk management Safety standards Security assessments Security policies Security threats Strategic planning Terrorism Program coordination Program goals or objectives Testimony A82529 From the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, to Hurricane Katrina, homeland security risks vary widely. The nation can neither achieve total security nor afford to protect everything against all risks. Managing these risks is especially difficult in today's environment of globalization, increasing security interdependence, and growing fiscal challenges for the federal government. Broadly defined, risk management is a process that helps policymakers assess risk, strategically allocate finite resources, and take actions under conditions of uncertainty. GAO convened a forum of 25 national and international experts on October 25, 2007, to advance a national dialogue on applying risk management to homeland security. Participants included federal, state, and local officials and risk management experts from the private sector and academia. Forum participants identified (1) what they considered to be effective risk management practices used by organizations from the private and public sectors and (2) key challenges to applying risk management to homeland security and actions that could be taken to address them. Comments from the proceedings do not necessarily represent the views of all participants, the organizations of the participants, or GAO. Participants reviewed a draft of this report and their comments were incorporated, as appropriate. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-904T/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-904T.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-904T/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-904T.pdf GAO-08-904T https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-08-904T Testimony GAO-08-904T; Risk Management: Strengthening the Use of Risk Management Principles in Homeland Security; Allocation (Government accounting) Critical infrastructure protection Emergency management Emergency preparedness Emergency response Government information dissemination Homeland security Interagency relations Intergovernmental relations National policies Program evaluation Program management Risk assessment Risk factors Risk management Safety standards Security assessments Security policies Security threats Strategic planning Terrorism Program coordination Program goals or objectives