Summary

In this lesson you’ve learned about the National Strategy for the Protection of Physical Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets.  You’ve formed some ideas concerning development, tenets, purpose, authors, intended audiences, etc.  Remember these concepts.  At some point in your career you will be asked to draft a strategy and the information you've learned in this class will help you complete the document. 

Always ask:

Who? Who is the intended audience? (i.e., for whom is the strategy generally written and specifically directed for implementation?)

What? What is the strategy supposed to accomplish?

When? Does the strategy establish any time-line or milestones for accomplishment?

Where? Does the strategy indicate specific locations for actions to be accomplished?

How? Does the strategy indicate how accomplishment will occur (i.e., which federal agencies will do what and by what means)?

Why? Does the strategy indicate why it is being produced?

As we move on to other lessons, please remain mindful of this strategy and the stated ends, ways and means.  You will be using it as a milestone to measure against other homeland security related documents.