Getting Started Lesson:

• Getting Started Lesson content

• Perform the activities in the Getting Started Lesson:
  • Submit the Student Questionnaire Form
  • Introduce yourself in the Course Introductions discussion forum
  • Submit the Academic Integrity Statement
  • Submit your Homeland Security Agency paper to the drop box.

• Module 1 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, Chapter 1, Chapter 2, and Glossary (pp. 245-248)
• Alexander Siedschlag: "Homeland and Civil Security Research Studies for an Evolving Mission Space: Introduction and Overview of Chapters," in: Alexander Siedschlag (ed.): Cross-disciplinary Perspectives on Homeland and Civil Security: A Research-based Introduction. New York: Peter Lang, 2015, pp. 1-19
• National Security Act of 1947, Title I
• National Security Decision Directive 256, U.S. Civil Defense, The White House, February 4, 1987
• Proposal to Create the Department of Homeland Security (President George W. Bush, 2002)
• Homeland Security Act (HSA) of 2002 ("An Act -- To establish the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes," Pub.L. 107–296, 116 Stat. 2135, enacted November 25, 2002) (browse, focusing on which founding functions were assigned to the new Department of Homeland Security at the time of its creation)
• The United States Commission on National Security/21st Century [Hart-Rudman Commission]: Road Map for National Security: Imperative for Change (January 31, 2001), p. viii - xviii ("Executive Summary")
• The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (June 2014), pp. 5-16 ("Executive Summary")
• Declaration of Independence - focusing on basic rights and abuses
• U.S. Constitution - Preamble, Article I Section 8, Article II, Article IV Section 4, Second Amendment, Fourth Amendment, and Fourteenth Amendment
• Federalist Papers, Numbers 3, 23, 41, 43, 45 and 78

• Participate in the Lesson 01 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Watch the recording of the Leadership Competency Webinar: "How to Be Your Own Best Mentors"
• Submit Certificate of Completion: FEMA Independent Study Course on Leadership and Influence

• Module 2 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, Chapter 4, Chapter 5, and Chapter 6 
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Our Mission
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Risk Management Fundamentals: Homeland Security Risk Management Doctrine (2011)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security: 2014 QHSR (Quadrennial Homeland Security Review) Fact Sheets
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years 2020-2024

In addition, review the following documents for elements of a strategic framework:

• The 9/11 Commission Report (2004), Chapters 12 and 13 ("What to Do? A Global Strategy" and "How to Do It? A Different Way of Organizing the Government"), pp. 361-428
• Today's Rising Terrorist Threat and the Danger to the United States: Reflections on the Tenth Anniversary of The 9/11 Commission Report (Bipartisan Policy Center, 2014)
• National Security Strategy (December 2017)
• National Strategy for Homeland Security (October 2007) 
• Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report (QHSR): A Strategic Framework for a Secure Homeland (February 2010) pp. 1-17 
• The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, Chapter 5 ("Strategic Priorities"), pp. 33-61 and Chapter 7 ("Mission Framework in Depth"), pp. 75-80
• National Strategy for Counterterrorism of the United States of America (October 2018) 
• The National Intelligence Strategy of the United States of America (2019) 
• State strategy example: New York State Homeland Security Strategy 2017-2020
• Metropolitan region strategy example: 2017-2021 Strategic Plan/Portland Homeland Security Strategy

• Participate in the Lesson 02 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit your Policy-making Framework to the Dropbox

• Module 3 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, Chapter 3, Chapter 7, and Chapter 9
• National Strategy for Homeland Security 2007 
  •  Focus on "Prevent and Disrupt Terrorist Attacks" pp.15-23
• The 2014 Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (June 2014), pp. 17-29 ("Strategic Environment")​
• "Reassessing the Effectiveness of All-Hazards Planning in Emergency Management." P.A. Gregory, Inquiries Journal/Student Pulse, 7(06)  (2015)
• World Economic Forum: Global Risks Report 2019
• "Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community", Statement For The Record, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Daniel R. Coats, Director of National Intelligence, January 29, 2019
• National Counterterrorism Center: Counterterrorism Guide, Methods & Tactics 
• "Department of Homeland Security Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism," Department of Homeland Security, October 28, 2016
• "Understanding and Countering Violent Extremism," Sam McGhee, The Police Chief, July 2018, pp. 18-24. 
• Strategic Framework for Countering Terrorism and Targeted Violence - Public Action Plan, September 2020
• "The Top 10 Ways COVID-19 Could Impact Terrorism," Gary Ackerman and Hayley Peterson, Homeland Security Today, August 10, 2020 
   

• Participate in the Lesson 03 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit your NCTC Paper to the drop box 

• Module 4 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, Chapter 13
• National Security Council: Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime: Addressing Converging Threats to National Security (July 25, 2011)
• The Domestic Terrorist Threat: Background and Issues for Congress, CRS Report for Congress, January 17, 2013 
• Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, The White House, January 25, 2017
• U.S. Constitution, Article 3, Article 4, and Amendments IV, V, and VI 
• USA Patriot Act of 2001. (Officially known as “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism”) June 2002 - Skim 
• The USA Patriot Act: A Sketch, CRS Report for Congress, April 18, 2002 
• "How the USA Patriot Act enables Law Enforcement to use Intelligence Authorities to Circumvent the Privacy Protections Afforded in Criminal Cases," American Civil Liberties Union, 23 October 2001, pp. 1-4
• "USA FREEDOM Act Reinstates Expired USA PATRIOT Act Provisions but Limits Bulk Collection," CRS Legal Sidebar, June 4, 2015
• "Organized Crime: An Evolving Challenge for U.S. Law Enforcement," CRS Report for Congress, January 6, 2012 

• "Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues in Homeland Security - What They Are and How to Address Them," Alexander Siedschlag, Foundations of Homeland Security, ed. Martin J. Alperen, 2nd ed. Hoboken, NY: Wiley, 2017, pp. 29-54 

• Participate in the Lesson 04 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit PSD Writing Assignment to the drop box

• Module 5 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, Chapter 8 and Chapter 12
• U.S. Constitution, Article II
• The Homeland Security Act of 2002, An Act to establish the Department of Homeland Security, November 25, 2002.  Read Title I (pg. 8-11); skim Titles II-XVII (pp. 11-187)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Homeland Security Fact Sheet, January 13, 2016
• The National Security Process: The National Security Council and Interagency System, Alan G. Whittaker, Shannon A. Brown, Frederick C. Smith, and Elizabeth McKune. Washington, D.C.: Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, U.S. Department of Defense, August 2011 
• Presidential Memorandum Organization of the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council, The White House, January 28, 2017
• National Security Presidential Memorandum 2—President Trump's NSC and HSC, John Bellinger, Lawfare, January 28, 2017
• Executive Order: Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States, The White House, January 25, 2017
• Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, The White House, January 25, 2017 (re-read)

• Participate in the Lesson 05 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit your WMD assignment to the drop box

• Module 6 content
• Introduction to Homeland Defense and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA): The U.S. Military's Role to Support and Defend. Ed. by Bert B. Tussing & Robert McCreight. Boca Raton, Fl: CRC Press, 2015, pp. 17-36 (Chapter 1, and Chapter 2); this reading can be found in the "Library Resources" section in the left-hand menu of the course.
• Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense Integration and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA), Department of Defense  
• Quadrennial Defense Review 2014, Department of Defense, March 4, 2014, pp. i-xv and 1-9; scan the rest.
• Strategy for Homeland Defense and Civil Authorities, Department of Defense, February 2013
• Homeland Defense, Joint Pub 3-27, July 29, 2013
• Defense Support of Civil Authorities, Joint Pub 3-28, July 31, 2013
• National Guard Association (NGAUS) Fact Sheet: Understanding the Guard's Duty Status (2018)
• "Defense Support of Civil Authorities: A Primer on Intelligence Collection During Civil Disturbance and Disaster Relief Operations," T. J. Covey in Army Lawyer (June 2015), p. 25
• Homeland Security: Roles and Missions for United States Northern Command, CRS Report for Congress, Updated June 3, 2008
• Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act

• Participate in the Lesson 06 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit your Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) Assignment to the drop box

• Use this week to work on your assignments.
• Look ahead and in particular review the two paper writing assignments (Lesson 9 and Lesson 12):
  • Interagency Collaboration Paper (Lesson 9)
  • QHSR Issues Paper (Lesson 12)
• Review the page "Useful Research and Writing Resources" in the Getting Started Lesson Module and use those resources in preparation for the two paper writing assignments.   
• Work with your instructor during this week for any questions or clarification.  

• Module 7 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, Chapter 12 (re-read, focusing on "Congressional Action," pp. 187-196)
• U. S. Constitution, Article I
• Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004
• Reforming the Department of Homeland Security Through Enhanced Oversight & Accountability, Carrie Cordero, Center for a New American Security, May 12, 2020
• Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007
• Fiscal Year 2020 Homeland Security Funding Bill (read summary and follow the included hyperlink to browse the full version of the bill)
• Public Holds Broadly Favorable Views of Many Federal Agencies Including CDC and HHS, Pew Research Center, April 2020

• Participate in the Lesson 07 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit your Devising Future Programs and Policies assignment to the drop box.

• Module 8 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, Chapter 14
• Presidential Policy Directive (PPD)-21 Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience, The White House, February 12, 2013
• Executive Order (EO) 13636 Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, The White House, February 12, 2013
• Presidential Policy Direction (PPD)-41 United States Cyber Incident Coordination, The White House, July 26, 2016
• Daily Open Source Infrastructure Report, Department of Homeland Security (Read the latest three available DHS Daily Open Source Infrastructure Reports [PDF documents])
• National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), 2013 (Read the 2013 National Infrastructure Protection Plan and its fact sheet, and browse the rest of the page and its hyperlinks to additional resources)
• FACT SHEET: Cybersecurity National Action Plan, The White House, February 9, 2016
• State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial (SLTT) Government Leadership Agenda, C3 Voluntary Program, Department of Homeland Security 
• National Cyber Strategy of the United States of America, September 2018
• Critical Infrastructure: Emerging Trends and Policy Considerations for Congress, CRS Report for Congress, July 8, 2019 
• A Guide to Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience (CISA) (November 2019)

• Participate in the Lesson 08 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit your PPD 21 Assignment to the drop box. 

• Module 9 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, re-read pp. 188-189 = Table 12.8: Intelligence Law Provisions
• Homeland Security Intelligence: Perceptions, Statutory Definitions, and Approaches, CRS Report for Congress, Updated January 14, 2009  
• The National Intelligence Strategy of The United States of America (2019)
• "Domestic Intelligence Today: More Security but Less Liberty?" Erik Dahl, Homeland Security Affairs 7(2) (2011)
• "Oversight Challenges of DHS Intelligence," Phil Leggiere, Homeland Security Today, June 15, 2009
• "Formal Interagency Collaborative Arrangements and Activities," CRS Memorandum, March 25, 2011
• The FBI: Protecting the Homeland in the 21st Century: Report of the Congressionally-directed 9/11 Review Commission (March 2015)
• "Impacting the Evolution of Information Sharing in the Post-9/11 United States," Sam Mc Ghee, The Police Chief, February 2015, pp. 26-31. 
• "Transnational Crime," in: A Practical Introduction to Homeland Security and Emergency Management: From Home to Abroad, ed.  Bruce Oliver Newsome and Jack A. Jarmon. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2016, online version. 
• "The Evolution of International Collaboration in the Global Intelligence Era," A. Denis Clift, in: The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence, ed. Loch K. Johnson. Oxford et al.: Oxford University Press, 2010, online version (full-text access via The Pennsylvania State University Libraries)

• Participate in the Lesson 09 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit your Interagency Collaboration Paper to the drop box. 

• Module 10 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, Chapter 10
• Re-read: Presidential Policy Directive (PPD)-8 National Preparedness (expand and read all sections)
• National Preparedness Goal (FEMA) (2015)
• 2019 National Preparedness Report (FEMA) 
  • Read the Executive Summary
  • Browse the Full Report
• Emergency Support Function #14 – Cross-Sector Business and Infrastructure (October 2019)
• Michael Corby, 12 Attributes of a Successful Business Continuity Plan (2010)
• Business Continuity and Disaster Preparedness Planning: Patterns and Findings from Current Research, FEMA (2011) 
• Prepare My Business for an Emergency (FEMA)
• Every Business Should Have a Plan (DHS/ready.gov)
• "Public-Private Partnerships in Homeland Security: Opportunities and Challenges,” Homeland Security Affairs 8, Article 18 (October 2012)
• "Achieving Resilience in Disaster Management: The Role of Public-Private Partnerships," Nathan E. Busch and Austen D. Givens, Journal of Strategic Security 6(2) 2013

• Participate in the Lesson 10 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit your National Preparedness Report assignment to the drop box. 

• Module 11 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, Chapter 11  
• 2018-2022 FEMA Strategic Plan 
• National Response Framework (FEMA)
• National Incident Management System (FEMA) 
• Managing the Emergency Consequences of Terrorist Incidents: Interim Planning Guide for State and Local Governments (FEMA)
• Toolkit for Managing the Emergency Consequences of Terrorist Incidents (FEMA) (browse this extensive document according to your areas of interest, focusing on where you see need to expand on your expertise, rather than reading sections in which you are an expert)
• DHS Responds: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance for the 2020 Hurricane Season (FEMA) (May 2020) 

• Participate in the Lesson 11 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Reply to two fellow students.

No classes 

• Module 12 content
• Introduction to Homeland Security, Oliver, Marion, and Hill, pp. 277-297 = Chapter 15 
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security: Budget-in-Brief: Fiscal Year 2020
• "Quadrennial Homeland Security Reviews: What Value for Whom?," Jerome Kahan, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Volume 12 (2015), Issue 2, pp. 211-240
• Report to Congressional Committees: NATIONAL SECURITY: Long-Range Emerging Threats Facing the United States As Identified by Federal Agencies, U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), December 2018 
• Selected Homeland Security Issues in the 116th Congress, CRS Report for Congress, Updated April 26, 2019
• The Homeland Security and Defense Business Council 20/20 Project on the State of the Homeland Security Enterprise (March 2019)
• U.S. Department of Homeland Security Strategic Plan for Fiscal Years (FY) 2020-2024
• Future of DHS Project: Key Findings and Recommendations, Thomas S. Warrick and Caitlin Durkovich, The Atlantic Council of the United States (August 2020)
• Homeland Threat Assessment October 2020

This is a 2-week lesson with assignment due dates as follows:

• Participate in the Lesson 12 Question for Consideration discussion forum. Please note: This assignment is due at the end of lesson week 1. Reply to two fellow students.
• Submit your QHSR Issues Paper to the drop box. This assignment is due by the posted last day of classes (lesson week 2).