In 500 words, explain the importants of these two statments and your opinion on them.

Organizing the Federal System for Homeland Security

A new recognition exists of the criticality of governments to act effectively on an intergovernmental, interorganizational, and interdisciplinary basis, as well as a recognition that the required relationships are not in place and, in many instances, may not be even understood.

"What configuration of organizations, public and private, is needed and what arrangements between them provide the most effective relationships to perform a needed function"

The federal role needs to be considered in relation to other levels of government, the goals and objectives for preparedness, and the most appropriate tools to assist and enable other levels of government and the private sector to achieve these goals"

It will examine problems, issues, and dilemmas that public-service leaders confront in addressing the critical dimensions involved, including the political, legal-regulatory, financial, and operational dimensions involved in reconfiguring an array of public organizations and resources. In addition, it will analyze potential effects on interorganizational relations and the potential to arrive at configurations that will further the goals of homeland security.

Public-Private Partnerships in Homeland Security

Public-private partnerships are a major issue of discussion in businesses and government agencies. However, this issue has received a much less thorough treatment in scholarly literature on homeland security.

The scholarly literature has not yet caught up to the practitioner understanding of public-private partnerships’ prominence in homeland security.

Identifying the essential role that public-private partnerships are now taking in homeland security, and by examining the implications of this transformative shift in the field. As we will see, public-private partnerships hold great promise, but also face significant obstacles that will need to be overcome. The article begins by tracing the development of public private partnerships in homeland security. It then examines multiple subfields of homeland security and highlights the growing role of public-private sector partnerships in homeland security. The article concludes by discussing ongoing challenges that will need to be considered and addressed for public-private partnerships to be successful over the long term.