Part 1

Write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Complete the following for this assignment:

Select 2 levels of government (Federal, State, Local, Territorial, or Tribal (SLTT)) and compare and contrast the recommended roles, functions, and responsibilities of each.

Conduct a review of the information provided in the National Response Framework (NRF), the Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) Annex, and the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP).

For which of your selected levels of government does your analysis indicate that the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) guidance is better developed? Explain your response.

Based upon your subjective analysis from the above listed levels of government, which level requires the most improvement in terms of CIP guidance and direction? Why?

How would you improve the direction and guidance for that level? Explain your response.

Part 2

Write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

The current risk formula (R = T x V x C) that is used by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not always been the risk formula used.

Research prior methodologies (formulas) used by DHS to determine risk, and complete the following:

Based upon your research, explain why these methodologies (formulas) were deemed to be insufficient to adequately describe or model risk to any given facility or structure. Compare and contrast the current DHS risk formula to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)-developed risk and hazard analysis matrix.

Does the FEMA risk and hazard analysis matrix comply with the DHS risk formula? Are the two items compatible?

Consider your local community's Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR) facilities. Is the DHS risk formula or the FEMA risk and hazard matrix appropriate for your community?

Is there an alternative risk formula that better supports the CIKR needs of your community? If not, explain in detail. If so, explain in detail.

Part 3

Write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for

future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

Locate a strategic planning best practice, tool, or example plan from an existing governmental agency.

Identify and describe your choice, and support why you feel that your choice is exemplary.

What do you think are the potential impediments to a cooperative strategic planning process within one organization? Explain.

Should elected officials participate in the actual strategic planning process? Why or why not?

How would you promote your completed strategic plan so that your organization would benefit from the plan? Explain.

What would your approach be toward the private sector and the nongovernmental sector to engage them in the strategic planning process? Explain.

Part 4

You are the emergency manager of Utopia, a mid-sized community that is economically and residentially balanced. The elected officials are considering annexing a section of contiguous property to the north. This area includes about 40 homes and a grammar school in the Wunderbar School District, which serves grades kindergarten through sixth. Just north of this area is the Neptune River, which floods from time to time.

You have been asked to establish the costs that are associated with preparedness, mitigation, and recovery for this proposed annexation. Further, you have been asked to determine funding sources for activities that are associated with preparedness, mitigation, and recovery. Last, you need to identify mutual-aid needs and other assistance that would be required from groups like nongovernmental agencies if a flood occurred.

Write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

How would you address the potential flood areas, especially the grammar school?

Would you recommend flood prevention systems?

If so, what kind of systems would you recommend, and how would you pay for them?

Assume that evacuation is a necessity.

Define how an evacuation would be carried out and who is responsible for the financial aspects of the plan.

Include your approach to developing a positive working relationship with other agencies and the private sector.

Explain how reimbursement work will be addressed with the public sector, which may not be willing to wait for the usual government

payment schedule.