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GAO-11-153R 1 (2010-12-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaanvy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: i ~G A 0 A coubntakilty I Integrity * Reliability United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 December 16, 2010 The Honorable Joseph I. Lieberman Chairman The Honorable Susan M. Collins Ranking Member Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate The Honorable Daniel K. Akaka Chairman The Honorable George V. Voinovich Ranking Member Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Colombia Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs United States Senate Subject: Quadrennial Homeland Security Review: 2010 Reports Addressed Many Required Elements, but Budget Planning Not Yet Completed The United States continues to face a myriad of broad and evolving threats, such as the October 2010 attempted attack on the nation's air cargo system, that underscore the high priority the federal government places on homeland security and efforts to coordinate security roles, responsibilities, and activities across a wide variety of stakeholders, including state, local, tribal, private sector, nongovernmental, and international partners. The Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (9/11 Commission Act) required that beginning in 2009 and every 4 years thereafter the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conduct a quadrennial review that provides a comprehensive examination of the homeland security strategy of the United States.' According to the act, the review is to delineate the national homeland security strategy, outline and prioritize critical homeland security missions, and assess the organizational alignment of DHS to the homeland security strategy and mission areas, among other things. The act required that DHS conduct the quadrennial review in consultation with stakeholders, such as heads of federal agencies; state, local, and tribal governments; private sector representatives; and academics and other policy experts. The act also specified that DHS was to issue a report on the results of the review, including reporting on nine specific elements such as the homeland security strategy and prioritized list of homeland security missions, by December 31, 2009.2 'Pub. L. No. 110-53, § 2401(a), 121 Stat. 266, 543-45 (2007) (codified at 6 U.S.C. § 347). 2 6 U.S.C. § 347(c). Although the act requires the first QHSR to be conducted in 2009, the QHSR report was issued in February 2010, and we refer to it in this report as the 2010 QHSR. Throughout this report, we refer GAO-11-153R: Quadrennial Homeland Security Review

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