Franklin S. Reeder, Karen S. Evans, Julie M. Anderson, and Meghan M. Wareham
Publication Date:
03-2013
Content Type:
Working Paper
Institution:
The National Academy of Public Administration
Abstract:
In the past ten years, Federal agencies have worked to improve the security of information and information systems. Despite the guidance of experts and millions of taxpayer dollars, Federal information systems remain critically vulnerable to breaches and cyber-attacks. As government agencies fail to implement needed improvements to information security management, they continue to spend scarce resources on measures that do little to address the most significant cyber threats.
Topic:
Security, Defense Policy, Science and Technology, and Reform
This Executive Summary lays out the purpose and method of this report, introduces core recommendations and discusses some of the major success factors needed to ensure an effective launch for the proposed National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Service.
Maintaining the ability of military installations and ranges to carry out their missions is vital to the preservation of national security. However, the nation's military forces face serious training and readiness challenges that have the potential to reduce mission readiness and adversely impact national security. Encroachment-including incompatible civilian development near military facilities and the expansion of military operations into civilian areas-is increasingly reducing the military's ability to train its fighting forces and execute its missions.
We are in the midst of a global economic crisis. The federal government has responded on an unprecedented scale and scope, with injections of trillions into financial markets, infusions of cash to troubled industries, state and local governments, and people in need. Government is employing tools in ways never befo re considered and inventing new tools, in the hope of stabilizing the economy and spurring economic recovery.
Topic:
Economics, International Trade and Finance, Financial Crisis, Governance, and Reform
The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 and has been reauthorized numerous times over the years by Congress. It is a component of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) and currently has 106 employees.
Topic:
Economics, National Security, Narcotics Trafficking, and Reform
The National Planning Department (NPD), Office of the President, Republic of Colombia, contacted the Academy seeking technical assistance in crafting a national accountability strategy for Colombia under President Uribe.The Academy worked with NPD on the strategy which is being tested in Colombia as 2005. This paper is a review of the issues prepared for NPD.
Topic:
Democratization, Development, Governance, and Reform
For the last half of the twentieth century, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was among the most successful organizations in hi story in developing new technology and making it available to both the private sector and other government organizations. Small computers; cellular communications; lightweight, heat resistant materials; telemedicine, and a broad spectrum of everyday products have all benefited from NASA research and development.
Topic:
Science and Technology, Communications, and Reform
Of the Department of Energy's $23 billion budget, the $1.3 billion allocated to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) offers important opportunities to assist in resolving one of the major issues facing the Nation today—the need for sources of clean, reliable, efficient, secure and affordable energy. EERE's programs—which include advanced hydrogen fuel concepts, renewable power technologies, transportation and building technologies—are aimed at improving this country's efficient use of energy, increasing the diversity of energy sources on which we rely, and making us less dependent on foreign energy sources. The management of this small office should be of major interest to leaders of both government and industry as EERE leadership tries to ensure that every dollar is used most effectively in the pursuit of its mission to strengthen America's energy security. This was the goal of Assistant Secretary David Garman as he launched a comprehensive reorganization of EERE on July 1, 2002.
Topic:
Economics, Energy Policy, Science and Technology, and Reform