U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

PRIVATE SECTOR OFFICE

COMMUNITY PREPAREDNESS UPDATE

July 30, 2009, 7:00 PM

“Today, I will speak candidly about the urgent need to refocus our counterterror approach, to make it a shared endeavor, to make it more layered, networked and resilient, to make it smarter and more adaptive and to make sure that as a country, as a nation, we are at the point where we are in a constant state of preparedness and not a state of fear.” Secretary Janet Napolitano, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, July 29, 2009

PARTICIPATE IN THE NATIONAL DIALOGUE ON HOMELAND SECURITY BEGINNING AUGUST 3

The Department of Homeland Security is conducting its first Quadrennial Homeland Security Review (QHSR), which will establish the strategic foundation for homeland security activities over the next four years.  Your input is critical to the success of this strategic review.  Please visit www.homelandsecuritydialogue.org to share your ideas in this national dialogue.

SUBMIT YOUR IDEAS REGARDING THE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM

Secretary Napolitano has assembled a task force to assess the effectiveness of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS).  This review will include broad consideration of HSAS and the system’s impact on state, local, tribal, territorial and international law enforcement partners, the private sector and the American people. DHS welcomes your input via email athsasreview@dhs.gov.  

THIS WEEK’S NEWS

• (7/29) Remarks by Secretary Napolitano on Counterterrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations
  • http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/speeches/sp_1248891649195.shtm
• (7/29) CDC Advisors Make Recommendations for Use of Vaccine Against Novel H1N1
  • http://www.cdc.gov/media/pressrel/2009/r090729b.htm
• (7/24) DHS Coordinates National Level Exercise to Prevent Terrorist Attacks with Federal, State, Local Tribal, Private Sector, and International Partners
  • http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1248450105741.shtm
• (7/23) Joint Statement by Education Secretary Duncan, Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius on Today’s Bipartisan Congressional Briefing on the H1N1 Flu Virus
  • http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1248386723578.shtm

COUNTERING THE TERRORIST THREAT – A STATE OF PREPAREDNESS

• DHS Progress in Implementing 9/11 Commission Recommendations: http://www.dhs.gov/files/publications/gc_1248274830818.shtm
• Prepare: http://www.ready.gov
• Volunteer: http://www.citizencorps.gov
• Are You Ready? An in-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness: http://www.fema.gov/areyouready/

INFLUENZA VACCINE INFORMATION

• For official flu information visit http://www.flu.gov 
• H1N1 Immunization Campaign: http://flu.gov/vaccine/vacresearch.html#campaign
• Questions & Answers: Novel H1N1 Influenza Vaccine: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/vaccination/public/vaccination_qa_pub.htm

U.S. Department of Homeland Security 
Private Sector Office 
Contact: private.sector@dhs.gov 
(202) 282-8484