You are the newly appointed President’s Homeland Security Advisor for a new administration. You have spent the last 15 years as a senior non-political member (Senior Executive Service) of the Department of Homeland Security. Write a White Paper that assesses the state of national resilience as an element of homeland security.
Related Course Objectives:
- CO-1: Analyze the key elements of resilience in the context of homeland security.
- LO-1.1: Assess resilience as a framework.
- CO-2: Evaluate how resilience has been put into practice within the transportation sector.
- LO-2.1: Argue resilience theory within various sectors.
For this assignment complete the following steps:
- Download the assignment template to write your paper.
- Locate sources to aid in writing your paper.
- Write a White Paper that assesses the state of national resilience as an element of homeland security.
- Include what strategies are in place, where you believe the gaps are, and how they should be addressed.
- Your paper can focus on specific elements, if desired, such as transportation, banking, energy, and even the impact of COVID on national resilience.
Submission Guidelines
- Your paper must be at a MAXIMUM of 3-5 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum requirement).
- Scholarly and credible references should be used. At least 6 scholarly articles are required for this assignment.
- Scholarly sources include peer-reviewed articles, government publications, and academic texts.
- Type in Times New Roman, 12 point, and double space.
- Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
- Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic-type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.
- Use the Template that is provided to develop this assignment.
- All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.
