Long-Term Power Outage: There Is No Plan
The federal government has no plan for a long-term power outage As disturbing as it might…
NDAA
Congress: Hold DHS Accountable for Protecting the Electric Grid
Hold DHS Accountable For Protecting the Electric Grid Recently, I asked the question: “Is DHS…
Is DHS Dropping the Ball on Critical Infrastructure Protection?
Congress Passed Critical Infrastructure Protection Provisions in 2016 The Critical Infrastructure Protection Act…
A Sea Change in 2018 for Emergency Preparedness
“While each year the hurricane season comes to an end on November 30, the lessons…
Threats to the Electric Grid and the Sense of Congress
Bipartisan agreement about threats to the electric grid There has been little bipartisan agreement in…
GridEx: Is This Exercise Enough to Protect Critical Infrastructures?
GridEx bottom line upfront GridEx is a biennial exercise run by North American Electric Reliability…
What is Civil Defense and why don’t we have it?
Civil defense gradually morphed into emergency management. There are several good documents that give us…
Critical Infrastructure Protection – Two Decades of Failure
Why has so little critical infrastructure protection passed congress? I just don’t get it….