National Strategies and Plans

• National Emergency Communications Plan, July 2008
  This plan is the nation’s first strategic plan to improve emergency response communications, and complements overarching homeland security and emergency communications legislation, strategies and initiatives.  The Plan defines three goals that establish a minimum level of interoperable communications and a deadline for federal, state, local and tribal authorities.

• Small Vessel Security Strategy, April 2008
  Describes the small vessel community and addresses the risk that small vessels might be used to smuggle terrorists or weapon of mass destruction (WMD) into the United States or might be used as a means to facilitate a direct attack.  Lays out the appropriate way forward in managing and controlling risks posed by small vessel exploitation.

• National Response Framework, January 2008
  A guide on how to conduct all-hazards response – from the smallest incident to the largest catastrophe. This key document establishes a comprehensive, national, all-hazards approach to domestic incident response andbuilds upon and supersedes the National Response Plan.

• National Strategy for Homeland Security, October 2007
  Serves as a comprehensive guide for the full array of homeland security efforts including new initiatives and approaches that will enable the nation to achieve our homeland security objective.

• National Strategy for Information Sharing, October 2007
  Guides efforts to advance and facilitate a more integrated information sharing capability at the Federal level, while building information sharing bridges between the Federal Government and non-Federal partners.

• National Preparedness Guidelines, September 2007
  Establishes a vision for national preparedness and provides a systematic approach for prioritizing preparedness efforts across the nation (replaces the interim National Preparedness Goal issued in March 2005).

• National Security Strategy, March 2006
  Explains the strategic underpinning of the President’s foreign policy: to seek and support the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny.

• National Infrastructure Protection Plan, June 2006
  Provides the unifying structure for the integration of existing and future Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources (CI/KR) protection efforts into a single national program.  

• National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, November 2005
  Presents the nationwide approach to prepare, detect, and respond to pandemic influenza.  It also outlines the important roles to be played not only by the Federal government, but also by state and local governments, private industry, international partners, and most importantly individual citizens.

• National Strategy for Maritime Security, September 2005
  Aligns all federal government maritime security programs and initiatives into a comprehensive and cohesive national effort involving appropriate federal, state, local, and private sector entities.

• National Incident Management System (NIMS), March 2004
  Represents a core set of doctrines, concepts, principles, terminology and organizational processes to enable effective, efficient, and collaborative incident management at all levels.

• National Preparedness Directive (HSPD-8), December 2003
  Requires a national domestic preparedness goal with: mechanisms for improved delivery of federal preparedness assistance to state and local governments; actions to strengthen preparedness capabilities of government entities; and, an all-hazards approach to national preparedness.

• National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets, February 2003
  Establishes a foundation for building and fostering a cooperative environment to protect critical infrastructures and key assets.

• National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, February 2003
  Provides, along with the National Security Strategy (March 2006), the path to advance effective democracies as a long-term antidote to the ideology of terrorism, and lay the foundation and build institutions and structures needed to combat terrorism and to help ensure ultimate success.

• National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, February 2003
  Provides a framework for protecting the information systems infrastructure that is essential to the people, economy, and national security of the United States.