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NIMS Resource Management Guidance and Tools

In November 2017, FEMA published a series of National Incident Management System (NIMS) resources. They include: the NIMS Guideline for Mutual Aid, the NIMS Guideline for the National Qualification System (NQS), NIMS Job Titles/Position Qualifications, and NIMS Position Task Books (PTBs). FEMA also created a Resource Typing Library Tool website, where partners can find “other than NQS” Job Titles/Position Qualifications and Resource Typing Definitions.

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Review of DHS’s Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessments

The Government Accountability Office has published a review of the physical security and cybersecurity risk assessments the U.S. Department of Homeland Security conducts for critical infrastructure, such as the Infrastructure Survey Tool used by the Protective Security Advisor (PSA) program. The review includes an overview of DHS’s risk assessment practices, discusses private sector representatives’ views of the usefulness of the assessments, and describes how the risk information influences DHS’s strategic planning and private sector outreach.

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