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Performance goals and measures to assess national network-vulnera...

Performance goals and measures to assess national network-vulnerability reduction efforts “may be best developed in a collaborative way involving all levels of government and the private sector,” General Accounting Office (GAO) official told House Govt. Reform Committee joint panel.…

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Although such assessment tools weren’t included in the President’s National Strategy for Homeland Security, document emphasized need to develop communications standards in that fashion, GAO Dir.-Strategic Issues Patricia Dalton said Tues. in Abilene, Kan., field hearing held jointly by Govt. Efficiency and Intergovernmental Relations subcommittees. White House plan recognizes lack of interoperable systems used by first responders and other emergency service providers, she said: “The strategy calls for the proposed Department of Homeland Security to develop a national communications plan to establish protocols, processes and national standards for technology acquisition.”