FADED COLORS: FROM THE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM (HSAS) TO THE NATIONAL TERRORISM ADVISORY SYSTEM (NTAS)

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dc.contributor.advisorSimeral, Robert
dc.contributor.authorSharp, Vincent H.
dc.contributor.departmentNational Security Affairs
dc.contributor.secondreaderRollins, John
dc.dateMar-13
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-08T20:42:41Z
dc.date.available2013-05-08T20:42:41Z
dc.date.issued2013-03
dc.description.abstractAfter the events of 9/11, Homeland Security Presidential Directive-3 (HSPD-3) established the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) to provide a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to federal, state, and local authorities and the American people. Under HSAS, threat levels were raised or lowered 16 times, but never below Threat Level Yellow (Elevated Condition). HSAS should have been straightforward and easy to understand. What evolved was confusion over alerts, lack of specific threat information, concerns over costs to institute and maintain protective measures, and questions regarding what was expected of citizens. Government agencies, the private sector, and the general population became immune with the threat level remaining at or above Yellow. HSAS was woefully misunderstood not just by the general population, but also within federal, state, and local governments. Ridiculed by comedians, HSAS gradually began to disappear, to the point where it was necessary to search to find the current threat level, whereas it had once been prominently posted. The purpose of this thesis is to review HSAS and the associated problems, look at comparable international systems, and present an alternative recommendation to provide timely and informative warnings of terrorist threats, and restore credibility by merging HSAS with the already existing DoD force protection conditions.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
dc.description.serviceOperations Evaluation Analyst, ARNORTH/Civilen_US
dc.description.urihttp://archive.org/details/fadedcolorsfromt1094532899
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/32899
dc.publisherMonterey, California. Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.subject.authorHomelanden_US
dc.subject.authorSecurityen_US
dc.subject.authorAdvisoryen_US
dc.subject.authorSystemen_US
dc.subject.authorNationalen_US
dc.subject.authorTerrorismen_US
dc.subject.authorThreaten_US
dc.subject.authorAlerten_US
dc.subject.authorTerroristen_US
dc.subject.authorWarningsen_US
dc.titleFADED COLORS: FROM THE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM (HSAS) TO THE NATIONAL TERRORISM ADVISORY SYSTEM (NTAS)en_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSecurity Studies (Homeland Security And Defense)en_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster Of Arts In Security Studies (Homeland Security And Defense)en_US
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