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Collaboration over Adaptation: The Case for Interoperable Communications in Homeland Security
Author(s) -
Jenkins William O.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2006.00588.x
Subject(s) - homeland security , interoperability , preparedness , homeland , adaptation (eye) , function (biology) , computer security , political science , business , public relations , terrorism , computer science , law , psychology , evolutionary biology , politics , biology , operating system , neuroscience
Analogizing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to a corporate conglomerate consisting of multiple, formerly independent operating units with little in common and even less history of cooperation, this response to Professor Charles Wise prescribes the “bitter medicine” of interoperable communications. The critical function of assuring homeland security and disaster preparedness cannot depend on the uncertain trajectory of adaptive response.