[oema] TCL update

From: George Houston <ghouston@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Most Significant, Yet Undisclosed Folks List" <ghouston@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:47:46 -0800

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>
> Subject: TCL update
>
> As you may have heard through the grapevine, we are taking efforts to
> cancel a number of planned workshops and meetings on the TCL update
> effort.
>
> Congress recently tasked the FEMA National Preparedness Directorate to
> establish a new ìLocal, State, Tribal, and Federal Preparedness Task
> Forceî to examine, among other things, ìwhich policies and guidance
> need updating, and the most appropriate process by which to update
> them Ö and the most appropriate way to collectively assess our
> capabilities and our capability gaps.î
>
> Both the revisions of Homeland Security Presidential Directive
> (HSPD)-8 now underway and this new Task Force will strongly influence
> national preparedness doctrine and policy, how FEMA identifies
> preparedness goals, and how it measures our progress towards those
> goals.  In light of likely, important changes, NPD is pausing the
> update to the Target Capability List until we know better how our
> efforts shall support the new direction and policy.  As that becomes
> clearer, perhaps as soon as the New Year, we will have more
> information about the future path of the TCL.
>
> Our team will work to complete the revisions based on the most recent
> input, and the updated drafts and implementation guide will beshared
> with the working groups for their reference.
>
> In the meantime, our team will be working to support the new Task
> Force.  The expertise and perspectives that were provided through the
> workshops, as well asour progress in identifying flexible target
> outcomes, risk considerations, and
> planning/organizational/equipment/training/exercise resource links
> should be very useful to inform any new approaches to capability
> building.
>
> Feel free to pass this message along to your counterparts as needed.
> We will continue to be in touch to provide you with updates and please
> do not hesitate to contact me with any questions.
>
> -Josh
>
> Joshua C. Dozor
>
> Policy Branch Director
>
> National Preparedness Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency
>
> Department of Homeland Security
>
> desk: 202-786-9489
>
> cell: 202-631-6877
>
[oema] TCL update

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