Students will meet with members of the Executive Branch to discuss the interagency process, using the Critical Infrastructure Coordinating Group (CICG) as an example of a current, evolving policy making structure.
Students should evaluate the sequence of events, by which certain national security issues caused the President to convene a Presidential Task Force, which in turn led to the signing of PDD 63, and the creation of the CICG.
Students should measure the effectiveness of the policy making structure currently in place for infrastructure protection.
Required Readings
* "The Clinton Administration's Policy on Critical Infrastructure Protection," White Paper on Presidential Decision Directive 63, May 22, 1998. (Reprint)
* "Protecting America's Critical Infrastructures: PDD 63," White House Fact Sheet, Office of the Press Secretary, May 22, 1998. (Reprint)
* Statements of Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) and Richard Clarke, Senior Director, National Security Council, "Critical Infrastructure Protection: Toward a New Policy Directive," Hearings before the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, June 10, 1998, pp. 49-51, 65-86. (Reprint)
* Statement of Dr. Jeffrey A. Hunker, Director, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, before the House National Security Committee, Military Procurement Subcommittee, Military Research & Development Subcommittee, June 11, 1998. (Reprint)
* "Terrorism, Cyber Security and the Bill of Rights," Remarks by Richard A. Clarke, National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-Terrorism, before the American Bar Association Committee on Law and National Security, November 12, 1998. (Reprint)
Supplementary Readings
* Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office Homepage. http://www.info-sec.com/ciao/index.html
* Remarks by the President at the United States Naval Academy Commencement, May 22, 1998. http://www.info-sec.com/ciao/paper598.html
* "Critical Infrastructure Protection and Information Warfare Issues," Statement for the Record of Michael A. Vatis, Director, National Infrastructure Protection Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, March 16, 1999. http://www.fbi.gov/pressrm/congress/sasctest.htm
* "NIPC Cyber Threat Assessment," Statement for the Record of Michael A. Vatis, Director, National Infrastructure Protection Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Technology and Terrorism, October 6, 1999. http://www.fbi.gov/pressrm/congress/nipc10-6.htm
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