Number: RL32531
Title: Critical Infrastructure Protections: The 9/11 Commission Report and Congressional Response
Authors: John Moteff, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Federal efforts to protect the nations critical infrastructure pre-date the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Since the attacks, critical infrastructure protection has evolved to include countering that type of an attack. Because the purpose of the Commissions report was to answer, How did the terrorist attack of September 11, 2001 happen? and How can such a tragedy be avoided in the future?, most, if not all, of the recommendations made in the 9/11 Commissions report deal indirectly with critical infrastructure protection. However, there are relatively few recommendations that specifically address critical infrastructure protection. This report will identify those recommendations and briefly discuss the possible impacts those recommendations and the subsequent congressional response might have on the nations efforts to protect its critical infrastructure.
Pages: 10
Date: January 11, 2005