Administration’s Strategy to Counter IEDs
Dave Williams is a Senior Associate with Booz Allen Hamilton, a leading strategy and technology consulting firm. His specialty is Countering Improvised Explosive Devices.
In this segment, Dave Williams discusses the administration’s strategy for countering IEDs.
Williams defines Homeland Security Presidential Directive 19 (HSPD-19) and its focus on having an implementation plan for defeating IEDs. He also discusses the involvement of various government agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which has the lead role, and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which has the greatest responsibility in countering IEDs.
Finally, Williams discusses the need to create megacommunities™—an aligning of government, business, and civil society—as an optimum solution for countering IEDs.
View more discussions with Dave Williams on countering IEDs:
- Mission Integration: Countering Improvised Explosive Devices podcast
- Strategy to Counter IEDs podcast
- Administration’s Strategy to Counter IEDs podcast
- Successes and Failures Countering IEDs podcast
- The Situation in Afghanistan podcast
- Domestic Safety podcast
- Wargaming and Simulation podcast
- Lessons Learned Creating Strategies to Counter IEDs podcast
