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Recent Publications:

	The Resilient Homeland: How DHS Intelligence Should Empower America to Prepare for, Prevent, and Withstand Terrorist Attacks May 15, 2008 Congressional Testimonies
	In this testimony delivered before the U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, Amos Guiora, a Professor of Law at the S.J.Quinney College of Law, University of Utah addresses the requirements needed to shape a resilient homeland in a post-9/11 society and builds on the ideas discussed in the Mercatus primer “A Framework for Evaluating Counterterrorism Regulations” that he co-authored.
	Homeland Security and Regulatory Analysis: Are We Safe Yet? May 12, 2008 Working Papers Jamie Belcore, Jerry Ellig
	This working paper by Senior Research Fellow Jerry Ellig and Legal Fellow Jamie Belcore addresses concerns with DHS regulations and recomends solutions.
	Facts and Figures about Seven Years of Homeland Security Spending March 3, 2008 Working Papers Veronique de Rugy
	Mercatus Center Senior Research Fellow Veroniqe de Rugy provides some facts and figures about homeland security spending.
	Is Port Security Funding Making Us Safer? November 1, 2007 Journal Articles Veronique de Rugy
	Veronique de Rugy writes on the effectiveness of increased port security spending in this paper written for Audits of the Conventional Wisdom, a publication of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for International Studies.
	A Framework for Evaluating Counterterrorism Regulations September 8, 2006 Mercatus Policy Series Jerry Ellig, Kyle McKenzie
	Many analysts and decision makers have called on government to prioritize security initiatives based on risk assessment and cost effectiveness. Few, however, have explained why a comprehensive regulatory analysis framework is necessary to accomplish this. In this paper, the authors present a six-element regulatory analysis framework for such regulations.
	EPA and DOJ's Worst Case Scenario Proposal(2) June 8, 2000 Public Interest Comments Susan Dudley

Recent Events:

	Securing the Homeland: Building A Framework for Evaluating Counterterrorism Regulations Capitol Hill Campus September 8, 200612:00 PM
	The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is hosting a seminar to explore an economic framework for effectively analyzing homeland security regulations.

Media:

	Why Washington was right to reduce its anti-terrorism grant to Los Angeles July 28, 2007 Commentaries and Op-eds Veronique de Rugy

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