Note: The following definition from the National Preparedness Guidelines cites HSPD-7 on Critical Infrastructure as its “Source”. Nothing remotely resembling the following definition is to be found in that document. Note, instead, the definition of “Protect”. The “definition” below is repeated word for word, including source citation, in FEMA’s November 2007 Strategic Goals document in the glossary section. Thus far the earliest usage of the wording below I have been able to find is from a “Revised Illinois Homeland Security Strategy” document dated September 30, 2005, which, under the heading of “Goal 4: Protecting Against a Major Event,” contains the exact paragraph below, providing no specific citation. In that the December 2005 draft of the National Preparedness Goal contains the same paragraph as the definition of “Protection” I suspect that an earlier version of the NPG was the Illinois source. The December 2005 NPG also incorrectly cites HSPD-7, December 2003 as its source. “Actions to reduce the vulnerability of critical infrastructure or key resources in order to deter, mitigate, or neutralize terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies. It requires coordinated action on the part of Federal, State, and local governments, the private sector, and concerned citizens across the country. Protection also includes continuity of government and operations planning; awareness elevation and understanding of threats and vulnerabilities to their critical facilities, systems, and functions; identification and promotion of effective sector-specific protection practices and methodologies; and expansion of voluntary security-related information sharing among private entities within the sector as well as between government and private entities. (Source: HSPD-7, December 17, 2003). (DHS, National Preparedness Guidelines, 2007, p. 42)