Preparing for 21st century risks: revitalizing American manufacturing to protect, respond and recover

This report addresses how the United States should pursue legislation and policies to ensure that the country revitalizes its critical infrastructure and manufacturing base, reduce serious offshore dependencies and attendant vulnerabilities, and build the domestic capacity to help bolster national catastrophic disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. It recommends for the United States to build a risk assessment capacity and increase communication and coordination between the government and private sector to determine ways to mitigate crucial vulnerabilities in the country's infrastructure and manufacturing base.