Originally Posted by pmocek

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is in the midst of its Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. Part of that process is a Web-based "national dialogue" on the subject. Phase 2 of that dialogue began today. Participants (anyone is welcome to participate) are asked to rank priorities related to a number of DHS goals in the categories of counterterrorism, borders, immigration, and disasters. Additionally, participants may submit ideas and vote those ideas up or down (similar to the Barack Obama presidential campaign's "Citizens' Briefing Book").

I've submitted two suggestions that are relevant to this forum:





With these Web-based brainstorming, suggestion-gathering, processes, early votes tend to count more than later ones, because many people begin their rating process by looking at the list of highest-rated suggestions.