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Business Executives for National Security
Title: Business Executives for National Security
Date: March 2007
Institution: Business Executives for National Security
Bibliographic Entry: Business Executives for National Security. www.bens.org (Accessed March 27, 2007).
Electronic Link: www.bens.org
Key Words: business, executives, national security, private sector
Summary of Key Points, Issues, Conclusions:
Business Executives for National Security (BENS) is a nationwide, non-partisan, and member-driven organization. Through BENS senior business leaders help enhance national security. Senior business leaders use BENS to develop their agenda and work together to make sure policy makers know of their cause and work to turn proposals into practice. Current goals of BENS include developing new tools to combat new security threats that can not be deterred or negotiated away. This includes preparing communities for terrorism, improving intelligence capabilities, securing weapons of mass destruction, tracking terrorists’ financial assets, and defending against cyber attacks. A second goal of BENS is finding resources to reshape and rebuild United States military forces through adopting best business practices. These include supply chain management, closing unneeded military facilities, partnering with the private sector, outsourcing non-core functions, and changing the Pentagon’s budget strategy.
Name of Researcher: Courtney Weigand
Institution: Integrative Center for Homeland Security, Texas A&M University
Date Posted: April 2, 2007