PNSR is engaged in a series of pragmatic programs directly linked to each aspect of our mission. Each program is a scalable proof-of-concept project generally conducted in partnership with government stakeholders. PNSR’s programs include:

National Security Staff Redesign – Design a National Security Staff that is agile enough to meet 21st century demands, that is strategic and looks ahead of the 24/7 news cycle, that oversees the development of a collaborative backbone in the interagency system, and that is capable of meeting the President’s staffing needs.

Aligning Resources with Strategy - Create a unified national security budget that rebalances resources to cut across national security issues.

Interagency Teams – Empower interagency teams to manage and integrate the whole of government in order to address national security issues like counterterrorism. This structure could be applied to issues such as the war in Afghanistan and the Haitian earthquake response.

National Security Professionals - Cultivate a community of national security professionals and a national security culture through reforms in personnel systems. This includes incentives, career paths, training, education, and recruitment, as well as ensuring the proper size and capabilities of the civilian workforce.

Knowledge and Intellectual Capital - Improve the knowledge and information flows by working in three key areas: an online, real-time collaboration environment, a knowledge-based organization, and an information-sharing culture. 

Next Generation State Department - Reform the Department of State to increase capacity and improve performance in civilian functions such as public diplomacy, conflict prevention and peace-building, and foreign assistance.

Homeland Security - Improve the National Preparedness System by increasing state and local capabilities. This includes catastrophic planning, modifying the grant-making process, enhancing intergovernmental personnel mobility, and building a Net-enabled Information Sharing Environment (N-ISE) Pilot for information sharing and collaboration.

Vision Working Group - Use an integrated-systems approach for future scenarios, horizon scanning, industrial base strategy, and risk assessment.