It requires Department of Homeland Security to coordinate with other Federal agencies and with State, local, and Tribal governments to develop a National Preparedness Goal with Emergency management.
The IPS concept provides the federal government with a consistent direction and delineation of authorities, responsibilities and requirements, common terms of reference, and plans based on shared assumptions.
[citation needed] The domestic incident management plan is provided for from presidential directives HSPD-5[1] issued February 28, 2003, HSPD-7, HSPD-8,[2] and HSPD-8 Annex 1,[3] as a result of the Homeland Security Act of 2002.
Both of these plans are augmented by the National Integration Center (NIC) and describes the way Federal departments and agencies will prepare for such a response, including prevention activities during the early stages of a terrorism incident.
[3] The Obama directive places significant emphasis on an "all-of-nation" "all-hazards" approach to disasters, fusing together the capabilities of federal, state, and local authorities to respond to crises.