WASHINGTON, DC—The next administration should leave the organizational structure of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as it is and concentrate on making homeland security a “national enterprise,” according to David Heyman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies and James Carafano of the Heritage Foundation, both Washington think tanks.

The two scholars unveiled their recommendations in a report, Homeland Security 3.0: Building a National Enterprise (to read the report, click here), which was unveiled at a press conference at the National Press Club yesterday. The report was the product of a task force that drew on the contributions of 23 other scholars, experts and executives.

A similar report four years ago, DHS 2.0 - Rethinking the Department of Homeland Security by the same authors provided the basis for the department’s Second Stage Review and its fundamental restructuring. (Click here to see the full report.) ....