This paper responds to national policy directives intended to improve the US government’s capacity to protect national security from the adverse impacts of invasive species. It is the final, synthesizing contribution to a Special Issue of Biological Invasions comprising 12 papers that collectively inform the development and implementation of a national program for the early detection of and rapid response to invasive species (EDRR). The blueprint sets forth policies, goals, and actions to be taken by relevant Executive Branch agencies and components of the Executive Office of the President to develop a national EDRR program, appropriations permitting. It is designed to function as guidance for advancing federal policy through Presidential, Secretarial, and/or Congressional directives. Those committed to protecting national security, the economy, and the well-being of American people are forewarned that our ability to establish a national EDRR program is undermined by the diminishment of the federal workforce; institutional structures, policies, and programs; and directly applicable leadership mechanisms, including the National Invasive Species Council, Invasive Species Advisory Committee, and their managerial Secretariat.

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开展联邦能力评估工作：为入侵物种的早期发现和快速反应制定国家计划的蓝图（EDRR）

本文对旨在提高美国政府保护国家安全免受入侵物种的不利影响的能力的国家政策指令做出了回应。这是对《生物入侵》特刊的最终综合贡献包括12篇论文，这些论文共同为制定和实施入侵物种的早期发现和快速响应国家计划（EDRR）提供信息。该蓝图列出了相关行政部门机构和总统行政办公室各部门在拨款允许的情况下制定国家EDRR计划的政策，目标和行动。它旨在用作通过总统，秘书和/或国会指令推进联邦政策的指南。那些致力于保护国家安全，经济和美国人民福祉的人被警告说，联邦劳动力的减少削弱了我们建立国家EDRR计划的能力。体制结构，政策和计划；