Why Federal Agencies Must Commission Independent Island Security Research

HONOLULU - May 23, 2026 - PRLog -- e research gap federal agencies cannot ignore

Federal agencies — from the Department of Homeland Security to the Department of Justice, from FEMA to the State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs — routinely fund research that shapes policy, training, and resource allocation across island jurisdictions.

The problem is that most of that research is produced by institutions that have never operated in a 45-minute emergency response window. Institutions whose researchers have never managed a compound threat scenario in which the airport is closed, the port is locked down, and the next supply ship is four days out.

Commissioned research: what federal agencies can expect

ISPI is registered in SAM.gov (UEI: G5H9VJ7C4NS8) and operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit research institution. Federal agencies that commission island security research from ISPI are not simply purchasing a deliverable. They are accessing a practitioner knowledge base that does not exist anywhere else in the independent research sector.

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