Panel recommends keeping some color-coded alerts

Government Executive:  WASHINGTON (AP) - A special task force recommended on Tuesday that if the Obama administration keeps color-coded terror alerts, the number of colors and levels of risk should be reduced from five to three.

The recommendations come after a 60-day bipartisan review of the often ridiculed color-coded terror alert system.

The task force was divided on whether the colors should be eliminated but all agreed that if the administration chooses to keep the colors, there should be only three tiers, said Fran Townsend, the former homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush. Townsend, who co-chaired the task force, explained the recommendations during a teleconference on Tuesday afternoon.  Read Article

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