Introduction
There are many different resource infrastructures throughout the United States, each one designated a purpose that must be fulfilled. Of these sectors however, a few are critical in the upkeep of this country, so critical that if one were to fail it would cause widespread panic. The following paragraphs will detail a small part of one of these Critical Infrastructures. Making no mistake though, as it is only a small cog in the entire system, without it would put strain on the entire economy.
Government Partner
The partner that I currently work for is the Tribal Nation. The Tribal nation is becoming a very important part of food and agriculture. Recently gaining a $625 million donation from the United States Drug Administration (USDA) in order to boost economic growth in Indian Country. Working with the Tribal Nations will not only increase food and agriculture production but also extend the list of collaborative partners within the Food and Agriculture Sector. ("Expanding Opportunity In Indian Country", 2014)
Position Title and Responsibilities
The position title that I currently work for is known as the Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC). The IAC has grown in prominence in Indian Country from there founding in 1987. Since there founding they have grown to grow the support of the federal government agencies, particularly the agricultural field. There job responsibilities are to work directly with outside governments in the United States on behalf of the individual Indian producers and Tribal Agencies. ("Intertribal Agriculture Council", 2016)
Involvement in protecting critical infrastructure
As the IAC is acting on behalf of the majority of the food and agriculture for the Indian Culture it comes down to the organization to uphold the necessary precautions and procedures that must be taken for all of the product that is produced. These policies and procedures are set forth by the USDA and FDA. Failure to meet the necessary requirements could render the food and agriculture spoiled and unsafe and would need to be destroyed. (University of Phoenix, 2010)
What is National Critical Infrastructure?
"Build a safer, more secure, and more resilient America by preventing, deterring, neutralizing, or mitigating the effects of deliberate efforts by terrorists to destroy, incapacitate, or exploit elements of our Nation’s CIKR and to strengthen national preparedness, timely response, and rapid recovery of CIKR in the event of an attack, natural disaster, or other emergency." (Michael Chertoff, 2009)
This relates to the IAC's position as it is again their responsibility to produce food and agriculture that is enough for their entire Indian Nation. In order to do just this the IAC must make sure the sellers food and agriculture is safe and has not been contaminated. The IAC must make programs that are available to the Indian farmers to help them in cases of emergency.
Organization’s role in the critical infrastructure sector
The IAC's role in the critical infrastructure sector is to protect the ever decreasing Indian lands natural resources. As these lands are a critical infrastructure to all of the Indian Country. These lands and the resources that are gathered from them help to support the Indian Country. The Indian economy has always been far from successful before the IAC. Since its establishment the IAC has helped to mandate programs and acts to protect their land from outsiders. ("Intertribal Agriculture Council", 2016)
One such Act is the American Indian Agriculture Management Act of 1993. With this act all resources on the Indian reservations would be protected and used solely to the reservation economy. Wanting to keep separate from using outside resources, the IAC must protect their resources they have in order to provide for the reservations throughout America. ("Intertribal Agriculture Council", 2016)
Importance of Partnerships
As stated before, the entire infrastructure is too big to be handled alone by one organization. Therefore it has to be broken down to be more easily handled and protected. This is where the importance of partnerships come into play. The majority of the Critical Infrastructure here in America is own and operated by the private sector. No one organization can do it alone, the government can't, as well as private sectors cannot do this alone. For example the government can have forewarning with their resources on an impending attack on the food and agriculture sector. Working with the private sectors can help to deter or intervene the attack from happening. The government needs the food and agriculture to keep the nation from falling a food shortage.

IAC's partnerships
IAC's public partnerships within various levels of the government consists of the USDA and the FDA. Both of which help to handle and protect the safety of all food and agriculture produced on Indian reservations. Any and all food that the IAC produces must pass inspection by these governments, each varying from state to state. (University of Phoenix, 2010)
As the private sector is where most of the Food and Agriculture is produced, the IAC has developed partnerships on this level. The first of which is known as the Native Agriculture and Food Systems Initiative (NAFSI). This partnership is of a great benefit to local communities as it aims to help them to build sustainable food systems throughout the community. ("Nourishing Native Foods & Health", 2015)