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Spring 2012

New Featured Topic: Mass Gatherings

imageA stadium collapses. A flash mob turns violent. A terrorist attack occurs. Both planned and spontaneous mass gatherings pose unique sets of challenges to public safety, security and health professionals. Discover the many aspects of preparing for and managing mass gatherings in the newest HSDL Featured Topic, including:

The Featured Topic on Mass Evacuations is an excellent companion topic to Mass Gatherings.

Blogged On the Homefront: 2012 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

imageThe Foreign Relations Authorization Act (FRAA) requires the President of the United States to submit an annual report to Congress identifying countries who are major illicit drug producers or who enable transit of illicit drugs. Countries that make little or no effort to improve narcotics control may become ineligible to receive foreign aid from the U.S. The International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) is produced yearly by the Department of State, and the 2012 INCSR has just been released. Information of benefit to many homeland security agencies and professionals including TSA, law enforcement, Customs, border security and immigration is included in this two volume report.

More key reports are regularly blogged On the Homefront.

Are We Ready?

imageLast year in March the devastation brought about by an earthquake, resulting tsunami and a crippled nuclear power plant were unfolding in Japan. If Japan, considered to be extremely well prepared for catastrophic disasters, was reeling as a result of this emergency, how well prepared are we here in the U.S.? Here are a few related documents pertaining to disaster preparedness topics.

Visit the HSDL Featured Topics listing for relevant information on more preparedness topics.

Items of Interest

imageThe 5 most-viewed documents in the HSDL this quarter:

The 10 most-viewed blog articles:

Follow the HSDL blog On the Homefront to keep up with other trending reports and topics.

Newest Download Partners

To provide assured access to information in the HSDL, we ask authors or publishers for permission to download their documents and make them directly accessible from our server. Listed below are several of our newest download partners who have granted us the privilege to hold their documents in our collection:

Contact gmarlatt@nps.edu to learn more about housing your documents on the HSDL.

Do you have something to contribute?

The HSDL is always on the lookout for new homeland security information to add to our collection. Are you involved with a homeland security related publication, database, webinar or journal and would make it available for our collection? If so, please submit it for consideration to dprantz@nps.edu.

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