Critical Releases in Homeland Security: June 30, 2021

From the Webpage: "President Biden believes that the surge in gun violence that has affected communities across the country over the last year and a half is unacceptable, and his Administration is moving decisively to act with a whole-of-government approach as we enter the summer months when cities typically experience a spike in violence. Today, the Biden-Harris Administration is announcing a comprehensive strategy to combat gun violence and other violent crime. This strategy implements preventative measures that are proven to reduce violent crime, and attacks the root causes - including by addressing the flow of firearms used to commit crimes."

From the About: "This Perspective addresses the importance of effectively matching the message, the audience, and the sender to encourage people to get a COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] vaccine and to perform other appropriate actions, such as wearing a mask. It offers suggestions about how to leverage variations between individuals in such factors as risk perception and variation among U.S. subcultures for tendencies to follow rules or act for the collective good. It further discusses how to deal with misinformation."

From the Scope: "This report provides an overview for policymakers of the challenges associated with characterizing the potential threat posed by UAP [unidentified aerial phenomena] while also providing a means to develop relevant processes, policies, technologies, and training for the U.S. military and other U.S. Government (USG) personnel if and when they encounter UAP, so as to enhance the Intelligence Community's (IC) ability to understand the threat. The Director, UAPTF [Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force], is the accountable official for ensuring the timely collection and consolidation of data on UAP. The dataset described in this report is currently limited primarily to U.S. Government reporting of incidents occurring from November 2004 to March 2021. Data continues to be collected and analyzed."