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Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States: Fiscal Year 2017 Status Report
This resource provides data and statistics relevant to the U.S. Government effort to support victims of human trafficking.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Lockdown, Lifelines and the Long Haul Ahead: The Impact of Covid-19 on Food Banks in the Trussell Trust Network
From the Executive Summary: "Well before Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] hit the UK, food banks in the Trussell Trust network had been seeing year-on-year increases in levels of need, with 1.9 million emergency food parcels given out in 2019/20. Previous research has found that the overwhelming majority of people using food banks in the Trussell Trust network are destitute and, even before the pandemic, the number of people struggling to make ends meet was increasing. This crisis has landed after years of stagnant wages and frozen, capped working age benefits - leaving those on the lowest incomes vulnerable to income shocks."
Trussell Trust
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Department of Homeland Security: Border Security Status Report: Fiscal Year 2018 (Fiscal Year 2018 Report to Congress)
From the Legislative Language: "This report has been prepared pursuant to the direction in the Joint Explanatory Statement accompanying the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations Act (P.L. 115-141). The Joint Explanatory Statement includes the following provision: The Department shall continue to submit quarterly Border Security Status reports and data on the deportation of parents of U.S.-born children semiannually, as in prior years."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Directorate for Management
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Anti-Vax Censorship on Social Media: Limiting or Lifesaving?
From the Document: "Freedom of speech is arguably the most valued right granted in the American constitution, but how should it be limited in speech that potentially affects the health of communities and individuals? This controversy has recently hit the world of social media in regard to the growing number of 'anti-vax' [anti-vaccine] groups, or communities of parents concerned about the supposed dangers of vaccinating their children. As the online presence of anti-vaccine messages continues to increase--and potentially threatens the health of children and communities--the calls for limiting the reach of such messages have grown louder. Should communication asserting messages that seem to be wrong, unhelpful, or potentially harmful be censored or 'deplatformed' by private social media companies?"
University of Texas at Austin. Center for Media Engagement. Media Ethics Initiative
Trotter, Page; Stroud, Scott R.
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Digital Surveillance--CALEA [HSDL Holdings]
This Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) holdings list contains Congressional Research Service Reports focused on digital surveillance and the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Amendments to FISA [HSDL Holdings]
This Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) holdings list contains Congressional Research Service Reports focusing on amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The reports provide information on expiring FISA amendments, the effects of sunset provisions, and legislative proposals in Congress.
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Gun Control Legislation [HSDL Holdings]
This Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) holdings list offers Congressional Research Service Reports dealing with gun control legislation in the United States. Reports include gun-related statistics, federal regulation of firearms, and issues for Congress.
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Privacy: Overview of Federal Statutes Governing Wiretapping & Electronic Eavesdropping [HSDL Holdings]
This Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) holdings list contains Congressional Research Service Reports on privacy and the federal statutes governing wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping.
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
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Congressional Oversight Provisions in P.L. 116-127, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act [March 24, 2020]
From the Document: "President Donald Trump signed P.L. 116-127 (H.R. 6201), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, on March 18, 2020. The act provides supplemental appropriations for nutrition assistance programs and public health services and authorizes the Internal Revenue Service to implement tax credits for paid emergency sick leave and expanded family medical leave that the act requires certain employers to provide. In addition, the law adjusts the unemployment insurance program to waive temporarily certain eligibility requirements and provide more federal financial support to the states."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Wilhelm, Ben
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Human Capital Strategic Plan 2021-2025
From the Executive Summary: "The USCP [U.S. Capitol Police] Human Capital Strategic Plan for 2021 - 2025 (HCSP) is aligned with the Department's mission, and directly supports the Department Strategic Plan for 2021 -2025 (DSP). The HCSP focuses on hiring, developing, and retaining the high-performing workforce needed to achieve the USCP's strategic goals. The HCSP also provides Department leaders and employees with the structure to foster a workplace culture where employees are valued for their diversity of backgrounds, abilities, and ideas, and they understand their vital roles in achieving our critical mission. [...] The HCSP goals and objectives are focused on providing the USCP with customer centric, human capital management programs, policies, and activities that are effective, efficient, and agile to meet the Department's strategic direction for 2021 - 2025."
United States. Capitol Police
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District of Columbia National Guard [website]
From the Website: "Today's D.C. National Guard remains strong with more than 2,700 Soldiers and Airmen available to execute its missions. D.C. National Guard Soldiers and Airmen resides within the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia, and are proud to be from the communities in which we protect and serve. [...] The D.C. National Guard provides mission-ready personnel and units for active duty in the armed services in the time of war or national emergency. The D.C. National Guard also retains the mission as protector of the District of Columbia."
District of Columbia National Guard
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Department Strategic Plan 2021-2025
From the Executive Summary: "The United States Capitol Police (USCP) Department Strategic Plan for 2021 - 2025 (DSP) details the forward-focused goals and objectives the USCP will undertake over the next five years to meet mission demands. While the Department's mission is straightforward, 'Protect the Congress - its Members, employees, visitors, and facilities - so it can fulfill its constitutional and legislative responsibilities in a safe, secure, and open environment,' the environment in which the USCP operates is dynamic and complex. [...] There are three essential aspects to ensuring the Department's ability to respond successfully, regardless of the challenges and complexities of the situations being addressed. They are: 1) A USCP sworn and civilian workforce instilled with the necessary specialized skills, capacity, and leadership support; 2) Operational agility based on the best use of information and technology; and 3) Strong partnerships across the law enforcement community. The Department's priorities for 2021 - 2025 encompass establishing the required professional workforce and operational capacity to meet current and evolving law enforcement trends over the next five years. The DSP establishes four strategic goals and 17 objectives to serve as a roadmap for the activities and performance expectations that will guide the Department as it carries out its critical mission."
United States. Capitol Police
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CAESARS Framework Extension: An Enterprise Continuous Monitoring Technical Reference Architecture (Draft)
"This publication presents an enterprise continuous monitoring technical reference architecture that extends the framework provided by the DHS Federal Network Security CAESARS [Continuous Asset Evaluation, Situational Awareness, and Risk Scoring] architecture. This extension enables added functionality, defines each subsystem in more detail, and further leverages security automation standards. It also extends CAESARS to allow for large implementations that need a multi-tier architecture. The goal of this document is to facilitate enterprise continuous monitoring by presenting a reference architecture that enables organizations to aggregate collected data from across a diverse set of security tools, analyze that data, perform scoring, enable user queries, and provide overall situational awareness. The architecture design is focused on enabling organizations to realize this capability by leveraging their existing security tools and thus avoiding complicated and resource intensive custom tool integration efforts."
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Mell, Peter; Waltermire, David; Booth, Harold
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Civil Society Strengthening Platform Guidelines to Better Support Women and Girls Victims of Violence Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Document: "The current COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic represents a great social and economic disruption to all human beings, affecting disproportionally women and girls due to widespread pre-existing discrimination and inequalities. Every crisis creates inequalities and aggravates older ones, such as the inequalities existing against women and girls. It is necessary for states to step up their efforts and increase the measures to protect women and girls victims of violence. [...] The present guidelines are to support the national government and service providers in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Turkey to better respond to the needs of women and their children, girls' victims of violence to the effects of the lockdown measures in light of the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus. These guidelines are to be applicable also after the lockdown measures are lifted."
Women Against Violence Europe; Civil Society Strengthening Platform
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Timeline for the First Year of COVID-19
This document provides a one year timeline of significant events related to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019), starting with "Potential Patient Zero (Wuhan, China)" on November 17, 2019 and ending with "Global COVID-19 cases exceed 54 million, with more than 1.32 million deaths. New daily cases have recently spiked up the most across Europe and the U.S." on November 16, 2020. Each timeline event notes whether it is a global event, a U.S. event, or an event associated with the Department of Defense (DOD).
Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance
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Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers: Molecular Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) COVID-19 Authorized Tests [Alimetrix SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Assay]
From the Document: "This Fact Sheet informs you of the significant known and potential risks and benefits of the emergency use of a Molecular LDT [laboratory developed test] COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Authorized Test called the Alimetrix SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] RT-PCR [reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction] Assay that has been issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by FDA. The Molecular LDT COVID-19 Authorized Test is authorized for use on certain respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
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COVID-19: Crisis & Mental Health Resources
From the Webpage: "The resources and guidance listed below, from NASP [National Association of School Psychologists], the federal government, and other agencies, offer tips and suggestions for crisis and mental health teams working with children during the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak."
National Association of School Psychologists
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Further Support for Restaurants and Restaurant Workers is Needed
From the Document: "The COVID [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak caused the fastest and one of the deepest economic collapses in modern U.S. history, but the pain has not been spread equally across the economy. The restaurant industry and its workers have been hit especially hard with 2.5 million jobs lost since February-- one in four of the 10 million jobs lost in the overall economy. If the economy as a whole had suffered the same level of job losses as the restaurant industry, that would translate into 30 million jobs lost instead of the 10 million it has lost since February. More than 110,000 restaurants--about one in six--have closed permanently or long term. The situation threatens to worsen as new U.S. COVID cases exceed 1.5 million each week. [...] Restaurants are especially vulnerable because they are more likely to be small businesses. Small businesses typically lack the cash reserves and access to credit that larger businesses have, which makes going over a year with only a fraction of normal revenue untenable for many. The collapse in restaurant employment disproportionately affects women and Latinos while immigrant restaurant owners are especially vulnerable. Many small, independently owned restaurants will not survive without further relief. Americans will eventually begin to eat out again, but the question is whether the restaurants they eat in will be owned by large chains or small-business owners. Additional support for independent restaurant owners and workers is necessary."
United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
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National Child Traumatic Stress Network: COVID-19 Resources [website]
From the Website: "Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting healthy lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, and detecting, preventing and responding to infectious diseases. Overall, public health is concerned with protecting the health of entire populations. These populations can be as small as a local neighborhood, or as big as an entire country or region of the world (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020). When public health emergencies occur, there is rapidly evolving information that may be confusing and lead to feelings of anxiety. In the event of an outbreak in your community, your first concern is about how to protect and take care of yourself, your children and your family. Knowing important information about the outbreak and learning how to be prepared can reduce your stress and help calm likely anxieties. These resources will help you think about how an infectious disease outbreak or pandemic might affect your family-- both physically and emotionally--and what you can do to help your family cope in times of public health emergencies."
National Child Traumatic Stress Network
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Economic State of the Hispanic Community in America: 'Keys to Building a Better Economy After COVID-19'
From the Document: "The economic impacts of the pandemic have been devastating. More than 3 in 5 Hispanic households experienced a reduction in employment income. Due to mass job losses, many Hispanics lost access to employer-sponsored health insurance coverage. Food insecurity doubled. A larger share of Hispanics missed a rent or mortgage payment due to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. The pandemic has revealed and magnified deep fissures and inequities in American society. The crisis requires an urgent reevaluation of the economy to more fully realize the potential of all Americans, including Hispanics. In the aftermath of the pandemic recession, recovery efforts must build back an economy that better meets the needs of all 21st -century American families."
United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): Resources for Managing Stress
From the Webpage: "The coronavirus [disease 2019] (COVID-19) pandemic can take an emotional as well as a physical toll. There are strategies that can help with the stress, grief, and anxiety that many people are feeling. This section links to information and resources to support self-care, the work of providers, and community efforts." There are also resources available specifically for Health Care Workers and Responders and Employers and Community Leaders.
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (U.S.)
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Mental Health and COVID-19 Information and Resources [website]
From the Webpage: "As the number of cases of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] increases, so does the associated anxiety. For the general public, the mental health effects of COVID-19 are as essential to address as are the physical health effects. And for the one in five who already have mental health conditions - or the one in two who are at risk of developing them - we need to take personal, professional, and policy measures now to address them. To aid individuals and communities during this time, MHA [Mental Health America] has compiled a range of resources and information."
Mental Health America
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Risk Assessment and Testing Protocols for Reducing SARS-CoV-2 Transmission in K-12 Schools
From the Objective: "The purposes of this document are to 1) help school administrators to assess the risk of SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] (the virus that causes Covid-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]) in their schools, and 2) identify key considerations in developing a screening program to regularly test students and staff for the virus to support schools to open in-person more safely."
Duke University. Margolis Center for Health Policy; Rockefeller Foundation; Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Center for Health Security
Rivers, Caitlin; Silcox, Christina; Potter, Christina . . .
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Mapping Militant Organizations [website]
"This research project traces the evolution of militant organizations and the interactions that develop between them over time. Findings are presented in interactive 'maps,' which provide both (1) visual representations of how relationships among militant organizations change over time and (2) links to in-depth profiles of individual groups."
Stanford University
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Summary of Coronavirus Response and Relief Provisions
From the Document: "On Dec. 27, 2020 President Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (H.R 133) funding the federal government through Sept. 30, 2021, providing emergency coronavirus relief and authorizing other matters." This resource contains a summary of coronavirus relief provisions related to the following areas: Transportation, Connectivity, Nutrition and Financial Assistance, Health and Human Services, Education and Early Childhood, Labor, Water, Small Business, Housing and Community Development, Law Enforcement, Public Safety & Criminal Justice, Personal Protective Equipment, Disaster Assistance, and Employment Assistance.
National League of Cities
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Myths & Truths About Providing Federal Assistance to State and Local Governments
From the Document: "America's cities, towns and villages are facing strapped budgets as they used vital resources to respond to COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. Cities are the engine of the American economy, and if we want to recover and reopen as a nation, we need to get the engine running. [...] This campaign challenges common myths about local financial mismanagement and emphasizes the importance of direct federal support."
National League of Cities
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COVID-19 Recession
From the Document: "Without direct local aid, Americans will continue to fight this pandemic with both arms tied behind their backs. [...] According to a recent NLC [National League of Cities] member survey of over 900 of America's cities, towns and villages, communities are facing fiscal crises with real, lasting human impact." This document presents some of the findings of the survey.
National League of Cities
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Cities, Towns and vi llages Are Essential to America's Economic Recovery
From the Document: "Without support for local governments, municipalities may move from being part of the economic solution, to becoming a major obstacle to long-term stabilization and recovery. The negative effects of the coronavirus pandemic on local communities are severe and will continue long after this year."
National League of Cities
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2020 Menino Survey of Mayors: COVID-19 Recovery and the Future of Cities
From the Introduction: "In March of 2020, COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] upended life in American cities. It tragically claimed hundreds of thousands of lives. It devastated families, economies, jobs, and routines. [...] From the beginning, cities and mayors have had to deal with COVID-19's immediate consequences and its impact on their futures. They have had to make public health and economic decisions in an unprecedented public health and economic crisis. As part of the 2020 Menino Survey of Mayors, between June and August of 2020 we asked a nationally representative set of 130 mayors about the COVID-19 pandemic, their responses to it, and their expectations about its consequences. In this report, we outline mayors' a) responses to the global pandemic, b) perceptions of its impact, and c) expectations for the future of their cities. While COVID-19 is an ongoing health, economic, and social crisis, much of this report is forward looking. Many of the questions are about mayors' expectations for the future. Thus, given the centrality of COVID-19 and related issues to cities and mayors, much of this report can be read as a summary of mayors' views on priorities and challenges in the coming months and years as they consider urban life beyond the pandemic."
Boston University
Glick, David Matthew, 1979-; Einstein, Katherine Levine; Palmer, Maxwell . . .
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American Red Cross Updates for the COVID‐19 Environment [presentation]
In this presentation made by Mary Casey‐Lockyer, the Red Cross Disaster Health Services Program Lead for National Headquarters, topics discussed include American Red Cross updates related to the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease) environment. It includes information on the organization's mission, priorities, challenges, and lessons learned.
American Red Cross
Casey‐Lockyer, Mary
