Advanced search Help
Clear all search criteria
Only 2/3! You are seeing results from the Public Collection, not the complete Full Collection. Sign in to search everything (see eligibility).
-
U.S. Border Patrol: Nationwide Illegal Alien Apprehensions Fiscal Years 1925 - 2013
This is a chart provided by the United States Border Patrol showing the number of apprehensions each fiscal year from 1925 to 2013.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
-
U.S. Border Patrol: Southwest Border Sectors, Southwest Border Deaths By Fiscal Year [1998 - 2013]
This United States Customs and Border Protection document provides data on the Southwest Border Sector deaths from the 2013 fiscal year (October 1st through September 30th), dating back to 1998.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
-
U.S. Border Patrol: Enacted Border Patrol Program Budget by Fiscal Year [1990-2013]
This chart "Border Patrol Program Budget - FY 1990 through FY 2013" from the United States Border Patrol provides the budget amount allocated from the stated fiscal years.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
-
U.S. Border Patrol: Total Illegal Alien Apprehensions By Fiscal Year [1992-2013]
This document displays Apprehension Statistics from the U.S. Border Patrol nationwide by sector and border area for Fiscal Years 1992-2013 and 2000-2013.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
-
U.S. Border Patrol: Fiscal Year 2012 Sector Profile
This chart gives the profiles of each of the three border sectors: Coastal Border, Northern Border, and Southwest Border. The categories identified are: Agent Staffing, Apprehensions, Other Than Mexican Apprehensions, Marijuana, Cocaine, Accepted Prosecutions, Assaults, Rescues, Deaths, Accompanied Juveniles, Unaccompanied Juveniles, Total Juveniles, Total Adults, Total Apprehensions. Apprehensions are then divided into Female and Male and further information is available on the categories of seizures.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
-
Serial Murder: Pathways for Investigations
"Serial murder cases present numerous challenges and obstacles to law enforcement personnel who have the responsibility of investigating these complex cases. These cases involve multiple victims; the series may span days, months or even years; they can involve several jurisdictions; the motive involved may not be easily discerned; offender behaviors may not be consistent among all the cases; and there may be no obvious relationship between the offenders and the victims. Serial murder cases are also very rare and most law enforcement investigators do not have the same level of experience in investigating serial murder as they do with other types of crimes. Additionally, the majority of serial murder cases involve offenders who kill for sexual reasons. The crime scene dynamics in sexually motivated murders can appear very different from those of other violent crimes. The physical and particularly the sexual interactions committed by offenders against victims are unusual, tend to appear bizarre, and can be difficult to interpret (Morton & Hilts, 2008)."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Morton, Robert J.; Tillman, Jennifer M.; Gaines, Stephanie J.
-
Audit of the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services Grants and Office of Justice Programs Subgrants Awarded to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
From the Executive Description: "The U.S. Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Audit Division, has completed a follow-up audit of the Methamphetamine Initiative Grants awarded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics (MBN). In December 2005, the OIG completed an audit of the MBN's performance under COPS' Methamphetamine Grants awarded to the MBN to assist state and local law enforcement agencies in reducing the production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine. Our 2005 audit found the MBN to be in material non-compliance with the terms and conditions of the COPS Methamphetamine Initiative grant guidelines. The MBN's grant drawdowns could not be reconciled to the financial system reports or accounting records. As a result of the non-compliance, the OIG questioned $1,968,775 in grant payments received by the MBN and recommended an additional $98,127 in funds put to better use. To evaluate the actions taken by the MBN to address the recommendations from our 2005 audit, we performed this follow-up audit on the MBN's management of the 2008 and 2009 COPS' Methamphetamine grants awarded to the MBN since our original audit. We also audited the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), Bureau of Justice Assistance American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Recovery Act) subgrants awarded to the MBN."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Inspector General
-
Cost Estimates of Foodborne Illnesses
This website covers the estimated costs of foodborne illnesses to the US public health system, agriculture sectors, and consumers. "This data set includes: [1] Detailed identification of specific disease outcomes for foodborne infections caused by 15 major pathogens in the United States [2] Associated outpatient and inpatient expenditures on medical care [3] Associated lost wages [4] Estimates of individuals' willingness to pay to reduce mortality resulting from these foodborne illnesses acquired in the United States."
United States. Department of Agriculture
-
Disease Daily [website]
"The Disease Daily is created by a team of medical doctors, veterinarians, and public health professionals who believe that infectious disease news should be accessible and comprehensible to everyone. As a publication from HealthMap, The Disease Daily has access to real-time reporting of infectious disease events all over the world. While HealthMap alerts the community to the outbreaks, The Disease Daily puts those alerts into context, showing readers the impact of infectious disease on policy, economics, and community."
HealthMap
-
HealthMap [website]
"HealthMap, a team of researchers, epidemiologists and software developers at Boston Children's Hospital founded in 2006, is an established global leader in utilizing online informal sources for disease outbreak monitoring and real-time surveillance of emerging public health threats. The freely available Web site 'healthmap.org' and mobile app 'Outbreaks Near Me' deliver real-time intelligence on a broad range of emerging infectious diseases for a diverse audience including libraries, local health departments, governments, and international travelers. HealthMap brings together disparate data sources, including online news aggregators, eyewitness reports, expert-curated discussions and validated official reports, to achieve a unified and comprehensive view of the current global state of infectious diseases and their effect on human and animal health. "
HealthMap
-
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Data Mining Report for Calendar Year 2013
From Section I and Section II: "This report covers the activities of all ODNI [Office of the Director of National Intelligence] components from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. Other elements of the Intelligence Community (IC) are reporting their activities to Congress through their own departments or agencies. […] This report includes one newly-reported activity, involving an analytic technique used by ODNI's National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to narrow the pool of information within NCTC databases that analysts will assess in response to specific threat reports. As noted above, this technique does not meet all of the statutorily-defined criteria for data mining under the [Data Mining Reporting] Act."
United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
-
LLIS Innovative Practice: New Hampshire's IT Leader Program: Improving Information Sharing to Enhance Cybersecurity
"The 'Lessons Learned Information Sharing' team identifies innovative practices within the whole community and documents these practices for emergency managers to consider when developing plans and exercises. Established in 2003, New Hampshire's Information Technology (IT) Leader program aims to develop effective relationships between the New Hampshire Department of Information Technology (DoIT) and state agency partners to increase cybersecurity preparedness. DoIT uses the IT Leader program to raise cybersecurity awareness and collectively protect information assets by integrating cybersecurity into planning, operations, and business processes for state executive agencies. Through the IT Leader program, DoIT assists state agencies in responding to cyber incidents by improving the accuracy, speed, and effectiveness of information sharing on cyber threats, vulnerabilities, and incidents. By incorporating a similar IT Leader program into a cyber plan, emergency managers can address cyber threats and improve overall cyber preparedness."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
-
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS) Program Consolidation Questions & Answers 2015
This spring, the LLIS.gov [Lessons Learned Information Sharing] website will cease independent operations and will consolidate its content with the HSDL.org [Homeland Security Digital Library] and FEMA.gov [Federal Emergency Management Agency].Trend analyses, case studies on the use of FEMA preparedness grants, and links to LLIS Webinar Wednesdays will be transferring to a new Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS) page on FEMA.gov. Lessons learned and innovative practice documents as well as user-submitted content will be consolidated onto HSDL.org. This document will answer a few questions that users may have during this transition.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
-
LLIS Innovative Practice: Cybersecurity: California's Annual Cybersecurity Awareness Event
From the summary: "The 'Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS.gov)' team identifies innovative practices within the whole community and documents these practices for emergency managers to consider for incorporation when developing plans and exercises. This document provides an example of how one state is bringing together whole community partners to address training gaps and improve cybersecurity awareness through an annual event. The LLIS.gov team interviewed the State Chief Information Security Officer of California about their cybersecurity preparedness efforts--specifically their efforts to improve awareness of cybersecurity issues and threats. The State of California participates in the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Stop.Think.Connect. Campaign as a member of the DHS Cyber Awareness Coalition and is actively involved in National Cyber Security Awareness Month activities each October. In addition, the State of California also hosts an annual cybersecurity awareness event that brings together whole community partners to provide education and training on cyber issues, threats, and response tactics. The Governor's Office of Emergency Services has served on the event's Advisory Board, reinforcing the connection between cyber preparedness and emergency response."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS)
-
Domestic Preparedness BWTTX
"This After-Action Report (AAR) was produced with the help, advice, and assistance of Domestic Preparedness Biological Weapons Tabletop Exercise (BWTTX) participants from many Federal, State, and local departments and agencies. The purpose of publishing an AAR is to document effectiveness and overall exercise performance. As such, this report is tangible evidence of our Federal, State, and local Domestic Preparedness Program (DPP) partnership. It serves as a compendium of lessons learned, outlines recommended corrective actions, and provides the basis for planning future exercises. This, along with the Chemical Weapons Tabletop Exercise (CWTTX) and Chemical Weapons Full-Scale Exercise (CWFSE) AARs, will contribute to improving response, responder training, exercise and preparedness testing, and the provision of expert assistance. Exercises serve as 'final accountability' of collective preparedness. Exercise evaluation, such as this report, documents readiness and recommends plans for improvement. The DPP is committed to giving program participants an accurate analysis of the training and exercises. The Domestic Preparedness exercise series is provided under the authority and funding of the FEDERAL PROGRAM. The exercise program includes one chemical and one biological terrorism tabletop and a chemical full-scale exercise. These activities build on and reinforce the training provided to first responders and the medical community by allowing them to test their plans, procedures, and training. Program participants are encouraged to provide input relating to exercise design, conduct, and analysis to the Director, Exercise and Evaluation Division, Office for Domestic Preparedness."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office for Domestic Preparedness
-
Snapshot Review of Sexual Assault Report Files at the Four Largest U.S. Military Bases in 2013
From the executive summary: "On February 10, 2014, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, in her oversight role as Chairman of the Personnel Subcommittee of the Senate Armed Services Committee, requested the Department of Defense (DoD) provide her office with files pertaining to the investigation and adjudication of sexual assault cases, from 2009 to 2013, at the largest U.S. base for each military service. These installations are the Army's Fort Hood in Texas, Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton in California, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. On December 15, 2014, 308 days after the initial request, the Department of Defense provided 107 redacted sexual assault case files from the year 2013. Senator Gillibrand had requested 'all reports and allegations of rape, forcible sodomy, sexual assault, sex in the barracks, adultery and attempts, conspiracies, or solicitations to commit these crimes' for the last five years. Despite two separate assurances from then-Secretary of Defense Hagel directly to Senator Gillibrand that all files would expeditiously be provided, the DoD reluctantly agreed to provide just one year's worth of files after then Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Carl Levin intervened. The larger request remains unfulfilled. This refusal from the DoD to provide basic information pertaining to sexual violence and military justice to the former Personnel Subcommittee chair with oversight duties calls into question the Department's commitment to transparency and getting to the root of the problem."
Office of Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
-
IRCT Fatality Management Branch - Field Operations [presentation]
This presentation from the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services provides information on field operations for fatality management during emergency and disaster response.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Public Health Service
-
Fusion Process Technical Assistance Program Resource Center on 'LLIS.gov'
"The Fusion Process Technical Assistance Program Resource Center
(the Resource Center) serves as a secure and restricted
database for fusion process-related documents such as best
practices, plans, policies, templates, concept of operations plans,
and standard operations plans. The Resource Center is available
to appropriate state and local homeland security and law
enforcement personnel who are responsible for the development,
implementation, and/or operation of fusion centers. The
Resource Center also serves to facilitate the development of a
national network of fusion centers and to foster the sharing of
knowledge and expertise among them."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
-
Project Longevity [website]
"Project Longevity is a Community and Law Enforcement initiative to reduce serious violence in three of Connecticut's major cities: New Haven, Bridgeport, and Hartford. Project Longevity is modeled after successful efforts implemented in communities across the country. Project Longevity uses a unique combination of Community Involvement, Social Services, and Focused Policing to positively influence group dynamics. Project Longevity calls in group members across the community to receive a very important message from Law Enforcement and Community Representatives. Project Longevity's message is: (1) Group members are valued members of the community; (2) Violence will no longer be tolerated in our community and must stop; (3) We will provide support in securing a range of needed services to help you avoid engaging in criminal activity."
Project Longevity
2015?
-
AARS: Church Committee
This is the Church Committee collection of documents from the Assassination Archives and Research Center. "The Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, known as the "Church Committee" after its chairman Frank Church, conducted a wide-ranging investigation of the intelligence agencies in the post-Watergate period. The Church Committee took public and private testimony from hundreds of people, collected huge volumes of files from the FBI, CIA, NSA, IRS, and many other federal agencies, and issued 14 reports in 1975 and 1976. Since the passage of the JFK Assassination Records Collection Act in 1992, over 50,000 pages of Church Committee records have been declassified and made available to the public. These files contain testimony and information on U.S. attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, on the Church Committee's investigation of the intelligence agencies' response to the JFK assassination, and related topics. Also available is the report of the Rockefeller Commission, which preceded the Church Committee and issued a brief report on CIA activities within the U.S."
Assassination Archives and Research Center
-
President's Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues [website]
"The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues (the Bioethics Commission) is an advisory panel of the nation's leaders in medicine, science, ethics, religion, law, and engineering. The Bioethics Commission advises the President on bioethical issues arising from advances in biomedicine and related areas of science and technology. The Bioethics Commission seeks to identify and promote policies and practices that ensure scientific research, health care delivery, and technological innovation are conducted in a socially and ethically responsible manner."
United States. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues
-
Polaris: Combating Human Trafficking and Modern-Day Slavery [website]
From the About section: "Modern slavery is a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 20.9 million people around the world. And no matter where you live, chances are it's happening right down the street. From the girl forced into prostitution at a truck stop, to the man discovered in a restaurant kitchen, stripped of his passport and held against his will. Polaris, named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in the U.S., disrupts the conditions that allow human trafficking to thrive in our society. From working with government leaders to protect victims' rights, to building partnerships with the world's leading technology corporations, we spark long-term change that focuses communities on identifying, reporting and eliminating trafficking networks. Our comprehensive model puts victims at the center of all that we do - helping survivors restore their freedom, preventing more victims, and gathering the data to pursue traffickers wherever they operate. Unparalleled expertise. Relentlessness. And an innovative spirit. This is how Polaris eradicates the slavery networks that rob human beings of their lives and their independence. Freedom happens now."
Polaris Project
-
Remotely Piloted Aircraft: An Integrated Domestic Disaster Relief Plan
From the Abstract: "How should government agencies integrate remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) into emergency response plans in support of relief efforts following a major disaster? […] The Department of Defense (DOD) should coordinate with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to integrate its RPAs into incident management plans in support of domestic disaster relief efforts. Some DOD agencies have developed concepts of operations and employment for defense support of civil authorities (DSCA). Based on a presidential directive in mid-2011, FEMA is reassessing its disaster response system by rewriting its doctrine and developing a full-spectrum preparedness program. With Congress's approval of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, the FAA is not only funded, but also energized to substantially improve its efforts to integrate RPAs into the national airspace system (NAS). All these efforts present a critical window of opportunity where agencies should capitalize to integrate RPAs into the NAS, even if only temporarily. First, FEMA should integrate RPA support into its incident management systems, be familiar with their contributions, and be able to interoperate with them during a major disaster response. Furthermore, the FAA should establish RPA deconfliction procedures for immediate and temporary use in a disaster-stricken area. Finally, DOD crews should be trained to successfully complete the mission of supporting civil agencies in any domestic disaster response. These activities combine to ensure that the most capable assets are employed to effectively react to national emergencies."
Air University (U.S.). Air Command and Staff College
Totten, Lindsay
-
Fact Sheet: National Radioactive and Nuclear Materials Smuggling Response Plan
"Continued reports of nuclear and other radioactive materials out of regulatory control highlight the threat that smugglers could provide terrorists or other malicious actors the materials for a nuclear or radiological weapon. To counter this threat, the international community encourages partners to adopt a National Radioactive and Nuclear (R/N) Materials Smuggling Response Plan to define roles and responsibilities, lines of authority, and requirements for coordination in response to R/N materials smuggling incidents. Such a Plan ensures safe and effective cooperation, facilitates technical collaboration, strengthens criminal investigations, and enables prosecutions. It is flexible and scalable, activating appropriate resources for responding at the lowest practical level while providing a mechanism for requesting and delivering assistance."
United States. Department of State
-
Engineering With Nature: Alternative Techniques to Riprap Bank Stabilization
"Over the past century, the Pacific Northwest has seen a significant amount of development in the areas of agriculture, housing, urbanization and population. […] The more development this area undergoes, the more we are forced to restrict and inhibit the environment, in particular the varying and numerous waterways that surround us. While land erosion, stream migration and even flooding are natural processes, they can cause havoc when occurring near human populations. This has led to the creation of a number of measures to control or eliminate such hazards. Unfortunately, while many of these techniques solve the immediate problem, they are not always the safest or most environmentally conscious choice for the long-term. Riprap, or hard armoring, is the traditional response to controlling and minimizing erosion along shorelines or riverbanks. As demonstrated by past multiple disasters in Washington State, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has provided funding assistance for the repair to these riprap facilities. The very nature of having to repair these facilities counters the popular engineering belief that riprap is the best solution for mitigating stream bank erosion."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
-
National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center [website]
From the About Us "Who We Are" Section: "The Climate Prediction Center's (CPC) products are operational predictions of climate variability, real-time monitoring of climate and the required data bases, and assessments of the origins of major climate anomalies. The products cover time scales from a week to seasons, extending into the future as far as technically feasible, and cover the land, the ocean, and the atmosphere, extending into the stratosphere. These climate services are available for users in government, the public and private industry, both in this country and abroad. Applications include the mitigation of weather related natural disasters and uses for social and economic good in agriculture, energy, transportation, water resources, and health. Continual product improvements are supported through diagnostic research, increasing use of models, and interactions with user groups."
United States. National Weather Service; United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
-
Vermont School Safety Center [website]
"From emergency medical issues to school bus accidents to bomb threats, schools must be prepared to respond to all hazards. Being prepared means knowing what hazards you are at risk for, creating a plan to address those hazards, training on the plan, and testing the effectiveness of those plans. The Vermont School Safety Center offers best practices and recommendations on how to keep your school safe. "
Vermont Homeland Security
-
LLIS Lesson Learned: Exercise Evaluation: Designating Time for After-Action Conference Participants to Review Their Exercise Notes
"Exercise conference planners should consider allotting a session for attendees to review their exercise notes at the beginning of after-action conferences. This will help ensure that attendees are prepared to discuss their results at the conference."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
-
Emergency Communications Success During the Tennessee Floods
"When Tennessee was hit with a record flood, public safety mounted a coordinated response based on strong relationships and effective training. Two days of torrential rains reached totals of more than 19 inches in some areas.[...] Not only does the response to a flood of this enormity require significant manpower, but it also requires reliable and effective emergency communications between emergency response personnel from local, State, and Federal agencies. To achieve this, TEMA [Tennessee Emergency Management Agency] activated its existing communications plans and procedures as they managed the State Emergency Operations Center (EOC)."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Emergency Communications
Friedmann, Louis
-
LLIS Lesson Learned: Joint Information Centers: Clarifying Resource Availability
"Logistics personnel should consider performing a site survey of their joint information centers (JIC) to clarify resource availability to personnel deployed to the JIC. This will ensure that personnel can bring necessary equipment to address capability gaps at the JIC."
Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS); United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
