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Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) [website]
The FMC is an independent government agency, responsible for the regulation of shipping in the foreign trades of the United States. The Commission is engaged in foreign commerce regulations, and many other facets of the maritime industry. Their website provides access to various Commission proceedings and decisions, as well as speeches and remarks.
Federal Maritime Commission
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United States Coast Guard (USCG) [website]
This is the official website for the U.S. Coast Guard, now combined with the Department of Homeland Security. Features include links to other government websites as well as various Coast Guard links.
United States. Coast Guard
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Maritime Administration (MARAD) [website]
This Maritime Administration website provides a broad spectrum of maritime information including various programs and initiatives to ensure sufficient sealift capability and intermodal transportation infrastructure to support vital homeland and national security interests.
United States. Maritime Administration
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Maritime Security Centre-Horn of Africa (MSCHOA) [website]
"The Maritime Security Centre-Horn of Africa (MSCHOA) aims to provide a service to mariners in the Gulf of Aden, the Somali Basin and off the Horn of Africa. It is a Coordination Centre dedicated to safeguarding legitimate freedom of navigation in the light of increasing risks of pirate attack against merchant shipping in the region, in support of the UN Security Council's Resolutions (UNSCR) 1814, 1816 and 1838. Through close dialogue with shipping companies, masters and other interested parties, MSCHOA will build up a picture of vulnerable shipping in these waters and their approaches. The Centre, which is manned by military and merchant navy personnel from several countries will then coordinate with a range or military forces operating in the region (notably EU NAVFOR) to provide support and protection to mariners. There is a clear need to protect ships and their crews from illegitimate and dangerous attacks, safeguarding a key global trade route. To do this effectively, MSCHOA needs to know about merchant vessels approaching, transiting or operating in the region. This website offers ship owners, ships Masters and agents the facility to register their details securely with MSCHOA, update positions of their vessels and receive information and guidance designed to reduce the risk of pirate attacks."
European Union
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Federal Emergency Management Agency: Hurricanes [website]
This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) webpage provides general information about hurricanes as well as information about hurricane preparedness and response and the assistance provided by FEMA.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Central Pacific Hurricane Center [website]
From the Website: "The Central Pacific Hurricane Center (CPHC) issues tropical cyclone warnings, watches, advisories, discussions, and statements for all tropical cyclones in the Central Pacific from 140 Degrees West Longitude to the International Dateline. The season officially begins on June 1 and ends on November 30. However, tropical cyclones can occur at any time. The National Weather Service Forecast Office in Honolulu activates the CPHC when: (1) a tropical cyclone moves into the Central Pacific from the Eastern Pacific, (2) a tropical cyclone forms in the Central Pacific, or (3) a tropical cyclone moves into the Central Pacific from the West."
United States. National Weather Service
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HURREVAC [Website]
"HURREVAC stands for HURRicane EVACuation program on a computer. The program was developed by Sea Island Software, Inc. beginning in 1988, in response to a need for computer based management of data produced by various federal Hurricane Evacuation Studies. These studies were produced for discrete regions of the country (usually a state, or in the case of Florida, a portion of a state). The purpose of the studies, and of HURREVAC, is to assist government emergency managers in making decisions for their states/communities when under a hurricane threat. […] HURREVAC tracks hurricanes on computer plot maps using information from the National Hurricane Center (National Weather Service, NOAA) and does its job of estimating when various evacuation decisions should be made, using data from the federal hurricane evacuation study for the area."
HURREVAC
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NASA: Hurricanes/Tropical Cyclones [website]
This is a webpage of the National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) which provides the latest information (images and data) on hurricanes and tropical cyclones.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Hurricane Center [website]
A service of the National Weather Service, this website provides up-to-date storm information and imagery, as well as hurricane preparedness information.
United States. National Weather Service
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FEMA Flood Map Service Center [website]
The FEMA Map Service Center is a store that makes various flood maps available to homeowners/renters, real estate/flood determination agents, insurance agents, engineers/surveyors, and federal/exempt customers. Maps are searchable by product type (public flood map, digital flood data), and users can locate a particular flood map product by using the interactive map interface, or by using the address or a pair of latitude-longitude coordinates.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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FEMA's ArcGIS Online [website]
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Aeronautical Reconnaissance Coverage Geographic Information System (ArcGIS) features applications and links to the following webpages: FEMA Geospatial Resource Center, FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), FEMA Floodplain Management Data Hub, and FEMA Authoritative Lifeline Dashboards.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Disinformation Nation [website]
From the About page: "Disinformation Nation is an education project of the Freedom Forum Institute, a nonpartisan organization headquartered in Washington D.C., that fosters First Amendment freedoms for all. The Freedom Forum Institute carries out its work through its programs, initiatives and conferences on First Amendment freedoms; education programs about the five freedoms in the amendment; exploration and education of the intersection of religion and public life; and efforts to encourage journalistic excellence, diversity and workplace integrity in the news media."
Newseum
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National Fusion Center Association [website]
From the Webpage: "The National Fusion Center Association represents the interests of state and major urban area fusion centers, as well as associated interests of states, tribal nations, and units of local government, in order to promote the development and sustainment of fusion centers; encourage effective, ethical, and lawful intelligence and information sharing; and prevent and reduce the harmful effects of crime and terrorism on victims, individuals, and communities."
National Fusion Center Association
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Fusion Centers [website]
From the Webpage: "Fusion centers operate as state and major urban area focal points for the receipt, analysis, gathering, and sharing of threat-related information between federal; state, local, tribal, territorial (SLTT); and private sector partners."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GEOMAC) Wildland Fire Support [website]
From the Webpage: "The USGS operated the Geospatial Multi-Agency Coordination (GeoMAC) website from 2000-2020. GeoMAC was the public face of all wildland fire perimeters. That site was shut down on April 30, 2020 and responsibility for wildfire information was transferred to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC). The GeoMAC mapping application at 'geomac.gov' has been replaced by the National Fire Situational Awareness Mapping Site Data previously at 'rmgsc.cr.usgs.gov/outgoing/GeoMAC/' is now at Wildland Fire Open Data The REST services at 'wildfire.cr.usgs.gov/ArcGIS/rest/services' are now at Wildland Fire Open Data"
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Department of the Interior
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: Wildfires
From the Webpage: "The NIEHS [National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences] Worker Training Program (WTP) and its awardees have provided resources and training in support of wildfire response operations in the United States. The following resources are aimed at protecting the health and safety of those responding to wildfires. For a list of resources applicable to a variety of natural and man-made disasters, please visit our All-Hazards Resources [hyperlink] page."
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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U.S. Army Public Health Command: Hurricane and Typhoon Preparedness and Response [website]
This site contains extensive resources and links regarding hospitals, clinicians, evacuation centers, food safety and environmental issues related to hurricanes and typhoons.
U.S. Army Public Health Command
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Austin Regional Intelligence Center (ARIC) [website]
From the website's "About" section: "The Austin Regional Intelligence Center (ARIC) is a collaborative effort of public safety agencies in Travis, Williamson, and Hays Counties. The center, which is managed by the Austin Police Department, has been in operation since December 15, 2010 with a four part focus: [1] Serial crime - serial criminal incidents (serial robbers or sex offenders) [2] Organized Criminal activity - narcotics smuggling or human trafficking [3] Terrorist activity - criminal activity based on behaviors [4] Information sharing - effective communication with other public safety partners. ARIC is a recognized Fusion Center by the Department of Homeland Security. The mission of ARIC is to maximize the region's ability to detect, prevent, apprehend, and respond to criminal/terrorist activity. ARIC focuses on regional public safety data analysis and timely dissemination of actionable intelligence across multiple law enforcement jurisdictions and private sector businesses responsible for the area's critical infrastructure and key resources. The recent (July 2011) inclusion of the Austin Fire Department highlights the center's dedication and commitment to establishing an ongoing collaborative information sharing environment for all public safety first responders in the Austin Urban Area (AUA)."
Austin (Tex.)
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Migration and Border Security: The Military's Role
"In the United States, law enforcement and diplomatic instruments lead the migration and border security effort. The DHS's U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the principal federal law enforcement agency charged with enforcing agriculture, trade, drug and immigration regulations. They operate in all three border environments -- land, sea, and air -- within North America and internationally with cooperating governments. This effort is complemented by the U.S. Department of State's (DoS) 'Border Security Program.' Through proactive efforts in its embassies and consulates, DoS has improved information sharing, connectivity, and training to identify and prevent foreigners bent on doing harm from acquiring travel documents allowing them legal entry to the United States.5 The military's mission to defend U.S. borders from aggressors is principally accomplished through terrorist deterrence, detection, and interdiction before they reach the United States. However, events since 9/11 have led to the deployment of military forces to temporarily supplement and complement the CBP. Such was the case immediately following 9/11, when 1600 National Guard troops were federalized for duty on our northern and southern borders. Again, in 2004 following the intelligence community's assessment of a heightened threat along the northern border between Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, active duty and reserve component forces were deployed along those borders in the execution of Operation Winter Freeze. That augmentation took place between the federal election day and the presidential inauguration."
Army War College (U.S.). Center for Strategic Leadership
Griffard, Bernard F.; Tussing, Bert B.
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Creating the Future: Visioning, Alignment and Change in the Serbian Armed Forces
"In 1939, when he became the U.S. Army's 15th Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall realized that he was operating on a different level as he prepared the Army for possible entry into World War II. He was now a strategic leader and strategic leadership was different. In guiding the evolution of the poorly equipped 174,000 man Army of 1939 to the 8.3 million man well-led, modern Army of 1945; General Marshall demonstrated the three critical skills of a strategic leader: the ability to create the future by providing the vision for long-term focus; managing the intricate processes necessary for change; and, building the teams and consensus required to accomplish the desired endstate. Today, in the States of the former Yugoslavia, national security teams are wrestling with the challenges of parallel political and military transformations. With the dissolution of the Yugoslav National Army (JNA), military leadership and planning skills were dispersed among six sovereign entities. As a group, these countries have opted to align their futures with the West and the European Community. Whether NATO members, candidate members, or Partnership for Peace (PfP) participants, they have actively sought assistance with strategic planning and professional military education."
Army War College (U.S.). Center for Strategic Leadership
Griffard, Bernard F.; Shufelt, James W.
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Executive Order 11438: Prescribing Procedures Governing Interdepartmental Cash Awards to the Members of the Armed Forces
"Any suggestion, invention, or scientific achievement by a member of the armed forces that contributes to the efficiency, economy, or other improvement of operations of the Government of the United States through its adoption or use by an executive department or agency other than the executive department having jurisdiction over the armed force of the member concerned mat be the basis for honorary recognition or a cash award by the Secretary of Transportation in the case of a member of the Coast Guard when it is not operating as a service in the Navy or by the Secretary of Defense in the case of any other member of the armed forces."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
1968-12-03
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Protection and Defense of the Population Against Bacterial Weapons
This document describes the injurious properties of bacterial weapons, on the basis of an analysis of material published in the foreign press. Focus is given to characteristic methods and means of protecting the population against bacteria.
United States. Office of Naval Intelligence
Tyrkova, Ye; Bezdenezhnykh, I.
1968-10-09
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Model of Technological Capacity to Support Survivors of Nuclear Attack
"The paper presents a linear programming model of production activities of the US economy after nuclear attack. The model has many alternative combinations of agricultural production for meeting specific nutritive element requirements of the population and one production process for each nonagricultural output. The processes for nonagricultural output are those of the 1958 Interindustry Model of the US Office of Business Economics; the agricultural activities draw on many other sources of data. Rows of the model generally state that the cumulative product of variables and their coefficients must be less than or equal to either zero or some stipulated capacity. In the former case the typical row states that inputs required minus production of the item must not be greater than zero. In the latter case the requirements refer to capacities, which cannot be produced in a static model, and total requirements must not exceed the stipulated capacity remaining after the nuclear attack."
United States. Office of Civil Defense
Sobin, Bernard
1968-09
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Executive Order 11423: Providing for the Performance of Certain Functions Heretofore Performed by the President with Respect to Certain Facilities Constructed and Maintained on the Borders of the United States
This executive order establishes functions performed by the President with respect to certain facilities constructed and maintained on the borders of the United States. "Except with respect to facilities covered by Executive Orders No. 10485 and No.10580, the Secretary of State is hereby designated and empowered to receive all applications for permits for the construction, connection, operation, or maintenance, at the borders of the United States, of: (i) pipelines, conveyor belts, and similar facilities for the exportation or importation of petroleum, petroleum products, coal, minerals, or other products to or from a foreign country"
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
1968-08-16
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Effects of Vehicular Operation on Contaminated Slushy Roads
"The objective of this project (WU3213B) was to develop and test radiological countermeasures that are applicable to post-nuclear-attack recovery operations. The specific objective of this phase of the project was to determine the effects of vehicular traffic on displacing fallout on bare roads and on packed-snow-covered roads, the build-up of activity on vehicle surfaces, and the variation of subsequent roadway decontamination effectiveness along the path of decontamination effort. Due to weather conditions that developed at the time of both tests, the roads were covered with slush. For vehicular traffic over a radioactively contaminated slushy road and subsequent roadway decontamination, the following conclusions were established: 1. Exposure rates to operating personnel of vehicles were significantly increased due to vehicular contamination. 2. Vehicles required decontamination following operation. 3.The decontamination efforts conducted on slushy roads were much less effective than those conducted during warm or cold dry weather."
United States. Office of Civil Defense
Maloney, Joseph C.
1968-07
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Fire Control Notes (Vol.29 No.3)
This is the July 1968 edition (Volume 29, No.3) of Fire Control Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.
United States. Forest Service
1968-07
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Public Law 90-351: Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968: An Act to Assist State and Local Governments in Reducing the Incidence of Crime, to Increase the Effectiveness, Fairness, and Coordination of Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Systems at All Levels of Government, and for Other Purposes
"Congress finds that the high incidence of crime in the United States threatens the peace, security, and general welfare of the Nation and its citizens. To prevent crime and to insure the greater safety of the people, law' enforcement efforts must be better coordinated, intensified, and made more effective at all levels of government. Congress finds further that crime is essentially a local problem that must be dealt with by State and local governments if it is to be controlled effectively. It is therefore the declared policy of the Congress to assist State and local governments in strengthening and improving law enforcement at every level by national assistance. It is the purpose of this title to (1) encourage States and units of general local government to prepare and adopt comprehensive plans based upon their evaluation of State and local problems of law enforcement; (2) authorize grants to States and units of local government in order to improve and strengthen law enforcement; and (3) encourage research and development directed toward the improvement of law enforcement and the development of new methods for the prevention and reduction of crime and the detection and apprehension of criminals."
United States. Government Printing Office
1968-06-19
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National Security Action Memorandum 370: Nuclear Weapons Deployment Authorization for FY 1969 and FY 1970
National Security Action Memorandum (NSAM) 370 addressed Department of Defense nuclear weapons dispersal authorization requests for FY 1969 and FY 19709. NSAM 370 was originally a Top Secret directive and most of the text has been blacked out in this unclassified version. In general, it originally provided quotas for dispersal amounts within the U.S., outside the U.S., and in support to NATO forces.
United States. White House Office
1968-06-11
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Final Report: Damage to the Basic Chemical Industry from Nuclear Attack and Resulting Requirements for Repair and Reclamation
"The continued survival of the population after a nuclear attack is closely related to the economic and technological recovery of the country. The basic elements of survival during the recovery period are dependent on the capability of a number of basic industries to survive or, at least, recover quickly 1ron the effects of the attack. Since chemicals are used in almost all phases of material production and product manufacture, the chemical industry will have an especially important role in post attack recovery. In recognition of the importance of the basic chemical industry in the post attack period, the Office of Civil Defense and Stanford Research Institute have funded the present study to examine damage to the industry following nuclear attack."
United States. Office of Civil Defense
Foget, Carl R.; Staackmann, Milton; Van Horn, William H.
1968-06
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Air Force Role in Five Crises, 1958-1965: Lebanon, Taiwan, Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic [excised]
"The year 1968 saw aircraft dispatched to the eastern Mediterranean in support of the landing of U.S. troops in Lebanon and then across the Pacific during the Taiwan crisis. Two years later USAF transports deployed to assist a United Nations (U.N) force which undertook to restore order in the Congo. The discovery in 1962 that Soviet missiles were emplaced in Cuba triggered a major crisis during which the Air Force initiated an extensive force deployment within the United States and ordered its worldwide tactical and strategic units on war alert. Finally, in 1965 the Air Force supported deployment of an airborne force that had the mission of preventing the Dominican Republic from becoming another Cuba. In each crisis, the Air Force role differed somewhat. The 1958 Lebanon episode drew upon the service's fighter and transport strength, as did the Taiwan crisis that year, which challenged certain USAF assumptions regarding the use of nuclear weapons to halt aggression. During the Congo operation […] the Air Force role was limited to providing air transportation. In contrast, the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba led to a direct confrontation between the United States and Russia, which called into play USAF tactical and strategic forces […]. Strategic power, however, had little direct influence during the Dominican turmoil, where once again the Air Force made its contribution by transporting men and supplies. Despite these differences, there are some generalizations that can be drawn from the five separate crises. These are discussed in the final chapter."
United States. Air Force
Nalty, Bernard C.
1968-06
