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• Port Security Grant Program - Award Comparison by Port Area [table]

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  This table contains a listing of the security grant funds awarded to port areas throughout the United States. It compares the amounts awarded in FY06 and FY07, and also provides the sum awarded between FY02-07. The table was also published as part of a larger report released by the Department of Homeland Security, entitled "Overview: FY 2007 Infrastructure Protection Program Final Awards."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05-10
• Transportation Sector-Specific Plan: Aviation Model Annex

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  "The comprehensive increase in measures to enhance aviation security following September 11, 2001, led to significant improvements in existing security processes, operations, and technologies in each area of the aviation transportation system. These efforts led to the current security posture of a multilayered, scalable, and flexible aviation security system that is responsive to varying threat levels as well as to the entire range of identified threats. This has effectively reduced vulnerabilities within the aviation transportation system. However, the ever-changing aviation threat environment continues to challenge the Federal Government and private industry to implement additional effective and efficient security measures. As directed by the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), the Transportation Sector- Specific Plan (TSSP) represents the combined planning contributions of the sector's security partners to develop a system wide approach to reducing the security risks within and across the transportation modes. The aviation mode's security partners include the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Transportation Security Administration (TSA), the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), airlines, the Department of Defense (DoD) airports, flight crews, air cargo industry members, State and local law enforcement, and passengers."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05
• Transportation Sector-Specific Plan: Highway Infrastructure and Motor Carrier Modal Annex

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  "The Highway Infrastructure and Motor Carrier Modal Annex to the Transportation Sector Specific Plan (TSSP) describes how transportation sector goals and objectives will be achieved to protect the highway transportation system. These assets include, but are not limited to, signature bridges, major tunnels, operations and management centers, trucks carrying hazardous materials (HAZMAT), other commercial freight vehicles, Motorcoaches, school buses, and key intermodal freight transfer facilities. All of these components help create what is referred to as the Highway Transportation System. While the in-vehicle and highway facilities infrastructure optimizing the movement of people, services, and cargo through the Highway Transportation System are robust, some are essential in facilitating Federal and State services to maintain the health of the public, economic vitality, telecommunications, electricity, and other essential services. Even temporary debilitation of a bridge or tunnel could result in regional shutdowns, diversions, or costly repairs with potentially severe results. Security of the highway transportation system is a shared responsibility among Federal, state, and local governments and private stakeholders. Measures to secure the assets of the Highway Transportation System must be implemented in a way that balances cost, efficiency, and preservation of commerce in this Nation. The Highway Infrastructure and Motor Carrier Annex will require periodic updates to reflect current conditions, enhanced strategies, new programs, and Government Coordinating Council (GCC)/Sector Coordinating Council (SCC) scope of planning for the following year. Federal, State, local and tribal government agencies, along with private stakeholders, will lead the national effort to maintain the capability to move freely and facilitate interstate commerce in all conditions. Vehicles that use the highways are potential targets and weapons that terrorists or criminals could use to attack critical infrastructure or other assets."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05
• Transportation Sector-Specific Plan: Maritime Modal Annex

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  "Salt water covers more than two-thirds of the earth's surface. These waters comprise an immense maritime domain, a continuous body of water that is the earth's greatest defining geographic feature. Ships that ply the maritime domain are the primary mode of transportation for world trade, carrying more than 80 percent of the world's trade by volume. United States maritime trade is integral to the global economy, representing more than 20 percent of global maritime trade. Through the Maritime Transportation System (MTS), the maritime mode is the primary transportation mode providing connectivity between the U.S. and global economies; 99 percent of overseas trade by volume enters or leaves the U.S. by ship. The MTS enables the U.S. to project military presence across the globe, creates jobs that support local economies, and provides a source of recreation for all Americans. The Nation's economic and military security are fundamentally linked to the health and functionality of the MTS. The security of the MTS is paramount to protecting the Nation and its economy, but it presents daunting and unique challenges to managers of the Maritime Mode. Security of the MTS is intrinsically linked to the security of the maritime domain which contains critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) from many of the other critical infrastructure sectors and Transportation Sector modes. Providing for the security of the MTS depends upon understanding the diverse array of activities in the maritime domain through the transparency of all sector and transportation modal infrastructure and security activities."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05
• Transportation Sector-Specific Plan: Pipeline Modal Annex

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  "Each day, thousands of businesses and millions of people rely on the safe, secure, and efficient movement of commodities through the transportation system. Manmade or natural disruptions to this critical system could result in significant harm to the social and economic well-being of the country. The Nation's pipeline system is a mode of transportation with unique infrastructure security characteristics and requirements. As required by Executive Order 13416, the Pipeline Modal Annex implements the Transportation Sector Specific Plan (TSSP) and was developed to ensure the security and resiliency of the pipeline sector. The vision of this plan is to ensure that the pipeline sector is secure, resilient, and able to quickly detect physical and cyber intrusion or attack, mitigate the adverse consequences of an incident, and quickly restore pipeline service. The core of the plan is a pipeline system relative risk assessment and prioritization methodology. This methodology provides a logical prioritization process to systematically list, analyze and sort pipeline systems and critical pipeline components within those pipeline systems. By prioritization, security resources can be effectively used to manage risk mitigation in order to protect critical pipelines from terrorist threats. The methodology is based on the Transportation Sector Systems-Based Risk Management (SBRM) methodology, which is in turn based on the Risk Management Framework presented in the NIPP."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05
• Transportation Sector-Specific Plan: Freight Rail Modal Annex

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  "The fundamental challenge to securing the freight rail network is to protect against a constantly changing, unpredictable threat environment without impeding the continuous movement and free flow of commerce. While there is no specific threat or intelligence points to freight rail transportation, the potential exists for using the freight rail system as a target for terrorism or as a delivery system for a weapon of mass effect. The efficient operation of our critical interstate freight rail network requires a uniform nationwide approach to railroad security. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will continue to work with its private sector, and Federal, State, and local partners to achieve the transportation sector goals outlined in this document. The freight rail mode will continue to apply the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) risk management framework for developing programs and initiatives to enhance the protection of Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CI/KR). As outlined in chapter 1 of the Transportation Sector-Specific Plan (TSSP), the transportation sector identified three goals to help achieve the sector vision of a "secure, resilient and efficient transportation network." The freight rail mode will focus on these goals when identifying key assets and will evaluate consequence, vulnerability, and threat information to adequately assess risks facing the system. Initial security gaps have been identified, and security programs have been developed and implemented to mitigate these risks. The government continuously evaluates security gaps in freight rail, as in all modes. Mitigation strategies are updated as gaps are identified."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05
• Water: Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Sector-Specific Plan as input to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan

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  "There are approximately 160,000 public drinking water utilities and more than 16,000 wastewater utilities in the United States. About 84 percent of the U.S. population receives its potable water from these drinking water utilities and more than 75 percent has its sanitary sewage treated by these wastewater utilities. The drinking water and wastewater sector (Water Sector) is vulnerable to a variety of attacks, including contamination with deadly agents and physical and cyber attacks. If these attacks were to occur, the result could be large numbers of illnesses or casualties or denial of service that would also affect public health and economic vitality. Critical services such as firefighting and health care (hospitals), and other dependent and interdependent sectors such as energy, transportation, and food and agriculture, would suffer negative impacts from a denial of Water Sector service. In collaboration with the entire sector, a broad-based strategy to address security needs is being implemented. This work includes providing support to utilities by preparing vulnerability assessment and emergency response tools, providing technical and financial assistance, and exchanging information. Each section of the Water Sector-Specific Plan (SSP), as defined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its 2006 Sector-Specific Plan Guidance, is described below. This section of the SSP provides an overview of the Water Sector. Each drinking water or wastewater utility is considered an asset that comprises many components. The discussion includes an explanation of the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) relationships, as the Sector-Specific Agency (SSA), with the private sector, State and local agencies, other Federal departments and agencies, and the public; a description of the relevant Water Sector authorities; a summary of its vision and goals; and explanation of its value proposition."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05
• DHS Policy for Internal Information Exchange and Sharing

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  "In order to promote a united, Department-wide information-sharing environment, it is critical that each DHS component gives the highest priority to the sharing of potential terrorism, homeland security, law enforcement, and related information.' DHS personnel must have timely access to all relevant information they need to successfully perform their duties. Therefore, absent any legal prohibitions as set forth by the Department's General Counsel, information shall be shared within DHS whenever the requesting officer or employee has an authorized purpose for accessing the information in the performance of his or her duties: possesses the requisite security clearance, and assures adequate safeguarding and protection of the information. Furthermore, all DHS components are considered part of one 'agency' for purposes of the Privacy Act 5 U.S.C. 8 552a(a)(l), (b)(l). No DHS component should consider another DHS component to be a separate agency for information-sharing purposes."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  Chertoff, Michael, 1953-

  2007-02-01
• Agriculture and Food: Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Sector-Specific Plan as Input to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan

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  "Protecting the Nation's agriculture and food critical infrastructure and key resources (CI/KR) is an important responsibility shared by Federal, State, local, and tribal governments and private industry. Because of the open nature of many portions of the Food and Agriculture Sector, attacks against the Nation by using food or agricultural infrastructure or resources as weapons could have a devastating impact on public health and the economy. Traditional physical security practices alone cannot protect the sector. A protection plan for food and agriculture infrastructure and resources must focus on planning and preparedness, as well as early awareness of an attack. Science-based surveillance measures are essential to recognizing a possible attack on the sector so that rapid response and recovery efforts can be implemented to mitigate the impact of an attack. A protection plan must also be coordinated closely with response and recovery plans. The National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) provides the unifying structure for the integration of existing and future CI/ KR protection efforts into a single national program. The cornerstone of the NIPP is its risk management framework. Risk, in the context of the NIPP, is defined as the potential for loss, damage, or disruption to the Nation's CI/KR resulting from destruction, incapacitation, or exploitation during some future manmade or naturally occurring event. The framework applies to the general threat environment, as well as to specific threats or incident situations."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05
• Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate Strategic Plan, May 2007

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  "The S&T Directorate's mission is to improve homeland security by providing to our customers, the operating components of DHS and state, local, tribal and territorial emergency responders and officials, state-of-the-art technology that helps them accomplish their missions. A recent review of strategy and technology requirements resulted in a shift in the Directorate's focus to a new strategic approach. This new approach, reflected in a realigned organization and research portfolio management strategy, will allow us to better identify, enable, and transition new capabilities to our customers to better protect the nation. To that end, the S&T Directorate develops and manages an integrated program of science and technology, from basic research through technology product transition. The managers of this program are predominantly active scientists and engineers in the technical disciplines relevant to Homeland Security. They are guided by a risk-diverse, multi-tiered investment strategy based primarily on the stated needs of our customers balanced with emerging technology opportunities. The programmatic priorities outlined in this Plan are the result of a process that is largely driven and led by our customers. The majority of the S&T Directorate's investment will favor lower-risk projects dedicated to addressing a customer-defined capability need within three years. About 10 percent of the S&T investment will be targeted towards higher risk innovative prototypical demonstrations, which, if successful, will place advanced technology in the operating components hands much more quickly than the incremental improvements typical of most acquisition programs."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05
• Privacy Impact Assessment for the TSA Claims Management System

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  "Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has created the Claims Management System (CMS). The TSA Claims Management Office (CMO) investigates and adjudicates Federal tort claims filed against TSA. The CMO developed the CMS as the primary tool for the CMO to receive, investigate, and adjudicate Federal tort claims against the Transportation Security Administration. This PIA covers all claims submission processes."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  Panuzio, Nicholas

  2007-02-05
• California High-Speed Passenger Rail: Project Estimates Could Be Improved to Better Inform Future Decisions, Report to Congressional Requesters

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  From the Highlights: "The planned 520-mile California high-speed rail project, which would link San Francisco to Los Angeles, would be designed to operate at speeds up to 220 miles per hour. At an estimated cost of $68.4 billion (in year-of-expenditure dollars), it is expected to be one of the most expensive transportation projects undertaken in the United States. The Authority is responsible for implementing the project and federal funding is being provided from the FRA's [Federal Railroad Administration] High-Speed Intercity Passenger Rail program. GAO [Government Accountability Office] reviewed (1) the reliability of project cost estimates, (2) the reasonableness of revenue and passenger rail ridership forecasts, (3) the risks attendant with the project's funding plan, and (4) the comprehensiveness with which the project's economic impacts were identified. GAO obtained documents from and conducted interviews with federal officials and officials from the Authority related to cost, financing, ridership and revenue modeling and estimation, and business plans and analyses related to potential economic impacts. GAO also interviewed state and local officials as well as the project's peer review group members. […] To produce reliable cost estimates, FRA should improve its guidance so it is in line with the best practices in GAO's 'Cost Guide.' The Department of Transportation did not agree or disagree with the recommendation but said, with further analysis, applying the 'Cost Guide' would be feasible. The Authority said it will incorporate many of the report's findings into future cost and ridership estimates."

  United States. Government Accountability Office

  2013-03
• Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome (PACS) in Adults

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  From the Introduction: "Public Health Ontario (PHO) is actively monitoring, reviewing and assessing relevant information related to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). This rapid review concentrates on results from systematic reviews and meta-analyses, updating the evidence on the prevalence of PACS [post-acute COVID-19 syndrome], PACS symptoms by organ system and risk factors for developing PACS. The update includes more meta-analyses and primary research with larger sample sizes and includes a new section reporting on the impacts of PACS on daily living. This rapid review replaces 'Persistent Symptoms and Post-Acute COVID-19 in Adults - What We Know So Far' (April 9, 2021)."

  Public Health Ontario

  2022-04
• Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People Experiencing Homelessness, Virtual Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, Second Session, February 2, 2022

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  This is the February 2, 2022 hearing on "Housing America: Addressing Challenges in Serving People Experiencing Homelessness," held before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance of the Committee on Financial Services. From the opening statement of Emanuel Cleaver: "Homelessness in the United States is an unnecessary and worsening crisis. According to HUD [United States Department of Housing and Urban Development], between 2016 and 2020, homelessness increased in the richest nation on the planet by 6 percent, with more than 580,000 people, including children, experiencing homelessness in January of 2020. The significant economic instability brought by COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], and reports of crises from homeless service providers on the front lines have only heightened concerns about conditions facing homeless and at-risk populations. In every congressional district in the country, homeless service providers have worked tirelessly to benefit those communities. It is without question that these service providers are heroes and that the work they do saves American lives."

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2022
• Hacked Off: Helping Law Enforcement Protect Private Financial Information, Field Hearing Before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, June 29, 2011

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  From the opening statement of Douglas Hammac: "It has become unfortunately far too common for law enforcement to encounter evidence of electronic crimes such as fraud, embezzlement, and even espionage. Without specialized training and resources, these cases would certainly be impossible for local and State agencies to investigate and prosecute due to the anonymity of the Internet. Without question, electronic and financial crimes are the fastest growing crime trends in the United States and throughout the globe." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Douglas Hammac, Randall Hillman, Alvin T. Smith, and Gary Warner.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2011
• Examining Law Enforcement Use of Cell Phone Tracking Devices, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Information Technology of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, First Session, October 21, 2015

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  This is the October 21, 2015 hearing on "Examining Law Enforcement Use of Cell Phone Tracking Devices," held House of Representatives Subcommittee on Information Technology of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. From the opening statement of Will Hurd: "Today's hearing has a narrow but very important focus, Federal law enforcement agencies' use of cell site simulator devices, otherwise known as IMSI-catchers or stingrays. Today's hearing also touches on fundamental questions of privacy that we have grappled with since the founding of this country. When and how, can or should the government use technology to locate people? What notice or information, if any, must people be given about the technology used to locate them? To what extent must the government take into account the rights of innocent people who may be swept into a law enforcement dragnet? And how can we protect our civil liberties and defend the homeland at the same time? These are essential questions. Today's hearing won't give us a definitive answer to all these questions, but I hope that representatives from DHS, and DOJ, will be able to shed light on some of them and that this conversation will begin to reveal answers on others. Tracking a person's movements for an extended period of time can reveal almost anything and everything about them. What establishments they frequent, whether or not they are church goers, who their friends are, and their day-to-day hobbies. Geolocation is more than a record of where you are or were, it's a window into who we are." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Elana Tyrangiel and Seth Stodder.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2016
• S. Rept. 117-100: Homeland Security for Children Act, Report to Accompany H.R. 4426, April 27, 2022

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  From the Purpose and Summary: "H.R. 4426, the Homeland Security for Children Act, would ensure the needs of children are adequately incorporated in the planning of each Department of Homeland Security (DHS) office and component, including by consulting with organizations, including nonprofit groups, international organizations, and experts representing the needs of children. The bill also would require the Administrator of FEMA to appoint a technical expert on incorporating the needs of children into activities to prepare for and respond to disasters. Finally, H.R. 4426 would require DHS to provide an annual report to Congress for five years on the Department's activities under this bill."

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2022
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 3992, Bill to Allow Otherwise Eligible Israeli Nationals to Receive E-2 Nonimmigrant Visas If Similarly Situated United States Nationals Are Eligible for Similar Nonimmigrant Status in Israel

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  This is a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate for H.R. 2606. "H.R. 3992 would permit nationals of Israel to enter the United States temporarily under the E-2 visa program if Israel extends reciprocal treatment to U.S. nationals. Enacting H.R. 3992 would affect direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that the net effects would be insignificant for each year and over the 2012-2022 period. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2012-03-07
• Long COVID and the Labor Market

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  From the Document: "The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates [hyperlink] that between February 2020 and September 2021 nearly 147 million Americans contracted COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], with a little over 100 million of those cases presenting in working-age adults. 'Multiple studies--including recent 'analysis' from researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles--have found that roughly 30 percent of those infected with COVID-19 experience some long COVID symptoms, again with no correlation to severity of the initial illness.' A January report [hyperlink] from the Brookings Institution pulls this all together, concluding that roughly 30 million working-age Americans have likely experienced long COVID, and further points to multiple studies finding that between 23-28 percent of long COVID patients reported being out of work because of their symptoms. 'All told, the report concludes that between 1.04-1.26 million people could be out of work at any given point because of long COVID.' [...] 'Given the uncertainty around long COVID, it's hard to make any emphatic claims, but it is likely that persistent long COVID is having an impact on labor market participation, and potentially a large one.'"

  American Action Forum

  Holt, Christopher

  2022-04-22
• Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 883, A Bill to Authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to Establish a Memorial on Federal Land in the District of Columbia to Honor Free Persons and Slaves Who Fought for Independence, Liberty, and Justice for All During the American Revolution

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  This is a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) cost estimate for H.R. 3523. "S. 883 would authorize a nonprofit organization to establish a commemorative work honoring African-American Revolutionary War soldiers and others. The bill would affect direct spending; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. However, CBO estimates that the net effect on the budget of enacting the legislation would be insignificant in any year."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2011-12-16
• Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2021

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  From the Summary: "The United States faces daunting economic and budgetary challenges. The economy has struggled to recover from the recent recession, which was triggered by a large decline in house prices and a financial crisis--events unlike anything this country has seen since the Great Depression. During the recovery, the pace of growth in the nation's output has been anemic compared with that during most other recoveries since World War II, and the unemployment rate has remained quite high. For the federal government, the sharply lower revenues and elevated spending deriving from the financial turmoil and severe drop in economic activity--combined with the costs of various policies implemented in response to those conditions and an imbalance between revenues and spending that predated the recession--have caused budget deficits to surge in the past two years. The deficits of $1.4 trillion in 2009 and $1.3 trillion in 2010 are, when measured as a share of gross domestic product (GDP), the largest since 1945--representing 10.0 percent and 8.9 percent of the nation's output, respectively. For 2011, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projects that if current laws remain unchanged, the federal budget will show a deficit of close to $1.5 trillion, or 9.8 percent of GDP (see Summary Table 1). The deficits in CBO's baseline projections drop markedly over the next few years as a share of output and average 3.1 percent of GDP from 2014 to 2021. Those projections, however, are based on the assumption that tax and spending policies unfold as specified in current law. Consequently, they understate the budget deficits that would occur if many policies currently in place were continued, rather than allowed to expire as scheduled under current law."

  United States. Congressional Budget Office

  2011-01
• Naturalizations in the United States: 2006

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  "Naturalization is the process by which U.S. citizenship is conferred upon a foreign citizen or national after he or she fulfills the requirements established by Congress in the Immigration and Nationality Act. After naturalization, foreign-born citizens enjoy the same benefits, rights and responsibilities that the Constitution gives to native born U.S. citizens, such as the right to vote. They can also apply for a U.S. passport to travel overseas and receive U.S. government protection and assistance when abroad. This Office of Immigration Statistics Annual Flow Report presents information on the number and characteristics of foreign nationals aged 18 years and over who were naturalized during 2006."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  Simanski, John

  2007-05
• DHS Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards, Interim Final Rule

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  "This rule establishes risk-based performance standards for the security of our Nation's chemical facilities. It requires covered chemical facilities to prepare Security Vulnerability Assessments (SVAs), which identify facility security vulnerabilities, and to develop and implement Site Security Plans (SSPs), which include measures that satisfy the identified risk-based performance standards. It also allows certain covered chemical facilities, in specified circumstances, to submit Alternate Security Programs (ASPs) in lieu of an SVA, SSP, or both."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007
• Transportation Systems: Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Sector-Specific Plan as input to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan

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  "The Transportation Systems Sector - a sector that comprises all modes of transportation (Aviation, Maritime, Mass Transit, Highway, Freight Rail, and Pipeline) - is a vast, open, interdependent networked system that moves millions of passengers and millions of tons of goods. The transportation network is critical to the Nation's way of life and economic vitality. Ensuring its security is the mission charged to all sector partners, including government (Federal, State, regional, local, and tribal) and private industry stakeholders. Every day, the transportation network connects cities, manufacturers, and retailers, moving large volumes of goods and individuals through a complex network of approximately 4 million miles of roads and highways, more than 100,000 miles of rail, 600,000 bridges, more than 300 tunnels and numerous sea ports, 2 million miles of pipeline, 500,000 train stations, and 500 public-use airports. The sector's security risks are evident by attacks either using or against the global transportation network, including not only the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, but also more recent attacks on transportation targets such as the 2005 London bombings, the coordinated attack on four commuter trains in Madrid in 2004, and the 2006 plot uncovered in the United Kingdom targeting airlines bound for the United States. These recent attacks are a sobering reminder that the transportation system remains an attractive target for terrorists post-September 11. Hurricane Katrina and other disasters (natural and industrial) also highlight the risk to the sector that is not directly related to terrorism. Taken together, the risk from terrorism and other hazards demands a coordinated approach involving all sector stakeholders."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-05
• National Incident Management System Upgrade version 1 [Draft]

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  The Department of Homeland Security released Version 1 of the Draft National Incident Management System (NIMS) Upgrade on February 1, 2007 and opened it for nationwide review and comment until February 19, 2007. "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is coordinating a comprehensive review of the National Response Plan (NRP) and National Incident Management System (NIMS) to assess their effectiveness and identify improvements. The review process, which includes participation from all levels of stakeholders, commenced in October 2006 and is scheduled to be concluded by June 1, 2007. The NIMS is a key element in the national framework for domestic incident management. It provides a nationwide template that enables Federal, State, local and tribal governments, the private-sector and non-governmental organizations to work together efficiently and effectively to manage the consequences of domestic incidents, regardless of cause, size, location, or complexity, in order to reduce the loss of life and property."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-02-01
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Volume I: HSEEP Overview and Exercise Program Management [Revised February 2007]

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  "Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Volume I was initially published in 2002 and provided an overview of the exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning process as well as doctrine for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) exercises. Subsequent volumes (II-IV) provided more detailed descriptions of the planning and evaluation process as well as sample exercise materials. Since the initial versions of the HSEEP volumes were published, the homeland security community has experienced numerous changes, including the building of a new and cohesive Federal agency and the release and adoption of the National Response Plan (NRP), National Incident Management System (NIMS), National Preparedness Goal, Universal Task List (UTL), and Target Capabilities List (TCL). This 2007 release of the HSEEP volumes represents an exercise policy and program reflective of these changes. The following changes have been made: The volumes have been made more user-friendly and concise; new policies have been incorporated (e.g., NIMS, NRP, National Preparedness Goal, UTL, TCL); references to DHS-specific doctrinal or grant-related requirements, such as the need for terrorism-related scenarios, have been eliminated; comments from the Federal Interagency, as well as several State and local stakeholders, have been incorporated so the HSEEP Policy and Guidance is more applicable to all exercises, regardless of scope, scale, scenario, or sponsoring agency; and the order of Volumes II and III has been reversed to follow the natural progression of exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. The purpose of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) is to provide common exercise policy and program guidance that constitutes a national standard for exercises. HSEEP includes consistent terminology that can be used by all exercise planners, regardless of the nature and composition of their sponsoring agency or organization. The volumes also provide tools to help exercise managers plan, conduct, and evaluate exercises to improve overall preparedness. HSEEP Volume I: HSEEP Overview and Exercise Program Management provides guidance for building and maintaining an effective exercise program and summarizes the planning and evaluation process described in further detail in Volumes II through V."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-02
• Cybersecurity in Medical Devices: Quality System Considerations and Content of Premarket Submissions Draft Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff: Draft Guidance

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  From the Introduction: "With the increasing integration of wireless, Internet- and network- connected capabilities, portable media (e.g., USB [universal serial bus] or CD [compact disc]), and the frequent electronic exchange of medical device related health information, the need for robust cybersecurity controls to ensure medical device safety and effectiveness has become more important. In addition, cybersecurity threats to the healthcare sector have become more frequent and more severe, carrying increased potential for clinical impact. Cybersecurity incidents have rendered medical devices and hospital networks inoperable, disrupting the delivery of patient care across healthcare facilities in the U.S. and globally. Such cyber attacks and exploits may lead to patient harm as a result of clinical hazards, such as delay in diagnoses and/or treatment."

  United States. Food and Drug Administration

  2022-04-08
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Volume II: Exercise Planning and Conduct [Revised February 2007]

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  "Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Volume I was initially published in 2002 and provided an overview of the exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning process as well as doctrine for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) exercises. Subsequent volumes (II-IV) provided more detailed descriptions of the planning and evaluation process as well as sample exercise materials. Since the initial versions of the HSEEP volumes were published, the homeland security community has experienced numerous changes, including the building of a new and cohesive Federal agency and the release and adoption of the National Response Plan (NRP), National Incident Management System (NIMS), National Preparedness Goal, Universal Task List (UTL), and Target Capabilities List (TCL). This 2007 release of the HSEEP volumes represents an exercise policy and program reflective of these changes. The following changes have been made: The volumes have been made more user-friendly and concise; new policies have been incorporated (e.g., NIMS, NRP, National Preparedness Goal, UTL, TCL); references to DHS-specific doctrinal or grant-related requirements, such as the need for terrorism-related scenarios, have been eliminated; comments from the Federal Interagency, as well as several State and local stakeholders, have been incorporated so the HSEEP Policy and Guidance is more applicable to all exercises, regardless of scope, scale, scenario, or sponsoring agency; and the order of Volumes II and III has been reversed to follow the natural progression of exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. It is important to note that the fundamentals of the exercise design, development, planning, evaluation, and improvement planning methodologies have not changed with these volume revisions. Developing and implementing comprehensive exercise policies is a continually evolving process. As strategies, policies, and plans evolve, future revisions will be issued. The purpose of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) is to provide common exercise policy and program guidance that constitutes a national standard for exercises. HSEEP includes consistent terminology that can be used by all exercise planners, regardless of the nature and composition of their sponsoring agency or organization. The volumes also provide tools to help exercise managers plan, conduct, and evaluate exercises to improve overall preparedness. HSEEP Volume II: Exercise Planning and Conduct helps planners outline a standardized foundation, design, development, and conduct process adaptable to any type of exercise."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-02
• Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Volume III: Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning [Revised February 2007]

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  "Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) Volume I was initially published in 2002 and provided an overview of the exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning process as well as doctrine for U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) exercises. Subsequent volumes (II-IV) provided more detailed descriptions of the planning and evaluation process as well as sample exercise materials. Since the initial versions of the HSEEP volumes were published, the homeland security community has experienced numerous changes, including the building of a new and cohesive Federal agency and the release and adoption of the National Response Plan (NRP), National Incident Management System (NIMS), National Preparedness Goal, Universal Task List (UTL), and Target Capabilities List (TCL). This 2007 release of the HSEEP volumes represents an exercise policy and program reflective of these changes. The following changes have been made: The volumes have been made more user-friendly and concise; new policies have been incorporated (e.g., NIMS, NRP, National Preparedness Goal, UTL, TCL); references to DHS-specific doctrinal or grant-related requirements, such as the need for terrorism-related scenarios, have been eliminated; comments from the Federal Interagency, as well as several State and local stakeholders, have been incorporated so the HSEEP Policy and Guidance is more applicable to all exercises, regardless of scope, scale, scenario, or sponsoring agency; and the order of Volumes II and III has been reversed to follow the natural progression of exercise design, development, conduct, evaluation, and improvement planning. It is important to note that the fundamentals of the exercise design, development, planning, evaluation, and improvement planning methodologies have not changed with these volume revisions. Developing and implementing comprehensive exercise policies is a continually evolving process. As strategies, policies, and plans evolve, future revisions will be issued. The purpose of the Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP) is to provide common exercise policy and program guidance that constitutes a national standard for exercises. HSEEP includes consistent terminology that can be used by all exercise planners, regardless of the nature and composition of their sponsoring agency or organization. The volumes also provide tools to help exercise managers plan, conduct, and evaluate exercises to improve overall preparedness. HSEEP Volume III: Exercise Evaluation and Improvement Planning offers proven methodology for evaluating and documenting exercises and implementing an Improvement Plan (IP)."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-02
• Report of the Future of Terrorism Task Force

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  "A Future of Terrorism Task Force comprised of members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council was tasked to address the following: assess future threats to the United States over the next five years; strategically fine-tune departmental structure and processes to meet those threats, and; recommend how to better engage and prepared the American public for present and future challenges. The task force has consulted with key subject matter experts, from the public and private sectors, both domestic and international. Briefings and discussions with these experts yielded a range of findings on trends and best practices, garnered through their experiences as they address challenges specific to their jurisdictions. It was not within the purview of the task force to undertake an exhaustive and in-depth examination of particular threats and the sources from which they emanate. Further, we cannot forecast the nature of the next attack, or when and where it may occur. Nonetheless, based upon our work over the past five months, members believe that there is every indication that the number and magnitude of attacks on the United States, its interests and its allies will likely increase. Like crime or disease, terrorism should be conceived as a chronic problem requiring a sustained and patient strategy, with ever evolving tactics."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security

  2007-01-25