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Local Capacity Building Support Catalog: Training, Toolkits, Technical Assistance for Local Governments
From the Document: "The Local Capacity Building Support Catalog contains resources useful to local governments recovering from severe disasters. It is a compilation of ongoing trainings, toolkits, and technical assistance offered by over 40 federal and state departments, professional and trade associations, and national non-profit organizations. Most offerings are free or low cost. The Catalogs purpose is to help local governments address knowledge and capacity gaps in disciplines necessary for long-term recovery. Local Governments should see the Catalog as a buffet of offerings that can be used to address their self-identified needs."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Responding to Potentially Violent Situations
From the Document: "Head Start and child care programs need to know how to prepare for and respond to a variety of emergency situations, including potentially violent ones. Programs should develop and implement a written plan that describes the practices and procedures to use if faced with a threat of violence. The Emergency Preparedness Manual for Early Childhood Programs has tools and guidance to help programs create or revise plans for responding to these types of emergencies."
National Center on Early Childhood Health and Wellness
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Restoring a Sense of Well-Being in Children After a Disaster
From the Document: "Children are often exposed both directly and indirectly to the effects of disasters. While some will live in close proximity to an area or community directly impacted by disaster, many others will learn about it through the media or from their parents or friends. It is important for parents, caregivers, and professionals to answer children's questions and reassure them about their safety."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Community Emergency Response Team Train-the-Trainer PowerPoint Slides
These PowerPoint slides support the 'Community Emergency Response Team [CERT] Train-the-Trainer Instructor Guide'. From the Webpage: "The PowerPoint slides can be used by instructors of CERT Train-the-Trainer classes. Each slide contains the key points of each Train-the-Trainer unit, as well as images. These slides are available in both PDF and PowerPoint format. Users may edit the PowerPoint files to best suit their local CERT classes' training needs."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; Community Emergency Response Team (U.S.)
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Canada-U.S. Enhanced Resiliency Experiment Series (CAUSE V) After Action Report
From the Executive Summary: "The Beyond the Border (BTB) Action Plan, released in 2011, outlined joint priorities and specific initiatives for cross-border collaboration between Canada and the United States (U.S.). This partnership is focused on enhancing the coordination of multi-agency emergency management (EM) responses during binational disasters. In order to enhance cross-border Emergency Manager (EM) capabilities, interoperability and situational awareness (SA), Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) Centre for Security Science (CSS), Public Safety (PS) Canada and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) have collaborated to design the Canada-U.S. Enhanced (CAUSE) Resiliency experiment series. This series used a scenario-based approach to simulate the use of interoperable and emerging technologies during cross-border emergencies. In November 2017, the fifth experiment in the series, CAUSE V, took place in British Columbia (BC), Canada and the state of Washington (WA), U.S. This experiment provided an opportunity to test and explore a suite of emerging technologies and applications to support an interoperable cross-border response to simulated flooding and lahar flows. The objectives of this experiment were to test emerging technologies and the use of digital volunteers in supporting interoperable communications and information sharing between cross-border EM organizations."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; Canada
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Police Foundation [website]
"Every citizen has a stake in the success of American policing. The police are the crucial link in the nation's system of crime control and the local agency of government on duty 24 hours a day to protect lives, homes, and property. Everywhere in the nation, police can be the catalyst for community crime prevention efforts. The purpose of the Police Foundation is to help the police be more effective in doing their job, whether it be deterring robberies, intervening in potentially injurious family disputes, or working to improve relationships between the police and the communities they serve. To accomplish our mission, we work closely with police officers and police agencies across the country, and it is in their hard work and contributions that our accomplishments are rooted."
Police Foundation (U.S.)
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Peer-Reviewed Research on Climate Change by USDA Authors January 2017--August 2019
This document is a compilation of "Peer-Reviewed Research on Climate Change" by United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) authors written between January 2017 and August 2019. Each resource listed includes the citation, appropriate research tags, and the document abstract. According to the document, the following research tags are included: Forestry, Weather, Soil, Water, Crops, Livestock, Wildlife, Emissions, Energy, Grassland, Economics and Research.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
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Search and Rescue Operations in California During Flooding: January to March, 1995
This report is part of a series of reports on technical rescue incidents across the United States. Technical rescue has become increasingly recognized as an important element in integrated emergency response. Technical rescue generally includes the following rescue disciplines: confined space rescue, rope rescue, trench/collapse rescue, ice/water rescue, and agricultural and industrial rescue. The intent of these reports is to share information about recent technical rescue incidents with rescuers across the country. The investigation reports, such as this one, provide' detailed information about the magnitude and nature of the incidents themselves; how the response to the incidents was carried out and managed; the impact of these incidents on emergency responders and the emergency response systems in the community; and the lessons learned. The U.S. Fire Administration greatly appreciates the cooperation and information it has received from the fire service, county and state officials, and other emergency responders while preparing these reports.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Achieving Information Dominance: Seven Imperatives for Success, Topcial Area: C4ISR and Space
"The importance of C4ISR (command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) as a key enabler for warfighting success has long been recognized. What has been less clear is a means for U.S.-led joint and coalition forces to achieve C4ISR dominance. Understanding not just the operational needs and the technical requirements -- but also the functional capabilities required to achieve this goal -- can hasten the day when C4ISR dominance for United States military forces is more than a futuristic goal. We address a critical issue -- how does the technical community achieve this goal? The overarching thesis of this paper is that in order to achieve C4ISR dominance, the technical community should neither chase means to overcome extant enemy operational capabilities nor attempt to push systems to the operational forces based solely on available technology. Rather, it should build to a discrete set of functional capabilities to achieve this C4ISR dominance. This paper identifies seven functional imperatives to achieve this C4ISR dominance over an adversary. We conclude that what has remained timeless from the days of Sun Tzu to today's conflicts are the universal needs of warfighters to have the right information, at the right place, at the right time."
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego (U.S.)
Galdorisi, George, 1948-; Kaye, Tom
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Strengthening Employee Conduct: The Value of Ethics Training and a Written Code of Ethics for the Fire Service
"Palm Beach County Fire-Rescue (PBCFR) recognized that the diversity of its workforce could engender different feelings about ethical conduct. PBCFR also recognized that everyone must be held to the same ethical standards. Evaluative research was used to assess whether ethics training and a written code of ethics would strengthen ethical conduct of employees at PBCFR. The literature review examined what measures have been taken to strengthen ethical conduct of employees in the private sector, the public sector, and in the fire service. Ethics terminology and theory were defined to give the reader a framework to better understand the concepts discussed in the literature review. A survey was conducted to determine PBCFR employee understanding of ethics. The literature review identified a written code of ethics and ethics training as a significant means of stregthening employee ethical conduct in both private and public sector. The literature review revealed that the ethical conduct of employees at fire departments that have adopted ethics training and a code of ethics were also strengthened; however, the review also revealed the fire service has been slow to recognize the benefits of such training. This research suggested PBCFR could strengthen employee ethical conduct if a written code of ethics and ethics training were adopted."
National Fire Academy
Howes, Christopher T.
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FEMA Fact Sheet: Task Force for Emergency Readiness
This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) fact sheet provides information on the Task Force for Emergency Readiness (TFER) pilot program. It also presents the organization, duration and evaluation of TFER. "The TFER initiative centers on the creation and employment of a dedicated planning team, which will be formed around a set of highly-skilled planners with strong backgrounds in state or regional catastrophic preparedness planning, National Guard civil-military support operations, and Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA). The goal of the pilot is to assess the viability of the initiative to strengthen integrated state and federal planning [...]"
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Building Trust Between the Police and the Citizens They Serve: An Internal Affairs Promising Practices Guide for Local Law Enforcement
"Building and maintaining community trust is the cornerstone of successful policing and law enforcement. The building and maintenance of trust takes a great deal of continuous effort. Unfortunately, the ethical work of thousands of local law enforcement officers is easily undone by the actions of one unethical officer. Often, the indictment of one seems like an indictment of all. Once misconduct occurs, the Internal Affairs function of the law enforcement agency becomes the primary method of reassuring the community that the police can and will aggressively address and resolve unethical behavior. In short, the integrity of the police will always dictate the level of community trust. […]This guide attempts to place Internal Affairs in its proper context--not as a stand-alone activity, but as one component of a systemic, agency-wide, professional standards effort. After discussion of some of the other components necessary in the community trust continuum-hiring, training, rewarding excellent performance--the guide focuses on building an effective Internal Affairs approach for any size or type of agency. The guidelines for the Internal Affairs function address every aspect, from complaint processing to decision-making, discipline, notification, and community transparency."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
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Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress [Updated March 11, 2020]
From the Introduction: "This report provides background information and potential oversight issues for Congress on the Coast Guard's programs for procuring 8 National Security Cutters (NSCs), 25 Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs), and 58 Fast Response Cutters (FRCs). The Coast Guard's proposed FY2021 budget requests a total of $597 million in procurement funding for the NSC, OPC, and FRC programs. The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Coast Guard's funding requests and acquisition strategies for the NSC, OPC, and FRC programs. Congress's decisions on these three programs could substantially affect Coast Guard capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
O'Rourke, Ronald
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Coronavirus Spreads Through Africa [map]
From the Website: "'The coronavirus pandemic has spread rapidly since it arrived in Africa. This time series analysis tracks the logarithmic dissemination of COVID-19 across the continent.'"
National Defense University. Africa Center for Strategic Studies
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United States Flag: Federal Law Relating to Display and Associated Questions [January 24, 2011]
"This report presents, verbatim, the United States 'Flag Code' as found in Title 4 of the United States Code and the section of Title 36 which designates the Star- Spangled Banner as the national anthem and provides instructions on how to display the flag during its rendition. The 'Flag Code' includes instruction and rules on such topics as the pledge of allegiance, display and use of the flag by civilians, time and occasions for display, position and manner of display, and how to show respect for the flag. The 'Code' also grants to the President the authority to modify the rules governing the flag. The report also addresses several of the frequently asked questions concerning the flag. The subject matter of these questions includes the pledge of allegiance and the court decisions concerning it, the nature of the codifications of customs concerning the flag in the 'Flag Code,' display of the flag 24 hours a day, flying the flag in bad weather, flying the flag at half-staff, ornaments on the flag, destruction of worn flags, display of the U.S. flag with flags of other nations or of States, commercial use of the flag, size and proportion of the flag, and restrictions upon display of the flag by real estate associations."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Luckey, John R.
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U.S. Department of State: International Religious Freedom Report [website]
This webpage contains all annual reports of the U.S. Department of State's International Religious Freedom project. From the U.S. Department of State website: "The annual Report to Congress on International Religious Freedom -- the International Religious Freedom Report -- describes the status of religious freedom in every country. The report covers government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world. The U.S. Department of State submits the reports in accordance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998." Users can access individual Country Reports and various Appendices to be downloaded separately.
United States. Department of State. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
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Evaluation of Alleged AUO Misuse at U.S. Border Patrol Headquarters (OSC File No. DI-14-1093)
From the Document: "USBP [U.S. Border Protection] Headquarters did not have sufficient AUO [Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime] documentation to allow us to specifically identify a violation of law, rule, or regulation. However, many of the tasks that agents performed during AUO hours appear to have been administratively controllable."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
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FY 2021 Budget in Brief
From the Funding Priorities: "The FY 2021 President's Budget for DHS provides $49.8 billion in net discretionary funding. An additional $5.1 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund (DRF) is requested for response and recovery to major disasters. The FY 2021 President's Budget strengthens the security of our Nation through border security, immigration enforcement, and cybersecurity, as well as ensures resilience to disasters."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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USS Thresher Interim Release 8
This unclassified document was released in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the "Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry Convened at U. S. Naval Submarine Base New London Groton, Connecticut and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Order of Commander in Chief U. S. Atlantic Fleet To Inquire into the Circumstances of the Loss at Sea of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) Which Occurred on 10 April 1963, Ordered on 10 April 1963."
United States. Department of the Navy
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 30, 2021: Anxiety-Related Adverse Event Clusters After Janssen COVID-19 Vaccination -- Five U.S. Mass Vaccination Sites, April 2021
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This early release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Anxiety-Related Adverse Event Clusters After Janssen COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Vaccination -- Five U.S. Mass Vaccination Sites, April 2021." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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COVID-19 Binational Dashboard
This resource is sponsored by DHS' Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office and hosted by the Cross-Border Threat Screening and Supply Chain Defense Center of Excellence. It contains information on the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) positivity rate and a summary of cases (confirmed, deaths, and tests) for the U.S. and Mexico.
Texas A&M University
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USS Thresher Interim Release 4, Part 1
This unclassified document was released in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the "Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry Convened at U. S. Naval Submarine Base New London Groton, Connecticut and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Order of Commander in Chief U. S. Atlantic Fleet To Inquire into the Circumstances of the Loss at Sea of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) Which Occurred on 10 April 1963, Ordered on 10 April 1963."
United States. Department of the Navy
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USS Thresher Interim Release 2
This unclassified document was released in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the "Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry Convened at U. S. Naval Submarine Base New London Groton, Connecticut and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Order of Commander in Chief U. S. Atlantic Fleet To Inquire into the Circumstances of the Loss at Sea of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) Which Occurred on 10 April 1963, Ordered on 10 April 1963."
United States. Department of the Navy
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USS Thresher Interim Release 6, Part 2
This unclassified reference document on "Sea-Based Airborne Antisubmarine Warfare 1940-1977, Volume III Appendices," was released in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) regarding the 1963 loss at sea of the USS Thresher.
United States. Department of the Navy; R. F. Cross Associates, Ltd.
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Solving the Climate Crisis: Building a Vibrant and Just Clean Energy Environment, Hearing Before the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, July 28, 2020
This is the July 28, 2020 hearing on "Solving the Climate Crisis: Building a Vibrant and Just Clean Energy Environment," held before the U.S. House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis. From the opening statement of Kathy Castor: "America is reeling from a number of interrelated and severe crises that I believe can be solved through transformational action and leadership. [...] Congress must rise to the occasion. We must tackle the climate crisis while heeding the calls for racial justice, protecting the health of our families, and helping our neighbors get back to work. And we can rebuild our economy in a resilient way that reduces greenhouse gas pollution and protects the air that we breathe. We have a moral obligation to solve the climate crisis and build back better for decades to come. [...] Today, we will discuss how to build a vibrant clean energy economy, one that centers environmental justice at its core. We will hear about ways to grow our manufacturing base and create well-paying jobs by modernizing our grid. And we will discuss initiatives to revive our economy while reducing pollution and creating more resilient communities." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Ana Baptista, Jason Walsh, Michael Shellenberger, and Beth Soholt.
United States. Government Publishing Office
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USS Thresher Interim Release 1
This unclassified document was released in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the "Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry Convened at U. S. Naval Submarine Base New London Groton, Connecticut and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Order of Commander in Chief U. S. Atlantic Fleet To Inquire into the Circumstances of the Loss at Sea of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) Which Occurred on 10 April 1963, Ordered on 10 April 1963."
United States. Department of the Navy
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USS Thresher Interim Release 7
This unclassified document was released in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the "Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry Convened at U.S. Naval Submarine Base New London Groton, Connecticut and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Order of Commander in Chief U.S. Atlantic Fleet To Inquire into the Circumstances of the Loss at Sea of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) Which Occurred on 10 April 1963, Ordered on 10 April 1963."
United States. Department of the Navy
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USS Thresher Interim Release 4, Part 2
This unclassified document was released in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the "Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry Convened at U. S. Naval Submarine Base New London Groton, Connecticut and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Order of Commander in Chief U. S. Atlantic Fleet To Inquire into the Circumstances of the Loss at Sea of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) Which Occurred on 10 April 1963, Ordered on 10 April 1963."
United States. Department of the Navy
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USS Thresher Interim Release 3
This unclassified document was released in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) on the "Proceedings of a Court of Inquiry Convened at U. S. Naval Submarine Base New London Groton, Connecticut and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Portsmouth, New Hampshire by Order of Commander in Chief U. S. Atlantic Fleet To Inquire into the Circumstances of the Loss at Sea of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) Which Occurred on 10 April 1963, Ordered on 10 April 1963."
United States. Department of the Navy
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Efforts to Address Seasonal Agricultural Import Competition in the NAFTA Renegotiation [ December 7, 2017]
"The United States has initiated renegotiations of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) with Canada and Mexico. Among the Administration's agriculture-related objectives in the renegotiation is a proposal to establish new rules for seasonal and perishable products, such as fruits and vegetables, which would establish a separate domestic industry provision for perishable and seasonal products in anti-dumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) proceedings. This could protect certain U.S. seasonal fruit and vegetable products by making it easier to initiate trade remedy cases against (mostly Mexican) exports to the United States and responds to complaints by some fruit and vegetable producers, mostly in Southeastern U.S. states, who claim to be adversely affected by import competition from Mexico."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Johnson, Renée
