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Determining Privileges of Mobile Agents
This paper describes a method for controlling the behavior of mobile agent-system entities through the allocation of privileges. Privileges refer to policy rules that govern the access and use of computational resources and services by mobile agents. Our method is based on extending the platform processing environment, using the capabilities present in most mobile agent systems, and applying two forms of privilege management certificates: attribute certificates and policy certificates. Privilege management certificates are digitally signed objects that allow various policy-setting principals to govern the activities of mobile agents through selective privilege assignment. The approach overcomes a number of problems in existing agent systems and provides a means for attaining improved interoperability of agent systems designed and implemented independently by different manufacturers. The paper also describes applying the scheme to Java-based agent systems.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Jansen, Wayne A.
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Intrusion Detection with Mobile Agents
Implementing an effective intrusion detection capability is an elusive goal, not solved easily or with a single mechanism. However, some argue that mobile agent technology goes a long way toward realizing the ideal behavior desired in an Intrusion Detection System (IDS). This paper discusses various ways in which mobile agents could be applied to the problem of detecting and responding to intrusions. This paper looks not only at the benefits derived from mobility, but also at those associated with software agents in general. After exploring these benefits, the paper outlines a number of ways to apply mobile agent technology in addressing the shortcomings of current IDS designs and implementations, and delineate the associated security issues involved. It also looks at several new approaches for automated responses to an intrusion, once detected.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
Jansen, Wayne A.
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Information Warfare: New Roles for Information Systems in Military Operations
In the past decade we have witnessed phenomenal growth in the capabilities of information management systems. National security implications of these capabilities are only now beginning to be understood by national leadership. Information warfare (IW) is one of the new concepts receiving a great deal of attention inside the Washington DC beltway; in some circles IW is even touted as the cornerstone of future US military doctrine. There is no doubt IW is a concept the modern military officer should be familiar with, for advancements in computer technology have significant potential to dramatically change the face of military command and control. Information warfare theory has tremendous political, technical, operational and legal implications for the military. This article seeks to define IW for the layman and discuss its potential applications. It will also attempt to identify potential military uses of existing information systems technology and address some of the issues facing those who will be responsible for implementing this new doctrine.
Air University (U.S.). Press
Crawford, George A.
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Schumer Homeland Security Report: One Year Later: Is the Federal Government Doing Enough to Make New York Safer? Grading the Federal Homeland Security Effort in New York and the Nation
This report grades the performance of Border/Port Security, Aviation Security, Northern Border Security, Nuclear Plant Security, Immigration, Water Supply Security, Cyber Security, and Combating Terrorism one year after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
United States. Congress. Senate
Schumer, Charles E.
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Strategic Plan (NUREG 1614)
This strategic plan goes over various safety issues in reference to Nuclear Reactors, Materials, and Waste, as well as International Nuclear Safety Support.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Emergency Preparedness: Guidance and General Information
This document is a conglomeration of resources providing general information and guidance relating to emergency preparedness. Included in this collection is information relating to the Homeland Security Advisory System, emergency notification numbers, Occupant Emergency Program, the management of buildings and grounds, frequently asked questions about the federal government's terrorism warnings, a terrorism fact sheet, a sample crisis management plan, funding guidelines for the purchase of emergency supplies, and a guide to help citizens learn what to do before, during and after an emergency as well as how to create an emergency plan for the family and prepare an emergency supply kit.
United States. Department of Justice
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Weed and Seed Topical Publication Series: Weed and Seed Strategy
In 1991, the U.S. Department of Justice established Operation Weed and Seed--a community-based multiagency approach to law enforcement, crime prevention, and neighborhood restoration. The goals of Weed and Seed are to control violent crime, drug trafficking, and drug-related crime in targeted high-crime neighborhoods and provide a safe environment free of crime and drug use for residents. The Weed and Seed strategy brings together federal, state, and local crime-fighting agencies, social service providers, representatives of the public and private sectors, prosecutors, business owners, and neighborhood residents under the shared goal of weeding out violent crime and gang activity while seeding in social services and economic revitalization. The Weed and Seed strategy is a two-pronged approach to crime control and prevention: law enforcement agencies and prosecutors cooperate in "weeding out" criminals from the target area "seeding" brings prevention, intervention, treatment, and neighborhood revitalization services to the area. Four fundamental principles underlie the Weed and Seed strategy. These include collaboration, coordination, community participation, and leveraging resources. These principles set Weed and Seed apart from traditional approaches of the past and are key to the success of the strategy at the neighborhood level. Weed and Seed is a comprehensive response to crime and neighborhood deterioration. Therefore, the strategy is a multilevel strategic plan that includes four basic components: law enforcement, community policing prevention, intervention and treatment, neighborhood restoration. Key elements of the plan include a steering committee and a strategic plan.
United States. Executive Office for Weed and Seed
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FY 2001: Justice for America: Annual Report to Congress on Initiatives Funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance
This document provides an overview of the year in section 1. that includes the following topics: ensuring America's safety, meeting the needs of those who protect us, and building an integrated justice system. The Fiscal Year 2001 programs in section 2. address gun violence, terrorism, violence in rural america, hate crimes, methamphetamine investigation and cleanup, and money laundering. As an overview, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) was established to help America's communities develop strategies to reduce victimization and restore a sense of security to our neighborhoods, workplaces, and schools. BJA provides funding and technical assistance to aid the diligent and often unsung work of criminal justice practitioners fighting crime, terrorism, and drug use at the state and local levels. BJA supports justice information sharing through the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) Information Technology (IT) Initiative, which coordinates the efforts of OJP bureaus and offices to facilitate improved communication and information sharing at all
levels of government and across all disciplines of the justice
system. In FY 2001, BJA worked with its federal, state, and local
partners through the initiative to pursue projects in five strategic
areas: leadership and guidance, infrastructure and governance,
standards, privacy and information quality, and architecture
(http://it.ojp.gov). The State and Local Anti-Terrorism Training (SLATT) Program, for example, provides training in the detection, investigation, and prosecution of extremist criminal activity, including activity inspired by international events.
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance
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Principles and Promises: BJA's Plan for the Future
"Principles and Promises: BJA's [Bureau of Justice Assistance] Plan for the Future," contains two main sections called Principles and Promises and Policy Initiatives. Under Principles and Promises, the Bureau of Justice Assistance proposes to "examine its guidance and policies and eliminate any requirements that go beyond our programs' governing statutes or any requirements that are not needed to ensure fiscal responsibility and measure results." In addition, BJA will help its grantees find ways to meet their needs by providing clear and unrestrictive guidance about the purpose areas for each of our funding sources, work to add more flexibility to how grant funds can be spent by reexamining the purpose areas for each of our funding sources and making recommendations to Congress, and examine the existing rules and requirements and eliminate what is not needed. BJA will also provide their grantees with tools to make their jobs easier. Further plans include: examining its reporting requirements to ensure that they serve necessary purposes, finding solutions that will make reporting simpler, and planning strategically to ensure that we provide the assistance our partners want and need.
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance
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Detailed and General Facts About Chemical Agents: TG (Technical Guide) 218
"The fact sheets contained in this Technical Guide are intended to provide summary information on 24 chemical warfare materials related to Chemical Stockpile and Non-Stockpile activities. In essence, they are a brief abstract of data contained in Material Safety Data Sheets and other technical references relevant to these substances. The information on each chemical is presented in two formats. Each substance has a Detailed Fact Sheet containing more pertinent scientific data for person with some technical expertise. In addition, each chemical also has a General Fact Sheet that is less technical in its presentation and is intended to provide information to individuals without a scientific background."
U.S. Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine
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Consideration of Potassium Iodide in Emergency Planning
"The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has revised a section of its emergency preparedness regulations. The revised rule requires that States with population within the 10-mile emergency planning zone of commercial nuclear power plants consider including potassium iodide (KI) as a protective measure for the general public to supplement sheltering and evacuation in the unlikely event of a severe nuclear power plant accident. Potassium iodide is a salt, similar to table salt. Its chemical symbol is KI. It is routinely added to table salt to make it “iodized.” Potassium iodide, if taken in time and at the appropriate dosage, blocks the thyroid gland's uptake of radioactive iodine and thus would prevent thyroid cancers and other diseases that might otherwise be caused by exposure to radioactive iodine that could be dispersed in a severe nuclear accident."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Self-Contained Underground Shelters for Pre-Positioned Deployment for Defense Against NBC Warfare
Paraboloid fiberglass self-contained underground shelters can be pre-positioned in the field to allow personnel to operate in an NBC environment. These self-contained egg-shaped shelters are almost fully assembled and equipped with a life support system including an NBC detection system, air filtration systems, light, toilet, water tank, septic system, decontamination shower, food storage, and communications systems. Unlike conventional structures, this product is stealth, corrosion free, maintenance free, and provides radiation shielding and thermal protection. This document outlines four models that are available including a model for JIT (Just In Time) situations.
U.S. Army Soldier Systems Command
McCarthy, Walton W.
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Underground Architecture [website]
This website is part of the Library of Congress Science Reference Services. It provides a background on underground space development; basic, additional, and specified texts; conference proceedings, bibliographies; and additional sources of information.
Library of Congress. Science, Technology, and Business Division
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Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program Strategic Plan
Issues related to the transportation of hazardous materials of all types have become more heightened in recent years. This is particularly true for radioactive materials. As a high- visibility shipper of radioactive materials, the Department of Energy and its transportation activities have come under intense scrutiny from Congress, states, tribes, local governments and the public. An issue of universal concern, however, is whether adequate emergency preparedness exists at all levels of government. The Department is developing and implementing a coordinated Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program to address nationwide preparedness needs. The Program to accomplish this includes activities involving federal agencies, states, tribes, local governments, and professional organizations to develop consensus on needs and strategies. It will establish consistent policies and implementing procedures, build public and institutional confidence, and demonstrate the system's ability to respond effectively. This program only addresses unclassified/non-weapons radioactive materials shipments. This Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program Strategic Plan is designed to assure the Program's long-term goals and objectives are well-defined and easily understood. It does not provide a detailed road map to accomplish programmatic goals and objectives. Rather, it offers strategies and basic directions for courses of action. A Multi-year Program Plan will be developed consistent with Program strategies.
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Environmental Management
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Potassium Iodide (KI) Fact Sheet
Recent terrorist events have many people concerned about potential future attacks using radioactive materials. Taking potassium iodide (KI) tablets after an incident involving radioactive materials may or may not limit the risk of damage to a person's thyroid gland from ionizing radiation. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has prepared this fact sheet to further explain when KI might be appropriate and what people should consider before making a decision to take KI. Topics include when to take KI, forms of KI and dosages, where to obtain KI, and medical conditions that make KI dangerous. The fact sheet also provides other sources of information, such as the Environmental Protection Agency's website and the U.S. National Response Team's website.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Questions and Answers on Prussian Blue
This document, issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), provides the answers to seventeen frequently asked questions regarding Prussian blue. Prussian blue has been used as a pigment in industry and for artists since 1704. It has been used as a treatment to speed up the excretion of radioactive cesium or non-radioactive thallium from the body, according to studies reported in literature. The FDA has encouraged manufacturers to submit applications for Prussian blue as part of efforts to encourage the development of drug products for treatment of people exposed to harmful levels of radioactive materials and poisons and for counter-terrorism agents.
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (U.S.)
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Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program Fact Sheet
Within the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management the Office of Transportation implements the complex-wide Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) to address preparedness issues for nonclassified/nonweapons radioactive material shipments. As an element of the DOE Comprehensive Emergency Management System, TEPP provides support to DoE and other Federal, State, Tribal, and local authorities to prepare for a response to a transportation incident involving DOE shipments of radioactive material. TEPP is implemented on a regional basis, with a TEPP Coordinator designated for each of the eight DOE Regional Coordinating Offices. TEPP, by integrating transportation and emergency preparedness activities, takes a coordinated approach to addressing the emergency response concerns of State, Tribal, and local officials affected by DOE shipments. TEPP also ensures responders have access to the model plans and procedures, training, and technical assistance necessary to respond safely, efficiently, and effectively to transportation incidents. This fact sheet provides information on TEPP planning tools, training materials, technical assistance, and contact information for additional information.
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Environmental Management
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Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) [website]
The Transportation Emergency Preparedness Program (TEPP) is a Department-wide program which integrates transportation emergency preparedness activities under a single program to address the emergency response concerns of state, tribal, and local officials affected by the Department of Energy's (DOE) shipment of radioactive materials. This site provides links to the TEPP fact sheet, mission statement, goals, strategic plan, coordinators, TEPP news and case history, and 24-hour points of contact. In addition, one can find TEPP "tools," which have been developed to assist responders along the shipping corridors for DoE shipments of radioactive materials to be prepared in the event of a transportation incident. These tools provide a standardized approach to transportation emergency preparedness planning for radioactive materials.
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Environmental Management
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Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) [website]
The Nuclear Energy Institute's (NEI) objective is to ensure the formation of policies that promote the beneficial uses of nuclear energy and technologies in the United States and around the world. The site contains information on nuclear technologies; public policy issues; financial center; nuclear data; and a library.
Nuclear Energy Institute
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National Safety Council [website]
"the National Safety Council is a nonprofit membership organization with the mission to save lives by preventing injuries and deaths at work, in homes and communities, and on the road through leadership, research, education and advocacy. Working to make the world measurably safer, NSC advances this mission by engaging businesses, government agencies, elected officials and the public to help prevent the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. - unintentional injuries. "
National Safety Council
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OSHA Emergency Preparedness & Response [website]
Worker safety and health is a critical element of our nation's domestic preparedness and emergency response efforts. This page provides links to Emergency Preparedness and Response materials for the workplace.
United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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CERT Team Field Operating Guide
This guide from Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) provides: an equipment and home checklist; information on water purification; triage in a disaster environment; instructions on operating a fire extinguisher; instructions for utility shut-off valves; instructions on how to identify hazardous materials in fixed facilities and in transit; and a diagram for cribbing and leverage/cribbing operations.
Emergency Management Institute (U.S.)
Donnelly, David
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Web-Based Systems for Dissemination of Health-Related Data: A Guide for Public Health Agencies Developing, Adopting, or Purchasing Interactive Web-Based Data Dissemination Systems
"Increasingly, public health agencies are using the Internet to disseminate data and are developing, adopting, or purchasing systems that will better enable them to combine data from different sources, improve the timeliness, accuracy, and quality of the data, and present the data in a way that is useful to their constituents. The increased activity and interest by state and local health agencies have created a need for uniform guidance to address the key organizational, technical, and system design concerns involved in developing, adopting, or purchasing a system for Web-based data dissemination.
To help address this need, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), through a contract with ORC Macro, undertook a 3-year evaluation of current public health agency Web-based data dissemination systems and practices. The results of this evaluation were used to develop this guide as a practical method for public health agencies to plan for developing, adopting, or purchasing an interactive Web-based data dissemination system. The principles and best practices discussed in this guide are based on lessons learned from the actual experience of public health agencies that have been through the process. The guidelines incorporate best practices and industry standards in software development and are consistent with federal guidelines on accessibility based on Section 508 of the U.S. Rehabilitation Act and CDC interface guidelines."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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FY 2003 Guidance: Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) program provides a structured opportunity for citizens to augment local emergency response activities. Using CERT materials, local communities train teams of neighborhood volunteers and employees in the workplace in emergency preparedness and response skills. CERT members partner with local emergency management in preparing for and responding to natural or man-made disasters. Trained teams can help in saving lives and protecting property when communities' professional response resources are stretched thin. By the end of 2004, FEMA's goal is to have 400,000 people complete the 20-hour training program in their local communities. This document identifies CERT objectives for fiscal year (FY) 2003: For Grantees to conduct a CERT Train-The-Trainer (TTT) course(s) to prepare program managers and instructional teams from communities who will initiate or expand the CERT training program; for local governments to initiate, organize, train, and maintain CERTs; and for communities with established CERT programs to continue, maintain, and expand these programs.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) [website]
The Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) provides a full-range of agile and cost-effective test, evaluation, and certification services to support rapid acquisition and fielding of global net-centric warfighting capabilities.
United States. Defense Information Systems Agency. Joint Interoperability Test Command
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Justice Department Memo to the White House and Pentagon Counsels
This document is a memorandum submitted to Mr. Alberto R. Gonzalez on the subject of treaties and laws to al Qaeda and Taliban detainees. Also regarded in this context is the treatment of Taliban detainees in Guantanamo Bay, and views regarding the respect of the treatment of prisoners.
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Legal Counsel
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National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [website]
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention Institute for Occupational Safety and Health contains a number of safety resources for workplace safety and health including items on chemical safety, respirators, traumatic injuries, musculoskeletal disorders, construction, and other health research items.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Emergency Response Resources: Personal Protective Equipment [website]
The objective of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Program is to protect employees from the risk of injury by creating a barrier against workplace hazards. Personal protective equipment is not a substitute for good engineering or administrative controls or good work practices, but should be used in conjunction with these controls to ensure the safety and health of employees. Personal protective equipment will be provided, used, and maintained when it has been determined that its use is required and that such use will lessen the likelihood of occupational injury and/or illness. This program addresses eye, face, head, foot, and hand protection. Separate programs exist for respiratory and hearing protection since the need for participation in these programs is established through industrial hygiene monitoring.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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International Safety Equipment Association [website]
The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) is the trade association in the United States for companies that manufacture safety equipment. The organization works towards standardization of safety equipment and promotes the proper use of protective equipment within a variety of situations.
International Safety Equipment Association
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Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) [website]
"The Emergency Management Association Compact is an interstate mutual aid agreement that allows states to assist one another is responding to all kinds of natural and man-made disasters." The site answers frequently-asked-questions about how a state joins EMAC, and includes a list of current member states. The training and orientation section contains a PowerPoint overview and introduction to EMAC. The site also offers current EMAC news and announcements, as well as best practices, procedures, and contacts.
National Emergency Management Association
