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Food Security: The Federal Perspective: Portland FBI Weapons of Mass Destruction Program [powerpoint]
This powerpoint presentation provides an overview of the FBI's WMD program. It begins with a definition of terrorism, a description of the terrorism threat in the United States, and FBI responsibilities. It then defines a weapon of mass destruction as any weapon designed or intended to cause death of serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors. There is an overview of why our food supply is vulnerable, as well as recommendations for protecting the food supply, and the Strategic Partnership Agroterrorism Initiative. The final section of this presentation provides case studies of incidents of agroterrorism in the United States.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Summary of Air Traffic Hijack Events, September 11, 2001
This document contains maps and notes regarding the timeline of movements and positions of all four planes involved in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. Also included are all radio transmissions between air traffic control towers and all four planes from initial runway taxi to crash impact.
United States. Federal Aviation Administration
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Chronology of the September 11 Attacks and Subsequent Events Through October 24, 2001
This document contains a detailed timeline of events related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States and subsequent anthrax attacks as they occurred from September 11, 2001 to October 24, 2001.
United States. Federal Aviation Administration
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White House: National Security [George W. Bush Administration White House Archives]
This White House website focuses on national security issues being addressed by the President and the White House Office. It includes Presidential speeches and news releases, key documents, and information on White House staff and various Federal agencies.
United States. White House Office
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Federal Highway Administration: National Bridge Inspection Standards [NBIS]
This website provides documents related to the Federal Highway Administration bridge inspection program, including the National Bridge Inspection Standards and other related documents
United States. Federal Highway Administration
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Criminal Justice Institute: Safe Schools Program [website]
"The Safe Schools Initiative Division (SSID) provides programs and resources that assist in reducing violence and violence-related behaviors in Arkansas schools. The Division takes a proactive approach to responding to crime and violence, both on the school campus and within the community. The Institute has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing to support SSID's School Resource Officer (SRO) Program. The program provides basic and specialty school safety training courses for school resource officers, school security officers, and school personnel. Additionally, the Safe Schools Initiative Division, in conjunction with the Arkansas Safe Schools Association, the Arkansas Attorney General's Office, the Arkansas Department of Human Services, and the Arkansas Department of Education, co-sponsors an annual statewide safe school conference. This partnership is aimed at providing cutting edge training in school safety and its newest technologies to law enforcement, school administration, school security, or anyone responsible for school safety or emergency response."
University of Arkansas (System). Criminal Justice Institute
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Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool [website]
"The Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis Cutting Tool is brought to you by the Office of Postsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education. This analysis cutting tool was designed to provide rapid customized reports for public inquiries relating to campus crime and fire data. The data are drawn from the OPE Campus Safety and Security Statistics website database to which crime statistics and fire statistics (as of the 2010 data collection) are submitted annually, via a web-based data collection, by all postsecondary institutions that receive Title IV funding (i.e., those that participate in federal student aid programs). This data collection is required by the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Higher Education Opportunity Act."
United States. Department of Education. Office of Postsecondary Education
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Multi-hazard Loss Estimation Methodology: Hurricane Model HAZUS-MH MR3, Technical Manual
"In 1997, the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS), under a cooperative agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), released the first HAZUS Earthquake Model, a national, standardized GIS-based tool for estimating potential losses from earthquake. Earthquake loss estimates calculated with HAZUS are used by local, state, and regional officials for planning and stimulating mitigation efforts to reduce losses from earthquakes, and preparing for emergency response and recovery following earthquakes. HAZUS has also been used to perform a nationwide assessment of earthquake risk (FEMA, 2001). HAZUS has now been expanded to perform similar loss evaluations for wind and flood. FEMA and NIBS initiated development of the wind and flood models in 1997 with the creation of two committees to oversee technical development of the models. The resulting HAZUS software is an integrated, multi-hazard loss estimation program, packaged to run within a full-featured, commercial GIS platform. The HAZUS Hurricane Model allows practitioners to estimate the economic and social losses from hurricane winds. The information provided by the model will assist state and local officials in evaluating, planning for, and mitigating the effects of hurricane winds. The Hurricane Model provides practitioners and policy makers with a tool to help reduce wind damage, reduce disaster payments, and make wise use of the nation's emergency management resources."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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President Bush Discusses Border Security and Immigration Reform in Arizona [May 18, 2006]
From President Bush's Discussion on Border Security and Immigration Reform in Arizona: "I'm down here to talk about the immigration issue. And this is an important issue. It really is. It's an important debate our country is having. We need to have -- we need to secure our border, and we need fair and effective immigration laws. The other night I spoke to the country about the way I see it, and I'm looking forward to working with the United States Congress to get something done. There's a lot of politics in Washington, D.C. And it's time to get rid of all the politics and do what's right for the United States of America and help you do your job. And that's why I've come to this part of the world. I wanted to hear firsthand from David and Ronald Colburn what they need to get the job done, and where we're making progress and where we aren't making progress."
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946-
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Multi-hazard Loss Estimation Methodology: Flood Model HAZUS-MH MR3 Technical Manual
"In the early 1990's, FEMA embarked on an ambitious undertaking to expand the Nation's capacity to estimate losses from major types of natural hazards, including earthquakes, floods, and severe winds. This enhanced capacity for estimating losses from natural hazards will be embodied in HAZUS, an integrated software package. Within HAZUS, there will be a separate module for estimating the losses from each hazard. The earthquake module is now operational, and it is undergoing continual improvements. Other modules for floods and wind are currently under development. This expanded analytical capacity will assist public officials at all levels of government in preparing estimates of losses from natural hazards, and in facilitating emergency response, planning, and hazard mitigation. One can envision numerous private-sector applications as well, particularly by the insurance and construction industries and others interested in economic development. From a natural hazards policy perspective, the capacity of HAZUS to generate consistent loss estimates for these multiple hazards is particularly significant. To achieve this consistency, HAZUS, to the extent possible, draws on shared national databases. The national inventory of housing and commercial and industrial facilities is perhaps the best example of a shared database. Because of the unique nature of each hazard, however, different attributes of the shared data are most critical in determining loss estimates from individual hazard. For example, for flood loss estimation, knowing a building's first floor elevation and specific location within a community is more critical than in estimating earthquake losses. In contrast, knowing the height of the building and certain of its structural characteristics is more critical in estimating earthquake losses."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Disaster Information Management Research Center: Fires and Wildfires
This web page, provided by the National Institutes of Health Specialized Information Services, features information on fires and wildfires. Information and links are categorized in the following manner: Overview; Preparing for Wildfire; Air Quality; First Responders; Environmental Cleanup and Recovery; Resources from the National Library of Medicine; Información en español; State Information; Animals in Disasters; and Disclaimer. Also included on the page is a "Featured Site".
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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National Weather Service: Central Region Headquarters
"The National Weather Service provides weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent waters and ocean areas, for the protection of life and property and the enhancement of the national economy. NWS data and products form a national information database and infrastructure which can be used by other governmental agencies, the private sector, the public, and the global community. The website contains an interactive map of the United States that allows the user to view current hazards, conditions, radar imagery, forecasts, and other information."
United States. National Weather Service
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FY 2008 Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program Guidance
"Hazard mitigation is defined as any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to life and property from a hazard event. Hazard mitigation results in long-term, cost-effective, and environmentally-sound reduction of hazard vulnerability. The goal of hazard mitigation is to save lives and reduce property damage. This, in turn, can reduce the enormous cost of disasters to property owners and all levels of government. In addition, hazard mitigation can protect critical community facilities, reduce exposure to risk, and minimize community disruption. Examples include hazard mitigation planning, acquisition and relocation of structures out of the floodplain, and the construction of saferooms (e.g., tornado and severe wind shelters) for public and private structures. FEMA's Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) program provides funds to States, Territories, Tribes, and communities for hazard mitigation planning and for the implementation of mitigation projects prior to a disaster event. The PDM program provides a significant opportunity to raise risk awareness and reduce the nation's disaster losses through pre-disaster mitigation planning and the implementation of feasible, effective, and cost-effective mitigation measures. The PDM program provides funding to reduce loss of life as well as damage and destruction to property from natural hazards."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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PERSEREC: Defense Personnel Security Research Center [website]
"The Defense Personnel Security Research Center (PERSEREC) is a Department of Defense entity dedicated to improving the effectiveness, efficiency and fairness of the DoD personnel security system. Located in Monterey, California, PERSEREC is a component of the Defense Human Resources Activity (DHRA) under the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness). PERSEREC receives direction and research priorities from the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Counterintelligence and Security). This site is designed to provide security professionals--managers, investigators, adjudicators, educators, and policymakers--useful, job-related innovative tools, aids, reports, and other materials that have been generated in the course of carrying out our research programs. To achieve its mission, researchers at PERSEREC: 1. Conduct applied research to improve the DoD Personnel Security Program. 2. Conduct long-term programmatic research for the security and intelligence communities. 3. Provide quick-response studies and analyses in support of policy formation and systems operation. 4. Disseminate research information to security policymakers and practitioners. 5. Develop innovative systems, tools, and job aids for security professionals."
United States. Department of Defense
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Emergency Response
This EPA webpage provides "information about response efforts, regulations, tools, and research that will help the regulated community, government entities, and concerned citizens prevent, prepare for, and respond to emergencies." The purpose of this webpage is to "ensure that this nation is better prepared for environmental emergencies... [by] working with other federal partners to prevent accidents as well as to maintain superior response capabilities." The page includes links to information about EPA's emergency resonse programs, EPA's partners, and other informative sources.
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Department of the Navy Innovation Vision
"Because our Navy and Marine Corps team maintain global presence, we are vital in maintaining world-wide stability and ensuring freedom of access to the maritime commons. However, changes in the global environment demand that the Department of Navy (DON) reshape its practices to remain the flexible adaptive force it has always been and at the cutting edge of emerging technology and advanced concepts. A dynamic security environment and tightening fiscal constraints demand that the DON change to shape its future. Failing to do so now adds unnecessary risk to our operating forces and ultimately the nation. Advances in technology, information systems, and the sciences all offer remarkable new opportunities which will change every aspect of how we operate in the future. The accelerated rate of change challenges the responsiveness of our bureaucratic processes and pushes against DON cultural norms. Task Force Innovation was a catalyst to identify and connect the pockets of innovation occurring across the naval enterprise, share best practices, and remove administrative barriers that prevent innovation from thriving."
United States. Department of the Navy
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Department of Justice Strategic Plan For Information Services and Technology: Fiscal Years 2015-2018
From the Message from the CIO: " I am proud to present the Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) Strategic Plan for Information Services and Technology. While the Department has a varied and wide-ranging mission, its core objective is to protect the American people. Information and Technology have an important and powerful role to advance, protect, and serve the DOJ mission. This plan outlines how we will support achievement of the DOJ mission and will guide the organization's initiatives and activities for the next three years. Faced with the challenges of increasingly frequent and complex cyber threats and an uncertain budget climate, Information Technology (IT) must adapt and transform to act efficiently, serve in new roles, and enable Components to focus their time and resources on unique mission-critical activities. Along with these challenges, we can take advantage of exciting mobile applications and productivity tools. These new technologies promise to spur innovation, improve mission performance, and better support collaboration between the DOJ workforce and our mission partners. To realize our vision, we will build upon our three pillars: advance, protect, and serve. These pillars outline the high-level objectives for the five strategic goals in this document. This plan reflects our excitement and affirms our commitment to be a strong business partner to the enterprise, improve the quality of services we provide, ensure these services are secure and always available, and support the critical mission of the Department of Justice."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Chief Information Officer
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Effects of the Earthquake of March 27, 1964 on Various Communities
"The 1964 earthquake caused widespread
damage to inhabited places
throughout more than 60,000 square
miles of south-central Alaska. This report
describes damage to all communities
in the area except Anchorage, Whittier,
Homer, Valdez, Seward, the communities
of the Kodiak group of islands,
and communities in the Copper River
Basin; these were discussed in previous
chapters of the Geological Survey's
series of reports on the earthquake. At
the communities discussed herein,
damage resulted primarily from sea
waves of diverse origins, displacements
of the land relative to sea level, and
seismic shaking. Waves took all of the
31 lives lost at those communities;
physical damage was primarily from
the waves and vertical displacements of
the land relative to sea level."
United States. Department of the Interior; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Plafker, George; Kachadoorian, Reuben, 1921-; Eckel, Edwin Butt, 1906-1989 . . .
1969
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Cyber Resilience Review & Cyber Security Evaluation Tool
"The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office of Cybersecurity & Communications (CS&C) conducts
complimentary and voluntary assessments to evaluate operational resilience and cybersecurity capabilities within
critical infrastructure sectors, as well as state, local, tribal, and territorial governments. The Cyber Security Evaluation
Program (CSEP) administers the Cyber Resilience Review (CRR) while the Industrial Control Systems Cyber
Emergency Response Team (ICS-CERT) offers the Cyber Security Evaluation Tool® (CSET) for industrial control
systems. While related, the CRR and CSET are two distinct assessments with different areas of focus. Organizations
should carefully review the information below and determine which assessment best fits their operating
environment.
While the CRR and CSET predate the establishment of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Cybersecurity Framework (CSF), the inherent principles and recommended practices within the CRR and CSET align
closely with the central tenets of the CSF."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) [website]
From the About Us section: "The New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC) is the State's one-stop shop for cybersecurity information sharing, threat analysis, and incident reporting. Located at the Regional Operations Intelligence Center (ROIC), the NJCCIC brings together analysts and engineers to promote statewide awareness of local cyber threats and widespread adoption of best practices."
New Jersey; New Jersey Regional Operations Intelligence Center
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MEMRI: Jihad & Terrorism Threat Monitor [website]
From the "about" section of the website: "The MEMRI [Middle East Media Research Institute] Jihad and Terrorism Threat Monitor (JTTM) scrutinizes Islamist terrorism and violent extremism worldwide, with special focus on activity within and emanating from the Arab world, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran. Following Al-Qaeda's and other global jihad organizations' shift in recent years to encouraging lone-wolf attacks by individuals acting on their own, the JTTM also focuses on jihadis and jihadi activity in the West.
The JTTM monitors imminent and potential threats posed by various terrorist and violent extremist organizations - such as Al-Qaeda and its affiliates and emerging jihadi groups - and individuals. These threats - whether strategic, tactical, military, conventional, or non-conventional - may be against national security and public safety in the U.S. and the West, or against these countries' crucial interests and assets worldwide. It also examines and analyzes the ideological motivations behind these threats, and includes over a decade of archives of exclusive content on jihad and terrorism."
Middle East Media Research Institute
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PoliceArmor.org [website]
From the information section of the website: "As leaders of law enforcement, we have an obligation to oversee the safety of all who work under our command. We encourage you to put officer safety at the forefront of your leadership and use the information on this web site as a primer for your agency's selection, care and use of this life-saving piece of equipment."
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance; National Institute of Justice (U.S.); National Law Enforcement & Corrections Technology Center (U.S.)
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Role of State and Local Law Enforcement at First Amendment Events Reference Card
This reference card details the First Amendment Rights of participants, as well as what officers should and should not do during a demonstration.
United States. Department of Justice
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Creating a Risk Assessment Culture for State Energy Infrastructure Decision Making
"The goal of the State Energy Risk Assessment Initiative is to increase States' awareness of risk to energy systems so that officials can be better prepared to make informed decisions related to energy systems and infrastructure investments, resilience and hardening strategies, and asset management."
United States. Department of Energy
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MEMRI TV: 9/11 Documentation Project [website]
From the "About the MEMRI [Middle East Media Research Institute] 9/11 Documentation Project" section: "Today, MEMRI is launching the 9/11 Documentation Project website, dedicated to the ideological roots of the attack. The website includes primary source material from the Arab and Islamic printed and electronic media, as well as from TV channels and other types of content published elsewhere. MEMRI already possesses the most extensive archives on these subjects, which it has accumulated over the past decade. Among the subjects included in this website's archives are written documents from Al-Qaeda and affiliate organizations, speeches and interviews by leaders of Al-Qaeda and affiliate organizations, wills and statements of the 9/11 perpetrators and their colleagues, and recruitment and indoctrination material of these organizations. The project also documents ongoing efforts to deny responsibility for 9/11 and to attribute it to others, through various conspiracy theories."
Middle East Media Research Institute
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OpenFEMA [website]
"The mission of OpenFEMA is to execute federal open data machine readable policies and standards, and to promote a culture and empower open government within FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Climate Change: Considerations for Geographic Combatant Commands
"Climate change is a national security issue that all geographic combatant commanders (GCCs) must consider as a challenge, and in some cases, an opportunity as they continuously assess risks and update their theater campaign plans to gain advantage in achieving their desired end-states. Not only must GCCs assess climate change impacts to U.S. operations from specific risks to force-employment supporting infrastructure; but, they should also assess the opportunities that exist to further international partnerships by supporting and coordinating with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as it carries out specific development mandates within its Global Climate Change Initiative. By doing so, GCCs will follow CJCS [Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff] Dempsey's guidance by turning climate change risk into an 'opportunity' to leverage the 'right tools' to enhance relationships with 'the right partners.' This paper will focus on the risks and opportunities for action specific to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) as a 'case-study' useful for any GCC addressing Department of Defense's recent climate change adaptation guidance and for advancing the dialogue that took place during DoD's September 2014 Combatant Command Climate Security Information Exchange. "
Army War College (U.S.)
Kirk, Jason A.
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Bureau of Justice Assistance: Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement [website]
From the 'About the Center' tab: "The BJA Center for Program Evaluation and Performance Measurement is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) to maintain a user-friendly online evaluation and performance measurement tool designed to assist state and local criminal justice planners, practitioners, State Administrative Agencies, researchers, and evaluators in: 1) conducting evaluations and performance measurement that will address the effectiveness and efficiency of their projects and 2) using evaluation information to improve program planning and implementation. The web site contains two main sections: Program Areas and Evaluation and Performance Measures Resources. The Program Areas section features evaluation information on criminal justice programs and strategies and contains specific subsections on justice-related topics. […] The Evaluation and Performance Measures Resources section provides a comprehensive Guide to Program Evaluation with sections designed to assist evaluators and practitioners in getting started, planning the evaluation, understanding the different types of evaluation, the data collection process, and reporting and using evaluation results. Information Covered in the Evaluation Resources Section: [1] Getting Started: Defines what is evaluation, discusses the benefits of evaluation, and discusses considerations before beginning an evaluation [2] Planning the Evaluation: How to choose an evaluation team, develop and build an evaluation plan, and work with program logic models [3] Assessing Program Performance: Provides information on monitoring, performance assessment, process and outcome evaluation [4] Data Collection: Assessing the reliability and validity of existing data, how to go about collecting new data, and other data issues [5] Reporting and Using Evaluation Results: Discusses evaluation reports, how to review evaluation findings, and the effective use of evaluation results"
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance
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U.S. Border Patrol Apprehensions From Mexico and Other Than Mexico (FY 2000 - FY 2014)
This document's charts detail the total U.S. Border Patrol's illegal alien apprehensions by year from Fiscal Year 2000 through Fiscal Year 2014. The three charts are titled "Total Illegal Alien Apprehensions By Fiscal Year," "Illegal Alien Apprehensions From Mexico By Fiscal Year," and "Illegal Alien Apprehensions From Countries Other Than Mexico By Fiscal Year."
U.S. Border Patrol
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U.S. Border Patrol: Total Unaccompanied Alien Children (0-17 Years Old) Apprehensions By Month, FY 2010-FY 2014
This document's charts detail the U.S. Border Patrol's total Unaccompanied Alien Children apprehended by month in Fiscal Years 2010 through 2014. Apprehensions are organized by by Sectors, with monthly and yearly totals listed for the Coastal, Northern and Southwest borders, as well as overall.
U.S. Border Patrol
