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Security Management [Website]
Security Management calls itself, "The Security Professional's Central Web Connection." Many relevant issues included in this website are the following: Terrorism, Homeland Security, the Patriot Act, Border Security, and other topics. The website contains analysis and links to current security issues.
ASIS International
2006
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Privacy Impact Assessments: Official Guidance, March 2006
"Section 208 of the E-Government Act of 2002 requires all Federal government agencies to conduct Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA) for all new or substantially changed technology that collects, maintains, or disseminates personally identifiable information. The Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland Security is required by Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act to ensure that the technology used by the Department sustains privacy protections. The Privacy Impact Assessment is one mechanism through which the Chief Privacy Officer fulfills this statutory mandate. In addition, the Chief Privacy Officer is required to conduct PIAs for proposed rule-makings of the Department. The Chief Privacy Officer approves PIAs conducted by the Department's offices and programs. In 2004, the Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office issued Privacy Impact Assessments Made Simple. This amended guidance, Privacy Impact Assessment Guidance 2006, supersedes PIAs Made Simple and any previously issued Guidance. This Guidance reflects the requirements of both Section 208 of the E-Government Act of 2002 and Section 222 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The Chief Privacy Officer requires that all new PIAs follow this guidance."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Institute of Makers of Explosives [website]
The Institute of Makers of Explosives (IME) is the safety and security association of the commercial explosives industry in the United States and Canada. The IME is a non-profit incorporated association founded in 1913 to provide accurate information and comprehensive recommendations concerning commercial explosive materials. The website contains information on industrial explosives and safety education. It also contains guidelines and practices on initiation systems, detonators, boosters, shelf life of explosive materials, issue briefs on taggants in explosives and standards for chemical site security. It also contains a annual explosives reports, and services for law enforcement and forensics support.
Institute of Makers of Explosives
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Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Associations [website]
"AFCEA serves as a bridge between government requirements and industry capabilities, representing the top government, industry, and military professionals in the fields of information technology, communications, and intelligence." Online publications include "SIGNAL Connections," an online companion to "SIGNAL" Magazine. The website offers links to publications, events, and educational opportunities.
Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (U.S.)
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Council of Europe (COE) [website]
"The Council of Europe advocates freedom of expression and of the media, freedom of assembly, equality, and the protection of minorities. It has launched campaigns on issues such as child protection, online hate speech, and the rights of the Roma, Europe's largest minority. The Council of Europe helps member states fight corruption and terrorism and undertake necessary judicial reforms. Its group of constitutional experts, known as the Venice Commission, offers legal advice to countries throughout the world. The Council of Europe promotes human rights through international conventions, such as the Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence and the Convention on Cybercrime. It monitors member states' progress in these areas and makes recommendations through independent expert monitoring bodies. Council of Europe member states no longer apply the death penalty." Monitoring bodies of the Council of Europe include: Group of States against Corruption (GRECO); European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT); Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA); European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice (CEPEJ); Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of Anti-Money Laundering Measures and the Financing of Terrorism (MONEYVAL); European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI); European Committee of Social Rights (ECSR); Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities; and Committee of Experts of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Council of Europe
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CDC Strategic National Stockpile
"CDC's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) has large quantities of medicine and medical supplies to protect the American public if there is a public health emergency (terrorist attack, flu outbreak, earthquake) severe enough to cause local supplies to run out. Once Federal and local authorities agree that the SNS is needed, medicines will be delivered to any state in the U.S. within 12 hours. Each state has plans to receive and distribute SNS medicine and medical supplies to local communities as quickly as possible. This Web page provides details on the Strategic National Stockpile: helping state and local jurisdictions prepare for a national emergency; determining and maintaining SNS assets, a national repository of life-saving pharmaceuticals and medical materiel; supplementing State and local resources; rapid coordination and transport; transfer of SNS assets to State and/or local authorities; training and education, and archived webcasts."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Directory of Crime Victim Services
The Directory of Crime Victim Services is an Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) resource designed to help service providers and individuals locate nonemergency crime victim services in the United States and abroad.
United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime
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National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan
"The purpose of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) is to provide the organizational structure and procedures for preparing for and responding to discharges of oil and releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Recommendations of the Select Committee on Homeland Security on Changes to the Rules of the House of Representatives with Respect to Homeland Security Issues
This document details the recommendations of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security to Rule X regarding the reorganization of jurisdiciton within the House.
United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Homeland Security
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Health Library for Disasters [website]
The HeLiD Library for Disasters is a comprehensive electronic collection with information resources on public health for disasters and complex emergencies reduction. Library selections are a result of consultation and exchange between the WHO and PAHO programs on emergencies and disasters.
World Health Organization; Pan American Health Organization
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World View: The 1996 Strategic Assessment from the Strategic Studies Institute
"Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) analysts annually assess the strategic equation for their particular area of interest. These 1996 strategic assessments are crucial for two reasons. First, the post-Cold War world remains complex. These complexities present the nation and the Army with diverse and potentially perilous challenges. To remain the world's best Army in the 21st century, possible strategic challenges must be defined clearly. Second, the Army is addressing this strategic context at a crucial juncture when planned downsizing is nearly completed and the Army 5 vision of the future is being transformed into modernization requirements through the Force XXI process. Reduction of Army spending continues to be a important issue."
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Tilford, Earl H., Jr
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U.S. Army Public Health Command: Hurricane and Typhoon Preparedness and Response [website]
This site contains extensive resources and links regarding hospitals, clinicians, evacuation centers, food safety and environmental issues related to hurricanes and typhoons.
U.S. Army Public Health Command
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History of Civil Air Patrol
"Our present-day Civil Air Patrol is the product of the tense international situation prior to World War II. Axis forces made up of Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan were taking over much of the world, and it was obvious, at least to some people, that the Axis powers had designs on the territories of the United States. In every country the Axis forces conquered, civil aircraft flight was eliminated. Too, in those countries not yet feeling the bite of Axis power, civil aircraft flight was either drastically curtailed or eliminated as authorities realized the need to better control air traffic through restriction to military flights only."
United States. Civil Air Patrol
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Southeast U.S. Hurricane Evacuation Study - Summary
This document briefly summarizes the results of study analyzed hurricane evacuation patterns in the southeastern United States.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Institute for Intergovernmental Research [website]
"The Institute for Intergovernmental Research (IIR) is a research and training organization specializing in law enforcement, juvenile justice, and criminal justice issues. IIR is specifically organized to conduct nonpartisan research and management studies regarding the role and function of the branches and agencies of local, state, and federal government and to support the development and enhancement of governmental effectiveness. IIR offers extensive project experience and staff capabilities in assessing the performance of operational, management, and administrative systems and procedures of governmental agencies and in providing policy research and technical training."
Institute for Intergovernmental Research (U.S.)
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National Drug Control Strategy (February 2005)
"Three years ago this month, President Bush released the Administration's first National Drug Control Strategy. Consistent with his view of government, it was a document that clearly laid out a plan for accountable results in achieving a
single goal 'reducing drug use.' The President's decision to hold his administration accountable for helping drive down drug use followed a decade during which the use of drugs by young people had doubled. It came at a time when fully half of 12th graders had used an illegal drug at least once by graduation. It was seen, and rightly, as an audacious challenge to the skeptics, who invariably counsel despair when it comes to illegal drugs. The President's goal 'a 10 percent reduction in youth drug use over two years' has been met and
exceeded. Youth drug use has dropped by 11 percent over two years, and now a third year of data puts the program ahead of schedule for the five-year goal, with a three-year drop of 17 percent (see Figure 3). Figures for adult drug use
will become available with the publication, this summer, of the 2004 National Survey on Drug Use and Health."
United States. White House Office
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National Science Foundation (NSF): A Special Report - Disasters [website]
The web site features a special report series called "Disasters" which highlights some of the disaster research funded by NSF. The first two parts of the series, "Understanding Disasters" and "Preparing for the Worst," are currently available.
National Science Foundation (U.S.)
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Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center [website]
"The Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center (TraCCC) is the first center in the United States devoted to understanding the links among terrorism, transnational crime and corruption, and to teach, research, train and help formulate policy on these critical issues."
George Mason University. Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center
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Protecting Personal Information: A Guide for Business
"Most companies keep sensitive personal information in their files-names, Social Security numbers, credit card, or other account data-that identifies customers or employees. This information often is necessary to fill orders, meet payroll, or perform other necessary business functions. However, if sensitive data falls into the wrong hands, it can lead to fraud, identity theft, or similar harms. Given the cost of a security breach-losing your customers' trust and perhaps even defending yourself against a lawsuit-safeguarding personal information is just plain good business."
United States. Federal Trade Commission
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Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority [website]
"Whether you are looking for crime statistics on your community, criminal justice research of state and national scope, or news about federal grants, this site will be a tremendous tool. In addition to providing easy access to the latest criminal justice news and information, this site opens doors to the Authority's three major areas of operation: research, information systems, and federal and state grants. The Authority's mission is to improve the administration of criminal justice in Illinois, and we believe an informed and involved public is perhaps our greatest asset in that endeavor."
Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
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Suspicious Mail Alert
This poster by the United States Postal Service illustrates the markings of suspicious mail. Some of these signs include: no return address, restrictive markings, possibly mailed from a foreign country, excessive postage, misspelled words, addressed to title only, incorrect title, badly typed or written, lopsided or uneven, strange odor, rigid or bulky, excessive tape or string, oily stains, discolorations, or crystallization on wrapper. This poster provides the proper steps to take if the item is a bomb, radiological, or biological/chemical. In the event that one of these packages is received, handle with care (don't shake or bump), isolate it immediately, don't open, smell, touch or taste, and treat it as suspect (call local law enforcement authorities).
United States Postal Service
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H. Rept. 108-796: Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Conference Report to accompany S. 2845, December 7, 2004
"S. 2845, the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, was passed in the House of Representatives on 12/07/04, with a vote of 336-75. It was passed in the Senate on 12/08/04, with a vote of 89-2. The Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, Conference Report (to accompany S. 2845) is being made available as it has been printed by Government Printing Office. The Full Conference Report (625 KB, 244 pages) has been made available in its entirety, as a single PDF file. GPO has refined the full Conference Report by adding bookmarks to it and optimizing it for the web. In addition, the entire report is also available in TEXT format (821 KB). Because of its large size, the Conference Report is also available as a collection of smaller PDFs arranged in the browse table below based on its table of contents. The document has been broken down this way to allow for easier download and wider access."
United States. Government Printing Office
2004-12-07
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Great Lakes Commission [website]
"The Great Lakes Commission is a binational agency that promotes the orderly, integrated and comprehensive development, use and conservation of the water and related natural resources of the Great Lakes basin and St. Lawrence River. Its members include the eight Great Lakes states with associate member status for the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. Each jurisdiction appoints a delegation of three to five members comprised of senior agency officials, legislators and/or appointees of the governor or premier. The website contains the Commission's Strategic Plan, and information on members states: Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. It also contains information on program areas: communications and Internet technology, data and information management, environmental quality, regional coordination, resource management, and transportation and sustainable development. You can also view annual reports, Commission bylaws, policy, resolutions, and testimony."
Great Lakes Commission
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Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs [website]
The Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs (MAFC) represents the Fire Chiefs of Michigan on legislation and regulations that affect the fire, rescue and emergency medical services. The site also contains information on the Mutual Aid Task Force, and training materials including emergency response guides and specification for incident management teams. There is also a library with fire service news, a regional map, and a page for legislation.
Michigan Association of Fire Chiefs
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Michigan State Police: Emergency Management & Homeland Security [website]
This is the website for the Emergency Management & Homeland Security Division of the Michigan State Police. The site provides access to homeland security information for the State of Michigan, including strategies, plans, status updates of current emergencies and other emergency-related services.
Michigan
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Hurricane Katrina: Evacuee Mental Health and Care
"Mental health planning and care delivery to evacuees from Hurricane Katrina and other disasters requires a 1) public health approach for populations, 2) treatment delivery for expected normal rates of all psychiatric illness in the population, 3) care for trauma related disorders, 4) care for emerging disorders such as substance withdrawal and associated medical conditions with psychological consequences and perhaps most importantly, 5) community building. The relocation of hurricane survivors from the New Orleans Superdome to the Texas Astrodome following Katrina is a primary model for this plan. This evacuation will move as many as 20-25,000 people."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Information for Relief Workers on Emotional Reactions to Human Bodies in Mass Death
"In your work with this disaster you are likely to see, smell, and handle the dead bodies of men women and children of all ages. Working with or around human remains may arouse strong feelings of pity, horror, repulsion, disgust, and anger at the senselessness of this tragedy. You may feel guilty for not helping enough. These reactions are normal and a part of being human. You may feel emotionally numb, or you may even use 'graveyard humor' to make the suffering and death seem less terrible. These are also normal responses. Strong emotions or reactions may be most painful when a victim is a child, or reminds you of someone you love, or of yourself. Even if you've worked in disaster environments before you may react differently here than you have in the past. Remember strong emotions are honorable and they confirm your humanity. Here are lessons learned by other people who have worked with bodies in disaster environments. Although these tips cannot make a horrible event easy they will help you continue to work, and to live with your experiences and memories without being haunted by them."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Business Leadership in Bioterrorism Preparedness
"The workplace has been the primary target of terrorism in the United States. The events of 9/11, the anthrax attacks of 2001, the Oklahoma City bombing, and the 1993 World Trade Center underscores the fact that terrorism has occurred where and when people work. The goal of terrorism is to erode our sense of national security, disrupt the continuity of society and destroy social capital-morale, cohesion and shared values. In taking a proactive role to protect their organization's security, business continuity and employee health, business leaders should be aware of the following: 1) the workplace is a newly recognized environment for preparedness 2) the workplace has existing resources to facilitate preparedness 3) the workplace will encounter resistance to prepare 4) the workplace can reframe preparedness to promote resiliency, business continuity and social cohesion."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Psychological Concerns after Hurricane Katrina: Tips for Medical Care Providers
"Health care providers assume many roles in the midst of natural disasters: caregiver, leader, comforter, and information source. Hurricane Katrina has displaced thousands, destroyed countless homes and property, and claimed numerous lives. Although the hurricane's strength has dissipated, its aftermath will be felt for considerable time to come. As health care providers mobilize to help, they should be mindful of the losses experienced by the population they will assist. Interviewing with sensitivity is essential, and is the first step in assessing specific needs. This fact sheet provides information for health care providers after hurricanes and pays special attention to some of the issues for individuals providing support in the aftermath of Katrina."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Hurricane Katrina: Sustaining Effectiveness in First Responders
"First responders must work together to help individuals in the aftermath of a disaster. This cooperation is often a community's first step towards repair. By providing direction, protection, treatment, and security first responders help the affected population 'rebuild community. Katrina has destroyed cities, towns, and neighborhoods. Thousands of people are displaced, and must now live in crowded conditions. The recovery effort will require communities to work with local first responders, with first responders who arrive from afar, and with other agencies and communities at distant locations. All first responders bring to the relief efforts their unique training and skills. The ideas listed below will help first responders of all job-types work most effectively with each other and the communities they assist."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
