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Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program
This power point details the goals and objectives of the Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program (TICP). TCIP spending figures, services, processes, implementation requirements, sites, and a timeline are also included in the presentation.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2006-05-24
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Environmental Monitoring for Nuclear Safeguards
This report analyzes how environmental monitoring works and what can be expected of it as part of safeguards. Chapter 2 reviews the emissions that can be expected from nuclear facilities that are supporting a weapons program. Chapter 3 looks at the techniques used for detecting those emissions, including sampling in the field and laboratory analysis. Chapter 4 reviews IAEA activities to implement environmental monitoring. Finally, chapter 5 looks at technologies now in the laboratory that could improve the effectiveness of environmental monitoring in the future. The remainder of this chapter provides a summary of the report and additional background.
United States. Government Printing Office
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
1995-09
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Homeland Security Advisory Council: Report of the Critical Infrastructure Task Force
"The objective of this report by the Critical Infrastructure Task Force (CITF) is to advance national policies and strategies that will foster the development of more resilient critical infrastructures. The recommendations contained herein leverage the foundation built by prior and ongoing Critical Infrastructure Protection programs, but assert that a future focus on resilience would establish a more appropriate basis for risk-based decision-making. Our Nation's critical infrastructures-cyber and physical-empower and enable every aspect of our society and economy. From a homeland security perspective, fully functioning infrastructures are fundamental to all preparedness efforts. Consequently, our critical infrastructures represent attractive targets to adversaries. At the same time, critical infrastructures are inherently vulnerable to natural disasters, accidents, and other hazards that are a part of daily life. Given this diverse spectrum of potential threats, coupled with the reality that resources are limited, the CITF concluded that policies and strategies focusing on achieving resilience would be more robust than current guidance, which focuses primarily on protection. Specifically, the CITF observes that while protection is a necessary component of building resilience, resilience is not an inevitable outcome of strategies that focus on protection."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2006-01
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LLIS Intelligence and Information Sharing Initiative: Homeland Security Intelligence Requirements Process
"To gain a better understanding of current state, local, tribal, and private sector information and intelligence sharing capabilities and requirements, Lessons Learned Information Sharing (LLIS.gov), DHS's network for lessons learned and best practices, solicited feedback from relevant subject-matter experts (SME) from across the country. The LLIS.gov program's experience in working with the emergency response and homeland security communities, sustained research into the subject of information/intelligence sharing, and extensive network of more than 18,000 public safety officials made it well-suited to undertake this endeavor. The report is intended to complement and expand upon the recent findings and recommendations of the HSAC's Intelligence and Information Sharing Working Group and the Fusion Center Guidelines Initiative of the Department of Justice's (DOJ's) Global Justice Information Sharing Working Group. Together, these initiatives represent a cooperative effort among DHS, DoJ, and state, local, tribal, and private sector responders and homeland security officials to identify specific gaps and shortfalls within our Nation's information and intelligence sharing environment and develop clear recommendations to address them."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2005-12
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Critical Infrastructure Task Force: Presentation to Homeland Security Advisory Council, 10 January 2006
"Review current and provide recommendations on advancing national critical infrastructure policy & planning to ensure the reliable delivery of critical infrastructure services while simultaneously reducing the consequences of the exploitation, destruction, or disruption of critical infrastructure products, services, and/or operations."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
David, Ruth A., 1953-
2006-01-10
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United States Department of Homeland Security: Homeland Security Advisory Council Charter
"The HSAC exists to provide organizationally independent advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Department aiding in the creation and implementation of critical and actionable policy relating to the security of the American homeland. The HSAC shall periodically report, as appropriate, to the Secretary on matters within the scope of that function. The HSAC serves solely as an advisory body with the goal of providing advice predicated upon the request of the Secretary or the identification of issues of relevance and concern to the mission of the Department and the security of America."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2005-04-04
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List of Fiscal Year 2006 Urban Areas Security Initiative Eligible Applicants
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today $765 million in direct funding for high threat urban areas as part of the fiscal year 2006 Urban Areas Security Initiative (UASI). UASI provides resources for the unique equipment, training, planning, and exercise needs of select high threat urban areas." This spreadsheet monitors all funding for select states under these parameters, as well urban areas included in this plan.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2005
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Multilateral Layered Defense Strategy: Interim Report to the Homeland Security Advisory Council
"Our adversaries have declared an intent to use Weapons of Mass Effect against us. Given the volume of people and material that traverse our borders, any one method of defense will be prone to failure posing unacceptable risks. To develop a layered, integrated and multilateral system of defense to prevent the entry of Weapons of Mass Effect (WME) and the people who would use them on American soil." This document profiles the involvement of internal agencies and actors, in association with private sector individuals, towards prevention management to prevent entry of WME into the country. Additional topics, such as the multilateral layered defense strategy involved in such preparedness processes, is included here.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2005-06-23
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Michigan Indian Recognition, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session, September 17, 1993
This is the September 17, 1993 hearing on "Michigan Indian Recognition," held before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Native American Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources. From the opening statement of Bill Richardson: "Today we will be hearing testimony from unacknowledged tribes in the State of Michigan. The two bills, one is sponsored by Representative Kildee, H.R. 2376, would provide recognition to the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians and H.R. 878, sponsored by Representative Upton, provides for the recognition of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians. In addition, we will hear from some tribes on the third panel who are also unacknowledged in the State of Michigan." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Frank Ettawageshik, Shirley Oldman, Daniel Bailey, Katherine Glocheski, William Brooks, James McClurken, Joseph R. Winchester, Richard 'Mike' Daugherty, James Keedy, Rachel Daugherty, Thomas Topash, Carl Frazier, D.K. Sprague, William Church, Gary Shawa, and Phil Alexis.
United States. Government Printing Office
1995
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Annual Report to the President and the Congress [April 1997]
From the Document: "Important U.S. navigation and overflight interests in the world's oceans continue to be challenged by the excessive claims of certain coastal states which assert maritime claims inconsistent with international law. Such excessive claims are contrary to the clear international consensus demonstrated by the entry into force of the UN Law of the Sea (LOS) Convention and the large number of States party to the Convention (107 States as of September 30, 1996). Although not yet a party to the LOS Convention, the United States views the navigational provisions of the Convention as reflective of customary international law and, as such, available for all nations to enjoy. Despite these positive developments in the law of the sea, it remains necessary for maritime nations, like the United States, to protest excessive claims by coastal states through diplomatic channels and to exercise navigation and overflight rights in disputed areas. The United States Freedom of Navigation program has challenged excessive claims to counter any argument that such claims are valid due to acquiescence over time. Since its inception in 1979, the Freedom of Navigation program has filed over 100 diplomatic protests and conducted over 300 operational assertions against excessive claims. In FY 1996, the U.S. armed forces conducted operational assertions against the excessive maritime claims of the countries listed in the table below. In addition, military vessels and aircraft frequently conducted routine transits on, over, and under international straits, such as the Straits of Gibraltar, Hormuz, and Malacca. Over 50 air, surface, and subsurface transits through the archipelagic sea lanes of Indonesia and the Philippines were conducted in accordance with the LOS Convention."
United States. Department of Defense
Cohen, William S.
1997-04
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Annual Report to the President and the Congress [1999]
From the Document: "For 19 years, the U.S. Freedom of Navigation program has ensured that excessive coastal state claims over the world's oceans and airspace are repeatedly challenged. By diplomatic protests and operational assertions, the United States has insisted upon adherence by the nations of the world to the international law of the sea, as reflected in the UN Law of the Sea Convention. A significant majority of countries (130) are now Parties to the Convention, and there is an encouraging trend toward the rolling-back of excessive maritime claims. Nonetheless, some coastal states continue to assert maritime claims inconsistent with international law, which left unchallenged would limit navigational freedoms vital to U.S. national security and essential to peaceful uses of the world's oceans. In FY 1998, U.S. armed forces conducted operational assertions challenging the excessive maritime claims listed in the accompanying table. In addition, military vessels and aircraft frequently conducted routine transits through international straits, such as the Straits of Gibraltar, Hormuz, and Malacca. Air and surface units also transited the Indonesian Archipelago in archipelagic sea lanes passage on 20 occasions and transited the Philippine Archipelago by exercising high seas freedoms, transit passage, and innocent passage, as applicable, on 32 occasions. Combined with robust and highly visible routine operations by U.S. forces on, over, and under the world's oceans, and scrupulous adherence by the United States to the navigational provisions of the UN Law of the Sea Convention, Freedom of Navigation operations have continued to underscore the U.S. commitment to a stable legal regime for the world's oceans."
United States. Department of Defense
Cohen, William S.
1999
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Annual Report to the President and the Congress [2000]
From the Document: "For 20 years, the U.S. Freedom of Navigation program has ensured that excessive coastal state claims over the world's oceans and airspace are repeatedly challenged. By diplomatic protests and operational assertions, the United States has insisted upon adherence by the nations of the world to the international law of the sea, as reflected in the UN Law of the Sea Convention. A significant majority of countries ( 131) are now Parties to the Convention, and there is an encouraging trend toward the rolling-back of excessive maritime claims. Nonetheless, some coastal states continue to assert maritime claims inconsistent with international law, which left unchallenged would limit navigational freedoms vital to U.S. national security and essential to peaceful uses of the world's oceans. In FY 1999, U.S. armed forces conducted operational assertions challenging the excessive maritime claims as listed [in the document]."
United States. Department of Defense
Cohen, William S.
2000
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Annual Report to the President and the Congress [2001]
From the Document: "For over 20 years, the United States has reaffirmed its long-standing policy of exercising and asserting its freedom of navigation and overflight rights on a worldwide basis. Such assertions by the U.S. preserve navigational freedoms for all nations, ensure open access to the world's oceans for international trade, and preserve global mobility of U.S. armed forces. Assertions communicate that the U.S. does not acquiescence to the excessive maritime claims of other nations and thereby prevent them from becoming accepted as the international norm. Over the years, many nations have commented favorably upon the U.S.'s actions to maintain high vigilance of countries making maritime claims that exceed the provisions of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and to ensure that coastal regimes inconsistent with freedom of navigation do not become accepted as the customary norm. Challenges to other nations' excessive maritime claims are conducted both through diplomatic protests and operational assertions by U.S. armed forces, under the Freedom of Navigation Program. Freedom of Navigation assertions are non-provocative and oftentimes have persuaded States to bring their practices into conformity with the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. In FY 2000, U.S. armed forces conducted operational assertions described [in the document], all without incident."
United States. Department of Defense
Cohen, William S.
2001
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Freedom of Navigation (FON) FY 06 Operational Assertions
This document contains a summary of maritime claims that were challenged by DoD operational assertions and activities during the period of Fiscal Year 2006, in order to preserve the rights, freedoms, and uses of the sea and airspace guaranteed to all nations under international law.
United States. Department of Defense
2007-02-21?
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Prohibition on Intervention Under International Law and Cyber Operations
From the Introduction: "Attempts to influence the affairs of other States have occurred since time immemorial. The Parliament of England in 1533 accused the Pope of 'abusing and beguiling [King Henry VIII's] subjects ... in great derogation of [Henry's] imperial crown and authority royal.' More recently, during the Cold War, Soviet bloc and developing States strongly objected to western radio broadcasts into their territories without their prior consent, on grounds that they should be able 'to develop and maintain their own social, political, economic and cultural systems.' Yet, cyber technologies have made way for such meddling to occur in novel and unique ways--particularly in light of how they enable reaching otherwise inaccessible places and audiences, while allowing a large degree of anonymity. [...] The essence of this article's argument is that under the 'lex lata' the prohibition on intervention only applies to acts amounting to a use of force or constituting support for the violent overthrow of a foreign regime. [...] The structure of the article is as follows. Part II will examine how the prohibition on intervention under customary international law was treated in its formative years--the 1960s to 1980s. This will set the stage for Part III, which will seek to dissect the ICJ [International Court of Justice]'s findings regarding the prohibition on intervention in the 'Nicaragua' case--the leading case on the subject. Part IV will analyze how the prohibition on intervention has been understood by States since the 'Nicaragua' judgment. Part V will provide some concluding observations."
Naval War College (U.S.). International Law Studies
Pomson, Ori
2022
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State Homeland Security Program and Capability Review Guidebook Volume 2: Enhancement Plan
"The State Homeland Security Program and Capability Review Guidebook Volume 2: Enhancement Plan (the Enhancement Plan Guidebook) is the companion document to the State Homeland Security Program and Capability Review Guidebook Volume 1 (the Program and Capability Review Guidebook). The Enhancement Plan Guidebook provides a framework for how the States should use the assessment work completed through Program and Capability Review process to build a State-wide, comprehensive Enhancement Plan around the State homeland security program and capabilities...The Enhancement Plan Guidebook builds upon the work completed as part of the Program and Capability Review, fostering a comprehensive, multi-disciplinary review and analysis of capability strengths and weaknesses across the entire State homeland security program. The Enhancement Plan Guidebook will walk States through a process of closely examining the strengths, weaknesses, gaps, and deficiencies identified in the Program and Capability Review, selecting those that are most critical based on a series of need-indicators, and creating a high level plan for addressing those needs by forming overarching Initiatives, outlining key milestones, recognizing stakeholders, and identifying next steps."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
2005-11
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Science & Tech Spotlight: Wastewater Surveillance
From the Document: "Wastewater surveillance can be an efficient way to detect community-level disease outbreaks and other health threats. It has the potential to identify a COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] outbreak 1 to 2 weeks sooner than clinical testing and allow for a more rapid public health response. However, the lack of national coordination and standardized methods pose challenges to wider adoption. [...] Wastewater surveillance, also known as wastewater-based epidemiology, is the monitoring of pathogens (e.g., viruses), as well as pharmaceuticals and toxic or other chemicals by testing sewage (see fig. 1). Public health officials can use this approach to monitor for outbreaks, identify threats (e.g., antibiotic-resistant bacteria), and, in response, support the mobilization of resources. Pathogens and chemicals can enter sewer systems through human waste. Wastewater surveillance programs collect sewage samples from these systems and treatment plants and send them to laboratories for testing. Officials can use test data, for example, to assess whether there is a viral outbreak or increasing drug use and then decide what actions to take to protect public health. These actions might include increased clinical testing in an area, or alerting local clinics and hospitals to prepare for an increase in patients."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2022-04
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Annual Report to the President and the Congress [January 1993]
From the Document: "The United States remains committed to the principle that the world's seas must be open to all nations. The armed forces continue to be the instrument for the United States to exercise and assert its navigation and overflight rights and freedoms consistent with the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention. As a matter of policy, the United States will not acquiesce in unilateral acts of other states that unlawfully restrict the rights and freedoms of the international community in navigation and overflight and other related high seas uses. When these rights are not exercised by nations, claims constraining use of the seas may come to be accepted as binding. Accordingly, it is necessary for maritime nations, such as the United States, to protest excessive claims through diplomatic channels and to exercise their navigation and overflight rights in the disputed regions. Our Nation has accepted this responsibility as a tenet of national policy. Therefore, the Department maintains an active Freedom of Navigation program. From October 1, 1991, to September 30, 1992, Freedom of Navigation assertions were conducted against the following countries with maritime claims contrary to international law."
United States. Department of Defense
Cheney, Richard B.
1993-01
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Hearing on National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 and Oversight of Previously Authorized Programs, Before the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Hearing on Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities, June 10, 2021
This is the June 10, 2021 hearing on "Fiscal Year 2022 Budget Request for Nuclear Forces and Atomic Energy Defense Activities," held before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services. From the opening statement of Melissa Dalton: "[T]he United States today faces a complex global threat environment characterized by increasingly sophisticated and militarily capable strategic competitors, destabilizing regional dynamics, and accelerating technological changes that pose significant dangers. China is rapidly becoming more capable and assertive, and concerns regarding its nuclear modernization and expansion are increasing. Russia's comprehensive modernization of its nuclear capabilities, over 80 percent complete, includes the addition of new dual-capable systems that threaten the United States and its allies and partners. We are confronted with multifaceted deterrence challenges across domains from both competitors, which add increased escalation risks, all making deterrence more challenging. And strategic risks emanating from both North Korea and Iran add significant complications to the strategic threat picture. For these reasons, nuclear deterrence remains the Department's highest priority mission, but more is needed to confront these growing, multifaceted threats." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Melissa Dalton, James C. Dawkins Jr., Charles P. Verdon, and Johnny R. Wolfe Jr.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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From Excluded to Essential: Tracing the Racist Exclusion of Farmworkers, Domestic Workers, and Tipped Workers from the Fair Labor Standards Act, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections of the Committee on Education and Labor, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session, May 3, 2021
This is the May 3, 2021 hearing on "From Excluded to Essential: Tracing the Racist Exclusion of Farmworkers, Domestic Workers, and Tipped Workers from the Fair Labor Standards Act," held before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor. From the opening statement of Alma S. Adams: "Today, we are gathered to examine the racist origins of denying farmworkers, domestic workers, and tipped workers full protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act [FLSA] and to chart a path toward finally addressing these inequities. The Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, is one of our Nation's most significant labor laws. First passed in 1938, it created the Federal minimum wage, set limits on work hours, and banned oppressive child labor. Yet, after more than 80 years, the FLSA still includes aspects of our Nation's history of slavery and racial discrimination by expressly denying farmworkers, domestic workers, and tipped workers the full protections of basic wage and hour protections." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Paul DeCamp, Rebecca Dixon, Teresa Romero, and Haeyoung Yoon.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Pandemic Response and the Small Business Economy: An Update from the U.S. Small Business Administration, Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the United States Senate, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session, May 26, 2021
This is the May 26, 2021 hearing on "Pandemic Response and the Small Business Economy: An Update from the U.S. Small Business Administration," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. From the opening statement of Benjamin L. Cardin: "It has been 14 months since Congress passed the CARES [Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security] Act, and the SBA [U.S. Small Business Administration] had really stood up to the challenge. Over $1 trillion in aid has been provided to American small businesses. In the Paycheck Protection Program alone, over 11 million forgivable loans have been issued, and the latest number was to the tune of about $791 billion. There is now optimism among small businesses with the rollout of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] vaccine that businesses may be returning to a more normal volume. [...] The key has been Congress and the administration, open lines of communication, working together to implement these tools for small business. Transparency is absolutely essential and sharing information timely." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Isabella Casillas Guzman.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Divergent and Inequitable Teaching and Learning Pathways During (And Perhaps Beyond) the Pandemic: Key Findings from the American Educator Panels Spring 2021 COVID-19 Surveys
From the Webpage Description: "The 2020-2021 school year has been like no other. Because of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, most kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) schools across the United States have reduced in-person learning for students to a few days per week or have been physically closed for most of the school year. In this Data Note, researchers use surveys of teachers and principals to provide a picture of students' learning experiences in K-12 schools that have adopted a variety of operational models (e.g., fully in-person, hybrid, fully remote) during the 2020-2021 school year. The findings consistently indicate that remote schooling was associated with fewer instructional opportunities and potentially poorer student outcomes compared with in-person schooling. These outcomes include less teacher-reported curriculum coverage, more teacher-reported student absenteeism, and lower principal-reported achievement in mathematics and English language arts (ELA). Nevertheless, teachers and principals who have been in remote settings this school year appear to be far more comfortable with the idea of providing remote instruction in some form, even after the pandemic recedes. Taken together, these findings suggest that the pandemic has set schools on diverging pathways depending on whether they were mostly remote or in person over the course of this school year. Using these findings, the authors make several recommendations to policymakers, school and district leaders, and researchers to support K-12 teaching and learning over the next several years."
RAND Corporation
Kaufman, Julia H.; Diliberti, Melissa
2021
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Examination of the SBA's COVID-19 Programs, Hearing Before the Committee on Small Business, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session, May 26, 2021
This is the May 26, 2021 hearing on "Examination of SBA's [U.S. Small Business Administration's] COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Programs," held before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business. From the opening statement of Nydia Velazquez: "In 2020, COVID-19 closed more businesses than any other year on record and left countless other entrepreneurs clinging for their survival. [...] Congress has passed eight small business relief bills, allocating more than $1 trillion to small firms during their darkest hour. The federal government's efforts to save small business were extraordinary, but distributing this aid was a monumental task for SBA. The $1 trillion-plus in federal funding represented more than 10 times SBA's annual budget. As a result, the agency administered more aid during the COVID crisis than it had for all other disasters combined during its 67-year history. [...] For over a year, small businesses have persevered through a once-in-a-lifetime crisis. Today, thanks to our collective efforts, small firms have hope. Across the country, customers are returning and business conditions are normalizing thanks to vaccines and public health measures. Though the pandemic may be receding, we must continue to work as a Committee to see small businesses to the end of the crisis and help facilitate a strong recovery." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Isabella Casillas Guzman.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: S. 2065, Deepfake Report Act of 2019
From the Document: "S. 2065 would require the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to submit five annual reports to the Congress on digital content forgeries, also known as 'deepfakes.' Such forgeries manipulate digital content, such as videos, with the intent to mislead the viewer. The bill would require DHS to assess the use of digital content forgeries by foreign entities and evaluate available methods of detecting and mitigating such threats."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2019-08-16
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COVID-19: An Update on the Federal Response, Hearing of the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, Second Session on Examining COVID-19, Focusing on an Update on the Federal Response, September 23, 2020
This is the September 23, 2020 hearing on "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]: An Update on the Federal Response," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. From the opening statement of Lamar Alexander: "The Trump administration's program to develop and deploy a vaccine against COVID-19 is on track to be an unprecedented sprint to success. The program called Operation Warp Speed will save lives without cutting corners on safety and efficiency. The COVID-19 vaccine development process is likely to produce its first tens of millions of doses within 1 year. The United States has never produced a vaccine that rapidly. [...] The Administration had set a stretch goal that once seemed impossible but now seems likely. The Administration hopes to have as many as 300 million doses of vaccines available to be deployed by mid-2021, according to an August 26 article by Operation Warp Speed program's principal adviser, Dr. Monsef Slowey, and vaccine expert, Dr. Matthew Hepburn, that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Anthony Fauci, Robert Redfield, Brett Giroir, and Stephen Hahn.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Military Criminal Investigative Organization Reform Recommendations from the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session, March 16, 2021
This is the March 16, 2021 hearing on "Military Criminal Investigative Organization Reform Recommendations from the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee," held before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Military Personnel of the Committee on Armed Services. From the opening statement of Jackie Speier: "The Fort Hood report is required reading and continues to reveal new challenges and problems, as well as demonstrate the devastating impacts of problems that have gone unaddressed, but also, and more importantly, new solutions. Ultimately, it is a guidebook for how to create a smarter, safer, and more ready force. The Fort Hood Independent Review Committee's report is a stinging repudiation of the Army Criminal Investigation Division [CID]. The combination of woefully inadequate experience among the investigators--in fact, 92 percent were apprentice agents--coupled with understaffing created a doomed operation that resulted in unsolved murders until civil law enforcement stepped in; a disturbing sexual assault conviction rate of 22 percent; and an installation in which soldiers felt unsafe--a damning result. What the Independent Review Committee found was startling. [...] The military often says that it has zero tolerance for sexual assault, but when criminal investigations are haphazardly done, consisting of box-checking, it undermines any hope of accountability and does a disservice to brave service members who make an unrestricted report. And that in no way is zero tolerance. It is the job of this committee to ensure that the military completes a fulsome, thorough, and competent criminal investigation for every reported crime." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Terry Bullard, Omar Lopez, Donna Martin, Christopher Swecker, Carrie Ricci, Andrew R. Bland III, and Mary Counts.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Veteran Scams: Protecting Those Who Protected US, Hearing Before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, First Session, November 6, 2019
This is the November 6, 2019 hearing on "Veteran Scams: Protecting Those Who Protected US," held before the U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging. From the opening statement of Susan M. Collins: "As we will learn today, one issue that calls for our immediate action is to fight a newer enemy facing our veterans, and that is those relentless con artists who seek to rob them of their life savings and defraud them of the benefits they have earned in service to our Country. Often, veterans fall victim to the same scams that this Committee has highlighted in recent years, such as the IRS [Internal Revenue Service] imposter scam, the grandparent scam, the romance scam, the Jamaican lottery scheme, and identity theft. Veterans are disproportionately affected by these schemes, but there is also troubling evidence that some fraudsters are deliberately targeting veterans, and they are structuring their scams in order to reach our veterans. [...] [W]e must find ways to protect our veterans from scams before they become victims. Education is one way. That is one of the reasons we are holding this hearing today. Another is to build on the comradery veterans have for one another by bringing them together to provide another set of eyes." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Benjamin Wells, Laverne Foreman, W. Dewayne Richardson, and Carroll Harris.
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022
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Pacific Islands Disaster Relief, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Flood Control of the Committee on Public Works, House of Representatives, Eighty-Seventh Congress, Second Session, on S. 1742, H.R. 7269, and Related Bills, to Authorize Federal Assistance to Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands in Major Disasters, May 9, 1962
This is the May 9, 1962 hearing on "Pacific Islands Disaster Relief" held before the House Subcommittee on Flood Control of the Committee on Public Works. From the opening statement of Clifford Davis: "This has been introduced by department request by the chairman of the Public Works Committee. It is H.R. 7269. This is to include Guam, American Samoa, and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands under the Federal Disaster Relief Act." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Wayne N. Aspinall and Richard F. Taitano.
United States. Government Printing Office
1962
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Joint Cybersecurity Advisory: APT Cyber Tools Targeting ICS/SCADA Devices
From the Summary: "The Department of Energy (DOE), the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the National Security Agency (NSA), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) to warn that certain advanced persistent threat (APT) actors have exhibited the capability to gain full system access to multiple industrial control system (ICS)/supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) devices, including: [1] Schneider Electric programmable logic controllers (PLCs), [2] OMRON Sysmac NEX PLCs, and [3] Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) servers. The APT actors have developed custom-made tools for targeting ICS/SCADA devices. The tools enable them to scan for, compromise, and control affected devices once they have established initial access to the operational technology (OT) network. [...] DOE, CISA, NSA, and the FBI urge critical infrastructure organizations, especially Energy Sector organizations, to implement the detection and mitigation recommendations provided in this CSA to detect potential malicious APT activity and harden their ICS/SCADA devices."
United States. Department of Energy; United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency; United States. National Security Agency . . .
2022-04-14
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 7311, Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act
From the Document: "H.R. 7311 would direct the Department of State, within 90 days of the bill's enactment, to develop a strategy for countering Russian efforts to undermine democratic institutions in Africa. The bill would require the Secretary of State to report on the implementation of the plan on an annual basis for the following five years beginning 180 days after enactment of H.R. 7311. The bill also would direct the agency to provide, in each annual report, a survey of similar initiatives undertaken by foreign entities and detailed intelligence on the identity of local actors complicit in Russian activities. On the basis of information about the costs of similar activities, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing H.R. 7311 would cost less than $500,000 over the 2022-2026 period; such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2022-04-19
