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Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) [website]
FEMA's mission is to reduce loss of life and property and protect our nation's critical infrastructure from all types of hazards through a comprehensive, risk-based, emergency management program of mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Petition For Writ of Certiorari: In the Supreme Court of the United States: Center For National Security Studies, et.al., Petitioners v. United States Department of Justice, Respondent
Petitioners seek review of a divided decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit holding that they have no right under the Freedom of Information Act or the First Amendment to be told the names or other basic information relating to over 700 individuals secretly detained by the federal government in the weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The D.C. Circuit abandoned its proper judicial role, and effectively amended the Act by judicial fiat, when it deferred to government rationales for withholding that (1) were highly questionable on their face and (2) were phrased in such general terms that they wholly failed to account for relevant differences among the detainees. This Court should grant certiorari to ensure that even after September 11, the judiciary will continue to fulfill its constitutional and statutory obligation to provide meaningful review of the exercise of executive power. The lower court's ratification of secret arrests has no precedent in this Nation's laws or history and should be reconsidered by this Court.
United States. Supreme Court
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Mustard Gas NIOSH Emergency Response Card
Emergency Response Card includes information regarding types of hazard/exposure, acute hazards/clinical signs/symptoms, prevention/personal protective equipment, and first aid/firefighting for mustard gas.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Adopting the Defense Message System (DMS: A Guidebook
This paper is a high-level guide to inform National Communications System (NCS) member agencies that will be implementing the current version of the Defense Message System (DMS). Normally, DMS is implemented by transitioning from the Automatic Digital Network (AUTODIN) or via an upgrade from an earlier version of DMS. Organizations need to determine whether they will be adopting or upgrading DMS. If an agency is required to do so, then this paper will assist in the process of adopting or upgrading DMS. The first section of the guide presents a brief background on AUTODIN and DMS, including a summary of the status of DMS implementation and a description of how DMS messages are transmitted. The second section covers key steps and recommendations for implementing DMS. The guide also offers several appendixes, including a detailed step-by-step plan for transitioning from AUTODIN to DMS, a guide for upgrading from earlier versions of DMS, and a tutorial on DMS security services.
National Communications System (U.S.). Office of the Manager
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CDC Chemical Emergencies Fact Sheet: Facts about Abrin
Description of chemical agent abrin, including description, potential pathways of exposure, signs and symptoms of abrin exposure, treatment, and protocol for exposure. Includes additional contact information for abrin fact sources.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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San Diego State University: Graduate Program in Homeland Security [website]
The San Diego State University Homeland Security Program (HSEC) offers "Interdisciplinary graduate study leading to the Master of Science degree in Homeland Security. Our Program was the first of its kind in the nation, taking advantage of the unique learning and research opportunities offered by the "living laboratory" that is the San Diego-Baja border region. The HSEC Program provides a vibrant and challenging learning environment where scholarly, educational, and research endeavors are applied to real-world challenges associated with man-made and natural emergencies and critical incidents on the local, national, and global levels. We have over 150 active graduate students who bring their diverse professional, disciplinary, and cultural backgrounds into the learning and research processes. We are focused on positive solutions such as International Trade Optimization as championed by Assistant Secretary of DHS for International Affairs and also Chief Diplomatic Officer, Alan Bersin, through our relationships with dozens of federal agencies, NGOs, and non-profit organizations."
San Diego State University
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Western Institute for Food Safety and Security [website]
The mission of the Western Institute for Food Safety and Security is to conduct research that will enhance food safety in all sectors of the food systems' continuum from environment to consumer. The Institute works as a leading resource for scientific information that will facilitate innovations and new practices against international harmful acts directed at the food system, enhance economic stability of the food industry, and overall, lead to improved human health and welfare.
University of California, Davis
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Emergency Preparedness for Business [website]
This page contains a collection of emergency response resources geared towards businesses. Included on this page are the following types of resources: Management Planning Guides to assist in the development of comprehensive plans for dealing with terrorism-related events, including specific instructions to building occupants, actions to be taken by facility management, and first responder notification procedures; Facility Projection guidance on steps businesses can take to improve the protective features of their facilities to protect against and minimize the effects of a terrorist attack; Other Resources for Business Emergency Preparation covering chemical, public health and other areas of concern; as well as information on appropriate contacts in emergency situations.
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams [website]
Composed of Army and Air National Guardsmen the Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams assess a suspected WMD attack, advise civilian responders on appropriate actions, and facilitate the arrival of additional state and Federal military forces. Each team consists of 22 full-time Army and Air National Guardsmen and is broken down into six smaller teams - command, operations, communications, administration and logistics, medical, and survey - that have been trained and equipped to provide a technical capability to "reach back" to other experts who can assist the incident commander.
USAF Counterproliferation Center
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PILOTS Database: An Electronic Index to the Traumatic Stress Literature
Produced by the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, PILOTS is an electronic index to the worldwide literature on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other mental-health consequences of exposure to traumatic events. With over twenty thousand entries, content is primarily to citations and abstracts, with some full-text included. The database is updated bimonthly, and a list of the most recent additions is available in PDF form. [Note: computers at sites with restrictive firewalls may have difficulty accessing this site.]
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (U.S.)
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Volpe National Transportation Systems Center [website]
The John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center is a recognized center of transportation and logistics expertise. The Center assists federal, state, and local governments, industry, and academia in a number of areas, including human factors research, system design, implementation, and assessment, global tracking, strategic investment and resource allocation, environmental preservation, and organizational effectiveness. Work includes a broad mix of projects that cut across traditional transportation modes and technical disciplines.
United States. Department of Transportation
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Committee on Oversight and Government Reform [website]
"The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the main investigative committee in the U.S. House of Representatives. It has jurisdiction to investigate any federal program and any matter with federal policy implications." The website includes their schedule, hearing information, investigations, legislation, and recent news.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform (1999-2006)
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U.S. Department of State: Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR) [website]
The Bureau of Intelligence and Research (INR), drawing on all-source intelligence, provides value-added independent analysis of events to Department policymakers, ensures that intelligence activities support foreign policy and national security purposes; and serves as the focal point in the Department for ensuring policy review of sensitive counterintelligence and law enforcement activities. INR's primary mission is to harness intelligence to serve U.S. diplomacy. The bureau also analyzes geographical and international boundary issues.
United States. Department of State. Bureau of Intelligence and Research
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National Institute of Standards and Technology: Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC) [website]
The Computer Security Resource Center (CSRC) is the product of the Computer Security Division within the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The mission of NIST's Computer Security Division is to improve information systems security by raising awareness of IT risks, vulnerabilities and protection requirements, particularly for new and emerging technologies.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
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Rewards for Justice [website]
"The Rewards Program, a counter-terrorism rewards program "established by the 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism, Public Law 98-533, ...is administered by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security." The web site lists a number of terrorist acts with brief descriptions and photos. Rewards are offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of persons responsible for such acts."
United States. Department of State. Bureau of Diplomatic Security
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JSCOPE 2001: A Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics: The Domestic Role of the Military [website]
The Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics (JSCOPE 2001) lists the papers presented at the JSCOPE conference on the Domestic Role of the Military.
United States Air Force Academy
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U.S. Department of Labor: Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) [website]
The mission of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is to save lives, prevent injuries and protect the health of America's workers. To accomplish this, federal and state governments must work in partnership with the more than 100 million working men and women and their six and a half million employers who are covered by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
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U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazarous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA): Library [website]
"The PHMSA [Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration] Library is you 'one-stop' source for public documents relate to the safe transport of hazardous materials." This library offers general information related to the topic, along with the Hazmat Safety Library and the Pipeline Safety Library. .
United States. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
The NPT is a collection of eleven articles designed to prevent new countries from obtaining nuclear weapons, to promote disarmament, and to establish a system for safeguards and verification.
United States. Department of State. Bureau of Nonproliferation
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U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: Post 9/11 Information
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission Post 9/11 Information page includes correspondence, fact sheets, press releases, speeches, and testimonies surrounding the US Nuclear Regulator Commission and 9/11.
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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National Security Agency (NSA) [website]
The National Security Agency is the Nation's cryptologic organization. It coordinates, directs, and performs highly specialized activities to protect U.S. information systems and produce foreign intelligence information. A high technology organization, NSA is on the frontiers of communications and data processing. It is also one of the most important centers of foreign language analysis and research within the Government. The NSA collects and processes foreign signals intelligence information for our Nation's leaders and warfighters, and protects critical US information security systems from compromise.
United States. National Security Agency
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) [website]
The FAO gives advice to governments, develops assistance, provides information, and holds a neutral forum in order to raise levels of nutrition and standards of living, to improve agricultural productivity, and to better the condition of rural populations
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Food Defense & Emergency Response [website]
This U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website," works with other government agencies and private sector organizations to help reduce the risk of tampering or other malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions on the food and cosmetic supply."
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (U.S.)
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National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) [website]
The NRO designs, builds and operates the nation's reconnaissance satellites. NRO products, provided to an expanding list of customers like the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DoD), can warn of potential trouble spots around the world, help plan military operations, and monitor the environment. The NRO coordinates collection and analysis of information from airplane and satellite reconnaissance by the military services and the CIA.
United States. National Reconnaissance Office
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General Accounting Office (GAO) [website]
The GAO is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress helping to improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government. The GAO site provides access to a wealth of report literature from 1975 onwards, many in full-text.
United States. General Accounting Office
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National Priorities Project (NPP) [website]
NPP works to offer citizens and community groups tools and resources to shape federal budget and policy priorities which "promote social and economic justice" by focusing on the impacts of federal tax and spending policies at the community level. Of interest are their various tools that allow users to generate tables and charts with state data on needs and federal expenditures.
National Priorities Project (U.S.)
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National Intelligence Council (NIC) [website]
"The National Intelligence Council supports the Director of National Intelligence in his role as head of the Intelligence Community (IC) and is the IC's center for long-term strategic analysis. Since its establishment in 1979, the NIC has served as a bridge between the intelligence and policy communities, a source of deep substantive expertise on intelligence issues, and a facilitator of Intelligence Community collaboration and outreach. The NIC's National Intelligence Officers - drawn from government, academia, and the private sector-are the Intelligence Community's senior experts on a range of regional and functional issues."
National Intelligence Council (U.S.)
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National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) [website]
Encompassed within the NNSA's mission statement are the following goals: enhancing U.S. national security through the military application of nuclear energy; maintaining and enhancing the safety, reliability, and performance of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile; promoting international nuclear safety and nonproliferation; and, reducing global danger from weapons of mass destruction.
United States. National Nuclear Security Administration
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Chief Financial Officers Council (CFO) [website]
The CFOC is "an organization of the CFOs and Deputy CFOs of the largest Federal agencies, senior officials of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury who work collaboratively to improve financial management in the U.S. Government."
Chief Financial Officers Council (U.S.)
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CDT: Center for Democracy & Technology [website]
From the CDT Website: "CDT's mission is to conceptualize and implement public policies that will keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. Preserving the Unique Nature of the Internet: The open, decentralized, and user-controlled nature of the Internet creates unprecedented opportunities for innovation, democratic participation and human development. Enhancing Freedom of Expression: CDT fights for the right of individuals to communicate, publish and access an unprecedented array of information on the Internet. We oppose governmental censorship and other threats to the free flow of information. We believe that technology tools-not government controls-are the best way to allow families and individuals to make choices about the information they receive on the Internet. Protecting Privacy: Maintaining privacy on the Internet requires a mix of laws, corporate policies and technology tools giving people control of their personal information. Limiting Government Surveillance: CDT advocates for stronger legal standards controlling government surveillance, to keep pace with the growing exposure of personal information as digital media have become central to our lives."
Center for Democracy and Technology
