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• Economic Report of the President: Transmitted to the Congress January 2009, Together with the Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers

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  From President Barack Obama's Opening Letter to the Congress: "The U.S. economy has proven itself remarkably resilient over the past 8 years, having withstood a number of major shocks throughout the period. During the last few months of 2008, however, the economy encountered major shocks in the financial sector that it could not shake off. Those financial shocks combined with other factors--record high commodity prices earlier in the year, natural disasters, and continued weakness in the housing market--to cause the economy to contract modestly in the third quarter and what appears to be a sharp decline in the fourth quarter (see Chapters 1 and 2). The contraction will likely last into early- or mid-2009. Despite rapid fiscal and monetary policy action in response to weakening economic conditions, the economy entered into recession at the end of 2007, ending 6 years of expansion and a record 52 months of uninterrupted job growth. Several factors contributed over many years to create the credit difficulties that reached crisis proportions late in the year. The magnitude of the crisis required unprecedented policy responses to reduce the extent of the damage to the economy. These policy actions have laid a foundation for a strong economic recovery early in the term of the next Administration. Most market forecasts suggest the weakness will continue in the first half of 2009, followed by a recovery beginning in the second half of 2009 that will gain momentum in 2010 and beyond."

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2009
• Problem-Oriented Policing: Reflections on the First 20 Years

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  "This summary report describes how Herman Goldstein's problem-oriented policing framework has been developed and, at times, distorted in the many efforts to make it a standard way of policing. I prepared the report as a Visiting Fellow to the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office). I [the author] drew upon my personal experience, reviewed relevant literature and problem-oriented policing project reports, visited selected police departments, attended conferences, and talked extensively with Herman Goldstein and others well-versed in problem-oriented policing."

  United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

  Scott, Michael S.

  2000-10
• DOE Handbook: Process Safety Management for Highly Hazardous Chemicals

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  "This handbook provides information necessary to determine if a chemical process is covered by the PSM Rule and provides an interpretation of the 14 elements of the PSM Rule. An overview of these elements is given in Table 1.1. This handbook also describes DOE programs that may, with or without modification, satisfy the requirements of this Rule. Questions and answers, based on OSHA's responses to questions from industry and labor, are provided at the end of most sections. Applicable question numbers are referenced in the text in brackets. Sample programs are included that may be used to satisfy provisions of the PSM Rule. These sample programs are adapted from industry and are not mandatory, even though some contain directive language (e.g., will, shall, should). Appendix D lists additional sources of detailed PSM information. For specific guidance on the Process Hazards Analysis element , the reader is referred to the handbook, "Chemical Process Hazards Analysis" (DOE-HDBK-1100-96)."

  United States. Department of Energy

  1996-02
• Preattack and Predisaster Preparations

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  This pamphlet provides guidance to help Air Force Civil Engineers prepare their bases and their units for disasters and war. It outlines proven short-notice and long-term preparations. It focuses on expedient methods, but also lists sources of technical information for permanent preparations. It details how to beddown incoming military forces; shelter disaster victims; disperse key assets; improve facility hardening quickly; build shelters; implement effective camouflage concealment, and deception; isolate utility lines; provide backup utility service, and build defensive fighting positions, bunkers, and obstacles. The pamphlet supports AFI 10-210, "Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force Program", AFI 10-211, "Civil Engineer Contingency Response Planning", AFI 32-4001, "Disaster Preparedness Planning and Operations", and AFI 32-4007, Camouflage, "Concealment, and Deception".

  United States. Department of the Air Force

  1996-11-01
• Academic Workshop on Public Confidence

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  The following contains transcripts of the Academic Workshop on Public Confidence proceedings.

  United States. Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office

  1997
• Decision Analysis with Value Focused Thinking as a Methodology to Select Force Protection Initiatives for Evaluation

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  Emphasis on homeland defense is high. Decision makers responsible for enhancing the protection of both military and civilian personnel require additional insight when selecting ideas, concepts, or technologies to pursue with constrained resources. They are faced with multiple criteria and multiple objectives; yet they have no defensible, objective, and repeatable selection process to assist them in making their decisions. This thesis explores whether the value- focused thinking (VFT) process is appropriate for providing the necessary insight to those decision makers. To prove the VFT process is appropriate and viable; this thesis focuses on constructing a value model, scoring alternatives, and analyzing the results for a focus case -- the Air Force, Force Protection Battle lab (FPB). The FPB evaluates the worth of innovative force protection ideas and concepts. The results from the focus case prove that through the VFT process, decision makers are able to make objective decisions regarding which innovative force protection ideas contribute the most value to their mission. It provides justifiable defense for their decisions and enables future decisions regarding selection of innovative protection technologies with the same objectivity and defensibility.

  Air Force Institute of Technology (U.S.)

  Jurk, David M.

  2002-03
• S. Hrg. 94: U.S. Policy Toward Southern Africa, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-Fourth Congress, First Session on Overview of U.S. Relations with Southern Africa, June 11, 13, 16; July 9, 10, 14, 23, 24, 28, and 29, 1975

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  This is a series of hearings on the "U.S. Policy Toward Southern Africa," held before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on African Affairs of the Committee on Foreign Relations. From the opening statement of Dick Clark: "The fundamental changes occurring in southern Africa today presents unique challenges and opportunities for U.S. foreign policy. In Angola and Mozambique, the struggle for independence was in many ways a struggle between the East and the West, and between the former colonies of Africa and the former colonial powers. Portugal was a member of NATO, and the United states provided it with economic and military assistance all during the colonial wars. At the same time, China and the Soviet Union--as well as the independent nations of Africa--assisted those people who will soon govern Angola and Mozambique in their fight for independence." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: E.F. Andrews, Alfonso Arenales, Norman Bailey, Gerald J. Bender, William B. Buffum, Goler Teal Butcher, Temple G. Cole, Dennis E. Conroy, Jennifer Davis, Robert C. Good, Thomas H. Henriksen, Jean Herskovits, George M. Houser, John E. Hutchinson, Allen F. Isaacman, Willard R. Johnson, Elizabeth S. Landis, Edgar Lockwood, John Arthur Mareum, Donald McHenry, Edward Mulcahy, Edwin S. Munger, Jordan Ngubane, James H. Noyes, Robert I. Rotberg, Leonard M. Thompson, and Douglas L. Wheeler.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1976
• Small Business Administration (SBA) Funding: Overview and Recent Trends [Updated June 17, 2020]

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  From the Summary: "This report examines the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) appropriations (new budget authority, minus rescissions and sequestration) over time, focusing on developments and trends since FY2000. It also provides total available funding (which includes carryover from the prior fiscal year, carryover into the next fiscal year, account transfers, rescissions, and sequestration) and, for entrepreneurial development noncredit programs, actual and anticipated expenditures for comparative purposes."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Dilger, Robert Jay, 1954-

  2020-06-17
• Serial No. 115-51: Examining the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, November 1, 2017

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  This is the November 1, 2017 hearing on "Examining the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program," held before the U.S. House of Representatives on the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Financial Services. From the opening statement of Ann Wager: "Today's hearing will focus on whether the Department of Housing and Urba Development's administration of the CDBG-DR [Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Program] program lives up to the ideals I mentioned a moment ago. It will also, I hope initiate a constructive dialog between Congress, HUD [Housing and Urban Development], and the HUD Office of Inspector General about how this CDBG-DR program can be reformed to increase oversight, to increase accountability, and ensure disaster relief dollars go directly and expeditiously to those who need them the most. As we will hear today from our witness, the Acting HUD Inspector General, Helen Albert, the HUD OIG [Office of Inspector General] has routinely identified serious systemic problems with the CDBG-Disaster Recovery Program. Money appropriated to this program often failed to reach those who need it most and instead was diverted to wasteful or inefficient uses." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Helen Albert.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2018
• Western Security Issues: European Perspectives, Hearing Before the Subcommittees on International Security and Scientific Affairs and the Europe and the Middle East of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, House of Representatives, Ninety-Sixth Congress, First Session, September 12, 1979

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  This is the September 12, 1979 hearing titled "Western Security Issues: European Perspectives" held before the Committee on Foreign Affairs. From the openings statement of Clement J. Zablocki: 'We meet today to examine some of the emerging issues relating to the security of Western Europe. We are all aware, I think, of the growing military capability of the Warsaw Pact." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Paul Thyness, Patrick Wall, Peter Corterier, and Klaas de Vries.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1979
• Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11 [Updated June 23, 2008]

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  This CRS report is an update to a report of the same title that discusses the costs associated with operations related to the global war on terror since 9/11. "With enactment of the FY2008 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2764/P.L. 110-161) on December 26, 2007, Congress has approved a total of about $700 billion for military operations, base security, reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans' health care for the three operations initiated since the 9/11 attacks: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan and other counter terror operations; Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), providing enhanced security at military bases; and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF)[...]In February 2008, the Congressional Budget Office projected that additional war costs from FY2009 through FY2018 could range from $440 billion, if troop levels fell to 30,000 by 2010, to $1.0 trillion, if troop levels fell to 75,000 by about 2013. Under these scenarios, CBO projects that funding for Iraq, Afghanistan and the GWOT could reach from about $1.1 trillion to about $1.7 trillion for FY2001- FY2018. This report will be updated as warranted. This report also includes one figure, one appendix and a list of 12 tables."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Belasco, Amy

  2008-06-23
• Cost of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Other Global War on Terror Operations Since 9/11 [Updated July 14, 2008]

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  "While Congress provided a total of $182 billion for war costs in FY2008 -- $11 billion more than the prior year -- this represented a cut of almost $14 billion from the Administration's request. This cut included both reductions in DOD's investment accounts and a substitution of almost $6 billion in non-war funding that is not included in the CRS figures above. Congress also cut funding for foreign aid and diplomatic operations for Iraq and Afghanistan by $1.4 billion, providing a total of $4.5 billion. For FY2009, Congress provided $67 billion, close to the request. Earlier, to tide DOD over until passage of the supplemental, the House and Senate appropriations committees approved part of a DOD request to transfer funds from its regular accounts. In February 2008, the Congressional Budget Office projected that additional war costs from FY2009 through FY2018 could range from $440 billion, if troop levels fell to 30,000 by 2010, to $1.0 trillion, if troop levels fell to 75,000 by about 2013. Under these scenarios, CBO projects that funding for Iraq, Afghanistan and the GWOT could reach from about $1.1 trillion to about $1.7 trillion for FY2001- FY2018."

  Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

  Belasco, Amy

  2008-07-14
• Investigation Report Volume 2: Explosion and Fire at the Macondo Well

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  This volume is part 3 of 3 of the investigation report, "Explosion and Fire at the Macondo Well," published by the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board." The volume focuses on "technical findings on the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer (BOP) with an emphasis on the effective management of safety critical elements." From the synopsis: "In analyzing the BOP failure to seal the well during the incident, Volume 2 of the CSB Macondo Incident Investigation report has five objectives: 1. To discuss key preventable hardware shortcomings affecting the reliability of the Deepwater Horizon BOP throughout the drilling activities at Macondo. 2. To account for all conditions that can cause drillpipe to buckle in a well, leaving it off-center in a BOP and potentially interfering with the BOP's ability to seal a well. These conditions include having buckled drillpipe even when a rig crew has successfully shut in a well. 3. To explore safeguards, or barriers, that help prevent major accidents, recognizing they extend beyond physical equipment into operational and organizational elements. 4. To describe the necessity for effective identification and management of safety critical elements--technical, organizational, and operational--for preventing Macondo-like events. 5. To identify additional opportunities for improvement in the US offshore safety regulations that do not include clear and systematic requirements to ensure the successful performance of all safety critical elements (SCE) for reducing major accident events." The overview of this report can be found within the HSDL collection here: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=754552]. Volume 1 can be found here: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=754553]

  United States. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

  2014-06-05
• Examination of the Safety and Economics of Light Water Small Modular Reactors, Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, Special Hearing, July 14, 2011

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  From the opening statement of Dianne Feinstein: "This is an oversight hearing on the safety and economic issues for the proposed light water small modular reactor (LW SMR). The program proposed by the administration is a major investment of taxpayer funds to help two private companies develop their designs and submit them to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for certification. In today's hearing, we will look at the safety features and potential economics of LW SMRs. We may not arrive at definitive answers today to the questions that are raised. That will likely require the NRC to take action on the actual application. However, it's important that we try to understand the potential benefits and deficits and acknowledge uncertainties to determine whether such a large investment by the Federal Government is justified." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Dianne Feinstein, Lamar Alexander, Peter B. Lyons, William D. Magwood, IV, Edwin Lyman, E. James Ferland, Jr., Christofer M. Mowry, Paul G. Lorenzini, Ernest J. Moniz, and the Nuclear Energy Institute.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2012
• MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: Recommendations and Reports, August 26, 2016

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  "This report updates the 2015--16 recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) regarding the use of seasonal influenza vaccines […]. Routine annual influenza vaccination is recommended for all persons aged ≥6 months who do not have contraindications. For the 2016--17 influenza season, inactivated influenza vaccines (IIVs) will be available in both trivalent (IIV3) and quadrivalent (IIV4) formulations. Recombinant influenza vaccine (RIV) will be available in a trivalent formulation (RIV3). In light of concerns regarding low effectiveness against influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 in the United States during the 2013--14 and 2015--16 seasons, for the 2016--17 season, ACIP makes the interim recommendation that live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV4) should not be used. […] Recommendations for use of different vaccine types and specific populations are discussed. A licensed, age-appropriate vaccine should be used. No preferential recommendation is made for one influenza vaccine product over another for persons for whom more than one licensed, recommended product is otherwise appropriate. This information is intended for vaccination providers, immunization program personnel, and public health personnel. Information in this report reflects discussions during public meetings of ACIP held on October 21, 2015; February 24, 2016; and June 22, 2016. These recommendations apply to all licensed influenza vaccines used within Food and Drug Administration--licensed indications, including those licensed after the publication of this report."

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

  2016-08-26
• Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for 2010, Part 2: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, March 12, March 19, March 26, March 31, and April 23, 2009

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  This hearing includes testimonies on Securing the Nation's Rail and Transit Systems (Part 1 and 2), Improving the Efficiency of the Aviation Security System, Biometric Identification, and Developing and Transitioning Homeland Security Research Products Into Use. From the opening statement of David Price: "Today's hearing will focus on how well security programs have been operating in the rail and transit arena and how effectively Federal dollars have been spent to protect the users of these systems from any incidents. These efforts are jointly run by the Transportation Security Administration, which is in charge of surface transportation security efforts, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, which is responsible for distributing grants annually to rail and transit systems to strengthen the security efforts. I am including funds here contained in the recently enacted economic recovery package. To date rail and transit entities have received a total of $1.67 billion in grants for security enhancements, including infrastructure protection, deterrence, facility hardening, and employee training." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: David Price, Rogers, John Sammon, W. Ross Ashley, Bill Morange, Jack Eckles, Nita Lowey, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Ken Calvert, Gale Rossides, John Abney Culberson, Kathleen Kraninger, Bob Mocny, Bradley Buswell, Keith Ellison, Debbie Halvorson, Henry Cuellar, Rush D. Holt, John M. McHugh

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2009
• Vietnam Policy Proposals, Hearings Before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, Ninety-First Congress, Second Session on S. 3000, S. Con. Res. 39, S. Con. Res. 40, S. Con. Res. 42, S. Res. 268, S. Res. 270, S. Res. 271, S. Res. 280, and S.J. Res. 166, February 3, 4, 5, and March 16, 1970

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  These are the February 3, 4, 5, and March 16, 1970 hearings titled "Vietnam Policy Proposals," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. From the opening statement of J. W. Fullbright: "The Committee on Foreign Relations is beginning a series of hearings this morning on various aspects of our engagement in Vietnam. There has occurred in the last 2 years a most important-and welcome-change in America's war policy in Vietnam. Prior to March 1968 we were expanding the scale of the war; since that time we have been reducing it-slowly but steadily. President Johnson initiated the process of gradual deescalation by limiting the bombing of North Vietnam , thus allowing the Paris peace talks to begin, and then, near the end of his term, by ending the bombing of North Vietnam altogether. President Nixon has continued the deescalation through gradual, periodic withdrawals of American troops." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Alan Cranston, Bob Dole, Thomas F. Eagleton, Charles E. Goodell, Vance Hartke, Harold E. Hughes, Jacob K. Javits, Mike Mansfield, Charles McC. Mathias Jr., George S. McGovern, Claiborne Pell, Elliot L. Richardson, and Hugh Scott.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  1970
• Depot Maintenance: DOD Should Improve Pandemic Plans and Publish Working Capital Fund Policy, Report to Congressional Committees

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  From the Highlights: "Pandemics such as COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] can impact the productivity of critical DOD depots that maintain weapon systems if essential personnel are unable to report for work. Navy and Air Force WCFs [Working Capital Funds] must also maintain cash balances sufficient for the activities they support, including the eight depots operated by the Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force, to sustain readiness. GAO [Government Accountability Office] was asked to assess the effects of COVID-19 on WCF and depot operations as part of its CARES [Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security] Act oversight. This report (1) describes how COVID-19 impacted Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force depot productivity; (2) examines the extent to which depot actions in response to COVID-19 addressed key practices to support the workforce, continue operations, and improve crisis response; and (3) examines the extent to which WCF cash management policy ensured financial solvency and reflected current guidance. GAO reviewed DOD guidance, depot revenue data for fiscal year 2020, and documents related to the impact of COVID-19 on productivity and WCF solvency; and interviewed depot and financial management officials."

  United States. Government Accountability Office

  2021-04
• Escape from the Delta: Preparation and Evacuation for Catastrophic Flooding in California Emergency Management Agency Region IV

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  "We model the regional highway system of Central California and consider the challenge of evacuating a highly populated region from the threat of catastrophic flood. Specifically, we build a minimum cost network flow problem to represent the movement of more than one million people within Yolo, Sacramento, San Joaquin, and Stanislaus Counties. Our model solves for 'best case' evacuation routes and clearing times assuming perfect knowledge of flood inundation and road conditions. Our model is large but efficient, solving 35 separate scenarios in less than 45 minutes. We develop two basic evacuation scenarios, each having many variations, resulting in 490 total scenarios. For these, we analyze model assumptions and the effect of interruptions to evacuation behavior for a range of 'what-if' situations."

  Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)

  Yuhas, Timothy C.

  2011-03
• Geometric Morphometric Tools for the Classification of Human Skulls

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  "The proposed project developed population-specific classification criteria and associated software to assist forensic scientists in the characterization of human skulls. Such tools would be an important component both in criminal investigations and in general preparedness for mass fatality incidents. These tools were incorporated into the new and powerful methods of geometric morphometrics that address significant shortcomings in traditional approaches to biological shape analysis, which are not yet widely used in forensic identification. The project objectives are three-fold: 1. To compile an extensible population database derived from three-dimensional landmark coordinate data of human cranial material that will aid in future victim identifications; 2. Develop and validate population-specific procedures for the classification of unknown individuals; 3. Develop cross-platform software for the use in forensic applications of human identification."

  United States. Department of Justice

  Ross, Ann H.; Slice, Dennis E.; Williams, Shannon

  2010-07
• Internal Controls: SEC Should Consider Requiring Companies to Disclose Whether They Obtained an Auditor Attestation, Report to Congressional Committees

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  "Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires a public company to have its independent auditor attest to and report on management's internal control over financial reporting; this is known as the auditor attestation requirement. In July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act exempted companies with less than $75 million in public float from the auditor attestation requirement. The act mandated that GAO [Government Accountability Office] examine the impact of the permanent exemption on the quality of financial reporting by small public companies and on investors. This report discusses (1) how the number of financial statement restatements compares between exempt and nonexempt companies (i.e., those with $75 million or more in public float), (2) the costs and benefits of complying with the attestation requirement, and (3) what is known about the extent to which investor confidence is affected by compliance with the auditor attestation requirement. GAO analyzed financial restatements and audit fees data; surveyed 746 public companies with a response rate of 25 percent; interviewed regulatory officials and others; and reviewed laws, surveys, and studies. […] GAO recommends that SEC [Securities and Exchange Commission] consider requiring public companies, where applicable, to explicitly disclose whether they obtained an auditor attestation of their internal controls. SEC responded that investors could determine attestation status from available information. But without clear disclosure, investors may misinterpret a company's status; therefore, this warrants SEC's further consideration."

  United States. Government Accountability Office

  2013-07
• South Napa Earthquake Recovery Advisory: Earthquake Strengthening of Cripple Walls in Wood-Frame Dwellings, Second Edition

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  From the Purpose: "The August 24, 2014 South Napa earthquake (FEMA DR‐4193) has reinforced past observations that wood‐ frame dwellings with flexible wood foundation walls (known as cripple walls) and inadequate anchorage (bolting) to the foundation are vulnerable to damage from earthquake shaking. [...] This Recovery Advisory Addresses: [1] Installation of pre‐engineered plywood bracing and foundation anchorage details intended to improve the performance of cripple walls in wood‐frame dwellings in future earthquakes. [2] Information on how and when to use the FEMA Plan Set, and when to engage the services of a design professional."

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (U.S.)

  2019-09
• Arizona Influenza Pandemic Response Plan Supplement 5: Clinical Guidelines

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  This supplement focuses on the initial screening, assessment, and management of patients who present from the community with fever and/or respiratory symptoms during the Interpandemic, Pandemic Alert, and Pandemic Periods.

  Arizona. Department of Health Services

  2006-06-07?
• Weaving the Tangled Web: Military Deception in Large-Scale Combat Operations

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  From the Introduction: "Throughout the recorded history of warfare, military planners and commanders have sought to deceive their adversary as to the size, timing, or location of an attack, in order to gain a decisive advantage. From the famous 'Trojan Horse' to modern efforts to use the electromagnetic spectrum to 'spoof' or 'jam' sensors, deception in some form remains an essential component of military operations. Whether attacking an unsuspecting enemy on Christmas morning, as Washington did at Trenton, or emplacing 'Quaker guns' (logs painted black to resemble cannon) to provide the impression of strength, US forces have successfully built on a long legacy of military deception (MILDEC) in order to prevail in the nation's wars. While technology continues to advance at a dizzying pace, threatening to render previous lessons obsolete, MILDEC operations have successfully withstood previous developments and even incorporated new technologies continue to form an important part of combat operations. While potentially capable, in some cases, of enabling military forces to prevail without a fight, as the theorist Sun Tzu postulated, more often MILDEC confers an advantage that helps the side that successfully harnesses it prevail, often at a much lower cost that it would have otherwise. Thus, MILDEC, and its long and successful history, remain an important, even vital, tool for any future leader."

  Army University Press (U.S.)

  Rein, Christopher M.

  2018
• Bioterrorism and Biocrimes: The Illicit Use of Biological Agents Since 1900 (February 2001 Revision)

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  This is the eighth revision of a working paper on biological terrorism first released in August 1998. The last version was released in April 2000. As with the earlier versions, it is an interim product of the research conducted by the author into biological terrorism at the National Defense University's Center for Counterproliferation Research. It incorporates new cases identified through December 31, 2000, as well as a considerable amount of new material on older cases acquired since publication of the previous revision. The working paper is divided into two main parts. The first part is a descriptive analysis of the illicit use of biological agents by criminals and terrorists. It draws on a series of case studies documented in the second part. The case studies describe every instance identifiable in open source materials in which a perpetrator used, acquired, or threatened to use a biological agent. While the inventory of cases is clearly incomplete, it provides an empirical basis for addressing a number of important questions relating to both biocrimes and bioterrorism. This material should enable policymakers concerned with bioterrorism to make more informed decisions.

  National Defense University. Center for Counterproliferation Research

  Carus, W. Seth

  2001-02
• Continuity Risk Toolkit: Support for Continuity Planning

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  "The Continuity Risk Toolkit provides general information on risk and techniques that may be used to perform risk analysis. It serves as a continuity resource for stakeholders by providing reference material, information, and guidance intended to further develop and refine risk identification and determine the potential for all-hazard risks to affect the performance of essential functions and essential supporting activities (ESAs). It supports Federal Continuity Directives (FCDs) 1 and 2, which implement the requirements Presidential Policy Directive 40 (PPD-40), 'National Continuity Policy,' and provide guidance to executive branch departments and agencies (D/As) on validation of Mission Essential Functions (MEFs) and Primary Mission Essential Functions (PMEFs). A risk-based approach to business analysis informs decisions that sustain MEFs and PMEFs during all phases of a catastrophic emergency. [...] The Toolkit is designed to increase risk awareness and enhance risk-informed decision-making processes within the federal, state, local, tribal, and territorial governments, and within critical infrastructure sectors. It serves as a continuity program resource that supports risk-informed analysis, and allows stakeholders to leverage its content to customize their respective analytic methods. The step-by-step instructions enable users to develop a systematic process for risk identification and mitigation, and to justify investment decisions to support continuity plans and programs."

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  2017-01
• Serial No. 103-68: Radiation Exposure from Pacific Nuclear Test, Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, One Hundred, Third Congress, Second Session on Radiation Exposure from Nuclear Tests in the Pacific, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, February 24, 1994

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  This is the February 24, 1994 hearing on "Radiation Exposure from Pacific Nuclear Test," held before the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives. From the opening statement of George Miller: "The purpose of this morning's hearing is to conduct oversight hearings on the radiation exposure from nuclear tests in the Pacific. Forty years ago next week, March 1, 1954, a joint U.S. military/ civilian task force detonated a 15-megaton thermonuclear device at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, 2,000 miles southwest of Hawaii. Code-named BRAVO, the test unleashed the most powerful explosion then known to mankind. BRAVO's mushroom cloud rose more than 20 miles into the stratosphere. Radioactive fallout from the test blanketed inhabited atolls downwind from ground zero, unalterably changing the lives of the thousands of people who lived in its path. The joint task force called the pattern of radioactive fallout an accident that occurred due to a last-minute shift in the winds and the failure to anticipate the bomb would yield so much power. The task force evacuated the inhabitants of the islands of Rongelap, Rongerik, and Utirik over the days following the BRAVO accident and issued reports which identified the scope of the fallout from BRAVO as confined to a narrow band of 13 mostly uninhabited atolls east of ground zero. In all, we were told, only 267 people were exposed to the fallout from BRAVO; 28 of those exposed people were U.S. servicemen on Rongerik Atoll. The remainder were islanders from Rongelap and Utirik who became part of the DOE health monitoring program which continues to this day." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Jonathan M. Weisgall, Merril Eisenbud, David M. Weima, Howard L. Hills, Thomas E. Hamilton, Steven L. Simon, Edward Radford, Claims Tribunal, Wilfred I. Kendall, William C. Graham, Johnsay Riklon, Henchi Balos, Hiroshi V. Yamamura, Ishmael John, and Harry J. Pettengill.

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  1994
• Sector Houston-Galveston: Geographic Response Plan

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  "This charter establishes the Central Texas Coastal Area Committee pursuant to the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) and Texas State law. OPA 90 established Area Committees to serve as spill preparedness planning bodies responsible for developing strategies for coordinated responses to the discharge, or threat of discharge, of oil or hazardous substances, in pre-designated Inland and Coastal zones. This Area Committee was established to cover the Texas coastal waters."

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  2009-08
• Future of Terrorism Insurance, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises of the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, July 27, 2005

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  From the opening statement of Subcommittee Chairman Richard Baker, "The meeting today occurs on the subject of terrorism reinsurance and the need for and appropriateness of an extension of the current program now in effect. It also occurs pursuant to receipt of a report by the Department of the Treasury which performed a critical oversight and assessment of the current program. Although many view the report to have been negative in context, the conclusions reached are valuable because of the scope of the study and the findings and recommendations that are included. [...] Today, we have the good fortune to have experts in the field to express from their varying perspectives the appropriate manner in which the extension should be considered or in fact whether the extension should be granted at all." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Ernst N. Csiszar, Edwin L. Harper, Warren Heck, Robert J. Hunter, James E. Maurin, Howard Mills, Lawrence H. Mirel, Penny S. Pritzker, Jason M. Schupp, John T. Sinnott, William G. Stiglitz III, Michael G. Oxley, Paul E. Kanjorski, Jim Ryun, Pete Sessions, the Association of American Railroads, Trust for America's Health, and the National Association of Realtors.

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  2006
• Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2012, Part 5, U.S. Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Twelfth Congress, First Session, March 9, 2011

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  This is part 5 of the "Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2012" hearings held before the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development of the House Committee on Appropriations. From the opening statement of Rodney P. Frelinghuysen: "As I mentioned at our hearings last week, I want everyone who appears before this subcommittee to understand that it is highly unlikely there will be any new funding in fiscal year 2012 for our subcommittee. Our subcommittee must do its part to reduce spending and bring down our deficit. However financially limited, we must find the right balance of investments into our most critical infrastructure needs, with an eye towards those that protect our nation, and support and improve our economy, and yes, provide jobs! I firmly believe that the projects and activities undertaken by the Corps of Engineers fall into this category of spending necessary for a robust and thriving economy. A centerpiece, of course, is the civil works program responsible for maintaining our inland and coastal waterways in support of navigation. In 2009 alone, U.S. ports and waterways handled more than 2.2 billion tons of cargo, including more than 1.15 trillion dollars in foreign commerce as well as 16 percent of all domestic freight."

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  2011