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• Escambia County: Long-Term Recovery Plan

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  "This Long-Term Recovery Plan expresses Escambia County's vision for rebuilding the community in the aftermath of the devastating destruction of Hurricane Ivan. Responding to the severe impact of the hurricane, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the State of Florida's Department of Community Affairs (DCA) instituted a Long- Term Recovery Initiative designed to provide an extra measure of support for Escambia County's recovery effort. This Escambia County Long-Term Recovery Plan is the product of an intensive eight-week process involving a multitude of meetings between the Long-Term Recovery Team, local officials, business owners, civic groups, and citizens."

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  2005-03
• Public Safety Statement of Requirements for Communications & Interoperability, Volume II, Version 1.2

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  "This document contains the assembled requirements for a system of interoperable public safety communications across all local, tribal, state, and Federal 'first responder' communications systems."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office for Interoperability and Compatibility

  2008-08
• Escambia County, FL Long-Term Recovery Plan

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  The Escambia Long-Term Recovery Plan is an action-oriented menu of key projects intended to be used for making critical funding and resource allocation decisions following a major disaster in Escambia County, Florida. The Plan includes projects that form the foundation of a revitalized Escambia County and are divided into three categories based upon their recovery value: High, Moderate, and Community Interest. Similar documents for Charlotte, DeSoto, Hardee, and Santa Rosa County, Florida are also available on LLIS.gov.

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  2005-03
• Final Breakthrough on the Billion Dollar Katrina Infrastructure Logjam: How is it Working? Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, First Session, September 29, 2009

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  From the opening statement of Eleanor Holmes Norton: "Today we will hear specifically how the new arbitration program mandated in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, as well as hear about how that program operates, as well as about other steps that the new leadership at FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] and at the Department of Homeland Security are taking to improve the pace and the quality of the recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Eleanor Holmes Norton, Subcommittee Chairwoman; Russ Carnahan: James L. Oberstar, Committee Chairman; Stephen Daniels, Chairman, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals; David Garratt, Acting Deputy Adminstrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, accompanied by Charles R. Axton, FEMA Lead; Paul Rainwater, Executive Director, Louisiana Recovery Authority; Craig Taffaro, President, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana; Mario Diaz-Balart, Representative from Florida; and Steve Scalise, Representative from Louisiana.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2009
• On the Frontlines in Turbulent Times: Workforce Perspectives on the State of Transportation Security, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security of the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, First Session, November 16, 2021

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  This is the November 16, 2021 hearing on "On the Frontlines in Turbulent Times: Workforce Perspectives on the State of Transportation Security," held before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security of the Committee on Homeland Security. From the Opening Statement of Watson Coleman: "The safety of front-line workers and passengers is paramount, particularly as we continue to battle a pandemic that has turned many of our usual travel customs and norms on their head. While this is not the first year that our country will celebrate the holidays with COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] in our midst, it is heartening that almost 60 percent of the population is fully vaccinated against this virus. While we still have a ways to go, strong protection from the worst effects of the virus means more families can safely reunite during this special time of the year. Last Monday was the deadline for Federal employees, including Transportation Security Officers, to receive their last shot of a two-dose vaccine regimen, or a single dose in the case of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, to meet the November 22 deadline to be fully vaccinated, per President Biden's recent Executive Order. In addition, many major airlines have required their employees to receive their shots ahead of the January 4 deadline for Federal contractors. I look forward to hearing from our witnesses about how vaccination efforts are progressing among their memberships and the partnerships between employees and employers that these efforts have borne." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Everett B. Kelley, Sara Nelson, John Samuelsen, and John A. Casaretti.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2022
• Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army [November-December 2019]

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  This November-December edition of "Military Review: The Professional Journal of the U.S. Army" features the following articles: "Geoeconomic Dimensions of Russian Private Military and Security Companies" by Thomas D. Arnold; "Order from Chaos: Inside U.S. Army Civil Affairs Activities" by Assad A. Raza; "Empathetic Leadership: Understanding the Human Domain" by John McDougall; "Integration of Women and Gender Perspective into the Myanmar Armed Forces to Improve Civil-Military Relations in Myanmar" by Miemie Winn Byrd; "Motivating and Educating Millennials" by Kanessa Trent; "Military Transformation: Effort and Institutional Commitment" by Paul E. Vera Delzo; "Trailblazers of Unmanned Ground Vehicles: Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Marine Corps Warfighting Lab" by A. C. Turner; "A Last Moment Caught" by Tom Sheehan; "Mobilizing History to Promote Patriotism and a New Past" by Robert F. Baumann; "Shadows of War: Violence along the Korean Demilitarized Zone" by Michael Anderson; "Fighting Forward: Modernizing U.S. Army Reconnaissance and Security for Great Power Conflict" by Nathan Jennings; "Global Contingency Plans: A New Look at War Planning" by Dan Sukman; "All Socialists Are Equal, but Some Are More Equal Than Others" by Edward A. Lynch and "Bombs without Boots: The Limits of Airpower" by Kevin Rousseau.

  Army University Press (U.S.)

  2019
• Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction: Quarterly Report to the United States Congress [October 30, 2011]

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  "Sixty days from now, the mission of the U.S. Forces-Iraq will come to an end. This historic moment will close the books on nearly nine years of U.S. military engagement in Iraq. This moment also inaugurates a new phase in the strategic partnership between the United States and Iraq. Substantial U.S. financial assistance will continue, albeit at levels lower than in previous years. But a more cooperative and collaborative aspect will eventually embrace this crucially important relationship as the State Department's plans and programs develop. The Iraq that the U.S. military leaves is fundamentally changed from the foundering state that existed in the spring of 2003. Iraq's economy, then at a stand-still, is expected to grow at a robust 9.6% this year; inflation is low; the national budget is 40% larger than it was three years ago; and oil production in 2011 will almost certainly set a post-2003 record. But Iraq still suffers from daily attacks, with Iraqi Security Forces personnel and senior Government of Iraq leaders regularly subject to assassination attempts. This painful reality underscores the continuing need for Iraq to strengthen its military, police, and rule-of-law institutions. Section 1 of this Report features detailed perspectives on the security situation drawn from recent interviews with top officials at the Ministries of Interior and Defense."

  United States. Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction

  2011-10-30
• Nuclear Power's Global Expansion: Weighing Its Costs and Risks

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  "This volume consists of research that the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center (NPEC) commissioned in 2007 and 2008. When security and arms control analysts list what has helped keep nuclear weapons technologies from spreading, energy economics is rarely, if ever, mentioned. Yet, large civilian nuclear energy programs can-and have-brought states quite a way towards developing nuclear weapons;1 and it has been market economics, more than any other force, that has kept most states from starting or completing these pro¬grams. Since the early 1950s, every major government in the Western Hemisphere, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe has been drawn to atomic power's allure, only to have market realities prevent most of their nuclear investment plans from being fully realized. With any luck, this past may be our future. Certainly, if nuclear power programs continue to be as difficult and expensive to complete as they have been compared to their nonnuclear alternatives, only additional government support and public spending will be able to save them. In this case, one needs to ask why governments would bother, especially in light of the security risks that would inevitably arise with nuclear power's further proliferation. On the other hand, if nuclear power evolves into the quickest and least expensive way to produce electricity while abating carbon emissions, little short of a nuclear explosion traceable to a 'peaceful' nuclear facility is likely to stem this technology's further spread-no matter what its security risks might be."

  Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute

  Sokolski, Henry D.

  2010-12
• Determination of Level of Emergency Medical Service in the Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection District

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  "Mist-Birkenfeld Rural Fire Protection District provides emergency medical services in rural Oregon. The fire district provides intermediate life support as a maximum level of emergency medical service (EMS). A contingent of community residents requested that the district consider improving the level of EMS to the advanced life support level. The problem was that the fire district did not know what level of emergency medical service the citizens of the fire district would be willing to support. The purpose of this research was to determine what level of EMS the citizens of the fire district would be willing to support. The following research questions were developed: 1. What is the average number of emergencies experienced in the fire district at the level of basic and intermediate life support and at the level of advanced life support? 2. What options exist that would result in EMS improvements in the Mist-Birkenfeld RFPD? 3. What level of EMS are the residents of the fire district willing to support? 4. What is the general level of satisfaction in the community with the currently available EMS? Descriptive research was conducted to determine the answers to the research questions and produce recommendations for action. An extensive review was conducted of relevant documents. Surveys were developed and sent to local and regional fire districts and to the community. The survey data were collected and analyzed together with information gleaned from literature reviewed. The results of the descriptive research, expressed as 14 findings, were used to develop eight recommendations."

  National Fire Academy

  Crawford, David F.

  2002-08
• California Water Crisis and Its Impacts: The Need for Immediate and Long-Term Solutions, Oversight Field Hearing Before the Committee on Natural Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session, March 19, 2014

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  This is the May 19, 2014 hearing titled 'California Water Crisis and Its Impacts: The Need for Immediate and Long-Term Solutions' held before the Committee on Natural Resources before the House of Representatives. The following is from the opening statement of the Honorable Doc Hastings, "Entire agriculture economies and ways of life grew around our ability to irrigate these once-dormant lands. In our regions, respective regions, food grows where water flows. Conversely, communities wither and die when the water spigot stops. As many of you know, this is an all-too-familiar occurrence here in the San Joaquin Valley. And, if it can happen here, it can happen anywhere in the Western United States, including my home area. As Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, I have painfully watched the cycle that has gone on over here for the past several years. In 2009 and 2010, a man-made drought brought this region to its knees, where communities experienced 40 percent unemployment and food lines handed out Chinese-produced carrots to the victims of senseless regulatory drought. That followed, then, with two good years of water. During those relatively good times, the House passed a comprehensive bill--and, I might add, every Member on this dais voted for that bill--that was intended to ensure that man-made drought never returned. Unfortunately, that bill fell on deaf ears in the Senate and by this administration. And so now we are back yet with another drought, and this one could be far more catastrophic than the previous one." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Janelle Beland, Sylvia Chavez, Tom Coleman, George Delgado, Jeff Denham, Steve Knell, Kevin McCarthy, David Murillo, Devin Nunes, Larry Starrh, Kole Upton, David Valadao, and Mark Watte.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2015
• Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services: 2017 Annual Report

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  "The Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services (DACOWITS) (hereafter referred to as the 'Committee' or 'DACOWITS') was established in 1951 with a mandate to provide the Secretary of Defense (SecDef) with independent advice and recommendations on matters and policies relating to servicewomen in the Armed Forces of the United States. The Committee is composed of no more than 20 members who are appointed by the SecDef and serve in a voluntary capacity for 1- to 4-year terms. Each December, the Committee selects study topics to examine during the following year. For 2017, DACOWITS studied 13 topics. The Committee gathered information from multiple sources in examining these topics; for example, briefings and written responses from Department of Defense (DoD), Service-level military representatives, and subject matter experts; data collected from focus groups and interactions with Service members during installation visits; and peer-reviewed literature. Based upon the data collected and analyzed, DACOWITS offers 17 recommendations, which follow."

  United States. Department of Defense
• Digital Television Transition, Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, July 12, 2005

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  From the opening statement of Ted Stevens: "This hearing is going to examine issues relating to setting a hard date to complete the DTV [Digital Television] transition. We believe a hard date is necessary. The issue has been in the works since 1996. Public safety needs spectrum for interoperability for new services. Consumers need to get better video and audio services and more over-the-air programming. And consumers will also get a new series of services recovered from the 700 megahertz spectrum that will be--such as wireless broadband. It's the feeling of this committee that we must balance broadcast cable and satellite interests with regard to digital and analog carriage after the analog broadcasts cease. Broadcasters want to ensure that all of their signals are seen by as many viewers as possible. Cable wants time to proceed with their own digital transition, and doesn't want to have to immediately deploy cable converter boxes to all of the analog subscribers. And satellite is worried about spectrum concerns related to high definition that could force them to significantly reduce the number of local-to-local markets that they can serve due to capacity restraints." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: John Mccain, Conrad Burns, Olympia J. Snowe, John Ensign, George Allen, John E. Sununu, Jim DeMint, David Vitter, Daniel K. Inouye, John D. Rockefeller IV, Frank R. Lautenberg, Ted Stevens, Manuel Abud, Edward O. Fritts, Patrick Knorr, John Lawson, Kyle McSlarrow, Richard Slenker, Michael Calabrese, Michael D. Kennedy, Gene Kimmilmen, Harlin R. McEwen, Gary J. Shapiro, Charles C. Townsend, and Jerry K. Rose.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2011
• Federal, State, and Local Roles in Rail Safety, Field Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, August 9, 2007

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  From the opening statement of Corinne Brown: "The Subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on Federal, State, and local roads and railway safety. I want to thank the Norwalk City Council for their hospitality and then letting us hold our hearing in their chamber. I also want to thank my friend, Congresswoman Grace Napolitano, for inviting us to her district to hold this hearing today, and I want you to know that we have been working on this hearing for over six months, ever since I became Chairperson, and I have also learned, I am sure, as local people know, that you cannot tell her no, that you will have to work it out. Rail safety is a growing concern in California. When Congress last reauthorized the FRA in 1994, California had 129 train accidents, of which 54 were due to human factors and 43 were due to track defects. In 2006, California had 189 train accidents, of which 64 were due to human factors and 54 were due to track defects." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Ron Beilke, Richard Clark, Clifford Eby, Jesus Ojeda, Rick Richmond, Chris Roberts, David Spence, Tim Smith, David Wickersham, Corrine Brown, Eddie Bernice Johnson, James L. Oberstar, and Grace F. Napolitano.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2007
• Reshaping the U.S. Military, Hearing Before the Committee on Armed Services, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, February 16, 2017

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  This is the February 16 hearing on "Reshaping the U.S. Military," held before the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services. From the Opening Statement of John McCain: "[T]o sustain and advance America's military advantage for the 21st Century, we must not only rebuild our military, but we must rethink, re-imagine, and reshape it. This will entail tough choices. But these are the choices we must make to ensure that our military will be ready to deter and, if necessary, fight and win our future wars." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: David A. Ochmanek, James P. Thomas, Thomas M. Donnelly, and Bryan Clark.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2020
• Ducking the 'Sucker Punch' - Community Risk Assessment for the McHenry Township Fire Protection District

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  "The McHenry Township Fire Protection District (MTFPD) is unaware of the risks in their community. The problem is that in the event of a large scale disaster, MTFPD will not have the tools necessary to prioritize their assessment and response efforts, which could lead to increased loss of life, greater property and environmental damage and public loss of confidence in the department. This project discovered the risk for target hazards, life safety 101 hazards and infrastructure/transportation issues that MTFPD would be faced with in the event of a disaster and used the descriptive research method to answer the following research questions: 1) What target hazards, life safety 101 hazards, critical infrastructure and transportation routes are present in the MTFPD protection area? 2) What is the probability that an event will occur for each of the items discovered in question one? 3) What is the vulnerability rating for each of the items discovered in question one? and 4) What is the risk rating for each of the items discovered in question one? Research procedures included an interview and a database query to identify hazards. A qualitative matrix methodology rated probability, vulnerability and risk. There were 33 hazard event types identified, as well as 138 hazard entities. A single entity was rated as a high risk, 14 as a moderate, 55 as a low and 68 as very low. MTFPD should update the hazard identification/risk assessment matrices on an annual basis. Linkage should be established between their occupancy database and the hazard identification process to assure accuracy. MTFPD should evaluate alternate rating scales to increase risk assessment accuracy. This research should be used as a starting point for MTFPD to create a unified Emergency Operation Plan for the communities it serves."

  National Fire Academy

  Krueger, Joseph L.

  2009-12
• Serial No. 108-114: Counterterrorism Technology: Picking Winners and Losers: Hearing before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, September 29, 2003

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  From the opening statement of Christopher Shays: "Long before September 11, government, businesses, and individuals pursued development of new technologies to strengthen homeland defenses. Research labs, defense contractors, Members of Congress and others have been inundated with proposals for everything from satellite monitoring cargo containers to individual radiation detectors. What happens to all those ideas? Who is responsible for sorting through that mountain of paper, sifting wheat from chaff, and making sure only the best concepts move forward to prototype and the marketplace. In the past, we found duplication and the lack of coordination in Federal counterterrorism research and development programs...We also heard about an established interagency forum for evaluation and rapid prototyping of counterterrorism technologies, called the Technical Support Working Group [TSWG]. Now, to that already crowded field, add the Department of Homeland Security [DHS], which Congress charged to act as both the developer and clearinghouse for innovative technologies. Today, we focus on the TSWG process, their performance, or its performance, and its potential role with DHS in channeling the torrent of homeland security technologies into a coherent stream." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Michael A. Jakub, Edward McCallum, David Bolka, Gordhan Patel, Jack Sawicki, Lee F. Sword, Richard Mastronardi, Bruce deGrazia, Kenneth P. Ducey, Christopher Shays, and Laurence D. Bory.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2004
• Serial No. 109-76: How Illegal Immigration Impacts Constituencies: Perspectives from Members of Congress (Part I): Hearing before the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session, November 10, 2005

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  John N. Hostettler: "This hearing is the first in a series of hearings concerning the impact of illegal immigration on local constituencies, and who better to explain what is going on around the country than Members of Congress from impacted areas. Today, we have three Members whose districts are actually on or near the border with Mexico and New Mexico and Texas, and we also have our colleague from Chicago. It is appropriate to begin this hearing series with an examination mainly of those border districts because they bear the brunt of much illegal alien traffic, even for illegal aliens who settle elsewhere." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Stevan Pearce, Henry Bonilla, Luis Gutierrez, and John Abner Culberson.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2006
• Local Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance

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  "Hazard mitigation is any sustained action taken to reduce or eliminate the long-term risk to human life and property from hazards. Mitigation activities may be implemented prior to, during, or after an incident. However, it has been demonstrated that hazard mitigation is most effective when based on an inclusive, comprehensive, long-term plan that is developed before a disaster occurs. This publication is one of three guidance documents on implementing the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Mitigation Planning regulations under Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Title 44, Part 201. […] The purpose of this Local Multi-Hazard Mitigation Planning Guidance is to provide guidance to local governments to meet the requirements of 44 CFR 201.6, Local Mitigation Plans."

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  2008-07-01
• Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors [August 2013]

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  "This Standard specifies the architecture and technical requirements for a common identification standard for Federal employees and contractors. The overall goal is to achieve appropriate security assurance for multiple applications by efficiently verifying the claimed identity of individuals seeking physical access to Federally controlled government facilities and logical access to government information systems. The Standard contains the minimum requirements for a Federal personal identity verification system that meets the control and security objectives of Homeland Security Presidential Directive-12 [HSPD-12], including identity proofing, registration, and issuance. The Standard also provides detailed specifications that will support technical interoperability among PIV systems of Federal departments and agencies. It describes the card elements, system interfaces, and security controls required to securely store, process, and retrieve identity credentials from the card. The physical card characteristics, storage media, and data elements that make up identity credentials are specified in this Standard. The interfaces and card architecture for storing and retrieving identity credentials from a smart card are specified in Special Publication 800-73, 'Interfaces for Personal Identity Verification.' […] The requirements for card readers are specified in Special Publication 800-96, 'PIV Card to Reader Interoperability Guidelines.' The format for encoding the chain-of-trust for import and export is specified in Special Publication 800-156, 'Representation of PIV Chain-of-Trust for Import and Export.' The requirements for issuing PIV derived credentials are specified in Special Publication 800-157, 'Guidelines for Derived Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials.'"

  National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)

  2013-08
• Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

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  From the Document: "Computer security incident response has become an important component of information technology (IT) programs. Security-related threats have become not only more numerous and diverse but also more damaging and disruptive. New types of security-related incidents emerge frequently. Preventative activities based on the results of risk assessments can lower the number of incidents, but not all incidents can be prevented. […]This publication seeks to help both established and newly formed incident response teams. This publication assists organizations in establishing computer security incident response capabilities and handling incidents efficiently and effectively. This revision of the publication, Revision 2, updates material throughout the publication to reflect the changes in threats and incidents. Unlike most threats several years ago, which tended to be short-lived and easy to notice, many of today's threats are more stealthy, specifically designed to quietly, slowly spread to other hosts, gathering information over extended periods of time and eventually leading to exfiltration of sensitive data and other negative impacts. Identifying these threats in their early stages is key to preventing subsequent compromises, and sharing information among organizations regarding the signs of these threats is an increasingly effective way to identify them."

  National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)

  Grance, Tim; Millar, Tom; Cichonski, Paul . . .

  2012-08
• Strategic Mutual Aid Response to Terrorism: A New Approach

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  "This research examines military doctrine and warfare maneuver strategy to determine its efficacy for improving law enforcement command and control efforts for mutual aid during paramilitary terrorist attacks. A qualitative analysis of case studies was conducted on terrorist attacks in Boston, Paris, and San Bernardino to uncover commonalities with the law enforcement response challenges. The identified law enforcement challenges were then compared with aspects of warfare maneuver strategy and military doctrine that were shown to demonstrate utility for improving law enforcement response efforts. The results indicate that warfare maneuver strategy and military doctrine can be used to improve law enforcement command and control efforts for mutual aid during paramilitary terrorist attacks. Recommendations include implementing a reciprocal model of command and control, establishing a strategy for providing mutual aid resources during paramilitary terrorist attacks, and providing training that reinforces key principles of military doctrine without creating a police force that mirrors the military. To summarize, this is a SMART approach, a Strategic Mutual Aid Response to Terrorism."

  Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.); Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security

  Hart, Jeremiah J.

  2020-03
• MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, June 25, 2021

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  The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "HIV Testing Trends Among Persons with Commercial Insurance or Medicaid -- United States, 2014-2019"; "Need for Contraceptive Services Among Women of Reproductive Age -- 45 Jurisdictions, United States, 2017-2019"; "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] Surveillance and Investigations in Workplaces -- Seattle & King County, Washington, June 15-November 15, 2020"; "COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among Adults -- United States, December 14, 2020-May 22, 2021"; "COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage and Intent Among Adults Aged 18-39 Years -- United States, March-May 2021"; and "'QuickStats': Percentage of Adults Who Did Not Get Needed Dental Care Because of Cost in the Past 12 Months, by Age Group and Sex - National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2019." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2021.html].

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

  2021-06-25
• Serial No. 110-1: Federal Housing Response to Hurricane Katrina: Hearing before the Committee on Financial Services, U.S. House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, February 6, 2007

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  From the opening statement of Barney Frank: "There are few areas in the judgment of many of us on this committee where Federal policy has failed to meet its responsibilities more clearly than in helping respond to the terrible tragedy that hit people in Louisiana and Mississippi with Hurricane Katrina. The purpose of this hearing is not simply to document that failure, although documenting failure is an important part of any effort to move forward. People say that we should ignore the past and just look to the future, forgetting that dealing intelligently with the future requires an understanding of what went wrong in the past. Our intention-and I speak here for myself and the Chair of the Subcommittee on Housing, the gentlewoman from California who has been very much concerned with this since the day of the terrible hurricane-is to listen, to elicit information, and within a fairly short period of time, certainly by March, come forward with legislation which we believe will begin to address problems that have for so long been unaddressed. This committee has particular jurisdiction over housing. There is shared jurisdiction. Insurance is shared with the Committee on Homeland Security, and flood protection is shared with other committees." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Julie Andrews, Roy A. Bernardi, Charles W. Boustany, Edgar Bright III, Judith A. Browne-Dianis, Sheila Crowley, David Garratt, William J. Jefferson, Derrick Johnson, Martha J. Kegel, James R. Kelly, Doris W. Koo, Walter Leger, Ghebre Selassie Mehreteab, Charlie Melancon, James H. Perry, James A. Richardson, Gray Swoope, Kirk H. Tate, Gene Taylor, and Margery Austin Turner.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2007-02-06
• H. Rept. 114-848: Final Report of the Select Committee on the Events Surrounding the 2012 Terrorist Attack in Benghazi, Together with Additional and Minority Views, December 7, 2016

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  From the website of the Select Committee on Benghazi, "The committee's proposed report is just over 800 pages long and is comprised of five primary sections and 12 appendices. It details relevant events in 2011 and 2012. The following facts are among the many new revelations in Part I: (1)Despite President Obama and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta's clear orders to deploy military assets, nothing was sent to Benghazi, and nothing was en route to Libya at the time the last two Americans were killed almost 8 hours after the attacks began. [pg. 141] (2)With Ambassador Stevens missing, the White House convened a roughly two-hour meeting at 7:30 PM, which resulted in action items focused on a YouTube video, and others containing the phrases '[i]f any deployment is made,' and 'Libya must agree to any deployment,' and '[w]ill not deploy until order comes to go to either Tripoli or Benghazi.' [pg. 115] (3)The Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff typically would have participated in the White House meeting, but did not attend because he went home to host a dinner party for foreign dignitaries. [pg. 107] (4)A Fleet Antiterrorism Security Team (FAST) sat on a plane in Rota, Spain, for three hours, and changed in and out of their uniforms four times. [pg. 154] (5)None of the relevant military forces met their required deployment timelines. [pg. 150] (6)The Libyan forces that evacuated Americans from the CIA Annex to the Benghazi airport was not affiliated with any of the militias the CIA or State Department had developed a relationship with during the prior 18 months. Instead, it was comprised of former Qadhafi loyalists who the U.S. had helped remove from power during the Libyan revolution. [pg. 144]"

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2016
• Outside Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence Policy and Posture Update, Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, First Session, March 6, 2019

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  This is the March 6, 2019 hearing on "Outside Perspectives on Nuclear Deterrence Policy and Posture Update" held before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services. From the opening statement of Chairman Adam Smith: "We are here today to discuss the Nuclear Posture Review and nuclear policy going forward, in terms of our nuclear weapons." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Bruce G. Blair, Franklin C. Miller and Joan Rohlfing.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2019
• U.S. Department of Justice Report and Recommendations Concerning the Use of Restrictive Housing, Final Report

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  "In a July 14, 2015, speech at the NAACP [National Association for the Advancement of Colored People] National Convention, President Barack Obama announced that he had asked Attorney General Loretta Lynch to conduct a review of 'the overuse of solitary confinement across American prisons.' The President directed that the purpose of the review be not simply to understand how, when, and why correctional systems isolate certain prisoners from the general inmate population, but also to develop strategies for reducing the use of this practice across our nation's criminal justice system. Over the past several months, a team of senior officials at the U.S. Department of Justice met regularly to study the issue of solitary confinement-or 'restrictive housing,' to use the more general corrections term-and formulate policy solutions. This Report is the culmination of that review."

  United States. Department of Justice

  2016-01
• Dynamic Terrorism Landscape and What it Means for America, Hearing Before the Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventeenth Congress, Second Session, February 2, 2022

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  This is the February 2, 2022 hearing on "Dynamic Terrorism Landscape and What it Means for America," held before the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security. From the Opening Statement of Bennie G. Thompson: "Today the committee is meeting to examine the dynamic terrorism threat landscape and discuss why the threat is dominated by domestic violent extremists, including White supremacists. Almost 1 year ago, this committee held its first hearing of the 117th Congress, examining the threat of domestic terrorism in the wake of the January 6 Attack on the Capitol. Since that hearing, I have taken on a new role, Chairman of the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th attack on the U.S. Capitol, where I am working across the aisle to get the bottom of that attack. Here, on the Homeland Security Committee, our mandate is to carry out broader oversight to better understand what DHS, the FBI, and other Federal agencies must do, together with their State and local and private-sector partners, to detect, prevent, and respond to terrorism. Too often our public spaces are subject to shootings or hostage-taking or other violent plots that see grocery stores, schools, houses of worship, or concerts become crime scenes.[...] Our job on this committee is to focus on security and keep our fellow Americans safe. We must prioritize helping people congregate in a manner that allow at-risk communities to live their religious tenets and show kindness to those in need. Today, we have an expert panel of witnesses that will outline the dynamic terrorism threat landscape we face and present their ideas about what we ought to do moving forward." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Nicholas J. Rasmussen, Jonathan Greenblatt, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, and, Bill Roggio.

  United States. Government Publishing Office

  2022
• TSA's Efforts to Advance Risk-Based Security, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Transportation Security of the Committee on Homeland Security, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, Second Session, March 14, 2013 and April 11, 2013

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  These are the March 14, 2013 and April 11, 2013 hearings before the Subcommittee on Transportation Security of the Committee on Homeland Security, "TSA's Efforts to Advance Risk-Based Security." From the opening statement of Richard Hudson on March 14, 2013: "The topic of today's hearing is risk-based security, which is naturally the next step in advancing security procedures. After all, why should the Federal Government devote precious taxpayer dollars to low-risk people, places, or things? One move Administrator Pistole has made to devote more resources to risk-based security is to remove certain items from the prohibited items list for passengers' carry-on items." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Richard Hudson, Cedric L. Richmond, Bennie G. Thompson, John S. Pistole, Eric Swalwell, Stacy K. Martin, Joanne Smith, Bennie G. Thompson, Ken Dunlap, Sharon L. Pinkerton, Geoff Freeman, Michael C. Mullen, Christopher U. Browne, David A. Borer, Carie Lemack, Paul Hudson, David W. Whitmire, Brandon Fried, Eric Swalwell, Veda Shook, Laura R. Glading, and Cedric L. Richmond.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2013
• Department of Homeland Security 'Office of the Under Secretary for Management' Budget Overview (Fiscal Year 2018 Congressional Justification)

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  From the Document: "For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Management for operations and support, as authorized by sections 103 and 701 through 705 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113; 6 U.S.C. 341 through 345), [$727,771,000] '$696,131,000', of which not to exceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses, and of which $227,516,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security
• FEMA's Toxic Trailers: Hearing Before the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, First Session, July 19, 2007

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  From the Opening Statement of Henry A. Waxman: "Today we begin 2 days of hearings on the Federal Emergency Management Agency. These hearings are part of a series of hearings in this committee on how to make Government effective again. In the 1990's, FEMA was a model Government agency, but, as Hurricane Katrina showed, cronyism, under-funding, and lack of leadership turned FEMA into the most ridiculed agency in the Government. In these hearings we will ask whether FEMA has learned the lessons of Hurricane Katrina and restored its capacity to protect the public in disasters. Today we are going to look at a narrow but telling subject: FEMA trailers that exposed our citizens to dangerous levels of formaldehyde. Then in 2 weeks we will look at the broader topic of FEMA's preparedness for the next disaster." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Tom Davis, Mary Devany, James Harris Jr., Lindsay Huckabee, Bobby Jindal, Scott Needle, David R. Paulison, Paul Stewart, John A. Yarmuth, Henry A. Waxman, Carlton Sistrunk, Dawn Sistrunk, Mr. Nelson, Ms. Gillette, Zack Carter, Manufacturing Housing Institute and Lee Shull.

  United States. Government Printing Office

  2008