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Climate Change: Considerations for Geographic Combatant Commands
"Climate change is a national security issue that all geographic combatant commanders (GCCs) must consider as a challenge, and in some cases, an opportunity as they continuously assess risks and update their theater campaign plans to gain advantage in achieving their desired end-states. Not only must GCCs assess climate change impacts to U.S. operations from specific risks to force-employment supporting infrastructure; but, they should also assess the opportunities that exist to further international partnerships by supporting and coordinating with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) as it carries out specific development mandates within its Global Climate Change Initiative. By doing so, GCCs will follow CJCS [Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff] Dempsey's guidance by turning climate change risk into an 'opportunity' to leverage the 'right tools' to enhance relationships with 'the right partners.' This paper will focus on the risks and opportunities for action specific to U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) as a 'case-study' useful for any GCC addressing Department of Defense's recent climate change adaptation guidance and for advancing the dialogue that took place during DoD's September 2014 Combatant Command Climate Security Information Exchange. "
Army War College (U.S.)
Kirk, Jason A.
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Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Data Mining Report for Calendar Year 2013
From Section I and Section II: "This report covers the activities of all ODNI [Office of the Director of National Intelligence] components from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. Other elements of the Intelligence Community (IC) are reporting their activities to Congress through their own departments or agencies. […] This report includes one newly-reported activity, involving an analytic technique used by ODNI's National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) to narrow the pool of information within NCTC databases that analysts will assess in response to specific threat reports. As noted above, this technique does not meet all of the statutorily-defined criteria for data mining under the [Data Mining Reporting] Act."
United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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Remotely Piloted Aircraft: An Integrated Domestic Disaster Relief Plan
From the Abstract: "How should government agencies integrate remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) into emergency response plans in support of relief efforts following a major disaster? […] The Department of Defense (DOD) should coordinate with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to integrate its RPAs into incident management plans in support of domestic disaster relief efforts. Some DOD agencies have developed concepts of operations and employment for defense support of civil authorities (DSCA). Based on a presidential directive in mid-2011, FEMA is reassessing its disaster response system by rewriting its doctrine and developing a full-spectrum preparedness program. With Congress's approval of the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, the FAA is not only funded, but also energized to substantially improve its efforts to integrate RPAs into the national airspace system (NAS). All these efforts present a critical window of opportunity where agencies should capitalize to integrate RPAs into the NAS, even if only temporarily. First, FEMA should integrate RPA support into its incident management systems, be familiar with their contributions, and be able to interoperate with them during a major disaster response. Furthermore, the FAA should establish RPA deconfliction procedures for immediate and temporary use in a disaster-stricken area. Finally, DOD crews should be trained to successfully complete the mission of supporting civil agencies in any domestic disaster response. These activities combine to ensure that the most capable assets are employed to effectively react to national emergencies."
Air University (U.S.). Air Command and Staff College
Totten, Lindsay
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Capability Summaries: Capability Summary [Section III Draft]
"The capability description is a statement of the principal action or activity that must be performed. Capabilities are combinations of resources that provide the means to achieve a measurable outcome resulting from performance of one or more tasks, under specified conditions and to national standards."
United States. Office of Homeland Security
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National Infrastructure Protection Plan: Education Facilities Subsector
"Education Facilities is a Subsector of the Government Facilities Sector, one of 18 critical infrastructure sectors established under the authority of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7 (HSPD-7). Each sector is managed by a Sector-Specific Agency (SSA) that provides sector-level performance feedback to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enable assessment of national, cross-sector critical infrastructure protection and resilience programs. In accordance with the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP), each SSA is responsible for developing and implementing a Sector-Specific Plan (SSP), in collaboration with public and private sector partners, and for encouraging the development of appropriate information-sharing and analysis mechanisms. DHS has recognized the Department of Education's (ED) Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools (OSDFS) as the SSA for the Education Facilities Subsector (EFS). In this role, EFS coordinates with Federal and non-Federal partners to help address risk management and enhance resilience for the subsector."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Information Sharing Environment (ISE) Functional Standard (FS) Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Version 1.5.5
"This issuance updates the Functional Standard for ISE-SARs [[Information Sharing Environment-Suspicious Activity Reporting] and is one of a series of Common Terrorism Information Sharing Standards (CTISS) issued by the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE). While limited to describing the ISE-SAR process and associated information exchanges, information from this process may support other ISE processes, to include alerts, warnings, and notifications; situational awareness reporting; and terrorist watchlisting."
National Criminal Intelligence Resource Center (U.S.)
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U.S. Army War College Analysis of Russian Strategy in Eastern Europe, an Appropriate U.S. Response, and the Implications for U.S. Landpower
This document was published as part of Project 1704, a project meant to foster dialogue of topics with strategic ramifications. This document has multiple authors for each chapter and a project overseer, Douglas Mastriano, and editor Derek O'Malley. From the Executive Summary: "In the summer of 2014, Russia forcibly annexed Crimea from Ukraine and then actively supported ethnic Russian separatists in an on-going irredentist bid in Eastern Ukraine. This aggressive policy threatens to challenge NATO and the United States in its support of Ukraine and other nations of Eastern Europe. From this changing strategic environment, three central questions emerge: (1) What is the Russian strategy in their periphery? (2) What is the appropriate U.S. response? (3) What are the implications for U.S. landpower?"
Army War College (U.S.)
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CSSP Year in Review: Control Systems Security Program and Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team, FY 2011
"At no point in the history of our modern industrial world has
cybersecurity been more important. In the seven years since
the Department of Homeland Security's Control Systems
Security Program (CSSP) was created, the risk and impact of
cyber vulnerabilities affecting the nation's critical infrastructures
and key resources (CIKR) has steadily increased.
Today, events ranging from subtle disruptions to more
serious consequences have become a persistent and daily
occurrence. Yet, even in the midst of this constant risk,
control systems owners, operators, and manufacturers are
working diligently to apply anti-malware, intrusion detection,
and user authentication measures to their systems
based in part on the research validated and shared through
the CSSP.
In this Year in Review, you will read about our successes
in the control systems community."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Emergency Services Sector
"Protecting and ensuring the continuity and
resilience of the critical infrastructure and key
resources (CIKR) of the United States are essential
to the Nation's security, public health and safety,
economic vitality, and way of life. To that end,
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 7
(HSPD-7) has identified the Emergency Services
Sector (ESS) as one of the Nation's 18 CIKR
Sectors. CIKR are the physical or virtual public
or private assets, systems, and networks so
vital to the United States that the incapacity or
destruction of any of the elements would have a
debilitating impact on security, national economic
security, public health or safety."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Infrastructure Protection
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HSPD 8
[No abstract provided] Please Note: This record has been imported to the HSDL as part of the LLIS Consolidation project and has not yet been reviewed by HSDL staff. Some information may be incomplete, missing, or inaccurate. For more information on the LLIS Consolidation project, please see here: [http://www.hsdl.org/?llis]
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of State and Local Government Coordination & Preparedness
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Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Performance Plan
"As an agent of change, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of
Inspector General (OIG) detects and eliminates fraud, waste, and abuse;
identifies risk areas; and recommends corrective actions for Department
management to implement. [...] In planning our work for FY 2016, we continued to prioritize helping the
Department achieve its critical missions and ensuring the proper stewardship
and integrity of Department programs and resources. We will also conduct
legislatively mandated work and requested reviews to address the concerns of
Congress, the Department, and our other stakeholders."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
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Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team Intelligence Guide for First Responders
"In the post-9/11 era, first responders have incorporated protecting the Homeland against terrorism into their daily mission. Law enforcement, fire service, and emergency medical services personnel play a vital role in detecting and preventing attacks because of the nature of their work, their frequent interaction with members of the public, and the level of access their jobs provide. People who hold these jobs often can identify behaviors or activities that could signal a pending terrorist attack; therefore, public safety personnel must continue to report, according to the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative, observations that raise reasonable suspicion. The Intelligence Community routinely produces information for public safety personnel that may help first responders identify terrorist-related activities and prevent, deter, or respond to terrorist attacks. You can obtain this information through existing joint partnerships and from Internet-based U.S. Government information-sharing systems. It is critical that first responders, who are entrusted with keeping our citizens safe, be able to access, understand, and use this information."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; National Counterterrorism Center (U.S.); United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Crisis of the African State: Globalization, Tribalism, and Jihadism in the Twenty-First Century
From the Introduction: "This book focuses on security problems facing the twenty-first-century African state. Through multiple essays, the authors explore both current and past security issues associated with tribal warfare and jihadist terrorism within a rapidly changing global context where state sovereignty and institutional capability is in decline. Historic and modern situations have coalesced to create unique security challenges for many African states."
Marine Corps University (U.S.). Press
Celso, Anthony; Nalbandov, Robert
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American Leadership in the World
"The President has refocused and reaffirmed American
leadership in the world, recognizing that American strength
derives not only from our military power but also our
economic vitality, the depth and breadth of our global
partnerships, and our values. In doing so, the President has
remained relentless in taking action against terrorist
networks, while also focusing on key emerging regions and
policies that will shape the 21st century."
United States. White House Office
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Changing Severity of Home Fires: Workshop Report
"On Dec. 11-12, 2012, in response to an invitation from the U.S. Fire Administration, leading national organizations representing the fire service, fire researchers and other stakeholders in home fire safety came together at the Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute in College Park, Md., to explore how changing building construction methods, materials and building contents are affecting the way fires grow and develop in today's homes. The expected outcomes, as stated by USFA, of the workshop were to: 1.) Enhance the awareness of fire service and life safety officials of the changing and emerging fire and products of combustion risks to residential building occupants; 2.) Produce a document that clearly identifies contributing factors to the marked increase in the speed of fire spread experienced in interior residential fires; 3.) Identify potential solutions to mitigate if not prevent those risks; and 4.) Determine which organizations or agencies are interested in further studying and ultimately developing implementation strategies. […] The overall goal of the program was to share our new understanding of these effects, gained through a recent body of research funded by the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies, and to consider how we should respond as a community."
United States Fire Administration; United States. Department of Homeland Security; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Low Energy and High Friction: How Domestic Determinants Shape U.S. National Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific
"The number of non-governmental factors that can shape a society's foreign policy is staggering, and, accordingly, the task of piecing them together into a coherent whole is extraordinarily complex. This essay aims to assess many sources in many diverse situations, posing questions that Rosenau warns are 'resistant to coherent analysis' and dealing with cause and effect links that 'are not easily observed' where the number of factors to consider is 'staggering' and 'the task of piecing them together. . . .is extraordinarily complex.' Even if expectations about the findings cannot be high, the effort is well worth attempting."
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
Wrage, Stephen D.
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Can You Hear Me Now? The Case for Considering Information and Communications Technology as a Critical Component of Future Postconflict Operations
"Information and communications technology (ICT) is vital to modern post-conflict security, stability, reconstruction, and development operations for both the intervening civil-military elements and the affected nation. The U.S. Government should designate ICT as critical infrastructure and an essential service on par with roads, power, and water and grant it the same priority regarding resource allocation and funding. Research continues to demonstrate the efficacy of ICT as a powerful enabler of security, governance, social development, and economic growth in post-conflict and developing countries."
National Defense University. Center for Technology and National Security Policy
Black, Karen E. (Communications technology professional); Wentz, Larry; Megens-Sedor, Sebastian
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Cooperative Threat Reduction Annual Report to Congress Fiscal Year 2008
"In December 2002, the President issued a National Security Presidential Directive on the National Strategy to Combat Weapons of Mass Destruction. It cites weapons of mass destruction (WMD) in the possession of hostile states and terrorists as one of the greatest security challenges facing the United States (U.S.) and commits the U.S. to pursue a comprehensive strategy to counter this threat. The Strategy calls on U.S. agencies to take full advantage of today's opportunities, including application of new technologies, increasing emphasis on intelligence collection and analysis, strengthening alliances, and establishing new partnerships with former adversaries. In April 2004, the President issued a National Security Presidential Directive on Biodefense for the 21st Century to guide efforts against biological weapons (BW) threats. In April 2005, the President issued a Directive on Domestic Nuclear Detection that provides guidance on global nuclear detection architecture. The CTR Program supports these Presidential Directives by pursuing four objectives: Objective 1: Dismantle FSU WMD and associated infrastructure, Objective 2: Consolidate and secure FSU WMD and related technology and materials, Objective 3: Increase transparency and encourage higher standards of conduct, and Objective 4: Support defense and military cooperation with the objective of preventing proliferation."
United States. Department of Defense
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2013-2014 National Snapshot of Public Health Preparedness
"CDC [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] produces this annual report to present a snapshot of public health preparedness and response activities. This report presents activities that occurred during 2012 and 2013. Information on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and its Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (PHPR), as well as performance data for Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) cooperative agreement awardees, are highlighted throughout."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Section III: Capability Summaries
"The capability description is a statement of the principal action or activity that must be performed. Capabilities are combinations of resources that provide the means to achieve a measurable outcome resulting from performance of one or more tasks, under specified conditions and to national standards."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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United States Attorneys' Annual Statistical Reports [HSDL Holdings]
This Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) holdings list contains the Annual Statistical Reports from the United States Attorneys. The reports contain statistical tables displaying both national and district caseload data. These priorities represent just some of the many important areas of criminal prosecution and civil litigation handled by the United States Attorneys in a given year.
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
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H. Rept. 115-454: Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2017, Report to Accompany H.R. 3359, December 11, 2017
"The Committee on Homeland Security, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3359) to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass."
United States. Government Publishing Office
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H. Rept. 115-569: End Banking for Human Traffickers Act of 2017, Report to Accompany H.R. 2219, February 23, 2018
"The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 2219) to increase the role of the financial industry in combating human trafficking, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass."
United States. Government Publishing Office
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H. Rept. 115-418: Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017, Report, November 21, 2017
"The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to whom was referred the bill (H.R. 3176) to prohibit the Federal Emergency Management Agency from recouping certain assistance, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass."
United States. Government Publishing Office
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Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016, Hearing Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred and Fourteenth Congress, Second Session, April 22, 2015
This is the April 22, 2015 hearing on "Department of Homeland Security Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016" before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations. From Senator John Hoeven's opening statement: something that could be helpful around the country. "For today's hearing, my focus will be on three areas: effective stewardship of the Disaster Relief Fund, FEMA's effort to buy down risk before a disaster occurs, and measuring preparedness levels of the Nation after years of investment."
United States. Government Publishing Office
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Protecting Your Community from Terrorism: Strategies for Local Law Enforcement - Vol. 5: Partnerships to Promote Homeland Security
"This white paper--the fifth in a series--is based on the thoughtful contributions of many experts in policing, counterterrorism and other related fields. We thank those individuals, from every level of government, who came together in an executive session supported by the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) to create the foundation for this writing. Those participants (listed in Appendix A) demonstrated that a tremendous amount of progress could be made when you get the right people in a room who are candid and tremendously knowledgeable. Any value this paper has to the field is due to their contributions."
Police Executive Research Forum; United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Davies, Heather J.; Plotkin, Martha R.
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Disaster Preparedness to Promote Community Resilience: Information and Tools for Homeless Service Providers and Disaster Professionals - Toolkit and Appendices
"Too often, the local emergency management system, which includes agencies responsible for managing disaster preparedness, response, and recovery, is not connected with communitybased organizations (CBOs) providing services to homeless populations before a disaster. As a result, the needs of homeless populations are often overlooked following a disaster. Past disasters have illustrated that government agencies alone will not be able to address the needs of at-risk populations, and that a system that includes multiple partners is needed to prepare for, respond, and recover from disasters. Better coordination and communication between all community partners can lead to improved outcomes for the entire community (Box 1) and help ensure that homeless populations and other at-risk individuals can access needed services during response and recovery phases."
United States. Department of Veterans Affairs; United States. Department of Health and Human Services; United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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HSPD-8 and Lessons Learned [Press Release]
"The President issued Homeland Security Presidential Directive-8 'National Preparedness' on December 17, 2003. The Secretary of Homeland Security named the Executive Director of the Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness (DHS/SLGCP) to coordinate HSPD-8 Implementation. HSPD-8 establishes national policies to prevent and respond to threatened or actual domestic terrorist attacks, major disasters, and other emergencies by: creating a national domestic all-hazards preparedness goal; providing mechanisms for improved delivery of Federal preparedness assistance to State and local governments; and outlining actions to strengthen the preparedness capabilities of Federal, State, and local entities."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of State and Local Government Coordination & Preparedness
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Review of the FY 2018 Budget Request for the U.S. Air Force, Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, June 21, 2017
This is the June 21, 2017 hearing compilation on "Review of the FY2018 Budget Request for the U.S. Air Force" before the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations. The purpose of this hearing was to determine the fiscal appropriations for the Air Force. Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Heather Wilson and David L. Goldfein.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
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Department of Defense: Law of War Manual [May 2016]
"This manual is a Department of Defense (DoD)-wide resource for DoD personnel -- including commanders, legal practitioners, and other military and civilian personnel -- on the law of war. This manual has many distinguished antecedents that have provided important guidance to the U.S. Armed Forces. For example, General Order No. 100, the Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field, commonly known as the Lieber Code, was prepared by Professor Francis Lieber and approved by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War in 1863. A similar code related to naval warfare titled The Law and Usages of War at Sea: A Naval War Code was prepared by then-Captain Charles H. Stockton and approved by President William McKinley in 1900. The War Department published instructions for the armed land forces of the United States in a 1914 manual titled Rules of Land Warfare, which was updated in 1917, 1934, and 1940."
United States. Department of Defense. Office of General Counsel
