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Journal of Military Learning (April 2020)
This April 2020 edition of the Journal of Military Learning contains the following articles: "Metacognition and the Military Student: Pedagogical Considerations for Teaching Senior Officers in Professional Military Education" by Angelle A. Khachadoorian, Susan L. Steen, and Lauren B. Mackenzie; "Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief Competencies
and Training Pertinent to the Military Health System" by Paul Reed, Jaimie Laib, Kandra Strauss-Riggs, and Thomas D. Kirsch; "Learning Challenges Faced by Transitioning Military Service Members: Voices of Military Transition Counselors" by Faith Stull, Michael Kirchner, and Ann Herd; "An Evidence-Based Approach to Unit-Level Teaching and Learning" by Thomas Williams; "Instructional Strategies for the Future" by Brenda Bannan, Nada Dabbagh, and J. J. Walcutt; and "The Importance of Teaching Followership in Professional Military Education" by Paul Berg.
Army University Press (U.S.)
2020-04
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Management Report: Improvements Needed in the Bureau of the Fiscal Service's Information System Controls Related to the Schedule of Federal Debt
From the Document: "In connection with our audit of the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government, we audited and reported on the Schedules of Federal Debt managed by the Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2019, and 2018. As part of these audits, we performed an assessment of key information system controls over Fiscal Service financial systems that are relevant to the Schedule of Federal Debt. [...] This report presents the deficiencies we identified during our fiscal year 2019 testing of key information system controls over Fiscal Service financial systems that are relevant to the Schedule of Federal Debt. The report also includes the results of our follow-up on the status of Fiscal Service's corrective actions to address control deficiencies contained in our prior years' reports that Fiscal Service had not remediated as of September 30, 2018."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2020-03-31
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Management Report: Improvements Needed in the Bureau of the Fiscal Service's Information System Controls Related to the Schedules of the General Fund
From the Document: "In connection with fulfilling our requirement to audit the consolidated financial statements of the U.S. government, we were engaged to perform an audit of the Schedules of the General Fund, which the Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service) manages, as of, and for the fiscal year ended, September 30, 2018. As reported in connection with our audit of the Schedules of the General Fund for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2018, we identified a significant deficiency in internal control over certain Fiscal Service information systems. [...] This report presents the deficiencies identified during our fiscal year 2019 testing of information system controls over key Fiscal Service financial systems relevant to the Schedules of the General Fund. This report also includes the results of our follow-up on the status of Fiscal Service's corrective actions to address control deficiencies contained in our prior report that were not remediated as of September 30, 2018."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2020-03-31
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DEA and SAMHSA Buprenorphine and Telemedicine COVID-19 Guidance
From the Document: "In light of the nationwide public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) on January 31, 2020, as a result of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID19), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is exercising its authorities to provide flexibility in the prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances to ensure necessary patient therapies remain accessible. As part of this effort, DEA has partnered with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) to ensure authorized practitioners may admit and treat new patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) during the public health emergency. DEA has already announced that practitioners may prescribe controlled substances to patients using telemedicine without first conducting an in-person evaluation during this public health emergency under 21 U.S.C. 802(54)(D). Today, DEA notes that practitioners have further flexibility during the nationwide public health emergency to prescribe buprenorphine to new and existing patients with OUD via telephone by otherwise authorized practitioners without requiring such practitioners to first conduct an examination of the patient in person or via telemedicine. This additional flexibility under which authorized practitioners may prescribe buprenorphine to new patients on the basis of a telephone evaluation is in effect from March 31, 2020, until the public health emergency declared by the Secretary ends, unless DEA specifies an earlier date."
United States. Drug Enforcement Administration
Prevoznik, Thomas W.
2020-03-31
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Closing the Gap on Critical Medical Supplies: 4 Lines of Effort Leveraging the Strength of the Whole Community [infographic]
This infographic supports the "Closing the Gap on Critical Medical Supplies: 4 Lines of Effort Leveraging the Strength of the Whole Community" fact sheet and details FEMA's approach to stabilizing critical resource supply lines.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-03-31?
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic: Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force
From the Document: "The Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force is executing a whole-of-America approach to address limited supply of critical protective and life-saving equipment. Through a four-prong approach of 'Preservation, Acceleration, Expansion and Allocation', FEMA is bringing the full capacity of the Federal government to bear to find solutions to protect the American people and defeat COVID-19."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-03-29
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[Letter from Denise M. Hinton to Manufacturers of Imported, Non-NIOSH-Approved Disposable Filtering Facepiece Respirators; Health Care Personnel; Hospital Purchasing Departments and Distributors; Importers and Commercial Wholesalers; and Any Other Applicable Stakeholders, March 28, 2020]
From the Letter: "On February 4, 2020, pursuant to Section 564(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) (21 U.S.C. §360bbb-3(b)(1)(C)), the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) determined that there is a public health emergency that has a significant potential to affect national security or the health and security of United States citizens living abroad, and that involves the virus that causes COVID-19 [Coronavirus Disease 2019]. Pursuant to Section 564 of the Act, and on the basis of such determination, the Secretary of HHS then declared on March 2, 2020, that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of personal respiratory protective devices during the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak, subject to the terms of any authorization issued under that Section."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
Hinton, Denise M.
2020-03-28
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Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring Community and National Resilience in COVID-19 Response [March 28, 2020]
From the Document: "As the Nation comes together to slow the spread of COVID-19, on March 16th the President issued updated Coronavirus Guidance for America that highlighted the importance of the critical infrastructure workforce. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) executes the Secretary of Homeland Security's authorities to secure critical infrastructure. Consistent with these authorities, CISA has developed, in collaboration with other federal agencies, State and local governments, and the private sector, an 'Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce' advisory list. This list is intended to help State, local, tribal and territorial officials as they work to protect their communities, while ensuring continuity of functions critical to public health and safety, as well as economic and national security. Decisions informed by this list should also take into consideration additional public health considerations based on the specific COVID-19[coronavirus disease]-related concerns of particular jurisdictions."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Krebs, Christopher
2020-03-28
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Administrator Gaynor's Letter to Emergency Managers
This document contains the Administrator Gaynor's letter to emergency managers.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-03-27
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 5664, Leveraging Information on Foreign Traffickers Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 4, 2020. From the Document: "H.R. 5664 would authorize the U.S. Advisory Council on Human Trafficking to carry out its duties through 2025. The bill also would allow the Department of State to compensate members of the council for their work and would require the department to report to the Congress on how it plans to do so. The council is a nongovernmental body with eight members that advises the Department of State and other federal entities and reviews federal efforts to monitor and prevent trafficking in persons. The authority for the council to operate expires at the end of fiscal year 2021."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-03-27
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Long-Term Care Nursing Homes Telehealth and Telemedicine Tool Kit
From the Intent: "Under President Trump's leadership to respond to the need to limit the spread of community COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has broadened access to Medicare telehealth services so that beneficiaries can receive a wider range of services from their doctors without having to travel to a healthcare facility. These policy changes build on the regulatory flexibilities granted under the President's emergency declaration. CMS is expanding this benefit on a temporary and emergency basis under the 1135 waiver authority and Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act. The benefits are part of the broader effort by CMS and the White House Task Force to ensure that all Americans - particularly those at high-risk of complications from the virus that causes the disease COVID-19, are aware of easy-to-use, accessible benefits that can help keep them healthy while helping to contain the community spread of this virus."
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (U.S.)
2020-03-27
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Training and Technical Assistance Related to COVID-19
This document contains various resources related to the COVID-19 outbreak including roundtables, tip sheets, webinars, and online trainings.
United States. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2020-03-26?
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 20 Issue 13, March 26, 2020
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following articles: "COVID-19 cost recovery for fire and EMS [emergency medical services] departments"; "Mutual Aid Resource Planner"; "Improving your risk and crisis communication"; "Webinars: Coping with COVID-19: Best Practices for Police, Fire/EMS"; "South Carolina fire district electronic systems hacked"; "Hackers use HHS.gov "open redirect" to push malware"; "What should you do instead of paying the ransom?"; and "Remote work must be both reliable and safe".
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2020-03-26
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Coronavirus Spreads Through Africa [map]
From the Website: "'The coronavirus pandemic has spread rapidly since it arrived in Africa. This time series analysis tracks the logarithmic dissemination of COVID-19 across the continent.'"
National Defense University. Africa Center for Strategic Studies
2020-03-25
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Whole-Of-Government Response [March 25, 2020]
From the Document: "Under the direction of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, FEMA, HHS [Department of Health and Human Services] and our federal partners are working with state, local, tribal and territorial governments to execute a whole of government response to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and protect the public."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-03-25
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2628, Veterans Early Treatment for Chronic Ailment Resurgence Through Examinations Act of 2019
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on March 12, 2020. From the Document:"H.R. 2628 would require the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish a four-year pilot program at five of its medical facilities to provide dental care to at least 1,500 veterans who have diabetes."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-03-25
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Master Question List for COVID-19 (Caused by SARS-CoV-2): Weekly Report 25 March 2020
From the Foreword: "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is paying close attention to the evolving Coronavirus Infectious Disease (COVID-19) situation in order to protect our nation. DHS is working very closely with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), other federal agencies, and public health officials to implement public health control measures related to travelers and materials crossing our borders from the affected regions. [...] The Master Question List (MQL) is intended to quickly present the current state of available information to government decision makers in the operational response to COVID-19 and allow structured and scientifically guided discussions across the federal government without burdening them with the need to review scientific reports, and to prevent duplication of efforts by highlighting and coordinating research. The information contained in the following table has been assembled and evaluated by experts from publicly available sources to include reports and articles found in scientific and technical journals, selected sources on the internet, and various media reports. It is intended to serve as a 'quick reference' tool and should not be regarded as a comprehensive source of information, nor as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the DHS or the U.S. Government."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2020-03-25
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COVID-19 Update: Optimization Strategies for Healthcare Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) [presentation]
These presentation slides from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention contain web resources related to COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) as well as an overview of the products and services offered by Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA). The full video presentation can be view here: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJblRPy3aW0&feature=youtu.be].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-03-25
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COVID-19 Update: Optimization Strategies for Healthcare Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) [video]
From the Webpage: "During this COCA [Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity] Call, presenters will provide a COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 19] update and discuss strategies for healthcare facilities to optimize personal protective equipment (PPE) supplies such as eye protection, isolation gowns, facemasks, and N95 respirators." This length of this video is 59:10.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-03-25
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Update for Rural Partners and Communities on the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Response [video]
From the video description: "Dr. Jay Butler shared guidance with partners, public health practitioners, healthcare providers, and others working to protect the health of rural communities. He described what CDC knows at this point and responded to questions." The duration of this video is 59 minutes and 39 seconds.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2020-03-25
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[Letter from Bennie G. Thompson and Max Rose to Elizabeth Neumann Regarding DHS Efforts to Counter Extremism During COVID-19 Pandemic, March 24, 2020]
From the Document: "As the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease] pandemic continues to upend American life in new and unpredictable ways, we seek an understanding of how DHS is preparing for and mitigating potential homeland security threats from bad actors, such as violent extremists in the United States and abroad, who may seek to exploit vulnerabilities stemming from this metastasizing crisis. To that end, we would like to know how the Office of Threat Prevention and Security Policy is coordinating DHS prevention efforts to account for the evolving threat landscape under the specter of COVID-19. Recent media reports have highlighted how white supremacist extremists across the world are discussing ways to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to advance violent ends, including, in some cases, accelerating society toward mass violence by sowing chaos. ISIS [Islamic State in Iraq and Syria], too, appears to be interested in exploiting the crisis: in the March 19, 2020, issue of the ISIS magazine 'Al-Naba'', an editorial urged adherents to leverage the pandemic to free prisoners from the 'prisons of the polytheists and the camps of humiliation,' arguing that Western countries' security forces are preoccupied with the crisis and their financial resources are being drained."
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Homeland Security
Thompson, Bennie, 1948-; Rose, Max
2020-03-24
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1611, Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on March 4, 2020. From the Document: "H.R. 1611 would authorize the President to impose sanctions on individuals who are responsible for holding U.S. nationals hostage, and it would codify the roles and responsibilities of federal agencies involved in freeing hostages. The bill also would require the Department of State to review the cases of U.S. nationals who have been detained overseas, determine whether those nationals are being illegally or improperly held, and report annually to the Congress on those determinations. Finally, the department would be required to develop guidance and disseminate information to government officials and to family members of hostages and detainees on the resources that are available to obtain information about, access to, or the release of those people. CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that enacting H.R. 1611 would have insignificant effects on the federal budget and would, on net, reduce the deficit by insignificant amounts over the 2020-2030 period."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-03-24
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 1904, Indian Water Rights Settlement Extension Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Natural Resources on February 12, 2020. From the Document: "H.R. 1904 would appropriate $120 million to the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund beginning in 2031 and every year thereafter to pay for the cost of any future Indian water settlements entered into during 2031 and future years. The fund was established to provide dedicated funding for federally approved Indian water settlements, which generally require construction of water distribution facilities. Because the appropriation would occur after 2030, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates there would be no effect on the budget over the 2020-2030 period."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-03-24
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 5932, Ensuring Chinese Debt Transparency Act of 2020
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on March 2, 2020. From the Document: H.R. 5932 would require that U.S. representatives at international financial institutions seek greater transparency about the terms and conditions of any financing provided by the People's Republic of China to other members of those institutions. Because the act would not impose a significant additional administrative burden, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing the legislation would cost less than $500,000 over the 2020-2025 period; any spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2020-03-24
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Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans: Background and Issues for Congress [March 24, 2020]
From the Introduction: "This report presents background information and issues for Congress concerning the Navy's force structure and shipbuilding plans. The current and planned size and composition of the Navy, the annual rate of Navy ship procurement, the capacity of the naval shipbuilding industry, and the prospective affordability of the Navy's shipbuilding plans have been oversight matters for the congressional defense committees for many years. [...] The issue for Congress is whether to approve, reject, or modify the Navy's proposed FY2021 shipbuilding program and the Navy's longer-term shipbuilding plans. Decisions that Congress makes on this issue can substantially affect Navy capabilities and funding requirements, and the U.S. shipbuilding industrial base."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
O'Rourke, Ronald
2020-03-24
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Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act--Tax Relief for Individuals and Businesses [Updated March 24, 2020]
From the Document: "Congress is considering a number of proposals that seek to mitigate the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. One such proposal, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (S. 3548), was introduced in the Senate on March 19, 2020. On March 22, 2020, the Senate released an updated version of the CARES Act. A cloture vote on the motion to proceed on the amended version was rejected on March 22. Tax relief for individuals and businesses in the CARES Act includes [1] a one-time rebate to taxpayers; [2] modification of the tax treatment of certain retirement fund withdrawals and charitable contributions; [3] a delay of employer payroll taxes and taxes paid by certain corporations; and [4] a variety of changes to the tax treatment of business income and net operating losses."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Sherlock, Molly F.; Crandall-Hollick, Margot L.; Driessen, Grant A. . . .
2020-03-24
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Department of Justice Enforcement Actions Related to COVID-19
From the Memorandum: "As you know. we have seen an unfortunate array of criminal activity related to the ongoing COVID [coronavirus disease]-19 pandemic. Capitalizing on this crisis to reap illicit profits or otherwise preying on Americans is reprehensible and will not be tolerated. I am issuing this Memorandum to inform you of the sorts of schemes that have been reported. to identify certain authorities that I am directing you to consider deploying against these schemes, and to emphasize the importance of state and local coordination during this difficult time."
United States. Department of Justice
2020-03-24
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Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring Community and National Resilience in COVID-19 Response [March 23, 2020]
From the Document: "The attached list identifies workers who conduct a range of operations and services that are essential to continued critical infrastructure viability, including staffing operations centers, maintaining and repairing critical infrastructure, operating call centers, working construction, and performing management functions, among others. The industries they support represent, but are not necessarily limited to, medical and healthcare, telecommunications, information technology systems, defense, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, energy, water and wastewater, law enforcement, and public works."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Krebs, Christopher
2020-03-23
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March 23, 2020
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: "Public Health Responses to COVID-19 Outbreaks on Cruise Ships -- Worldwide, February-March 2020." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2020.html]
2020-03-23
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Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic Response
From the Document: "[1] The federal government continues taking aggressive and proactive steps to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The health and safety of the American people is our top priority. [2] Under the direction of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, FEMA, HHS [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services] and our federal partners are working with state, local, tribal and territorial governments to execute a whole of government response to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and protect the public."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
2020-03-23
