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Climate Change, Crowd-Sourcing, and Conserving Aquatic Biotas in the Rocky Mountains This Century
"Climate change is causing rapid changes to stream habitats across the Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest as warmer air temperatures and changes in precipitation increase stream temperatures, alter stream hydrology, and increase the extent and magnitude of natural disturbances related to droughts and wildfires. These changes are affecting trout, salmon, and other fish populations, many of which are already subject to substantial non-climate stressors. Fish habitats at lower elevations--near the downstream edges of species distributions--are particularly vulnerable. However, three Rocky Mountain Research scientists are conducting research and developing applied management tools that harness the power of crowd-sourcing to generate information and create opportunities for collaboration and resource allocation decisions that may help to conserve some of the aquatic biotas currently at risk. This is enabling adaptation to move forward at a scale and pace more appropriate to the challenges posed by climate change."
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Forest Service; Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
2014-07
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Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation in the Northern Rocky Mountains, Part 1
"The Northern Rockies Adaptation Partnership (NRAP) identified climate change issues relevant to resource management in the Northern Rockies (USA) region, and developed solutions intended to minimize negative effects of climate change and facilitate transition of diverse ecosystems to a warmer climate. The NRAP region covers 183 million acres, spanning northern Idaho, Montana, northwestern Wyoming, North Dakota, and northern South Dakota, and includes 15 national forests and 3 national parks across the U.S. Forest Service Northern Region and adjacent Greater Yellowstone Area. U.S. Forest Service scientists, resource managers, and stakeholders worked together over 2 years to conduct a state-of-science climate change vulnerability assessment and develop adaptation options for national forests and national parks in the Northern Rockies region. The vulnerability assessment emphasized water, fisheries, wildlife, forest and rangeland vegetation and disturbance, recreation, cultural heritage, and ecosystem services which are regarded as key resource areas for local ecosystems and communities. Resource managers used the assessment to develop a detailed list of ways to address climate change vulnerabilities through management actions. The large number of adaptation strategies and tactics, many of which are a component of current management practice, provide a pathway for slowing the rate of deleterious change in resource conditions."
United States. Department of Agriculture; United States. Forest Service; Rocky Mountain Research Station (Fort Collins, Colo.)
Halofsky, Jessica E.; Peterson, David L.; Dante-Wood, S. Karen . . .
2018-03
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 2345: National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act of 2018
"H.R. 2345 would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to coordinate with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the Department of Health and Human Services to study and report on the feasibility of designating a N11 dialing code as a national suicide prevention and mental health crises hotline system."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2018-07-20
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H. Rept. 116-190: DHS Acquisition Reform Act of 2019, Report to Accompany H.R. 3413, Including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2019
From the Purpose and Summary: "The purpose of H.R. 3413, the 'DHS Acquisition Reform Act of 2019,' is to provide certain acquisition authorities for the Under Secretary of Management (USM) of the Department of Homeland Security. Specifically, H.R. 3413 designates the USM as the Department's Chief Acquisition Officer responsible for approving, pausing, modifying, or canceling major acquisition programs, as needed. The bill authorizes the USM to lead the Department's acquisition oversight body, the Acquisition Review Board, which oversees major acquisition programs, as well as establish acquisition policies to which all Department components shall comply."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2019-08-30
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Prescription Opioids: Patient Options for Safe and Effective Disposal of Unused Opioids, Report to Congressional Committees
From the GAO [Government Accountability Office] Highlights: "In 2017, an estimated 11.1 million Americans misused a prescription pain reliever, which included opioids. This misuse contributes to opioid abuse and death, which has quintupled from 1999 to 2017; about 17,000 people died from prescription opioid overdoses in 2017. Government agencies and stakeholders have attempted to address the potential for misuse and abuse by facilitating safe disposal of unused prescription opioids and other drugs. The SUPPORT [Substance Use-Disorder Prevention that Promotes Opioid Recovery and Treatment] for Patients and Communities Act enacted in 2018 included a provision for GAO to review patient disposal of unused opioids, among other things. This report examines (1) federally recommended and other available methods patients may use to dispose of unused prescription opioids, and (2) what is known about patients' use of these methods."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2019-09
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Arrears Owed by the United States to the United Nations and Other International Organizations
From the Report Outline: "This report covers October 1, 2018, through March 31, 2019. The amounts of arrears included in the report are as of January 1, 2019. [...] This report includes information about international organizations to which the United States makes an annual assessed contribution of $1 million or more through the Contributions to International Organizations (CIO) account, as well as through the Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities account, which provides funds for UN peacekeeping expenses. The report also includes information on organizations that receive annual assessed contributions that are less than $1 million, if late U.S. payment or arrears triggered sanctions or affected U.S. influence at the organizations."
United States. Department of State
2019-06-04
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H. Rept. 116-194: Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2019, Report to Accompany H.R. 3722, Including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office, August 30, 2019
From the Purpose and Summary: "H.R. 3722, the 'Joint Task Force to Combat Opioid Trafficking Act of 2019' provides the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with authorization to establish a Joint Task Force (JTF) to enhance the integration of DHS's border security operations to detect, interdict, disrupt, and prevent narcotics, such as fentanyl and other synthetic opioids, from entering the United States."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2019-08-30
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CTC Sentinel [September 2019]
This September 2019 issue of the U.S. Military Academy's Combating Terrorism Center (CTC) Sentinel features the following article: "Eighteen Years On: The War on Terror Comes of Age" by Daniel Byman. Other reports include: "A View from the CT [counterterrorism] Foxhole: Joseph Maguire, Acting Director of National Intelligence" by Paul Cruickshank and Brian Dodwell; "Taking Aim: Islamic State Korasan's Leadership Losses" by Amira Jadoon and Andrew Mines; "Relatives, Redemption, and Rice: Motivations for Joining the Maute Group" by Julie Chernov Hwang; and "The Development of Tunisia's Domestic Counter-Terrorism Finance Capability" by Aaron Y. Zelin and Katherine Bauer.
Combating Terrorism Center (U.S.)
2019-09
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How to Learn About Homeland Security
From the Abstract: "The article describes how one can begin to learn about homeland security. Starting with institutionally approved, rather than objectively-tested and validated, foundational knowledge may provide academic order, but the order is achieved at the cost of constraining prematurely what homeland security could become. The method presented in this essay starts with the subjective interests of a learner, and relies on the usefulness of intellectual conflict to transform the learner's ideas. The article outlines several frameworks learners can use to structure their homeland security inquiry. The author argues claims about what constitutes foundational knowledge in homeland security frequently are based on socially- constructed agreement that masks the subjectivity needed to arrive at consensus. Rather than avoiding subjectivity in determining the roots and bounds of homeland security, we can encourage reflective practitioners to construct and share insights derived from their experience -based, research- informed understanding of homeland security."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Bellavita, Christopher
2019-09
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Capability Gaps Threatening CBP's Present and Future Operations
From the Abstract: "Thanks to an enduring burst of domestic populism, the United States is knee-deep in a tumultuous renegotiation of its superpower relationship with the world. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) faces two possible paths: transformation or trivialization. The agency either embraces the mission-creep demanded by this moment or surrenders responsibility to other government entities forced into greater action by larger political forces. CBP endures five capability gaps that threaten its ability to manage the operational fusion point now expanding between the homeland and national security communities. Fundamentally resource-starved, CBP lags on (1) mobilizing necessary human resources, (2) integrating new technologies, (3) managing a rapidly expanding interface with Defense, (4) developing next-generation leaders, and (5) erecting and harmonizing agency-wide planning, analytical, and risk-management systems. Comprehensively resolving these capability gaps is an existential imperative for CBP, which otherwise will not long survive its current 'time in the barrel.' Certainly, within a generation's time, CBP must evolve from a mere law-enforcement organization to a de facto federal technology enterprise on par with lead elements of the defense and intelligence communities. This necessary transformation will generate extraordinary management requirements, which, in turn, will mandate a radical upgrading of the agency's leadership development agenda. CBP's leadership-training programs should come to resemble - in strategic breadth and technological depth - those currently applied throughout the higher echelons of the national security community."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Barnett, Thomas P. M.
2019-09
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Restoring a Sense of Well-Being in Children After a Disaster
From the Document: "Children are often exposed both directly and indirectly to the effects of disasters. While some will live in close proximity to an area or community directly impacted by disaster, many others will learn about it through the media or from their parents or friends. It is important for parents, caregivers, and professionals to answer children's questions and reassure them about their safety."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices
From the Overview: "This technical package represents a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help communities and states sharpen their focus on prevention activities with the greatest potential to prevent suicide. These strategies include: strengthening economic supports; strengthening access and delivery of suicide care; creating protective environments; promoting connectedness; teaching coping and problem-solving skills; identifying and supporting people at risk; and lessening harms and preventing future risk. The strategies represented in this package include those with a focus on preventing the risk of suicide in the first place as well as approaches to lessen the immediate and long-term harms of suicidal behavior for individuals, families, communities, and society. The strategies in the technical package support the goals and objectives of the 'National Strategy for Suicide Prevention' and the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention's priority to strengthen community-based prevention."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Stone, Deb; Holland, Kristin; Bartholow, Brad . . .
2017
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Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect: A Technical Package for Policy, Norm, and Programmatic Activities
From the Overview: "This technical package represents a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help prevent child abuse and neglect. These strategies include strengthening economic supports to families; changing social norms to support parents and positive parenting; providing quality care and education early in life; enhancing parenting skills to promote healthy child development; and intervening to lessen harms and prevent future risk. The strategies represented in this package include those with a focus on preventing child abuse and neglect from happening in the first place as well as approaches to lessen the immediate and long-term harms of child abuse and neglect. These strategies range from a focus on individuals, families, and relationships to broader community and societal change. This range of strategies is needed to better address the interplay between individual-family behavior and broader neighborhood, community, and cultural contexts."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Klevens, Joanne; Merrick, Melissa T.; Gilbert, Leah . . .
2016
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Preventing Intimate Partner Violence Across the Lifespan: A Technical Package of Programs, Policies, and Practices
From the Overview: "This technical package represents a select group of strategies based on the best available evidence to help communities and states sharpen their focus on prevention activities with the greatest potential to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) and its consequences across the lifespan. These strategies include teaching safe and healthy relationship skills; engaging influential adults and peers; disrupting the developmental pathways toward IPV; creating protective environments; strengthening economic supports for families; and supporting survivors to increase safety and lessen harms. The strategies represented in this package include those with a focus on preventing IPV, including teen dating violence (TDV), from happening in the first place or to prevent it from continuing, as well as approaches to lessen the immediate and long-term harms of partner violence. Commitment, cooperation, and leadership from numerous sectors, including public health, education, justice, health care, social services, business and labor, and government can bring about the successful implementation of this package."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Niolon, Phyllis Holditch; Kearns, Megan; Dills, Jenny . . .
2017
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Care Provider Facilities Described Challenges Addressing Mental Health Needs of Children in HHS Custody
From the Document: "By law, ORR [Office of Refugee Resettlement], which is within the Department of Health and Human Services, has custody of and must provide care for each unaccompanied child, including addressing their mental health needs. ORR-funded care provider facilities are required to provide counseling to children and arrange for more specialized mental health services, as needed. We conducted our fieldwork during a time when ORR was experiencing an influx of children. Our findings could inform the Unaccompanied Alien Children Program's preparation for future surges."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General
2019-09
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 3624, Outsourcing Accountability Act of 2019
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Financial Services on July 16, 2019. From the Document: "H.R. 3624 would require public companies to annually disclose the number of people they employ in the United States (disaggregated by state) and in each foreign country. Emerging growth companies would be exempt from that requirement. Using information from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing H.R. 3624 would cost less than $500,000 over the 2019-2024 period to issue new rules and process the new disclosures. Because the SEC is authorized to collect fees each year to offset its annual appropriation, CBO expects that any net change in discretionary spending over the 2019-2024 period would be negligible, assuming appropriation actions consistent with that authority."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2019-09-04
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Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate: H.R. 3699, Pipeline Security Act
This is the Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate as ordered reported by the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 17, 2019. From the Document: "H.R. 3699 would restate the role of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) within the Department of Homeland Security in administering the department's program to protect pipelines from terrorists. The bill also would authorize TSA to develop a personnel strategy to enhance the effectiveness of that program and to report to the Congress. Finally, H.R. 3699 would require the Government Accountability Office to report on the bill's implementation. Because TSA is already pursuing activities similar to those called for in the bill, CBO [Congressional Budget Office] estimates that implementing H.R. 3699 would have no significant effect on spending subject to appropriation."
United States. Congressional Budget Office
2019-09-04
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Reserve Component Use, Balance, Cost and Savings: A Response to Questions from the Secretary of Defense
From the Executive Summary: "At the September 5, 2012 meeting of the Reserve Forces Policy Board (RFPB), Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta met with members of the Board and asked them (in accordance with Title 10, Section 10301) to provide him with advice and recommendations on several Reserve Component topics. Specifically, he was interested in determining: the best ways to use the Reserve Components in support of the Defense Strategic Guidance; the right balance or mix of Active and Reserve Component forces; the cost to maintain a Strong Reserve; and how the Department can achieve cost savings in relation to the Reserve Components. The purpose of this report is to provide the Secretary of Defense with thoughtful analysis, observations and recommendations in response to each of these questions, and constitutes the Board's complete and final report. The responses are intended (in accordance with the Board's Charter) to improve and enhance the capabilities, efficiency, and effectiveness of the Reserve Components."
United States. Reserve Forces Policy Board; United States. Department of Defense. Office of the Secretary of Defense
2014-02-11
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Fact Sheet: Ransomware and HIPAA
From the Document: "A recent U.S. Government interagency report indicates that, on average, there have been 4,000 daily ransomware attacks since early 2016 (a 300% increase over the 1,000 daily ransomware attacks reported in 2015). Ransomware exploits human and technical weaknesses to gain access to an organization's technical infrastructure in order to deny the organization access to its own data by encrypting that data. However, there are measures known to be effective to prevent the introduction of ransomware and to recover from a ransomware attack. This document describes ransomware attack prevention and recovery from a healthcare sector perspective, including the role the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has in assisting HIPAA covered entities and business associates to prevent and recover from ransomware attacks, and how HIPAA breach notification processes should be managed in response to a ransomware attack."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
2016-07-11?
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Unit Cost and Readiness for the Active and Reserve Components of the Armed Forces
From the Executive Summary: "Section 1080A of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012, Public Law 112-81, requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a report on the Department of Defense Active and Reserve Components, describing unit costs, force mix, demand for forces, and readiness. This report responds to that requirement."
United States. Department of Defense
2013-12-20
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Fatality Management Federal Perspective [presentation]
From the Presentation: "1. There are more than 5,000 jurisdictions that have authority and unique procedures for fatality management. This makes planning for federal support a challenge. 2. Under normal circumstances, arrangements for the disposition of the dead is handled between a healthcare facility, the family, and the funeral industry. Under local and state laws, certain cases involve law enforcement and medical examiners/coroners. 3. In a disaster, the normal case flow may be interrupted, due to increased involvement of law enforcement, more cases under medical examiner/coroner jurisdiction, or difficulty establishing identity of the deceased. 4. Fatality management is a local function. In general, a dead body cannot be moved without a death certificate or permission from some local official. This is often the rate limiting step, regardless of the amount of logistic support."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
2015-06-02
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Analysis of Department of Defense (DOD) Support in Domestic Disaster Relief
From the thesis Abstract: "Our research analyzed Department of Defense (DoD) involvement in the disaster relief efforts for Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. During the 2017 hurricane season, the United States experienced three major hurricanes in rapid succession. These events tested the hurricane responses of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and have left some wondering why the DoD was slow to respond. Through our research, we evaluated the FEMA Mission Assignments (MAs) to U.S. agencies and analyzed how the DoD was employed in Defense Support to Civil Authorities (DSCA) operations during these events. Our three hypotheses were as follows: (1) DoD utilization in domestic hurricane relief is less than other agencies; (2) there are common tasks in every hurricane disaster that DoD could focus on to improve response; and (3) pre-positioning has a positive effect on the quality of disaster response. Our findings show that DoD is the most utilized agency for domestic disaster relief efforts, tasked with between 38% to 49% of all mission assignments. FEMA's utilization of DoD is predominantly in transportation; public works and engineering; logistics management and resource support; search and rescue; and external affairs. The outcomes of Harvey, Irma, and Maria also support the importance of pre-positioning for disaster relief efforts."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Ho, Eugene; Davis, Daniel C.
2018-06
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Flood-Inundation Maps for a 23-Mile Reach of the Medina River at Bandera, Texas, 2018
From the Abstract: "In 2018, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the Bandera County River Authority and Groundwater District and the Texas Water Development Board, studied floods through the period of record to create a library of flood-inundation maps for the Medina River at Bandera, Texas. Digital flood-inundation maps for a 23-mile reach of the Medina River at and near Bandera, from the confluence with Winans Creek to English Crossing Road, were developed. The flood-inundation maps depict estimates of the areal extent and depth of flooding corresponding to a range of different gage heights (gage height is commonly referred to as 'stage,' or the water-surface elevation at a streamflow-gaging station) at USGS streamflow-gaging station 08178880 Medina River at Bandera, Tex. (hereinafter referred to as the 'Bandera station')."
United States. Department of the Interior; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Choi, Namjeong; Engel, Frank L.
2019
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Nuclear Strategy in the New World Order
"For 50 years, the US depended on its nuclear arsenal to provide the underpinning to the deterrent aspect of its military strategy. However, on September 11, 2001, three of four hijacked civilian aircraft successfully completed their suicide missions against high value targets in the United States-the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. US military might, to include its overwhelming nuclear arsenal, failed to deter the terrorists who killed nearly 3000 people, most of whom were Americans. Although the US nuclear force structure, policy and strategy have thus far deterred a nuclear attack on the US, it is not properly postured as a viable deterrent against asymmetric attacks. However, given the proper force structure, policy and strategy, the US nuclear arsenal could provide a greater degree of deterrence against such attacks in the future. This paper will first briefly describe the strategy of deterrence and its underpinnings in basic psychology. Second, it will briefly overview the deterrence strategy of the Cold War and highlight the findings of the Nuclear Posture Review that will serve as the foundation of the Bush nuclear strategy. Next, this paper will consider the ethical issues surrounding the use of nuclear weapons, as both a deterrent and a combat weapon. Finally, the paper will analyze US nuclear strategy and make policy recommendations for using nuclear weapons as part of a deterrent strategy against future asymmetric attacks."
National War College (U.S.)
Parks, Edwin T.
2002
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FBI Reorganization: Redesign by Committee
"In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the FBI is in the midst of a reorganization that reflects a profound shift in the FBI's mission priorities. Historically the FBI has investigated violations of federal law, reacting after the crime was committed and viewing successful prosecutions as one of the key benchmarks of success. While the FBI has long discharged its foreign counterintelligence mission, this role was limited and often viewed through a law enforcement and case specific prism. The FBI reorganization is geared toward changing the way the agency does its business, increasing the emphasis on looking ahead and around corners, divining trends or threats through better analysis of intelligence, in order to prevent another terror attack. The FBI has undergone previous reorganizations, and major changes were on the horizon even without 9/11, but no reorganization has been so sweeping nor has any been initiated with the intent of so clearly refocusing the priorities of the FBI...How Director Mueller and other senior officials determined the FBI post 9/11 reorganization plan reflects, not surprisingly, the interplay of people, organizations, and processes. Specifically, Director Mueller and senior FBI officials developed the reorganization plan from internal reviews lead by senior FBI managers, inputs from outside commissions and agencies, an acknowledged change in the threat environment, and Congressional oversight."
National War College (U.S.)
Zarone, Arthur J.
2003
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Temple of Antiterrorism Strategy
"It its report of 15 December 2000, the Gilmore Commission recommends that the next President 'develop and present to Congress a national strategy to address the threat of domestic terrorism - conventional, cyber, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear - from the perspectives of deterrence, prevention, preparedness and response within one year of assuming office.' Similar calls for a comprehensive, fully coordinated antiterrorism strategy have been made recently. The events of September 11 have in an extremely sad way emphasized this need. In this essay I will present a framework for conceptualizing a possible national counterterrorism strategy. To develop this model, I have used a framework elaborated by RAND, which treats the possible objectives of such a strategy and the means to reach them. In a first step I analyze the RAND framework and I propose some adjustments before using it. In a second step I propose the construction of a 'Temple of Antiterrorism strategy' as an integrated model, taking into account the strategic context, assumptions about the terrorist threats, the objectives of such a strategy and the tools to achieve them as well as the key factors for success and the environmental enablers."
National War College (U.S.)
Housen, Roger T.
2002
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U.S.-Russian Cooperation in the War against International Terrorism
"The September 11 attacks on the Pentagon and the twin towers of the World Trade Center elicited an unprecedented outpouring of Russian sympathy and expressions of Russian solidarity with the United States...The declarations of Russian support for the U.S. in this time of crisis lend hope for improved relations with Russia, at least in the area of anti-terrorism. As the U.S. develops a strategy to protect our nation from future terrorist attacks and bring the planners of the September 11 attacks to justice, strategists should explore ways to further U.S.-Russian and NATO-Russian cooperation. Policy makers and military planners should assess the strategic environment and consider the following questions: 1. What common objectives could the U.S. and Russia pursue as we seek to protect our nations' citizens? 2. What elements of national power can Russia contribute to the effort to deter or thwart future attacks? 3. What are the opportunities and risks associated with U.S.-Russian cooperation in the fight against terrorism? While U.S.-Russian cooperation in anti-terrorism is not new, these basic questions still require consideration."
National War College (U.S.)
Petruncio, Emil T.
2002
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U.S. Policy Regarding Iran in the Post-Gulf War Era
"Regardless of its outcome, the current Persian Gulf Crisis will necessitate a thorough reappraisal of U.S.-Iranian relations. A crisis conclusion consistent with the goals of United Nations Resolution 678 will inevitably increase Iran's already significant weight in the regional power equation and, thereby, force U.S. leaders to reconsider the level and character of America's presence in the Gulf. On the other hand, a coalition failure to dislodge the Ba'athist regime of President Saddam Hussein could prompt a wide variety of Iranian responses -- some inimical and others compatible with long-term U.S. interests. Whatever the future holds in store, the crisis will make an already resurgent Islamic Republic of Iran a regional actor the United States simply cannot ignore. This paper advances a framework for developing a new U.S. approach to Iran. It not only paints the historic backdrop against which the Bush Administration must craft its strategic review, but also recommends a policy of cautious rapprochement -- a policy that will require the conduct of tough bilateral and multilateral negotiations dealing with issues ranging from a regional security accord to the fate of American hostages held by Lebanese terrorists."
National War College (U.S.)
Rains, Roger A.
1991-02-23
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Caribbean and the United States into the New Century
"The future of the Caribbean and the future of the United States are increasingly woven together into a fabric of mutual advantage and mutual jeopardy. The Caribbean is our third border, and the ancestral home of millions of Americans from the days of our first Secretary of the Treasury to our current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. It is a source of trained professionals and illegal migrants, sugar and narcotics, Nobel laureates and revolutionaries, oil and unserviceable debts. As improvements in communications and transportation links accelerate this flow of products, people, and ideas - in both directions - it will become more and more obvious that the successes and failures of one neighbor will spill over onto the other."
National War College (U.S.)
Hays, Dennis K.
1993
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Winning with Words: Strategic Communications and the War on Terrorism
This paper explores the process of incorporating all of the U.S. agencies' tools and talents into one focused, synergistic approach, resulting in an effective communications strategy to win the war on terrorism.
National War College (U.S.)
Haddock, Ellen K.
2002
