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Report to Congress in Accordance with §361(B) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT ACT) [2005]
"Substantial progress has been made in the past year, particularly with respect to streamlining the administration and enforcement of the FBAR[Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts]. In the coming year, the Internal Revenue Service intends to address the remaining tasks and continue making progress in our ongoing projects to improve compliance with the FBAR reporting requirement. Towards that end, the following specific goals have been set: 1) Identify FBAR Non-Filers through enhanced examinations. This effort will focus first on offshore activities. The Internal Revenue Service will conduct reviews of offshore examinations with respect to the FBAR issue. An AML [Anti-Money Laundering] analyst has been assigned to review offshore examinations for FBAR issues in those locations judged to have the highest probability of FBAR violations. This review will focus on identification of FBAR violators and identification of barriers to such identification in the current examination process. 2) Identify and correct any barriers to identification of FBAR violations existing in the current FBAR examination process. In particular, the Internal Revenue Service plans to create and deliver an FBAR training module for all incoming examiners. In addition, it plans to supplement the procedural memoranda that currently guide examiners with a new FBAR section of the Internal Revenue Manual ('IRM'). 3) Expand Outreach and Education to Potential FBAR Filers and Practitioners. TEC [Taxpayer Education and Communication] will expand outreach and educational efforts in 2004, based upon the results of initial activities. In addition, coordination with the IRS off-shore activities will be an area of emphasis to facilitate identification of targeted audiences. [...] 4) Issue an improved FBAR Form and instructions. IRS will work towards finalizing an improved FBAR and instructions to better enable taxpayers to comply with the law."
United States. Department of the Treasury
2005-04-08
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Report to Congress in Accordance with §361(B) of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT ACT) [2003]
"Substantial progress has been made in the past year, particularly with respect to streamlining the administration and enforcement of the FBAR [Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts]. In the coming year, Treasury intends to address the remaining tasks and continue making progress in our ongoing projects to improve compliance with the FBAR reporting requirement. Towards that end, we are setting the following specific goals: 1) Emphasize Examination of Offshore Activities - The IRS [Internal Revenue Service] received 1299 applications from taxpayers for the Offshore Voluntary Compliance Initiative (OVCI). Once accepted by the IRS, taxpayers have 150 days to submit complete packages including FBARs, under the provisions of the OVCI. An initial review of the applications by the IRS indicates that approximately 450 applications involve previously unreported foreign bank accounts; 2) Identify Potential Non-Filers of FBARS - Building on the success of the offshore examinations, the IRS will continue to explore new ways of identifying persons who should be filing FBARs; 3) Continue Outreach and Education -- Outreach and educational efforts will continue in fiscal year 2004, based upon the results of initial activities. In addition, coordination with the IRS Off-Shore Credit Card Program will be an area of emphasis to facilitate identification of targeted audiences. Outreach about the filing requirements of Section 103.24 will be reinforced with cogent, consistent messages relative to application of penalties for failure to meet the FBAR filing requirements; 4) Use Input from Filers to Improve Form - IRS will work towards finalizing an improved FBAR to better enable taxpayers to comply with the law."
United States. Department of the Treasury
2003-04-24
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Putting the Pieces Together: Practical Strategies for Implementing Evidence-Based Practices
"This manual describes a generalized process for adopting and implementing principles that underlie evidence-based practice. The evidence-based policies and practices discussed in this manual are derived from high-quality research and have been embraced by criminologists, other social scientists and respected practitioners. The research and the theoretical underpinnings of EBP [evidence-based policy and practice] are described in a companion document, Implementing Evidence-Based Policy and Practice in Community Corrections. This manual is intended to offer a practical guide to their application. The principles and the activities for implementation described in this manual are not intended to squelch creative thinking, enthusiasm or innovation. Your innovations will inspire the hypotheses that lead to fur¬ther research, more effective implementation strategies and perhaps even additional principles. EBP is an evolving body of knowledge and practice. It is less like a roadmap and more like the table of elements many of us studied in high school."
National Institute of Corrections (U.S.)
2011-03
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Annual Report Fiscal Year 2005
"During the past year, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network marked its 15th birthday. In those 15 years, we have been charged with growing responsibility for protecting the nation's financial system from the threats of terrorism and financial crime. Our accomplishments during the past year convince me that we are increasingly realizing our tremendous potential for contributing to the financial and national security of our country and of financial systems around the globe. In our role as Administrator of the Bank Secrecy Act, we took decisive steps toward ensuring more effective and uniform application of this important statute. We developed information-sharing agreements with Federal and state banking agencies that give us more comprehensive data than ever before on Bank Secrecy Act compliance. We also cooperated with regulatory agencies in ways that were not even conceived of a few years ago to promote more uniform examination procedures for compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act, faster and more consistent compliance activities, and joint action in cases of egregious violations of the law. To improve the management of data filed under the Bank Secrecy Act, we developed BSA Direct--a major initiative that will eventually collect, process, store, and disseminate all Bank Secrecy Act data. As the fiscal year ended, we were close to completing the initial phase of the system, which will provide authorized law enforcement and regulatory agencies with easier access to the Bank Secrecy Act data and enhanced ability to query and analyze that data."
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (U.S.)
2006-01
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Annual Report Fiscal Year 2007
"During fiscal year 2007, FinCEN [Financial Crimes Enforcement Network] saw major accomplishments in all these areas of activity. I am especially proud of our movement toward enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of the BSA [Bank Secrecy Act] regulatory framework, a high priority initiative announced by Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson, Jr. at FinCEN in June. For example, we have strengthened our outreach to and communications with our industry partners as a way of ensuring an efficient and effective risk-based regulatory regime, and we have initiated consideration of a new, reorganized chapter in the Code of Federal Regulations so that distinct financial sectors can more easily and efficiently access all the regulations with which they specifically need to comply. In other notable achievements during the year, FinCEN: 1) Published BSA guidance for financial institutions that aimed to improve consistency in the interpretation and application of BSA regulations, and to reduce misperception of excessive regulatory expectations. 2) Delivered complex analytical studies targeted to regulatory authorities and to law enforcement agencies. 3) Developed the vision and strategy outlining our future enterprise-wide business transformation and information technology modernization program. 4) Provided research support for a record number of foreign financial intelligence units engaged in law enforcement activities."
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (U.S.)
2008-03
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Annual Report Fiscal Year 2004
"This report describes steps we have taken this year to address these challenges. For example, we have: 1) Realigned our organization to reflect our functional priorities, reduced the number of managers to 26, and enhanced our processes for overseeing and assisting our regulatory partners to whom compliance examination responsibilities for the Bank Secrecy Act [BSA] have been delegated. 2) Begun to better use our skilled professionals for complex analysis of financial intelligence, including classified data. 3) Launched a major initiative to make Bank Secrecy Act data and analytical tools available to authorized users through an easy-to-use, secure, web-based program. This initiative, called BSA Direct, will help to assure that we can continue the needs of our law enforcement customers for financial data as our employees move toward more complex analysis. This initiative will also provide the architecture for greatly expanding e-filing of Bank Secrecy Act data. 4) Taken steps to enhance data exchanges with the financial institutions that file Bank Secrecy Act reports, with our regulatory partners, with law enforcement agencies that use that information to track financial crimes, with the intelligence community, and with our counterpart government agencies, known as financial intelligence units, across the globe."
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (U.S.)
2005-01
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Financial Crimes Enforcement Network: Annual Report Fiscal Year 2006
"The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) seeks to enhance U.S. national security and to make the financial system increasingly resistant to abuse by money launderers, terrorists and their financial supporters, and other perpetrators of crime. In pursuit of these aims, Fin- CEN relies on the expertise of a small but growing staff--now just over 300 employees--as well as on a broad range of collaborative partnerships. As the nation's financial intelligence unit, FinCEN works closely with numerous federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and regulators, as well as with members of our nation's diverse financial sectors. We also play a global leadership role in the Egmont Group of financial intelligence units, collaborate with our counterparts in other countries, and support multi-national bodies seeking to promote global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing measures. FinCEN's Fiscal Year 2006 accomplishments are a testament to both our employees' expertise and our many productive relationships with other agencies. This year, the men and women of FinCEN: 1) Worked hand-in-hand with authorized users of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) data to facilitate greater exploitation of this valuable financial information. For example, we expanded the capacity to broaden the scope of BSA data analysis through new sharing arrangements with several federal law enforcement agencies that use this data in combination with other unique data sets. [...] 2) Supported law enforcement efforts through more than one thousand information exchanges with other members of the Egmont Group of financial intelligence units from around the world. 3) Found innovative ways to analyze the BSA data to support industry, regulatory, and law enforcement needs."
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (U.S.)
2007-01
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Gang Prevention: An Overview of Research and Programs
"This bulletin presents research on why youth join gangs and how a community can build gang prevention and intervention services. The author summarizes recent literature on gang formation and identifies promising and effective programs for gang prevention. The following are some key findings: 1) Youth join gangs for protection, enjoyment, respect, money, or because a friend is in a gang. 2) Youth are at higher risk of joining a gang if they engage in delinquent behaviors, are aggressive or violent, experience multiple caretaker transitions, have many problems at school, associate with other gang-involved youth, or live in communities where they feel unsafe and where many youth are in trouble. 3) To prevent youth from joining gangs, communities must strengthen families and schools, improve community supervision, train teachers and parents to manage disruptive youth, and teach students interpersonal skills."
United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Howell, James C.
2010-12
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Department of Defense Directive 5134.08: Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Defense Programs (ASD(NCB))
"This Directive, consistent with sections 142 138(b)(10) and 138d of title 10, United States Code (Reference (a)), reissues DoD [Department of Defense] Directive (DoDD) 5134.8 (Reference (b)) in accordance with the authority in DoDD 5134.01 (Reference (c)) to update the responsibilities and functions, relationships, and authorities of the ATSD(NCB) ASD(NCB), under the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD(AT&L))."
United States. Department of Defense
2011-05-12
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Inflation Adjusted Annual Tornado Running Total
This National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Storm Prediction Center webpage offers interesting graphs showing the annual tornado trends. The webpage also gives an explanation of how tornado trends are calculated.
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Staging for Hostile incidents: Evaluating Effectiveness of the Staging Policy for Firefighter Safety
"In November 1998, an applied research project was completed by this author in response to the perceptible increase in violence and hostility that firefighters in Clackamas County, Oregon, were facing. It had been noted that many 'close calls' had taken place as firefighters responded to emergency incidents. Among those incidents were examples of direct threats and assaults upon Clackamas County Fire District #1 fire personnel while performing their jobs. As a result of the predecessor applied research project, titled Responders at Risk: Surviving Violence in the Streets, a policy was developed for Clackamas County Fire District #1 in an attempt to increase the level of safety for firefighters in violent situations. Implemented in December 1998, the policy, Staging: Known/Unknown Hostile Incidents, has now been in effect for approximately one year. The previous applied research project focused upon the problem that hostility and violence in the field led to the compromise of firefighter safety. The problem for this applied research is that firefighter safety continues to be compromised in hostile and violent situations. The purpose for this applied research project was to follow up on its predecessor research and, specifically, to evaluate the effectiveness of the Staging: Known/Unknown Hostile Incidents policy for providing a reasonable margin of firefighter safety. The evaluative research method was used in answering the following three research questions: 1. What is the level of compliance with the Standard Operating Guideline (SOG) titled Staging: Known/Unknown Hostile Incidents? 2. How are other like-sized Portland metropolitan area fire agencies protecting their firefighters in similar situations? 3. What, if any, modifications could be made to increase effectiveness of the SOG?"
National Fire Academy
Smith, Jonathan S.
1999-12
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Slow Degradation: The Erosion of a Fire District's Budget
"Fire agencies across the nation are experiencing an increasing trend...loss of revenues, increasing mandates and dwindling numbers of volunteer firefighters. In rural fire agencies in the State of California the problem is obvious. With changing demographics in the rural communities and a legislative system that has a tendency to disregard the smaller rural agencies, the problem was becoming critical. For Georgetown (CA) Fire Protection District, the problems needed to be visited and addressed. The purpose of this research project was to determine if the voters of the District would approve a tax increase, if so, how much and solicit their opinions on the existing levels of service. In addition, the report reviews the issue of volunteerism and associated incentives. This project utilized evaluative research with descriptive research as a tool to gather opinions of the sampled population. For an informed decision to be made, four research questions were developed: 1. Determine how much additional funding would be feasible and what service level would be improved. 2. Determine via a survey of taxpayers and/or voters if such a tax increase would likely be supported. 3. Determine what steps are necessary in order to have a successful ballot measure. 4. Review volunteer incentives currently being provided by the District."
National Fire Academy
Todd, Jon Richard
1999-11
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Readout of Secretary Napolitano's Remarks to the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee [June 2, 2011]
"Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today visited the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to address the President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC)--highlighting the ongoing efforts of the Obama administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the NSTAC to safeguard the nation's cybersecurity and critical infrastructure."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office
2011-06-02
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Union and Its Effectiveness Within the Durham Fire Department
"In 1998 members of the City of Durham Fire Department were faced with the decision of whether to maintain the Durham Firefighter's Association (DFFA) or unite with the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF). This sparked immediate controversy because North Carolina is a 'right to work' state. (NRTW 1999) The decision was ultimately made to unite with the IAFF. Feelings of skepticism, uncertainty and apprehension accompanied this newly formed partnership. The problem that stemmed from members within the Durham Fire Department's rank and file who were doubtful of the effectiveness of the union's representation. However, there were members of the fire department who were optimistic and hopeful that the IAFF representation could provide a stronger more adequate voice and help forge them into a more unified, organized group. The purpose of this research project is to evaluate the effectiveness of the IAFF representation within the rank and file of the Durham Fire Department (DFD). The research project employed an evaluative research methodology to answer the following research questions: 1. Which areas would you prefer the union representatives give their time and attention to (multiple choice answers provided on sample survey). 2. Do you feel that the union's influence and representation is adequate? 3. Are you aware of the difference between a 'collective or collaborative bargaining state' versus a 'right to work state'? On August 30, 1999, two hundred fifty-five (255) surveys were distributed to all personnel assigned to Fire Prevention and the Operations Division. One hundred forty-two (142) surveys were returned by the September 30, 1999 due date."
National Fire Academy
Pagan, Bruce T.
1999-12
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Apparatus Replacement: Risk Reduction Through Replacement Options
"Concerns over equipment replacement costs, safety issues with out of service equipment that is in need of repair and the issue of replacing apparatus on a timely basis has prompted this report. The Lincoln Fire Department needs to study the possibility of different options of financing the purchase of apparatus replacement. One problem that stands out is the repair of aging equipment that has put pressure on the maintenance budget. The early depletion of the maintenance budget has taken place several times in the last few years. The need to have front line response equipment in service is a concern. Breakdowns of equipment occur frequently. These breakdowns can cause the use of older reserve equipment. The reserve units are older with less capability which can put the community at risk for response times. The purpose of this research was to evaluate ideas and information on what options are available to increase apparatus replacement. This study used an action research methodology. The research questions that were answered were: 1. What factors influence the present fire apparatus purchase plan? 2. What records show increase costs to the Lincoln Fire Department? 3. How are some fire departments handling apparatus purchasing? 4. What plans exist for the purchasing or leasing of fire apparatus? "
National Fire Academy
Edwards, Larry L.
1999-11
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Setting Wildland Dispatch Levels
"The amount and types of equipment that the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CDF) dispatches to a wildland fire is based on the fire danger at the time. CDF is not consistent in the way fire danger is measured and therefore may be sending too much equipment in some cases and too little in others. The problem addressed by this research paper was that the method the CDF dispatch center in the Amador El Dorado Ranger Unit used to set dispatch levels may not have been adequate. The purpose of this paper was to determine if there was a better way for the ranger unit to establish dispatch levels based on a truer assessment of fire danger. Historical, descriptive, and evaluative research methodologies were used to answer the following research questions: 1. What tools were available for use in determining where changes in dispatch levels should be made? 2. What does fire report data show regarding the amount of equipment dispatched to fires in the Amador El Dorado Ranger Unit? 3. Is there a need to modify the existing practice of setting dispatch levels in the Amador El Dorado Ranger Unit? The procedures used included a review of the literature and extensive analysis of historical fire and weather records. Additionally, fire reports were analyzed to evaluate the amount of equipment used on fires. The literature review provided a significant amount of information about fire danger rating."
National Fire Academy
Gossner, Jody
1999-12
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Analysis of the Change Readiness of Chesterfield Fire Department Officers
"The Chesterfield County, Virginia Fire Department is in the midst of tremendous change. After having one fire chief for the first thirty years of its existence, the Department has changed Fire Chiefs for the second time in the last two years. Over the next five to seven years the Department could potentially lose approximately ninety career members to length-of-service retirements, the first large scale turnover for an organization that has only had a few such retirements to date. Many of these retirees will be officers throughout the ranks, many who have been with the Department since its formative years. The purpose of this research project was to identify factors that influence an organization's ability to deal with change, its change readiness, and to recommend how Chesterfield Fire Department can enhance its change readiness. This study used the historical, descriptive, and evaluative methodologies to answer the following research questions: 1. What are the organizational characteristics of an organization that is change ready? 2. What are individual characteristics that make an individual more change ready? 3. How do the current officers of the Chesterfield Fire Department assess their individual change readiness? 4. What training currently exists in the Chesterfield Fire Department to develop fire officers as leaders in a change ready environment? This research used a survey to assess the attitudes of officers and division heads within the Department regarding their change readiness. The survey used questions to evaluate their levels of passion, resourcefulness, adventurousness, optimism, confidence, and tolerance for ambiguity."
National Fire Academy
Avsec, Robert P.
1999-01
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Readout of Secretary Napolitian's Remarks at the West Virginia Homeland Security Summit [June 1, 2011]
"Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today traveled to Huntington, W. Va., to deliver remarks highlighting the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) ongoing counterterrorism and homeland security efforts at the opening of the West Virginia Homeland Security Summit."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Press Office
2011-06-01
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Carbon Monoxide and Gasoline Powered Smoke Blowers
"The problem was Las Vegas Fire and Rescue did not know if their employees were being exposed to unacceptable levels of carbon monoxide (CO) during post fire attack operations (overhaul, fire investigation, evidence retrieval, etc.). The purpose of this research project was to determine if gasoline powered smoke blowers could reduce carbon monoxide levels inside a structure during post fire attack operations to an acceptable level. The evaluative research method was used. The research questions to be answered were: 1. What is the acceptable level of carbon monoxide in a structure for a firefighter to work in without self contained breathing apparatus? 2. Does a gasoline powered smoke blower introduce a significant amount of carbon monoxide into a structure? 3. Can a gas powered smoke blower reduce the carbon monoxide within a structure to an acceptable level during post fire attack operations? The procedures included a literature review, gathering information from articles, texts, the internet, and data collected from evaluative testing of the gasoline powered smoke blowers typically used by Las Vegas Fire and Rescue. The research revealed a significant level of carbon monoxide is an atmosphere containing 35 ppm [parts per million] or more. In the positive pressure mode, a gasoline powered smoke blower introduces and maintains a significant amount of carbon monoxide into a structure; it was also determined that a gasoline powered smoke blower used in the negative pressure mode can reduce the level of carbon monoxide to an acceptable level."
National Fire Academy
Clinton, Henry L.
1999-12
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Text of a Letter from the President to the Speaker of the House of Representatives [September 12, 2001]
"Yesterday, evil and despicable acts of terror were perpetrated against our fellow citizens. Our way of life, indeed our very freedom, came under attack. Our first priority is to respond swiftly and surely. We need to do so in a way that will make Americans proud, especially those heroes who are struggling so valiantly to deal with yesterday's tragedy. Immediate steps are being taken to protect our citizens at home and around the world. I implemented our Government's emergency response plans, and the functions of our Government continue without interruption. I have directed the full resources of our intelligence and law enforcement communities to find those responsible and to bring them to justice. Now Congress must act. I ask the Congress to immediately pass and send to me the enclosed request for $20,000,000,000 in FY [Fiscal Year] 2001 emergency appropriations to provide resources to address the terrorist attacks on the United States that occurred on September 11, 2001, and the consequences of such attacks. Passing this supplemental appropriations bill without delay will send a powerful signal of unity to our fellow Americans and to the world. If additional resources are necessary, I will forward another request for additional funding. I designate the entire amount as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended. "
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2001-09-12
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National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims Of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001: By the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation [September 13, 2001]
"On Tuesday morning, September 11, 2001, terrorists attacked America in a series of despicable acts of war. They hijacked four passenger jets, crashed two of them into the World Trade Center's twin towers and a third into the Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense at the Pentagon, causing great loss of life and tremendous damage. The fourth plane crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside, killing all on board but falling well short of its intended target apparently because of the heroic efforts of passengers on board. This carnage, which caused the collapse of both Trade Center towers and the destruction of part of the Pentagon, killed more than 250 airplane passengers and thousands more on the ground. [...] NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Friday, September 14, 2001, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of the Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001. I ask that the people of the United States and places of worship mark this National Day of Prayer and Remembrance with noontime memorial services, the ringing of bells at that hour, and evening candlelight remembrance vigils. I encourage employers to permit their workers time off during the lunch hour to attend the noontime services to pray for our land. I invite the people of the world who share our grief to join us in these solemn observances."
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2001-09-13
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Remarks by the President to the Travel Pool After Visiting Washington Hospital Center [September 13, 2001]
"THE PRESIDENT: We have just seen some really brave men and women. We met with the people who work for our government, that work inside the building. We met with their families. This is a great hospital. The doctors and nurses are not only accomplished, they're loving people. There's a wonderful spirit up on the floor that we went to. We told them that our country is praying for each and every one there, praying for their families. Some of the folks could talk, and they described the horror of the incident, the moment. They talked about escaping, going through fire, crawling through debris. It was clear that they were fighting for their survival then, and like every patient up there, they're still fighting for survival. And it was just a sobering moment for Laura and me. But we again thank the hospital, the docs, the nurses and, of course, again tell the families that the nation prays for those who have been injured by this unbelievable act of terror."
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2001-09-13
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Press Briefing by Ari Fleischer [September 12, 2001]
"The President today has been making a series of phone calls to leaders around the world, to rally an international coalition to combat terrorism. He has spoken today with Prime Minister Blair, with Prime Minister Chretien, with President Chirac, with Chancellor Schroeder, with President Jiang of China, and twice with President Putin. The President will continue to reach out to leaders throughout the world to develop this coalition, send a message that the United States and the world stand united, all the freedom loving countries and others to fight terrorism. The President is also gratified by the action taken today by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, in which they invoked Article 5, saying that an attack on one NATO nation is an attack on all NATO nations. The President is also gratified by the United Nations Security Council Resolution that passed today condemning this attack and saying that it was a threat to international peace and security. Finally, as the President said in his remarks this morning, freedom and democracy are under attack. The American people need to know that we are facing a different enemy than we have ever faced. Those are the President's words. In this case, we have specific and credible information that the White House and Air Force One were also intended targets of these attacks. As the President also said in his remarks, this battle will take time and resolve; and, make no mistake, we will prevail."
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2001-09-12
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Terrorist CBRN: Materials and Effects
This pamphlet contains a summary of typical agents and chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) devices available to al-Qa'ida and other terrorist groups. It is not intended to be a summary of the overall threat from al-Qa'ida's CBRN program. Chemical agents covered include cyanides, mustard agents, nerve agents (sarin, tabun, and VX), and toxic industrial chemicals. Biological agents covered include anthrax, botulinum toxin, and ricin. Radiological and nuclear agents covered include radiological dispersal agents (RDD) (dirty bombs, unshielded devices) and improvised nuclear devices (IND) (implosion and gun assembled). This pamphlet also includes a list of additional online resources. A version without graphics is also available at /homesec/docs/cia/CBRN-threat-wo.pdf.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
2003-05
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Offsets in Defense Trade: Sixth Study Conducted Under Section 309 of the Defense Production Act of 1950
This is the sixth report on offsets in defense trade prepared pursuant to Section 309 of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended. The Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security within the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security has been delegated responsibility to prepare the reports required under Section 309. In order to assess the impact of offsets in defense trade, the Department of Commerce obtained data from U.S. firms involved in defense offsets. This report covers offset agreements and transactions entered into from 1993 through 1999. In addition, the report: (i) discusses the changes in the industrial base during the reporting period as a result of consolidations and mergers in the defense industry; (ii) reports on ongoing U.S. Government inter-agency activity and discussions with foreign government officials on offsets; (iii) presents summaries of offset agreements and transactions for the reporting period; and (iv) highlights other country practices utilizing offsets. Appendix A can be found at: http://www.bxa.doc.gov/DefenseIndustrialBasePrograms/OSIES/offsets/01ReptAppend.pdf. Appendix D can be found at http://www.bxa.doc.gov/DefenseIndustrialBasePrograms/OSIES/offsets/01ReptAppendD.xls
United States. Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security. Strategic Analysis Division
2001
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Appendix A: Section 309 of the Defense Production Act
The Bureau of Export Administration (BXA) is amending the National Security Industrial Base Regulations to require U.S. firms entering into offset agreements associated with the sale of defense articles and/defense services to foreign governments or foreign companies to provide BXA certain information regarding those agreements when they exceed $5,000,000 in value. This new
regulation is being promulgated pursuant to the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended.
United States. Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security. Strategic Analysis Division
2001
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Strategic Plan for Developing a Suite of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives Protective Equipment Standards
A common suite of First Responder equipment standards is needed to establish minimum performance, and interoperability requirements for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosives (CBRNE) equipment utilized by local, state, and federal First Responders to acts of terrorism and CBRNE incidents. Such standards, and the associated requirements and test protocols, serve multiple purposes including: 1) establishing baseline capabilities and limitations for currently available equipment, 2) guiding production and technological developments by manufacturers and designers, and 3) guiding equipment procurement decisions by the public safety and health communities. This document presents the strategy and process within the Interagency Board (IAB) for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability for identifying, adopting, modifying, and developing CBRNE equipment standards. The priorities for developing standards will be established and periodically reviewed by the IAB Standards Coordination Committee (SCC). It does not address the specifics of schedules, resources, or those standardization processes that are agency and organization-specific. It is relevant to note that no such suite of CBRNE equipment standards exists today, and it is a goal of the IAB to remedy this shortcoming. This CBRNE Equipment Standards process will be accomplished through two phases - a "Preparation Phase" and an "Implementation Phase." During the Preparation Phase, requirements for standards will be identified from local, state, and federal First Responder functional and operational equipment requirements. These equipment requirements will be compared to existing standards to determine if existing standards can be adopted into the CBRNE Equipment Standards Suite, if modifications are required, or if gaps exist requiring new standards to be developed. During the Implementation Phase, the recommendations of the equipment Subgroups will be coordinated with appropriate standards organizations to facilitate adoption, modification, and development of standards for incorporation into the CBRNE Equipment Standards Suite. Gaps in standards will be presented to sponsoring agencies and organizations for new standards development.
InterAgency Board
2002
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Joint Counterdrug Operations
"This publication is designed to consolidate some of the existing information on counterdrug (CD) operations, but it is not intended as an all encompassing, single-source CD document. Other publications provide information for implementing the guidance provided in this publication in the areas of detailed planning, organizing, and employing forces for Department of Defense CD operations. References to these publications are made throughout this document. This document provides general background on joint counterdrug operations; discusses the general threat; covers counterdrug organizations; focuses on Department of Defense (DoD) counterdrug operations; covers planning counterdrug operations; and discusses the execution of counterdrug operations."
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff
1998-02-17
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Joint Doctrine for Command and Control Warfare (C2W)
"This publication concentrates on command and control warfare (C2W) and is not intended to present comprehensive doctrine for the broader concept of information warfare (IW). It introduces and defines IW in general terms with the objective of clarifying its overarching relationship to C2W. The scope of C2W is defined in the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Memorandum of Policy 30, but the full dimensions of IW policy and its implementation are still emerging. This publication provides guidelines for integrating C2W into joint military operations and exercises by addressing the following doctrinal areas: C2W, a warfighting application of IW; Joint C2W organization; The elements of C2W; Intelligence support to C2W; C2W planning; C2W training and exercises; and C2W in multinational operations. While C2W has applications at the strategic and tactical levels of combat, this publication focuses on C2W as a part of military strategy for planning or conducting combat at the operational level. The operational level is the level at which campaigns and major operations are planned, conducted, and sustained to accomplish strategic objectives within specific theaters or areas of operations."
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff
1996-02-07
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Differentiation and Defense: An Agenda for the Nuclear Weapons Program, House Policy Committee, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, February 2003
"Over the last year, the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs of the House Policy Committee has undertaken a review of U.S. nuclear weapons strategy and force posture. This report is a result of that effort. [...] Nuclear deterrence was the foundation of our national security strategy for nearly half a century during the Cold War. The end of the Cold War ushered in a period of transition as we adjusted our strategy and force posture to new realities. With respect to non-proliferation, our efforts have been successful largely where they were not needed and proliferation poses new threats for America. The United States should focus its efforts to prevent proliferation in three areas: improving control of Soviet legacy systems, strengthening supplier control regimes, and developing the capacity to disrupt the supply and efficacy of weapons of mass destruction. But we cannot rely on an imperfect nonproliferation regime to protect the homeland. In addition to deployment of ballistic missile defenses, we must invest in technologies and intelligence capabilities to protect ourselves from weapons of mass destruction delivered by unconventional means. Included in the appendix is the Moscow Treaty."
House Republican Policy Committee (U.S.)
2003-02-12
