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Ill Advice: A Case Study in Facebook's Failure to Tackle COVID-19 Disinformation
From the Introduction: "As the Delta variant of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] surges worldwide and low vaccine uptake rates in US states such as Alabama, Florida and Arkansas put further pressure on health services, this report highlights the role that social media platforms play in hosting and amplifying dangerous and false information about the pandemic and vaccinations."
Institute for Strategic Dialogue
Gallagher, Aoife; Hart, Mackenzie; O'Connor, Ciaran
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement: Customs and Border Protection FY18 Budget Request, Hearing before the Homeland Security Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifteenth Congress, First Session, June 13, 2017
This is the June 13, 2017 hearing on "Immigration and Customs Enforcement & Customs and Border Protection FY18 Budget Request," held before the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security. From the opening statement of John Carter: "Let me state at the outset that I support the proposed budget increases for both CBP and ICE. Thankfully, illegal migration is down. However, the border is still vulnerable and gaining operational control remains an imperative. In my opinion, technology solutions that improve situational awareness, and infrastructure that slows illegal crossings, make the country safer." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: John Carter, Thomas D. Homan, John P. Wagner, and Carla L. Provost.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 26, 2022: Seroprevalence of Infection-Induced SARS-CoV-2 Antibodies -- United States, September 2021-February 2022
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 Early Release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Seroprevalence of Infection-Induced SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Antibodies -- United States, September 2021-February 2022." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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InterAgency Board [website]
"The IAB [InterAgency Board] is a voluntary collaborative panel of emergency preparedness and response practitioners from a wide array of professional disciplines that represent all levels of government and the voluntary sector. The IAB provides a structured forum for the exchange of ideas among operational, technical, and support organizations to improve national preparedness and promote interoperability and compatibility among local, state, and federal response communities. Based on direct field experience, IAB members advocate for and assist the development and implementation of performance criteria, standards, test protocols, and technical, operating, and training requirements for all-hazards incident response equipment with a special emphasis on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive [CBRNE] issues. The IAB also informs broader emergency preparedness and response policy, doctrine, and practice. The mission of the InterAgency Board is to strengthen the nation's ability to prepare for and respond safely and effectively to emergencies, disasters, and CBRNE incidents."
InterAgency Board
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Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA) [website]
Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA) is a Department of Homeland Security Center or Excellence. "Our Work: focuses on algorithmic methods for challenging problems in data analysis that address present and emerging homeland security threats. Our Mission is to provide powerful analytical tools for information sharing, collaboration & decision support for a diverse workforce - now and for the future. Our Applications: [1] Critical infrastructure protection [2] Syndromic surveillance for natural and man-caused diseases [3] Inspection of containers at ports [4] Identification of authors from text [5] Protection against invasive species [6] Customs and border protection operations [7] Defense against threats to cyber infrastructure and data [8] Data management in emergency situations [9] Risk analysis [10] Non-intrusive data gathering techniques"
Command, Control, and Interoperability Center for Advanced Data Analysis (CCICADA)
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Maritime Information Sharing Environment (MISE) [website]
"Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA) is the effective understanding of anything associated with the global maritime domain that could impact the security, safety, economy, or environment of the United States. MDA.gov is designed to provide a collaborative environment where members of the Maritime Community of Interest can learn and share information that will enhance and improve situational awareness within the maritime domain."
Maritime Information Sharing Environment
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Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) [website]
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) focuses on facilitating simulation interoperability and component reuse across the DoD, other government, and non-government applications and seeks to serve the broad M&S [modeling and simulation] community.
Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization
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SAFECOM [website]
"SAFECOM is managed by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Through collaboration with emergency responders and elected officials across all levels of government, SAFECOM works to improve emergency response providers' inter-jurisdictional and interdisciplinary emergency communications interoperability across local, regional, tribal, state, territorial, international borders, and with federal government entities. SAFECOM works with existing federal communications programs and key emergency response stakeholders to address the need to develop better technologies and processes for the coordination of existing communications systems and future networks. Through these partnerships, SAFECOM has created key documents such as the Interoperability Continuum, the Statement of Requirements (SoR) for baseline communications and interoperability standards, the Statewide Communication Interoperability Plan (SCIP) Methodology, and the National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) to assist emergency responders nationwide with improving communications and interoperability."
United States. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency
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Atlantic Council: Disinformation [website]
This section of the Atlantic Council's website focuses on disseminating research and information about online disinformation that threaten democracy. From the webpage: "The rise of the internet and online social networks has altered the scope and scale at which people access, consume, and communicate information. But the same technologies that have democratized access to information have also enabled malicious actors who seek to undermine our democratic values and processes. Disinformation is false or misleading information spread with the intention to deceive. It's distinct from misinformation, which is the unintentional spread of false information. When left unchecked, disinformation has the potential to sow confusion in public dialogue, exacerbate political polarization, and promote distrust in our political systems and democratic institutions."
Atlantic Council of the United States
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Conditions at the Northwest Detention Center (website)
From the Webpage: "Here in Washington, over the course of recent years, increasing activism by people detained at the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) and community supporters has spurred pointed criticism by elected officials at the local, state, and national level of conditions within the facility. [...] 'In this context, the UW [University of Washington] Center for Human Rights (UWCHR) considers it important to make our ongoing research on conditions within the NWDC available to the public'. As part of our longstanding effort to examine the human rights implications of federal immigration enforcement in our state, UWCHR has sought, since 2017, to obtain information about conditions of detention in public and private detention facilities where immigrants are housed in Washington state. While our efforts to obtain information about conditions within the NWDC have been only partially successful due to the lack of transparency surrounding the facility, the information we have obtained is sufficiently concerning, particularly in the context of the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, that we are choosing to share our initial findings with the public even as our collection and analysis of further data continues. This report will be published as a series discussing areas of human rights concern at the facility, including background, methodology, and relevant human rights standards; sanitation of food and laundry; allegations of medical neglect; use of solitary confinement; COVID-19 and health standards; and reporting of sexual assault and abuse [hyperlink]."
University of Washington. Center for Human Rights
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IRS Security of Taxpayer Information: Characteristics of Employee Unauthorized Access and Disclosure Cases
From the Document: "This report describes IRS's [Internal Revenue Service's] processes for safeguarding federal tax information as well as what is known about cases of willful unauthorized access, attempted access, or inspection of federal tax information (UNAX) and unauthorized disclosure of federal tax information by IRS employees, with the exception of IRS Chief Counsel employees. Our report is presented in a question-and-answer format. The first half of the questions describe IRS's processes for safeguarding federal tax information. Our analysis of what is known about cases of UNAX and unauthorized disclosure by IRS employees follows that part. To describe IRS's processes for safeguarding federal tax information, we reviewed relevant statutes and IRS documentation to understand IRS's protections of federal tax information, who is allowed to access and disclose federal tax information, the circumstances under which access and disclosure is allowed, and the potential penalties for accessing and disclosing this information inappropriately."
United States. Government Accountability Office
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Science & Tech Spotlight: Genomic Sequencing of Infectious Pathogens
From the Document: "Genomic sequencing reveals the genetic code of an infectious disease pathogen, such as SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2], the virus that causes COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]. Newer, faster, and less costly sequencing can now be used to more quickly track transmission, detect new variants, and develop vaccines and other countermeasures. However, challenges such as high startup costs and privacy concerns remain."
United States. Government Accountability Office
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Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing in Oceania
From the thesis Abstract: "Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (IUUF) is a prevalent issue in Oceania, a vital region to the United States from a military, economic, and diplomatic perspective. IUUF activity is threatening to erode U.S. influence and poses significant homeland defense and security challenges. This thesis addresses the question of how the United States and its partnering nations can better address the IUUF threat in Oceania. A variety of academic research, journal articles, scientific studies, laws and treaties, domestic and international government documents, and non-government reports were analyzed to answer this question. The analysis explored counter-IUUF mitigation efforts underway in Oceania and, in doing so, outlined the region's counter-IUUF strategy. A six-step strategic analysis tool was applied to evaluate Oceania's counter-IUUF strategy and identify actions that the United States and its partnering nations can take to strengthen its effectiveness."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Leahey, Mark
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [website]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) works daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in the United States. The ACLU seeks to conserve America's original civic values--the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and reviews new and current law and how it is applied.
American Civil Liberties Union
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White House: National Security [George W. Bush Administration White House Archives]
This White House website focuses on national security issues being addressed by the President and the White House Office. It includes Presidential speeches and news releases, key documents, and information on White House staff and various Federal agencies.
United States. White House Office
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Performance.gov [website]
From the Webpage: "Performance.gov is a window to the Administration's efforts to deliver a more effective, smarter, and leaner government. The site gives the public, government agencies, Members of Congress, the media, and others a view of the progress underway in cutting waste, streamlining government, and improving performance. Specifically, Performance.gov provides information on the following areas of focus: [1] Acquisition [2] Financial Management [3] Human Resources [4] Technology [5] Performance Improvement [6] Open Government [7] Sustainability [8] Customer Service[.] Performance.gov advances the President's commitment to communicate candidly and concisely what the Federal Government is working to accomplish, how it seeks to accomplish its objectives, and why these efforts are important. Performance.gov provides two main approaches to viewing information: by agency or area of focus. […] All cabinet departments and nine other major agencies have agency pages on Performance.gov. Each agency's page describes the agency's mission and lists the agency's strategic goals, objectives, and Priority Goals. Each agency's home page also provides links to the agency's strategic plan, annual performance plan, and annual performance report; reports agency progress on government-wide management initiatives; and shows agency contributions to Cross-Agency Performance (CAP) goals. […] Areas of Focus home pages describe progress underway in the areas of acquisition, financial management, human resources, technology, performance improvement, open government, sustainability, and customer service. Where appropriate, the home page for each area of focus discusses the government's goals in that area and progress toward those goals. In selected areas, as appropriate, links are provided to relevant agency-specific data."
United States. White House Office
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One-Stop Travelers' Redress [website]
"The Department of Homeland Security's Travel Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP) is a single point of contact for individuals who have inquiries or seek resolution regarding difficulties they experienced during their travel screening at transportation hubs--like airports and train stations--or crossing U.S. borders, including: denied or delayed airline boarding; denied or delayed entry into and exit from the U.S. at a port of entry or border checkpoint; continuously referred to additional (secondary) screening."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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DHS Traveler Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP) [website]
"The Department of Homeland Security's Travel Redress Inquiry Program (DHS TRIP) is a single point of contact for individuals who have inquiries or seek resolution regarding difficulties they experienced during their travel screening at transportation hubs--like airports and train stations--or crossing U.S. borders, including: denied or delayed airline boarding; denied or delayed entry into and exit from the U.S. at a port of entry or border checkpoint; continuously referred to additional (secondary) screening."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Homeland Security Privacy Office: Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA)
"The availability of information, from personal information to public information, is made all the easier today due to technological changes in computers, digitized networks, internet access, and the creation of new information products. The E-Government Act of 2002 recognized that these advances also have important ramifications for the protection of personal information contained in government records and systems. The Act mandates an assessment of the privacy impact of any substantially revised or new Information Technology System. The document that results from these mandated assessments is called a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA)."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Information Technology Acquisitions [website]
"The Department of Homeland Security is establishing department-wide contracts for Information Technology (IT) services and commodities. These procurements are being conducted by the Office of Procurement Operations (OPO) in cooperation with the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Component IT and procurement communities."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Illinois Mobile Emergency Response Team
This is a summary document that describes the functions of the Illinois Mobile Emergency Response Team: "The Illinois Mobile Emergency Response Team (IMERT) is a volunteer program that trains emergency medical personnel to respond to mass casualty incidents (MCIs). IMERT teams are deployed to MCIs, including those involving weapons of mass destruction (WMD). IMERT teams assist Illinois in state-declared disasters by providing treatment to casualties for up to seventy-two hours or until federal support arrives. It specifically trains physicians and nurses with trauma or emergency medicine backgrounds to enable them to respond to MCIs that may involve WMD."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Homeland Security Presidential Directive 17: [Classified]
This HSPD (Homeland Security Presidential Directive) is classified. Information on HSPD 17 can be found in the testimony by Mr. Rolf Mowatt-Larssen of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence of the Department of Energy in a hearing before the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on April 2, 2008. According to this testimony, "On August 28, 2006, the national-level Nuclear Materials Information Program (NMIP) was established via National and Homeland Security Presidential Directive (NSPD-48/HSPD-17). NMIP is an interagency effort managed by the Department of Energy's Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, in close coordination with the Departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security, Justice, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and agencies under the Director of National Intelligence. While the specifics of NMIP are classified, the goal of NMIP is to consolidate information from all sources pertaining to worldwide nuclear materials holdings and their security status into an integrated and continuously updated information management system."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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White House: Latest News [Obama Administration White House Archives]
This is the archived Latest News blog from the Obama Administration. The White House Blog provides up-to-date news of White House initiatives, meetings and events.
United States. White House Office
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White House: Briefing Room [Obama Administration White House Archives]
This is the archived version of the Obama Administration's White House Briefing Room. "The White House provides timely and accurate information about the President's latest events and public statements. Here you'll find photos, video, and blogs, as well as proclamations, executive orders, and press releases."
United States. White House Office
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White House: President Barack Obama [Obama Administration White House Archives]
This is the archived version of the Obama Administration's White House website. This is historical material "frozen in time". The website is no longer updated and links to external websites and some internal pages may not work. This site contains information about the White House, including: links to up-to-date information from the White House Briefing Room; the White House Agenda on current issues; information on the Administration, White House Staff and the Cabinet members; information about the White House itself, including its history, architecture and fun facts; information about the branches and offices of government; and much more.
United States. White House Office
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President's Trip to Europe & G8 Summit in Germany [George W. Bush Administration White House Archives]
This is the official White House collection of official material about George W. Bush's trip to various European countries and to Heiligendamm, Germany, in June 2007 to attend the G8 meetings. It includes speeches and news releases, and links to material about past summits back to 2002.
United States. White House Office
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Mass Casualty Commission [website]
From the Website: "The Mass Casualty Commission is an independent public inquiry created to examine the April 18-19, 2020 mass casualty in Nova Scotia and to provide meaningful recommendations to help keep communities safer. On October 21, 2020 the Government of Canada and Province of Nova Scotia each issued an Order in Council (OIC) officially establishing the Commission and announcing the appointment of the three Commissioners and the beginning of this important work."
Mass Casualty Commission
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Alarming Incidents of White Supremacy in the Military--How to Stop it? Testimony of Mark Pitcavage, Before the U.S. House of Representatives, Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, One Hundred and Sixteenth Congress, Second Session, February 11, 2020
This is the Feburary 11, 2020 testimony of Mark Pitcavage, on "Alarming Incidents of White Supremacy in the Military - How to Stop It?" before the U.S. House of Representatives, Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel. From the testimony of Mark Pitcavage: "Extreme social, political and religious movements pose many problems for the societies in which they are active, particularly when such movements engage in criminal or violent means to achieve their goals. ADL [Anti-Defamation League] has long understood that adherents of extreme causes, such as the white supremacist movement, pose special problems when allowed to exist within key institutions dedicated to protecting the people of the United States. These institutions include first responders, law enforcement, and the military. The unchecked presence of extremists in the military has already led to serious negative consequences for the services themselves as well as for the country and could again." The full PDF version of the hearing is available at the following web address: [https://www.hsdl.org/?abstract&did=867006]
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services
Pitcavage, Mark
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Opioid Industry Documents [website]
From the Webpage: "The Opioid Industry Documents Archive was created by UCSF [University of California, San Francisco] and Johns Hopkins University in 2021. It preserves and provides permanent public access to previously-internal corporate documents released from opioid litigation and other sources. The documents shed light on the opioid industry during the height of the U.S. opioid crisis."
University of California, San Francisco; Johns Hopkins University
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True Meaning of the Chinese Air Force's Flying Transport Aircraft near Malaysia: Airborne Units in Power Projection
From the Introduction: "The behavior of China, which is increasing its military presence in the South China Sea, is exacerbating the dispute in the region with its overt expansionism and has become an object of great concern to the countries surrounding the South China Sea. The difference in military power between China and Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia, which will be dealt with below, and the Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei Darussalam, etc. is now clear, so these countries are struggling to respond to China's tough stance making full use of its power. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the facts and aims of China's inscrutable activity from a geopolitical perspective and using various sources because this will form the premise of a response. As will be shown in detail below, the recent incident with Malaysia has typical characteristics for deciphering Chinese actions up to the present. In order to respond to actions by China, which hides the true meaning of its own actions and avoids responsibility for those actions, one must first decipher the truth and intentions of those actions."
China Aerospace Studies Institute (U.S.)
Moriki, Aita
