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• U.S. States and Territories National Tsunami Hazard Assessment: Historical Record and Sources for Waves

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  "This report is intended to be an overview of the hazard down to the State level, not a detailed description of the tsunami hazard at a particular locality." The goal of this document is to "provide a national qualitative assessment of the United States tsunami hazard at a regional level by examining the record of historical tsunamis and earthquakes, the predominant cause of tsunamis, at the State and territory level." This report is "focused on the qualitative, relative ranking of American coastlines to tsunami hazards, it is instructive to examine how detailed science and emergency management practices can greatly improve the country's ability to prepare for future tsunamis. [...] This document will be updated periodically as new research improves our ability to assess the U.S. tsunami hazard."

  United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; Geological Survey (U.S.)

  Dunbar, Paula K.; Weaver, Craig S.

  2008-08
• HUD Secretary Donovan Announces $2 Billion in Recovery Act Grants to Stablize Neighborhoods, Rebuild Local Economies [January 14, 2010]

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  "U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan announced today [January 14, 2010] that HUD is awarding $2 billion in Recovery Act funding to states, local governments and non-profit housing developers, under HUD's Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP), to spur economic development in hard-hit communities and create jobs. Nearly 60 grantees are receiving awards. [] Funded through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, this round of NSP grants is being awarded competitively to applicants who developed the most innovative ideas to rebuild local communities, while demonstrating that they have the capacity to be responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars."

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2010-01-14
• Obama Administration's Counterterrorism Policy at One Year

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  From Daniel Benjamin's January 13, 2010 keynote address at the CATO Institute: "Today I'm really pleased to have the opportunity to speak to you today about the threats we face today and the Obama administration's counterterrorism policies for confronting them. One of the critical tests of an administration's counterterrorism policies is to see how they emerge from contact with a genuine terrorist event. The attempted Christmas Day bombing nearly cost several hundred people their lives on Northwest Flight 253. We had a very close call. And we are extraordinarily fortunate that no lives were lost. The event was a stark reminder that we are in a constant, pitiless race to head off our foe's relentless technological advances and confront its ability to deploy a changing cast of recruits. The President has rightly taken us to task for some key failures -- above all in the realm of intelligence analysis and watch-listing. Other shortcomings are obvious -- we need to have on line the screening techniques and technologies for a new generation of explosive devices. We are working those issues aggressively now. Equally important, the events of Christmas day demonstrated that some of the understandings that underlay how we organized ourselves for counterterrorism needed updating. Other events in the latter half of 2009 have also underscored how some of our operating assumptions were no longer adequate."

  United States. Department of State. Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism

  Benjamin, Daniel, 1961-

  2010-01-13
• Virtual USA

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  This is a brief fact sheet on 'Virtual USA.' According to the fact sheet 'Virtual USA' is "a collaboration between the Department of Homeland Security, the emergency response community and eight states across the nation-is an innovative information sharing system that helps federal, state, local and tribal first responders work with all levels of government to make fast, well-informed decisions."

  United States. Department of Homeland Security
• Fire in the United States 2003-2007: Fifteenth Edition

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  "The National Fire Data Center (NFDC) of the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) periodically publishes Fire in the United States, a statistical overview of the fires in the United States with the focus on the latest year in which data were available at the time of preparation. This report is designed to equip the fire service and others with information that motivates corrective action, sets priorities, targets specific fire programs, serves as a model for State and local analyses of fire data, and provides a baseline for evaluating programs. This Fifteenth Edition covers the 5-year period of 2003 to 2007 with a primary focus on 2007. Only native National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS) 5.0 data are used for NFIRS-based analyses. In 2007, the native NFIRS 5.0 data account for 98 percent of the fire incident data. The report addresses the overall national fire problem. Detailed analyses of the residential and non-residential fire problem, firefighter casualties, and other subsets of the national fire problem are not included. These topic-specific analyses are addressed as separate, stand-alone publications. The primary source of data is from NFIRS. National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) annual survey results, mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), data from State Fire Marshals' offices or their equivalents, population data from the U.S. Census Bureau, and inflation adjustments from the Bureau of Labor Statistic's Consumer Price Index also are used."

  United States Fire Administration; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  2009-10
• Search and Rescue Operations Following the Northridge Earthquake: January 17, 1994 Los Angeles, California

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  "This report is part of a series of reports on technical rescue incidents across the United States. Technical rescue has become increasingly recognized as an important element in integrated emergency response. Technical rescue generally includes the following rescue disciplines: confined space rescue, rope rescue, Trench/colapse rescue, ice/water rescue, and agricultural arid industrial rescue. The intent of these reports is to share information about recent technical rescue incidents with rescuers across the country. The investigation reports, such its this one, provide detailed information about the magnitude and nature of the incidents themselves; how the response to the incidents was carried out and managed; the impact of these incidents on emergency rcsponders and the emergency response systems in the community; and the lessons learned. [...]At 0431 hours on January 17, 1994, a 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck the Los Angeles area. The epicenter was located within the Northridge area of the San Fernando Valley, approximately 20 miles east of downtown Los Angeles (see Appendix A). Many experts believe that because the earthquake occurred on a holiday morning, casualties were significantly lower than they would have been if the quake had happened at any other time. Over the following days, several aftershocks occurred that continued to damage structures as well as jeopardize the safety of rescue personnel. For firefighters and other emergency responders, the Northridge Earthquake was another in a long line of disasters that have challenged their resolve in recent years. Southern California has been walloped by major wildland fires, floods, mud slides, earthquakes, and riots."

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  1994-01-17
• Cryptographic Key Management Workshop Summary - June 8-9, 2009

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  On June 8 and 9, 2009, National Institute of Standards and Technology [NIST] held a Cryptographic Key Management (CKM) Workshop in Gaithersburg, Maryland. "Key management has been identified as a major component of national cybersecurity initiatives that address the protection of information processing applications. Numerous problems have been identified in current key management methodologies, including the lack of guidance, inadequate scalability of the methods used to distribute keys, and user dissatisfaction because of the 'unfriendliness' of these methods. [...]. NIST conducted the workshop in order to: 1) identify future computing environments, the international enterprises likely to utilize them, the applications that will be performed in them, and an array of key management mechanisms and protocols that will be needed to provide appropriate security for the applications; 2) discuss the creation of a key management system design framework that will support the use of effective cryptographic mechanisms required to provide security for these environments and applications; and 3) lay a foundation for a comprehensive plan in developing, standardizing, and adopting scalable, usable, and secure key management practices. Presentations covered a broad spectrum of cryptography-based security issues, including CKM systems that are currently available but under-utilized because they lack user-friendly automated key management services; CKM systems that are under development but not reaching the marketplace because of financial, logistical, and support service problems; and new security mechanisms needed to support future computing environments, such as: 'cloud' computing, integrated international applications, and secure management of dynamic relationships among people, international organizations, and global applications."

  National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)

  Barker, Elaine B.; Branstad, Dennis; Chokhani, Santosh

  2010-01
• ATF: Safety and Security Information for Federal Firearms Licensees

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  This Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives [AFT] provides information on the safety and security of firearms. Information includes:"ATF Office/Hotline Telephone Numbers; ATF Office Addresses; ATF Stolen Firearms Program; Interstate Theft/Loss: Firearms Lost or Stolen from Interstate Shipments; Safety and Security: Steps for Reducing Your Vulnerability To Theft/Loss and Personal Injury; Properly Identifying and Recording Firearms; Guide to Recording Suspicious Person Description; [and] How to Report a Theft/Loss."

  United States. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives

  2009-12
• Youth Gang Programs and Strategies

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  "'Youth Gang Programs and Strategies' draws on more than a half-century of gang program evaluations to summarize what we have learned about: Prevention programs (including early childhood, school-based, and afterschool initiatives); Intervention programs (including those that work to create violence-free zones, establish gang summits and truces, and rehabilitate gang members in juvenile detention and correctional facilities); Suppression programs (including those focused on prosecution, police response, and geomapping and other tracking systems); Strategies using multiple techniques (such as community policing); Multiagency initiatives (including local, State, and Federal efforts); Comprehensive approaches to gang problems (such as the Comprehensive Community-Wide Approach to Gang Prevention, Intervention, and Suppression); [and] Legislation (at the local, State, and Federal levels). This Summary also describes an OJJDP [Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention]-sponsored nationwide assessment of youth gang prevention, intervention, and suppression programs; debunks prevalent stereotypes surrounding youth gang members; and provides research-based recommendations for enhancing the effectiveness of youth gang programs and strategies. [...] This Summary outlines programs and strategies that have been and are being used to break the lure and appeal of gangs and reduce gang crime and violence. Evaluations and national assessments of some of these programs are discussed, and an overview of what practitioners and administrators need to know before designing and implementing any gang program or strategy is provided.''

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Howell, James C.

  2000-08
• Juvenile Justice, September 1997

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  This issue of "Juvenile Justice", the "Youth Violence Issue", contains articles reporting on progress in "reducing youth gun violence and in the overall effort to combat juvenile violence and delinquency." Included is information relating to gang violence.

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Greenbaum, Stuart; Ingersoll, Sarah

  1997-09
• Child Development-Community Policing: Partnership in a Climate of Violence

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  "Too many of our Nation's children are falling victim to pervasive violence. Even young people who do not bear the physical scars of domestic and societal violence are often emotional casualties. The tragic consequences to children of chronic exposure to violence are considerable. They include depression, anxiety, stress, and anger. Alcohol abuse, academic failure, and the increased likelihood of acting out in a violent manner are part of the costly legacy left by a climate of violence. With the support of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the New Haven Department of Police Services and the Yale University Child Study Center have established a program that addresses the adverse impact of continuing exposure to violence on children and their families, and attempts to interrupt the cycle of violence impacting so many of our children. Reflecting New Haven's commendable commitment to community policing, the Child Development--Community Policing Program brings law enforcement and mental health professionals together to help children who are victims, witnesses, and even perpetrators of violent acts."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Marans, Steven; Berkman, Miriam

  1997-03
• Allegheny County, PA: Mobilizing to Reduce Juvenile Crime

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  "Juvenile crime and its immediate and long-term economic and human costs have become a national concern. Programs to prevent and reduce delinquency have developed across the country. Among them, what has taken place in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, exemplifies a large-scale, comprehensive, and proactive effort to mobilize the community to achieve a collaborative and coordinated antiviolence approach. After 2 years, system improvements, including increased and coordinated services for juveniles at high risk of engaging in juvenile crime, have led to a corresponding reduction in juvenile crime, including violent crime. This Bulletin describes the background and the development of the communitywide collaborative process in Allegheny County, documents examples of the accomplishments resulting from this process, and examines the reasons for success. It also considers the broad juvenile justice context in which the community effort has taken place and concludes with lessons learned and future challenges."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Hsia, Heidi M.

  1997-06
• Gang Members and Delinquent Behavior

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  "This Bulletin is part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) Youth Development Series, which presents findings from the Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency. Teams at the University at Albany, State University of New York; the University of Colorado; and the University of Pittsburgh collaborated extensively in designing the studies. At study sites in Rochester, New York; Denver, Colorado; and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the three research teams have interviewed 4,000 participants at regular intervals for nearly a decade, recording their lives in detail. Findings to date indicate that preventing delinquency requires accurate identification of the risk factors that increase the likelihood of delinquent behavior and the protective factors that enhance positive adolescent development. The purpose of this Bulletin is to present the findings from the Rochester Youth Development Study (RYDS) concerning what portion of delinquency in American society can be attributed to gang members. It also discusses the response of OJJDP to the youth gang problem."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Thornberry, Terence P.; Burch, James H.

  1997-06
• Law Enforcement Referral of At-Risk Youth: The SHIELD Program

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  "Police officers play a crucial role in the juvenile justice system, one that extends beyond enforcing the law. The police officer on the beat has first-hand knowledge of the community and its youth--knowledge that can prove a valuable asset in efforts to prevent delinquency. Initiated in 1996, with funding from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, the Westminster, CA, police department's Strategic Home Intervention and Early Leadership Development (SHIELD) program takes advantage of contacts made by law enforcement officers to identify youth at risk of delinquency and refer them to appropriate community services. Not only are officers familiar with the youth in their communities, they are increasingly knowledgeable about risk and protective factors related to delinquency. This Bulletin describes how the SHIELD program mobilizes these assets to identify youth at risk of involvement in violent behavior, substance abuse, and gang activity and to address their needs through a multidisciplinary team approach involving representatives from the community, schools, and service agencies."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Wyrick, Phelan A.

  2000-11
• Occupational Hazards in Hospitals

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  "The purpose of this brochure is to increase worker and employer awareness of the risk factors for violence in hospitals and to provide strategies for reducing exposure to these factors. […] Several studies indicate that violence often takes place during times of high activity and interaction with patients, such as at meal times and during visiting hours and patient transportation. Assaults may occur when service is denied, when a patient is involuntarily admitted, or when a health care worker attempts to set limits on eating, drinking, or tobacco or alcohol use."

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)

  2002-04
• Challenges Facing American Indian Youth: On the Front Lines with Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell

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  This issue of 'Juvenile Justice Journal', the 'American Indian Issue', "presents feature articles, each of which provides a compendium of information on preventing and combating delinquency among American Indian youth." Included is information on gang membership among American Indian youths.

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Wilson, John J.; Andrews, Chyrl

  2000-12
• Enhancing Prosecutors' Ability to Combat and Prevent Juvenile Crime in Their Jurisdictions

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  "Seeking to curb crime and protect citizens by holding delinquent youth accountable for their offenses, Congress enacted the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) program. This Bulletin features two of the three JAIBG purpose areas that focus on enhancing the ability of prosecutors to address juvenile crime by providing funding for (1) hiring additional prosecutors and (2) acquiring technology, equipment, and training. The Bulletin provides recommendations for the effective use of additional prosecutors and the use of technology to increase efficiency in the juvenile justice system. To combat and prevent juvenile crime, prosecutors require information that offers a range of responses. This Bulletin and its JAIBG companion, 'Enabling Prosecutors To Address Drug, Gang, and Youth Violence', provide some of that crucial information."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Gramckow, Heike P.; Tompkins, Elena

  1999-12
• Enabling Prosecutors to Address Drug, Gang, and Youth Violence

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  "When rising expectations meet dwindling resources, the conflict represents an obstacle that must be overcome. Add to this mix an increasingly high and complex caseload and you have an idea of the challenges faced by many prosecutors--challenges that require and merit our support. To this end, the Juvenile Accountability Incentive Block Grants (JAIBG) program provides funds to help prosecutors tackle the problems presented by the rising number of juvenile cases. This Bulletin, one in a series featuring JAIBG Best Practices, offers data on recent trends in juvenile violence, juvenile drug offenses, and gang-related juvenile offending and describes prosecutorial responses to such offenses. Examples of promising, prosecutor-led programs combating the illicit use of guns, violence, drugs, and gangs are also provided. These examples provide a range of ideas that prosecutors can use to enhance their own efforts."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Gramckow, Heike P.; Tompkins, Elena

  1999-12
• Conflict Resolution Education: A Guide to Implementing Programs in Schools, Youth-Serving Organizations, and Community and Juvenile Justice Settings; Program Report

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  "This 'Guide' was developed through a collaboration of the Departments of Justice and Education to advance the development of conflict resolution education programs in schools, youth-serving organizations, and community and juvenile justice settings. It is designed to be a reference tool that offers both basic information and the experience of experts in the field of conflict resolution to assist educators and other youth-serving professionals in building effective conflict resolution education programs. The Guide is based on a shared vision that youth of all ages can learn to deal constructively with conflict and live in civil association with one another. Its goal is to build the capacity of educators in a variety of youth-serving settings to understand and act on the knowledge that conflict resolution skills are essential to successful relationships in all facets of our lives. [] It provides a framework for making informed decisions to implement conflict resolution education programs and select resources to support program development."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Crawford, Donna K.; Bodine, Richard J.

  1996-10
• Juvenile Justice Reform Initiatives in the States: 1994-1996

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  This report "identifies and analyzes issues and trends associated with state juvenile justice reform initiatives that took place between 1994 and 1996; issues examined include juvenile violence, street gangs, delinquency prevention, boot camps, and juvenile transfer. [...] [This report] is designed to provide timely information to policymakers on the mechanisms that States are using to respond to increased youth violence and delinquency. The report is broken down into four chapters that discuss in detail the juvenile crime and delinquency problem and highlight State responses to that challenge. Chapter I provides an overview of the incidence of youth crime in the Nation, discusses trends in violent juvenile crimes, considers how and why youth crimes are being committed, and gives a prognosis for the future. [...] Chapter II highlights major issues and trends associated with recent State responses to youth crime in this country. This chapter addresses the following policy initiatives: crime prevention; curfews; parental responsibility; gang activities, including drug trafficking; graduated sanctions; juvenile boot camps; youth and guns; juvenile records; juvenile waivers; and expanded sentencing authority. Chapter III discusses in depth the reform initiatives in four States--Colorado, Connecticut, Ohio, and Oregon. [...] Finally, chapter IV summarizes in general terms the juvenile justice reform trends that have been taking place around the country and includes observations and recommendations based on the experiences of States undertaking both single-issue and comprehensive juvenile justice reform."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  National Criminal Justice Association

  1997-10
• Creating Safe and Drug-Free Schools: An Action Guide

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  "These guidelines represent the beginning of a continuing team process to create safe schools for all of America's children. Making schools safe requires a total community effort within the context of a broad spectrum of opportunities. There are no simple solutions to making schools safe. Each school and each school district has its own unique challenges and resources with which to address them. This 'Action Guide' begins with action steps for schools, parents, students, and community and business groups. Next it provides information briefs on specific issues affecting school safety. Other sections contain research and evaluation findings, a list of resources, and additional readings. This information is all designed to help school and community leaders, parents, and students develop a strategy to ensure safe schools in their communities."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  2006-09
• Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 1997 Update on Violence

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  "This [1997] report in the series provides readers with convincing information that the wave of violence by juveniles that the United States has experienced in the last ten years may be subsiding. The most recent victimization data [as of 1997], for example, find that serious violent crimes by juveniles dropped 25% between 1994 and 1995. The most recent FBI data also report substantial declines in juvenile arrests for violent crimes. Most encouraging is the nearly 20% decline in murders by juveniles between 1993 and 1995. [...] This report contains the raw information needed to address the problems of juvenile crime and victimization."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Snyder, Howard N.; Sickmund, Melissa; Poe-Yamagata, Eileen

  1997-08
• Gang Suppression and Intervention: Community Models, Research Summary

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  "A community with a chronic gang problem is characterized by a persistent, often acute pattern of gang violence and crime (including drug trafficking) beginning before the 1980's. A community with an emerging gang problem is associated with a pattern of gang crime that is less organized or virulent and more recent. The models focus on youth gang members ages 12 to 24. The models are concerned with policies and programs that address primarily gangmotivated crime in terms of juvenile and young adult commitment to gang violence, status, and turf and, secondarily, evolving gang-related problems of drug trafficking and more organized crime. The authors propose that the lack of social opportunities available to a population and the degree of social disorganization present in a community largely account for its youth gang problem. Other contributing factors include institutional racism and deficiencies in social policy. The authors believe that the nature of a particular population's exposure to these structural conditions at the community level determines the character and prevalence of its youth gang problem. Each model addresses the youth gang problem in terms of its community context and distinctive organizational missions. These become the basis for assessment of the youth gang problem, for selection of appropriate combinations of strategies and programs targeted to particular categories of youth gang members. In each model, the authors recommend an approach that mobilizes community interest and concern."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Spergel, Irving A.; Chance, Ron; Ehrensaft, Kenneth

  1994-10
• Gang Suppression and Intervention: Problem and Response, Research Summary

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  "Youth gangs and the problems associated with them were once thought to concern a relatively small number of major metropolitan areas whose gang troubles go back to the days of West Side Story. No longer. As the challenge posed by gangs extends to a greater number of cities and to communities of more modest proportions, the need for comprehensive community efforts to address emerging and chronic gang problems intensifies. Dr. Irving Spergel and his colleagues at the University of Chicago have conducted the first comprehensive national survey of organized agency and community group responses to gang problems in the United States. Their study is the only national assessment of efforts to combat gangs. [...] This Summary presents the results of the study team's assessment of youth gang problems and responses across the United States. It demonstrates the need for effective gang suppression and intervention programs. We believe this assessment will help local juvenile justice and law enforcement agencies achieve these goals."

  United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

  Spergel, Irving A.; Curry, G. David; Chance, Ron

  1994-10
• USAID from the American People [website]

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  "The United States has a long history of extending a helping hand to those people overseas struggling to make a better life, recover from a disaster or striving to live in a free and democratic country. It is this caring that stands as a hallmark of the United States around the world -- and shows the world our true character as a nation. U.S. foreign assistance has always had the twofold purpose of furthering America's foreign policy interests in expanding democracy and free markets while improving the lives of the citizens of the developing world. Spending less than one-half of 1 percent of the federal budget, USAID works around the world to achieve these goals. USAID's history goes back to the Marshall Plan reconstruction of Europe after World War Two and the Truman Administration's Point Four Program. In 1961, the Foreign Assistance Act was signed into law and USAID was created by executive order. Since that time, USAID has been the principal U.S. agency to extend assistance to countries recovering from disaster, trying to escape poverty, and engaging in democratic reforms. USAID is an independent federal government agency that receives overall foreign policy guidance from the Secretary of State." The site also offers current information on recent catastrophes both domestically, and globally.

  United States. Agency for International Development
• Loss Avoidance Study: Eastern Missouri, Building Acquisition: Part One: General Overview

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  "Following the floods in the spring and summer of 2008 in the Midwest, the Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) initiated a loss avoidance study (LAS or study) to assess the effectiveness of acquisition/demolition projects in the affected areas in eastern Missouri along the Mississippi River and its tributaries. Actual flood events were analyzed to determine the return on investment (ROI) by estimating the losses that were avoided and comparing the estimates to the resources that were invested in the acquisitions. This report contains a description of the general LAS methodology used and the results of the study."

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  2009-05
• Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 Pre-Disaster Mitigation (PDM) Grant - Joint Explanatory Statement (JES) Spending Items

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  "The FY10 PDM-JES grant is a one-time initiative authorized by Public Law (P.L.) 111-83: The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010. It is anticipated that multiple subgrant awards will be made to communities identified in the JES accompanying P.L. 111-83, satisfying the total earmarked amount of $24,636,064. FEMA will make funds available to respective States as subgrants are awarded not to exceed the amount detailed in the JES."

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  2010
• Suspension of Alternative Determination of Cost-Eflectiveness for Eligible Insured Repetitive Loss Properties

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  "The purpose of this memo is to announce that effective January 1, 2010; FEMA will suspend the pilot program for the Alternative Determination of Cost-Etlectiveness for Eligible Insured Repetitive Loss Properties. This pilot program is also known simply as the Alternative Methodology. The Flood Insurance Reform Act of2004 mandated a new approach to cost effectiveness for certain repetitively nooded properties. Similar in approach to the pilot program, the Greatest Savings to the Fund (GSTF) approach was released in June of2009. In addition, reengineered Benefit Cost Analysis software (Version 4.5) was released in July of2009. Due to these new releases, FEMA has determined to suspend the Alternative Methodology effective January 1, 2010."

  United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency

  2009-12-28
• Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano [January 15, 2010]

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  "The Department of Homeland Security continues to extend sympathy for our Haitian neighbors and support the worldwide relief effort underway in every way we can. Four Coast Guard cutters have arrived in Haiti, in addition to a variety of Coast Guard assets that were already in the area to support military air traffic control, conduct damage assessments and rescue people in need of assistance. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) continues to work closely with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the State Department--the lead U.S. federal agencies in the response--while coordinating the deployment of state and local Urban Search and Rescue Teams from across the country to Haiti and standing by to provide food, water and other resources as requested. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has provided aircraft to support response efforts. On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) halted all removals to Haiti for the time being in response to the devastation caused by Tuesday's earthquake. The entire Department stands ready to receive evacuees safely and securely in the United States."

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2010-01-19
• Secretary Napolitano Announces Streamlined Citizenship Application Process for Members of the Military [January 15, 2010]

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  "Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the publication of a rule formalizing DHS' longstanding policy to expedite and streamline the citizenship process for men and women bravely serving in America's armed forces."

  United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary

  2010-01-15