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Global Viral [website]
"Global Viral's mission is to promote understanding, exploration and stewardship of the microbial world. Global Viral focuses on: (1) Leadership development. We support the next generation of leaders through institutional and on site training along with access to a network of mentors in their field. (2) Community development & education. We enable communities in the developing world to better manage their own challenges through scientific capacity development and health education. (3) Exploratory research. We organize and initiate research in the interest of scientific advancement and public health."
Global Viral
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U.S. Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island [website]
"The Naval War College provides current, rigorous and relevant professional military education (PME) programs supporting the Navy's Professional Military Education Continuum. These PME programs must meet the standards required in law and policy and be accessible to the maximum number of qualified U.S. officers and Navy enlisted personnel, civilian employees of the U.S. Government, and international senior enlisted leaders and officers. The education should foster an active and growing community linked by PME including leadership with professional ethics that furthers global maritime security. The desired effect is a career continuum of PME, including leadership development and professional ethics, which produces a group of leaders of character. These leaders have trust and confidence in each other and are operationally and strategically minded, critical thinkers, proficient in joint matters, and skilled naval and joint warfighters prepared to meet the operational level of war (OLW) and strategic challenges of today and tomorrow.
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Naval War College (U.S.)
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FEMA: Training
This webpage of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides "first responders, homeland security officials, emergency management officials, private and non-governmental partners, and other personnel with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform key tasks required by specific capabilities. Organizations should make training decisions based on information derived from the assessments, strategies, and plans developed in previous steps of the Preparedness Cycle. Regions, States and urban areas conduct Training and Exercise Planning Workshops (T&EPW) to review and establish priorities for training and exercises and develop Multi-Year Training and Exercise Plans to address the priorities."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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What You Should Know: A Guide To Developing A Hazardous Materials Training Program
"This guidance document explains the training requirements in the Hazardous Materials Regulations, identifies those employees who must be trained, and provides a tool to help hazmat employers determine what type of training and training environment may be best for their employees. Hazardous materials transportation is a process that involves people performing functions related to handling, packaging, storing, moving, loading and unloading of hazardous materials, and responding to emergency situations while such materials are in transportation. It includes employees responsible for the safe transportation hazmat. The process also incorporates functions to design, manufacture, fabricate, inspect, mark, maintain, recondition, repair, or test a package, container or packaging component used in transporting hazardous materials. With such a complex process, the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has identified human error as a contributing cause for most hazmat transportation incidents."
United States. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration
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International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program (ITVERP)
"The International Terrorism Victim Expense Reimbursement Program (ITVERP) was authorized by Congress to reimburse eligible direct victims of acts of international terrorism that occur outside the United States for expenses associated with that victimization."
United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime
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CalGang [website]
"The CalGang Executive Board (CEB) and the California Gang Node Advisory Committee (CGNAC) oversee the operations of the CalGang System, and participating law enforcement agencies' access, in an effort to provide an accurate, timely, and electronically generated database of statewide gang related intelligence information. The CalGang system is a State of California funded, Local Law Enforcement maintained and controlled Criminal Intelligence System that targets specifically Members and Criminal Associates of Criminal Street Gangs. The CalGang system operates pursuant to the United States Code of Federal Regulations, title 28, section 23 (28CFR23), ad seq. as a Criminal Intelligence System. Calgang is a, wide area, low cost, easy to use, securely networked, relational, intelligence database, targeting specifically members of criminal street gangs, tracking their descriptions, tattoos, criminal associates, locations, vehicles, fi's, criminal histories and activities."
California. Office of the Attorney General
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C2ES: Center for Climate and Energy Solutions [website]
"C2ES - the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions - [is] an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization working to forge practical solutions to climate change. Our mission is to advance strong policy and action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, promote clean energy, and strengthen resilience to climate impacts. A key objective is a national market-based program to reduce emissions cost-effectively. We believe a sound climate strategy is essential to ensure a strong, sustainable economy."
Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
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National Weather Service: TsunamiReady Program
"TsunamiReady is a voluntary community recognition program that promotes tsunami hazard preparedness as an active collaboration among federal, state/territorial and local emergency management agencies, community leaders and the public. The main goal of the program is to improve public safety before, during and after tsunami emergencies. It aims to do this by establishing guidelines for a standard level of capability to mitigate, prepare for and respond to tsunamis and working with communities to help them meet the guidelines and ultimately become recognized as TsunamiReady by the NWS. Although tsunamis cannot be prevented, becoming TsunamiReady can help communities minimize their losses. Other incentives to becoming TsunamiReady include: Access to technical support from the NWS and NTHMP partners; Eligibility for credit points from the Federal Emergency Management Agency's Community Rating System, which provides discounts on flood insurance in participating communities; Justification for costs associated with tsunami preparedness; Improved positioning to receive state/territorial and federal financial support; and Improved preparedness for other hazards.
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United States. National Weather Service
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Tennessee Office of Homeland Security [website]
"The Tennessee Office of Homeland Security (OHS) has primary responsibility and authority for directing statewide activities pertaining to the prevention of and protection from terrorist related events. This responsibility includes the development and implementation of a comprehensive and coordinated strategy to secure the state from terrorist threats and attacks. Further, OHS serves as a liaison between federal, state and local agencies, as well as the private sector, on matters relating to the security of our state and citizens."
Tennessee. Department of Safety. Office of Homeland Security
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Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan
This is an archived version of the Commission on Wartime Contracting website which was frozen on September 29, 2011. The Commission on Wartime Contracting is "an independent, bipartisan legislative commission established to study wartime contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. Created in Section 841 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, this eight-member Commission is mandated by Congress to study federal agency contracting for the reconstruction, logistical support of coalition forces, and the performance of security functions, in Iraq and Afghanistan. Section 841 requires the Commission to assess a number of factors related to wartime contracting, including the extent of waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement of wartime contracts. The Commission has the authority to hold hearings and to refer to the Attorney General any violation or potential violation of law it identifies in carrying out its duties. [...]. The Commission is required to issue at least two reports, an interim report and a final report to Congress. The final report shall include findings, identify lessons learned, and include specific recommendations for improvements to be made in a broad range of matters related to wartime contracting. The Commission will sunset 60 days after submitting its final report."
Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan (U.S.)
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International Commission of Jurists [website]
"The International Commission of Jurists is dedicated to the primacy, coherence and implementation of international law and principles that advance human rights. What distinguishes the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) is its impartial, objective and authoritative legal approach to the protection and promotion of human rights through the rule of law. The ICJ provides legal expertise at both the international and national levels to ensure that developments in international law adhere to human rights principles and that international standards are implemented at the national level. The Commission was founded in Berlin in 1952 and its membership is composed of sixty eminent jurists who are representatives of the different legal systems of the world. Based in Geneva, the International Secretariat is responsible for the realisation of the aims and objectives of the Commission. In carrying out its work, the International Secretariat benefits from a network of autonomous national sections and affiliated organisations located in all continents."
International Commission of Jurists (1952- )
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National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program [website]
This website provides information about the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) which "was formed in 1995 by Congressional action which directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to form and lead a Federal/State working group. The Congressional action was the result of recognition in 1990 of the tsunami threat to Oregon, Washington, and northern California from a magnitude 9 earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone, the April 1992 earthquake and tsunami on the Cascadia subduction zone in northern California, and the loss of life and property in Japan due to the 1994 Hokkaido, Japan earthquake and tsunami. These events, together with the historic Alaska tsunamis of 1946 and 1964, brought to light the general lack of tsunami preparedness and hazard assessment for the U.S. west coast and the need for significant improvement in tsunami detection and forecasting. The NTHMP is a partnership between NOAA, the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the 28 U.S. Coastal States Territories, and Commonwealths. [...] Primary goals of NTHMP are to: 1) raise awareness of the affected population; 2) develop integrated tsunami maps and models that can be used to develop improved warning guidance and evacuation maps; 3) improve tsunami warning systems; 4) incorporate tsunami planning into state and federal multi-hazard programs. Because tsunami mitigation is applicable beyond tsunamis and is integral to the nation's overall effort to reduce coastal losses and improve resilience, the mitigation capability takes a multi-hazards physical, commercial and ecological approach that responds to socio-economic and disaster management priorities."
National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (U.S.)
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Virginia Department of Emergency Management [website]
The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) is charged with providing resources and expertise in emergency preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation. Their website offers an overview of VDEM's structure and leadership, as well as specific information on various types of threats and emergencies, advice on how to prepare and prevent disaster, and a newsroom with recent press releases.
Virginia. Department of Emergency Management
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International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports [HSDL Holdings]
This Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL) holdings list contains the International Narcotics Control Strategy Reports from the United States Department of State. The reports focus on money laundering, financial crimes, drug and chemical control.
United States. Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs
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Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense [website]
The mission of the Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense is to "Coordinate and facilitate all Government of Guam, Military, and Federal Liaison Response Agencies and their resources in mitigating, preparing, responding, and recovering from any and all types of emergencies in order to protect the lives, environment, and property of the island of Guam." This website offers access to homeland security related programs, training and exercises, outreach, press information, and resources.
Guam. Office of Civil Defense; Guam. Department of Homeland Security
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National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) [website]
"A national program supported by the Federal government, NIEM [National Information Exchange Model] connects communities of people who share a common need to exchange information in order to advance their missions. […] The NIEM vision is to be the best practice, by choice, for intergovernmental information exchange. Practitioners at all levels of government and industry will share accurate, complete, timely, and appropriately secured information to enable informed decision making for the greater good. NIEM will provide a common vocabulary to ensure consistency and understanding among domains that may not collaborate traditionally to simplify the process of information sharing between them."
National Information Exchange Model (NIEM)
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Strategic Aspects of Climate Change
This webpage provides resources and information on the strategic aspects of climate change.
Naval War College (U.S.)
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Evacuteer.org [website]
"Evacuteer.org is a non-profit organization incorporated by the State of Louisiana on June 8, 2009, and approved as a 501©3 tax-exempt entity by the IRS on August 17th, 2009. Evacuteer.org recruits, trains, and manages evacuation volunteers (evacuteers) who assist with New Orleans' public evacuation option called the City Assisted Evacuation Plan (CAEP). The CAEP activates when a mandatory evacuation is called in the city of New Orleans and is designed to move 25,000-30,000 New Orleanians without transportation. The City has successfully implemented the plan once, in advance of Hurricane Gustav (Sept. 2008), when 18,000 residents utilized the CAEP. Evacuteer.org is an organization created out of lessons learned from that experience. Through an existing agreement with the City of New Orleans Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (NOHSEP), the City of New Orleans has authorized evacuteer.org to manage all volunteers who work within the CAEP at 17 neighborhood pick-up points, at the Union Passenger Terminal (hereafter UPT) for evacuee processing, and at City Hall to assist with hotline operation."
Evacuteer.org
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B612 Foundation [website]
"Our goal is to hunt asteroids that could hit the Earth and potentially cause human devastation. The B612 Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit charitable organization started by a group of notable scientists, including two former NASA astronauts. Our vision is to harness the power of science and technology to protect the future of our planet, while extending our reach into the solar system. Our name was inspired by the famed children's book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. B612 is the asteroid home cared for by The Little Prince."
B612 Foundation
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RiskMAP6.com [website]
"What is Risk MAP? Flood risks change over time, based on new building and development, weather pattern changes, and other factors. The FEMA Risk Mapping, Assessment and Planning (Risk MAP) program will assist communities nationwide, assess flood risks, and encourage mitigation planning to avoid or minimize damage in the face of future disasters. Through more precise flood maps, risk assessment tools and outreach support, Risk MAP strengthens local ability to make informed decisions about reducing risk. Watershed Identifying the hazards and risk in communities, anticipating disaster recovery issues, and prioritizing hazard mitigation actions before a disaster strikes will result in substantial long-term reduction of risk and future disaster damage. An effective hazard mitigation planning process is critical to make communities more disaster resistant. During Risk MAP, FEMA will use the watershed boundaries to conduct future studies. This watershed approach will allow communities to come together to develop partnerships, combine resources, share flood risk information with FEMA, and identify broader opportunities for mitigation action. Groups such as local governments, county governments, Tribes, commerce, and non-profit organization will have opportunities to develop a vision for the watershed's future."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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American Center for Democracy [website]
"The American Center for Democracy (ACD) is dedicated to exposing and monitoring threats to the national security of the U.S. and Western democracies. Applying the political, counter-terror, law enforcement, and technological capabilities of its fellows and affiliated entities, ACD focuses on exposing economic warfare, terror financing, political corruption, links among drug traffickers, and international terrorist organizations and their sponsoring states, as well as the intimidation of the free press practiced wittingly by terrorists and their allies, and unwittingly by some in the West in the name of political correctness. ACD was established in 2001 and includes the Economic Warfare Institute (EWI) and the Center for the Study of Corruption & the Rule of Law (CSC)."
American Center for Democracy/Economic Warfare Institute
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Wanted Bank Robbers [website]
This website, maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), provides current information on unsolved bank robberies which have occurred in the United States.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Japan Lessons Learned
"On March 11, 2011, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck Japan and was followed by a 45-foot tsunami, resulting in extensive damage to the nuclear power reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi facility. The NRC has taken significant action to enhance the safety of reactors in the United States based on the lessons learned from this accident. This page is intended to serve as a navigation hub to follow the NRC's progress in implementing the many different lessons-learned activities."
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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Ask CALEA: Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act [website]
From the website: "In October 1994, Congress took action to protect public safety and ensure national security by enacting the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA ), Pub. L. [Public Law] No. 103-414, 108 Stat. [Statute] 4279. The law further defines the existing statutory obligation of telecommunications carriers to assist law enforcement in executing electronic surveillance pursuant to court order or other lawful authorization. The objective of CALEA implementation is to preserve law enforcement's ability to conduct lawfully-authorized electronic surveillance while preserving public safety, the public's right to privacy, and the telecommunications industry's competitiveness."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS) [website]
"In order to help ensure a secure cyberspace, we must develop a technologically-skilled workforce, a cyber-savvy public, and an effective pipeline of future employees. The U.S. is making a substantial investment in cyberspace. It will take a national strategy, similar to the effort to upgrade science and mathematics education in the 1950's, to meet this challenge. To make cybersecurity materials more readily-available, the government developed the National Initiative for Cybersecurity Careers and Studies (NICCS). NICCS underscores the four component of The National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) and intends to serve as a national resource for government, industry, academia, and the general public to learn about cybersecurity awareness, education, careers, and workforce development opportunities. The vision of NICCS is to build a national resource to elevate cybersecurity awareness and affect a change in the American public to adopt a culture of cyberspace security and to build a competent cybersecurity workforce."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Homeland Security Project. Working Group: Symbology Reference
"DHS S&T [Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate] has been working with the Pennsylvania State University's GeoVISTA Center to promote standardization and sharing of map symbology throughout DHS components and the public safety community."
United States. Federal Geographic Data Committee; United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
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Import Trade Trends: Fiscal Year 2012, Year-End Report
"Reflecting on fiscal year 2012, we can feel very optimistic about the future of U.S. trade. The value of our imports reached an all-time high for the second consecutive year, as U.S. Customs and Border Protection [CBP] processed goods valued at nearly $2.4 trillion. In addition, CBP collected a record $39.4 billion in revenues, a 6 percent increase over revenue collected during fiscal year 2011. With these key trade indicators reaching record levels, expediting legitimate trade is more important than ever. CBP has partnered with the trade community to make international trade more efficient, cost-effective and secure. For example, CBP piloted and officially launched four Centers of Excellence and Expertise during fiscal year 2012. The agency established centers for electronics; pharmaceuticals, health and chemicals; automotive and aerospace; and petroleum, natural gas and minerals to centralize processing for trusted partners and provide uniformity for importers within specific industries. These virtual centers allow CBP to proactively monitor and analyze the flow of goods into the United States with increased speed and are at the heart of CBP's 'Trade Transformation' efforts."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Near Earth Object Program [website]
From the website: "The purpose of the Near-Earth Object [NEO] Program is to coordinate NASA-sponsored efforts to detect, track and characterize potentially hazardous asteroids and comets that could approach the Earth. The NEO Program will focus on the goal of locating at least 90 percent of the estimated 1,000 asteroids and comets that approach the Earth and are larger than 1 kilometer (about 2/3-mile) in diameter, by the end of the next decade. In addition to managing the detection and cataloging of Near-Earth objects, the NEO Program office will be responsible for facilitating communications between the astronomical community and the public should any potentially hazardous objects be discovered."
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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2010-2011 Academic Year Annual Report on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault at the United States Merchant Marine Academy
"The Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (P.L. [Public Law] 110-417) requires that the United States Merchant Marine Academy (Academy) conduct an annual assessment to determine the effectiveness of the Academy's policies, training, and procedures with respect to sexual harassment and sexual violence prevention. The Act requires, among other things, a survey on sexual harassment and sexual assault every other year. In the survey administered to the midshipmen, faculty, and staff in the spring of 2010, midshipmen reported instances of sexual harassment and sexual assault in the previous year that had not otherwise been reported to the officials of the Academy. Students and faculty also reported a lack of confidence in the leadership of the Academy to foster a climate that is intolerant of sexual assault and harassment. Following the last Report to Congress for Academic Year 2009-2010, the leadership of the Academy has undergone key changes to address those concerns in a timely and effective manner. As a result, the Academy and the U.S. Department of Transportation have undertaken key initiatives in order to ensure that its programs, training, and processes create a safe and welcoming environment for all members of the Academy community. We also are devoting additional resources to the critical area of training and education for midshipmen, faculty, and staff and to bolstering the Academy's victims support network."
United States Merchant Marine Academy; United States. Department of Transportation
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Office of Nuclear Energy [website]
This site, provided by the Office of Nuclear Energy, "was designed to help facilitate users' access to NE [Nuclear Energy] documents, reports and program descriptions, with an emphasis on up-to-date, easily accessible information. The new homepage features our activities and initiatives, as well as links to most recent publications and press releases. The rest of the NE site is structured to match our organization -- and enable easier navigation and more direct access to information about our programs. NE's primary mission is to advance nuclear power as a resource capable of meeting the Nation's energy, environmental, and national security needs by resolving technical, cost, safety, proliferation resistance, and security barriers through research, development, and demonstration as appropriate."
United States. Department of Energy. Office of Nuclear Energy Programs
