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Department of Defense and Federal Emergency Management Agency Interface During Mobilization
"This paper investigates the existing and proposed interfaces between the Department of Defense and the Federal Emergency Management Agency during peacetime and periods of mobilization. Areas addressed include working relationships, transition plans, emergency authorities, prototype crisis and resource mobilization management structures and existing mobilization/preparedness documentation."
National Defense University
Eveland, G. Bruce; Howe, Michael B.; Sandwina, Ronald H.
1983-04
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National Security Decision Directive 85: Eliminating the Threat from Ballistic Missiles
In National Security Decision Directive 85, President Reagan directs "the development of an intensive effort to define a long term research and development program aimed at an ultimate goal of eliminating the threat posed by nuclear ballistic missiles. These actions will be carried out in a manner consistent with our obligations under the ABM Treaty and recognizing the need for close consultations with our allied. In order to provide the necessary basis for this effort [Reagan] further direct[s] a study to be completed on a priority basis to asses the role that ballistic missiles defense could play in future security strategy of the United States and our allies. Among other items, the study will provide guidance necessary to develop research and development funding commitments for the FY85 Departmental budgets and the accompanying Five-Year Defense Program (FYDP)."
United States. White House Office
1983-03-25
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National Security Decision Directive 84: Safeguarding National Security Information
National Security Decision Directive 84 set forth policy regarding the safeguarding of national security information.
United States. White House Office
1983-03-11
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Preparing for Hurricanes and Coastal Flooding: A Handbook for Local Officials
"Property damages that can be expected from hurricanes and coastal flooding are increasing year by year. In many places threat to life is increasing also. Most coastal communities are vulnerable to one or more different kinds of flooding and related hazards: * frequent flooding from storm tides, inadequate storm drainage, or overflow of coastal streams * hurricane storm surge and winds, particularly if the community is located on the Gulf or Atlantic coast * storm-caused erosion of bluffs and beaches This Handbook for Local Officials focuses on two of the most common of these coastal hazards: tidal flooding and hurricanes. The Handbook also focuses on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, although much of the material on coastal flooding is just as relevant to the Pacific coast."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1983-03
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National Security Decision Directive 78: U.S. Approach to START Negotiations V
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 78 provides additional guidance on the U.S. approach to the START negotiations outlined in NSDD 33, NSDD 36, NSDD 44, and NSDD 53.
United States. White House Office
1983-02-01
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National Security Decision Directive 79: U.S. Chemical Weapons Arms Control Policy
National Security Decision Directive 79 outlines U.S. Chemical Weapons Arms Control Policy in regards to the interagency document "U.S. Detailed Views on the Contents of a Chemical Weapons Ban," dated January 14, 1983.
United States. White House Office
1983-02-01
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Chemical Weapons Rearmament and the Security of Europe: Can Support be Mustered
"This memorandum considers the current debate addressing the issue of US/NATO [Uniteds States/North Atlantic Treaty Organization] chemical weapons [CW] modernization and rearmament. The authors examine the arguments of those who support and oppose major new US chemical warfare initiatives such as the production of binary munitions. They conclude that the Soviet CW arsenal is substantial and discuss the flexibility and roles of chemical munitions in several likely circumstances. However, the authors maintain that a CW environment poses numerous risks and uncertainties to Soviet planners and that NATO's position is not so impotent as many believe. Citing the critical importance of the European allies' sensitivities on the CW issue, the authors recommend continued improvement in NATO's defensive CW stance, a low-key upgrading of the US chemical arsenal followed by the replacement of older munitions deployed in Europe, and a shift in the emphasis of current means of delivery."
Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Weinstein, John M.; Gole, Henry G.
1983-01-20
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National Security Decision Directive 77: Management of Public Diplomacy Relative to National Security
National Security Decision Directive 77 designates a Special Planning Groups under the National Security Council to be responsible for the overall planning, direction and coordination of public diplomacy activities.
United States. White House Office
1983-01-14
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Public Law 97-429: Texas Band of Kickapoo Act, 1983
"Congress therefore declares that the Band should be recognized by the United States; that the right of the members of the Band to pass and repass the borders of the United States should be clarified; that services which the United States provides to Indians because of their status as Indians should be provided to members of the Band in Maverick County, Texas; and, that land in the State of Texas should be taken in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Band."
United States. Government Printing Office
1983-01-08
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Management of The Federal Emergency Management Agency - A System Being Developed
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency was created in 1979 under authority of the Reorganization Act. Reorganization startup problems--such as delays in obtaining key agency officials, lack of office space, and insufficient staffing--troubled the new agency during the initial years of its existence. By 1981, management systems still had not been established to integrate top management, program office, and regional office operations. The FEMA Director was concerned about the lack of such systems. GAO [General Accounting Office] identified areas needing improvement in the agency's processes for formulating mission, goals, and objectives; its planning process; performance reporting; program evaluation; and the accounting, budgeting, personnel, procurement, and management information functions. Agency management has made substantial progress in correcting these problems. GAO makes several specific recommendations for further improvements."
United States. General Accounting Office
1983-01-06
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Federal Emergency Management Agency Annual Report 1983: A Report to the President on Emergency Management in the United States
This document is the 1983 annual report of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. "The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was established to develop and maintain a national emergency management program. FEMA's specific mission is to coordinate federal programs for the management of national security emergencies, administer a wide range of national hazard-specific mitigation and preparedness programs, and coordinate the federal response to major domestic disasters. FEMA provides state and local governments with guidelines and technical and financial support to assist them in the enhancement of their emergency management capabilities. In 1983, FEMA began to implement the Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS) as the operational standard upon which all emergency programs, plans, and coordination procedures will be based. IEMS recognizes that basic emergency capabilities are required as a foundation for response to any emergency. Therefore, emergency management can best be achieved by applying common practices to all hazards with enhanced or special capabilities for certain types of emergencies. IEMS functions through the consolidation of personnel and material and financial resources to eliminate overlapping of efforts and provide an efficient, cost-effective method of resolving emergency management issues. As a result, this all-hazards approach to emergency management is cementing a strong partnership between federal, state, and local governments and the consortium of private and volunteer organizations engaged in emergency management activities. The year 1983 was a productive one for FEMA. Our accomplishments reflect the Administration's goal of providing programs that truly serve the American people, while reducing the cost of government and encouraging a solid partnership between governments and the private sector."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
1983
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Emergency Management: The National Perspective
"Historically, governments have been created primarily to protect the lives and property of people. Everything flows from that imperative. To carry out that protection against hazards, known and unknown, Government is obliged to have in place a predictable, coordinated, multi-agency response that can come together on demand. When the emergency is underway, in a time of great stress, it is too late to begin building that mechanism for coping with the problem. The President has assigned the management and funding responsibilities for the civil defense program to FEMA. Formed in 1979 by merging five federal agencies with similar duties, FEMA is the central point of contact within the federal government for a wide range of emergency preparedness, disaster response and recovery and hazard mitigation activities-in both peace and war. It works directly with state and local governments and others in the emergency management community to lessen the potential effects of disasters and to increase the effectiveness of emergency response programs. Coordinating federal action in disasters and emergencies is FEMA's primary mission. Among FEMA's responsibilities are: coordinating federal aid for presidentially declared disasters and emergencies; developing plans for the protection of the population of the United States and key industrial facilities; coordinating civil emergency preparedness for nuclear power plant accidents or nuclear attack; and providing training and educational programs to prepare individuals on the federal, state and local level for coping with emergencies."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Giuffrida, Louis O.
1983
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Refugee Consultation: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session on Consultation Between Congress and Cabinet-Level Representatives of the President, on the Proposed Refugee Admissions for Fiscal Year 1983, in Accordance with the Provisions of the Refugee Act of 1980, September 29, 1982
From the opening statement of the Hon. Alan K. Simpson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming, Chairman, Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy: "I very much appreciate your help and assistance throughout this entire issue of immigration and refugee matters. You have been of immeasurable assistance. So today we are gathered in accordance with the provisions of the Refugee Act of 1980, which calls for a 'consultation between the Congress and Cabinet-level representatives' of the President in setting an annual refugee admission level and we meet today to consult on the proposed admissions for fiscal year 1983. We are committed to providing our assistance to the homeless and persecuted throughout this planet. I think we are very proud of our leadership in that area and Americans have a very fair sense of our love of freedom and our willingness to promote and share that with people throughout the world. But I do not think we can be expected to contribute more to refugee assistance than the rest of the entire world combined. And of the major recent refugee groups seeking permanent resettlement, the United States has accepted the vast majority. We have taken in 70 percent of the Indochinese, over 600,000 since 1973; we have accepted 850,000 of the 1 million Cubans who have fled the Castro regime since the early 1960's; we accept about 75 percent of the Soviet Jews who manage to obtain exit permits from Russia, and we have admitted substantial percentages of the Nicaraguans, the Poles, the Lebanese, the Ethiopians, Iranians, and other nationalities seeking a permanent haven from persecution and that is the American way." Materials submitted for the record include those of the following: "Kenneth W. Dam, H. Eugene Douglas, Alan C. Nelson, William French Smith, and David B. Swoap.
United States. Government Printing Office
1983
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Immigration Emergency Powers: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session on Oversight Hearing to Review Presidential Emergency Powers with Respect to Immigration, September 30, 1982
From the opening statement of the Hon. Alan K. Simpson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming, Chairman, Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy: "Today, we will hear testimony on the statute proposed by the administration, entitled the Immigration Emergency Act. It is designed to permit the United States to respond to a threatened mass migration of undocumented aliens to this country. It was the inability of the U.S. Government to respond effectively in the 1980 Mariel boatlift that resulted in confusion and embarrassment to the United States. It is important that we be prepared to meet such an occurrence if it should again occur. A grant of any extraordinary powers to the Executive is always a very sensitive issue; it has been throughout the history of all countries. We must be most cautious to assure that the need exists and that the exercise of those powers is related to that need. These emergency powers provisions presented to us are intended to meet that demand and that standard." Materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Lawton Chiles, H. Eugene Douglas, Thomas Enders, Paula Hawkins, Arthur C. Helton, Wade Henderson, Harold Maier, Mark J. Miller, Alan C. Nelson, and Arnoldo S. Torres.
United States. Government Printing Office
1983
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S. Rept. 98-10: Report to Senate On Select Committee on Intelligence, February 28, 1983
"Recent years have witnessed a growth in public awareness of the importance of intelligence that is timely, relevant and of the highest quality. Accurate intelligence is required for informed decision making on many critical defense and foreign policy issues, such as the development of national nuclear weapons programs or Soviet use of chemical agents in warfare. With the passage of the Intelligence Oversight Act, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, its counterpart in the House of Representatives, and the Intelligence Community formalized a mutual commitment to insure that this nation has the best possible intelligence collection, analysis and production capabilities consistent with the protection of the rights of Americans provided by the Constitution and statutes. [...] The public's confidence in U.S. intelligence activities is preserved and enhanced in part through this process of Congressional oversight of the activities of the Intelligence Community. The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence reviews the Community's programs, determines their budgets, and is regularly notified of significant intelligence activities at home and abroad. In discharging its constitutional and statutory functions and preserving necessary secrecy, the Committee has sought to steer the difficult course between meaningful review of executive intelligence activities and judicious treatment of highly sensitive information."
United States. Government Printing Office
1983-02-28
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Understanding U.S. Strategy: A Reader
"The Ninth National Security Affairs Conference, cosponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and the National Defense University, provided a forum in which officials from throughout Government discussed important aspects of US national security with prominent leaders from the private sector. The papers presented to stimulate discussions at the conference, as well as summaries of those discussions, make up this volume. This year's conference, 'Evolving Strategies for a Changing World,' addressed the problems of devising a coherent US national security strategy to meet the challenges of international turbulence. Five topics were addressed: evolving a national strategy, strategies for Western Europe, strategies for the use of space, comparing US and Soviet strategies, and the US system for developing strategy."
National Defense University. Institute for National Strategic Studies
1983
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Demands of Humanity: Army Medical Disaster Relief
"The term disaster usually evokes images of massive material damage and great human distress caused by some swift catastrophe. In offering a more rigorous definition, a leading sociologist has defined a disaster as a sudden event that disrupts the social structure, and prevents execution of some or all of its essential functions. Commonly, disasters caused by natural forces or events are distinguished from those that man brings upon himself. With one exception, the disasters examined in this study are natural, though they may have been provoked or exacerbated by human customs or follies. Specifically, the study examines how Army medical personnel have responded to such events and shows how they aided disrupted civil societies or communities by furnishing health care. Studies of disaster relief usually focus on fires, floods, storms, and earthquakes. Two other types of calamities- famines and epidemics- are included here. Such happenings are in truth disasters since they disrupt the social structure and interrupt some of its essential functions. They often occur as direct results of natural upheavals or of war, and a story of medical assistance that excluded them would obviously be incomplete. Significant changes in the response to disaster have developed over the past two centuries. Disasters of all types awed early Americans, who did not understand their causes; settle interpreted disaster as a supernatural message, while others sought an elusive natural explanation, Since the eighteenth century, the search for causes has revealed disasters to be understandable natural occurrences that scientists have tried with increasing sophistication to explain, predict, and- especially for epidemics- prevent."
United States. Department of the Army. Office of the Surgeon General
Foster, Gaines M.
1983
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Proposed Regulation Changes for Refugee Assistance: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-Seventh Congress, Second Session on Proposed Regulation Changes for Refugee Assistance, February 9, 1982
From the opening statement of the Hon. Alan K. Simpson, a U.S. Senator from the State of Wyoming, Chairman, Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy: "We focus today on proposed changes to current regulations on Federal reimbursement to the States for cash and medical assistance related to refugee resettlement. I very much welcome the participation of my good colleague from Oregon, Senator Mark Hatfield, who is chairman of the Committee on Appropriations. This issue is a matter of grave concern and interest to him as well as many other Senators. This active and regular consultation process between the executive and legislative branches is important to us in determining not only the level of refugee admissions to the United States but also in promulgating the principles related to refugee resettlement which are expressed in the Refugee Act. It is in this oversight capacity, then, that we take the opportunity to hear the testimony of the Department of Health and Human Services as it relates to the regulatory changes proposed by the administration, as well as to listen to the commentary of representatives of the State and local government agencies which will be most critically affected by those changes. Refugee resettlement is a challenging and difficult task and, as stated in the Refugee Act, requires cooperation among the Congress and various executive agencies. Each has its own unique role to play. It is clear that the proposed changes in regulation represent, hopefully, a step toward greater equity between refugees and citizens in terms of eligibility for assistance programs. This is an important factor which I stressed during the fiscal year 1982 refugee consultation as a most necessary step in alleviating community tensions which arise from this discrepancy." Materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Jerry Burns, Alan J. Gibbs, Phillip N. Hawkes, John F. Herrity, Le Xuan Khoa, Wells C. Klein, Susan G. Levy, Librado Perez, and David Pingree.
United States. Government Printing Office
1983
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[Mack Lake Fire: Part 2]
The events and consequences of the Mack Lake Fire are examined in-depth in order to serve as a guide for future fire suppression and planning and to better understand the underlying physical processes that control large fire behavior.
United States. Forest Service; United States. Department of Agriculture
Simard, Albert J.; Haines, Donald A.; Blank, Richard W. . . .
1983
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Mudflow Hazards Along the Toutle and Cowlitz Rivers from a Hypothetical Failure of Spirit Lake Blockage
From the Abstract: "The debris avalanche accompanying the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens, in southwestern Washington, buried the former outlet channel of Spirit Lake, located 5 miles north of the volcano, to a depth ranging to 500 feet. Since that time, Spirit Lake has had no natural outlet and its water surface and contents have increased significantly. Recent studies of the debris dam stratigraphy and soil properties, and of erosion on the surface of the blockage, have led to concern that the lake may someday breach through or spill over the top. A study was made by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to determine the extent of inundation that might result downstream in the Toutle and Cowlitz Rivers if a hypothetical breach should occur and generate a mudflow flood of catastrophic proportions."
United States. Department of the Interior; Geological Survey (U.S.)
Swift, Charles H., III; Kresch, David L.
1983
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Fire Management Notes (Vol.44 No.4)
This is Volume 44, No.4 of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.
United States. Forest Service
1983
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Fire Management Notes (Vol.44 No.3)
This is Volume 44, No.3 of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.
United States. Forest Service
1983
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Fire Management Notes (Vol.44 No.2)
This is Volume 44, No.2 of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.
United States. Forest Service
1983
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Fire Management Notes (Vol.44 No.1)
This is Volume 44, No.1 of Fire Management Notes, a quarterly periodical devoted to the technique of forest fire control, produced by the U.S. Forest Service.
United States. Forest Service
1983
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Intimidation and Violence: Racial and Religious Bigotry in America
"The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is concerned about acts of violence perpetrated against racial and religious minorities. The media bring recurring accounts of intimidating and violent activities, which include cross burnings; defacement, destruction, and desecration of religious property; infliction of personal injury; and, in some cases, the deaths of human beings. In this statement the Commission seeks not only to express its concern over the senseless and intimidating acts of violence motivated by racial and religious bigotry, but also to share its views of the nature and extent of the problem, to describe promising responses of public officials and community leaders to combat the problem, and to urge upon others a posture of condemnation against those who would violate the varied by enduring values of a pluralistic society."
United States Commission on Civil Rights
1983-01
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Security Classification Guidance on Liaison Relationships with Foreign Intelligence Organizations and Foreign Security Services
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 102 of the National Security Act of 1947 and Executive Order 12333, policy on security classifications is herewith established to guide representatives of US departments, agencies, and military commands who conduct, supervise, or coordinate intelligence liaison with foreign intelligence and security services and international organizations.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
1982-12-14
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Executive Order 12396: Defense Officer Personnel Management
This executive order delegates certain functions to the Secretary of Defense, which concern the appointment, promotion, and retirement of commissioned officers. "The authority delegated to the Secretary of Defense by this Order may be redelegated to the Deputy Secretary of Defense, any of the Assistant Secretaries of Defense, and to any of the Secretaries of the military departments who may further subdelegate such authority to subordinates who are appointed to their office by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Reagan, Ronald
1982-12-09
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DoD Directive 5240.1-R: Procedures Governing the Activities of DoD Intelligence Components that Affect United States Persons
This DoD regulation sets forth procedures governing the activities of DoD intelligence components that affect United States persons. It implements DoD Directives 5260.1, and replaces the November 30, 1979 version of DoD Regulation 5240.1-R. It is applicable to all DoD intelligence components. Executive Order 12333, "United States Intelligence Activities," stipulates that certain activities of intelligence components that affect U.S. persons be governed by procedures issued by the agency head and approved by the Attorney General.
United States. Department of Defense
1982-12
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National Security Decision Directive 70: Nuclear Capable Missile Technology Transfer Policy
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 70 "provides policy guidance with respect to the transfer of nuclear capable missile delivery systems' hardware and technology. It should be considered in conjunction with applicable space launch vehicle directives with respect to the transfer of dual use space hardware and technology, as well as with NSDD 5 and other directives governing the export of conventional missiles and techonolgy."
United States. White House Office
1982-11-30
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National Security Decision Directive 68: FY 1983-1988 Nuclear Weapons Stockpile
National Security Decision Directive 68 approved the Nuclear Weapons Stockpile Plan dated October 19, 1982 for the fiscal years 1983 through 1988.
United States. White House Office
1982-11-18
