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We Are FEMA: Helping People Before, During, and After Disasters
From the Purpose: "Publication 1 (Pub 1) is our capstone doctrine. It helps us as Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees understand our role in the emergency management community and provides direction for how we conduct ourselves and make decisions each day. [...] The intent of our Pub 1 is to promote innovation, flexibility, and performance in achieving our mission. It promotes unity of purpose, guides professional judgment, and enables each of us to fulfill our responsibilities."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Assessment of the Clash of Civilizations Debate
From the Document: "Throughout history, man has attempted to understand world events and the relationships between countries in order to craft foreign policy as well as predict future interactions. The end of the Cold War was no different. As the Berlin Wall fell and the USSR's [Union of Soviet Socialist Republics] communist ideology dissolved, the United States no longer viewed the Russians as its enemy. Capitalism and liberal democracy had triumphed over communism. US foreign policy makers and academia grappled with what the new world political stage would look like."
Air University (U.S.). Air Command and Staff College
Rammel, Amy
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Psychosocial Concerns After Hurricane Harvey: 'Tips for Health Care Providers'
From the Document: "Health care providers assume many roles in the midst of natural disasters: caregiver, leader, comforter, and information source. Hurricane Harvey has displaced thousands, destroyed countless homes and property, and claimed numerous lives. Although the hurricane's strength has dissipated, its aftermath will be felt for considerable time to come. As health care providers mobilize to help, they should be mindful of the losses experienced by the population they will assist. Interviewing with sensitivity is essential, and is the first step in assessing specific needs. This fact sheet provides information for healthcare providers after hurricanes and pays special attention to some of the issues for individuals providing support in the aftermath of Harvey."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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Planning for Psychiatric Patient Movement During Emergencies and Disasters
From the Document: "This document identifies basic considerations to assist public health and medical planners to prepare for the movement of psychiatric patients in the event of a disaster and to guide responders and care providers during psychiatric patient movement. Differences in State and local laws, regulations, and requirements will need to be considered when conducting planning for movement or evacuation of psychiatric patients. Please note that this document addresses patients of psychiatric facilities or units (rather than residents of community programs)."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
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Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Disasters and Other Traumatic Events: What Parents, Rescue Workers, and the Community Can Do
From the Document: "When people think of trauma, they often focus on physical injuries. However, people also can experience psychological trauma after witnessing or experiencing distressing events. Trauma can be caused by natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods. It also can be caused by acts of violence--such as terrorist attacks and mass shootings--as well as motor vehicle and other accidents. Reactions to trauma can be immediate or delayed. Responses may differ in severity and can include a wide range of behaviors and responses, sometimes influenced by culture."
National Institute of Mental Health (U.S.); United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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Disaster Behavioral Health Coalition Guidance
From the Document: "During disaster response and recovery, there may be challenges coordinating behavioral health services. Behavioral health services are often provided by a variety of agencies and organizations, such as state and local government, mental health departments, substance abuse programs, hospital-based and outpatient services, private clinicians, and volunteer groups. In an emergency event, it is important for communities to determine what supportive services and treatment options are available, who are the providers, and whether gaps or duplication of services exist. Establishing a disaster behavioral health coalition can facilitate communication across provider groups, coordinate behavioral health care efforts, and help identify existing and emergent needs."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
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Foreign Threats to U.S. Elections: Election Security Information Needs
From the Document: "Foreign intelligence entities likely view U.S. elections as an opportunity to undermine confidence in our democratic institutions and processes, sow divisions in our society, weaken our alliances, and promote their political, economic, or ideological agendas. These entities operate in the seams of our democratic system to advance their interests, using the tools of traditional espionage in combination with cyber operations and influence campaigns. Foreign attempts to interfere with our elections fall into five distinct categories: 1) Cyber operations targeting election infrastructure, 2) Cyber operations targeting political parties, campaigns, and public officials, 3) Covert influence operations to assist or harm political organizations, campaigns, or public officials, 4) Covert influence operations to influence public opinion and sow division, 5) Covert efforts to influence policymakers and the public. This threat might take many forms, such as spreading disinformation, conducting hack-and-leak operations, or possibly manipulating data in a targeted fashion to influence the elections, and involves a wider range of foreign state and non-state actors than we have seen in the past, to include ideologically motivated entities and foreign cyber criminals. [...] Countering the complex and wide-ranging threats expected in these elections must be a core obligation of the entire USG [United States Government] and will require a whole-of-society approach, including support from the private sector and the active engagement of an informed public."
National Counterintelligence and Security Center (U.S.)
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CDC-TV [website]
CDC-TV is an online video resource from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "CDC-TV videos cover a variety of health, safety and preparedness topics as part of CDC′s goal of achieving true improvements in people′s lives by accelerating health impact and reducing health disparities. Most videos are short and easily downloadable while all include closed-captioning (some videos are also open-captioned), so they are accessible to all interested viewers. The library of videos will expand to include single-topic presentations as well as different video series focused on children, parents, and public health professionals. Providing short, high-quality videos is part of CDC′s goal to increase people′s access to the information necessary to help prevent illness and injury and to protect their health and that of their families."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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PEDSAFE: Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System [website]
"The Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System is intended to provide practitioners with the latest information available for improving the safety and mobility of those who walk. The online tools provide the user with a list of possible engineering, education, or enforcement treatments to improve pedestrian safety and/or mobility based on user input about a specific location."
United States. Federal Highway Administration
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Future of Aviation Advisory Committee [website]
"The Aviation Advisory Committee will provide information, advice, and recommendations to the Secretary of Transportation on ensuring the competitiveness of the U.S. aviation industry and its capability to address the evolving transportation needs, challenges, and opportunities of the global economy. The committee will assess fundamental changes in the following areas below, and identify the drivers of such change and the challenges and opportunities presented by industry developments: 1) Addressing environmental challenges, 2) Balancing the industry's competitiveness and viability, 3) Ensuring a world-class workforce necessary for a robust aviation industry, 4) Ensuring safety in aviation, 5) Securing stable and sufficient funding for our aviation systems."
United States. Department of Transportation
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Concept Paper: Importance of Cultural Competency in Disaster Management
"In any society there are individuals for whom, from time to time or always, alteration of routine, adaptation of informational messages, or modification of technology use is necessary to effectively perform everyday functions that to the majority in their community may seem ordinary. This is particularly true in minority communities where the culture of asking for and receiving care are frequently different from those in majority communities. It should come as no surprise that in emergency situations or times of disaster, these individuals may require special attention, too, including preparation of risk reduction and warning messages, adaptation of assistive technologies to receive warnings, help in responding to warnings once they know the appropriate action required, and special assistance in the aftermath of a disaster event."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Minority Health
Scott, John C.
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Cultural Competency Curriculum for Disaster Preparedness and Crisis Response [website]
Note: Registration is required to access most information on this site. This site offers four courses, geared towards disaster relief/assistance personnel, "... designed to integrate knowledge, attitudes, and skills related to cultural competency in order to help lessen racial and ethnic health care disparities brought on by disaster situations. The courses target emergency medical personnel, disaster mental health and social workers, public health service officers, and disaster relief organization employees who have the unique opportunity to help improve access to care, quality of care, and health outcomes to those persons subject to racial and ethnic health disparities in a disaster situation. The four courses are designed to equip disaster and crisis volunteers and personnel with the awareness, knowledge, and skills needed to provide culturally and linguistically appropriate services to diverse communities during all phases of disaster. The curriculum is grounded in the Office of Minority Health's CLAS [Linguistically Appropriate Services] Standards, which are grouped into three themes: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, and Organizational Supports."
United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Minority Health
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Bipartisan Policy Center [website]
"The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a think tank that was established in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell to develop and promote solutions that can attract public support and political momentum in order to achieve real progress. The BPC acts as an incubator for policy efforts that engage top political figures, advocates, academics and business leaders in the art of principled compromise. Too often partisanship poisons our national dialogue. Unfortunately, respectful discourse across party lines has become the exception - not the norm. To confront this challenge, the BPC seeks to develop policy solutions that make sense for the nation and can be embraced by both sides of the aisle. After reaching shared solutions through principled compromise, we work to implement these policies through the political system. The BPC is currently focused on the following issues: health care, energy, national security, homeland security, financial services, and transportation. Each of these efforts is led by a diverse team of political leaders, policy experts, business leaders and academics. The BPC provides a bipartisan forum where tough policy challenges can be addressed in a pragmatic and politically-viable manner."
Bipartisan Policy Center
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California Homeland Security Consortium
"The overarching objective of the California Homeland Security Consortium (CHSC) is to develop a model national resource hub in the Monterey Bay area to: 1) promote undergraduate and graduate programs focused on national security. 2) conduct research on critical issues in homeland security. 3) conduct field trials of technology and operational processes, policies and doctrines among participating agencies at all levels of government and industry. 4) facilitate planning among communities and organizations to prevent or mitigate the effects of HLS incidents. 5) create a 'hot' backup capability to remediate the effects of major incidents, such as natural disasters, that result in loss of normal services for the community. 6) work with local community colleges to develop a robust Transportation Security Administration (TSA) training program leading to an Associate of Arts (AA) degree."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Stevens Institute of Technology. Maritime Security Center [website]
"The Maritime Security Center (MSC) is a Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Directorate (S&T) Center of Excellence in port and maritime security that leverages the physical infrastructure and intellectual capital of its academic, industry and government partners. The MSC conducts innovative research, develops new tools and technologies and provides relevant maritime security-focused educational programs to enhance our nation's maritime domain awareness, the resiliency of our Marine Transportation System (MTS) and the technical skills and leadership capabilities of our current and prospective maritime security workforce."
Stevens Institute of Technology. Maritime Security Center
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Plan for the Future: 10- Year Strategy for the Air Traffic Control Workforce, 2011-2020
"Safety is the top priority of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as it manages America's National Airspace System (NAS). Thanks to the expertise of people and the support of technology, tens of thousands of aircraft are guided safely and expeditiously every day through the NAS to their destinations. Workload An important part of managing the NAS involves actively aligning controller resources with demand. The FAA 'staffs to traffic,' matching the number of air traffic controllers at its facilities with traffic volume and workload. The FAA's staffing needs are dynamic due to the dynamic nature of the workload and traffic volume. Traffic Air traffic demand has declined significantly since 2000, the peak year for traffic. For the purposes of this plan, air traffic includes aircraft that are controlled, separated and managed by air traffic controllers. This includes commercial passenger and cargo aircraft as well as general aviation and military aircraft. In the past decade, volume has declined by 22 percent and is not expected to return to 2000 levels in the near term. Headcount System-wide controller headcount is slightly higher than in 2000. We continue to hire in advance of need to allow sufficient training time for our new hires to replace retiring controllers. On a per-operation basis, the FAA has more fully certified controllers on board today than in 2000. Retirements Fiscal year 2010 retirements were below projections, and lower than FY 2009. In addition, current year retirements are trending close to plan. The FAA carefully tracks actual retirements and projects future losses to make sure its recruitment and training keep pace. Hiring In the last five years, the FAA has hired more than 7,800 new air traffic controllers. The Department of Transportation's Inspector General stated that the FAA has 'done what I can only say is a remarkable job in hiring replacements for controllers who have decided to leave.'"
United States. Federal Aviation Administration
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911.gov [website]
"The National 911 Program's mission is to provide Federal leadership and coordination in supporting and promoting optimal 911 services. This Federal "home" for 911 plays a critical role by coordinating Federal efforts that support 911 services across the nation. The 911 system was designed to provide a universal, easy-to-remember number for people to reach police, fire or emergency medical assistance from any phone in any location, without having to look up specific phone numbers. Today, people communicate in ways that the designers of the original 911 system could not have envisioned: wireless phones, text and video messages, social media, Internet Protocol (IP)-enabled devices, and more. The National 911 Program works with States, technology providers, public safety officials and 911 professionals to ensure a smooth transition to an updated 911 system that takes advantage of new communications technologies. The National 911 Program creates and shares a variety of resources and tools to help 911 systems."
National 911 Program (U.S.)
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FAA: Lessons Learned from Transport Airplane Accidents [website]
"International commercial air travel has reached levels of safety and convenience which would have been unimaginable just a generation ago. Although almost always extremely tragic events, the lessons from accidents have played an important role in the process to continue improving aviation safety. This Lessons Learned From Transport Airplane Accidents library represents some of the most major accidents and their related lessons. The U. S. Federal Aviation Administration, with support from many other organizations and individuals, plans to continue adding to this material on an annual basis. The objective is to populate the material with many more of the most historically significant, policy shaping accidents, in order that the lessons that can be learned from their review may be available to all users of the library."
United States. Federal Aviation Administration
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FAA Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) [website]
"The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) promotes the open exchange of safety information in order to continuously improve aviation safety. To further this basic objective, the FAA developed the Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing (ASIAS) system. The ASIAS system enables users to perform integrated quires across multiple databases, search an extensive warehouse of safety data, and display pertinent elements in an array of useful formats. A phased approach continues to be followed in the construction of this system. Additional data sources and capabilities will be available as the system evolves in response both to expanded access to shared data and to technological innovation."
United States. Federal Aviation Administration
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National Counterterrorism Center Report [HSDL Holdings]
The "National Counterterrorism Center Reports" provide statistical analysis and incident summaries in conjunction with the "Country Reports on Terrorism" released by the U.S. Department of State. Through understanding the trends, distribution, and target selection of terrorists in previous attacks, planners and researchers can develop better responses and preparation against future incidents.
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Homeland Security Digital Library
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Strategic Priorities 2011-2015: Responding to the Public Health Challenges of the 21st Century
This plan presents the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) priorities from 2011 through 2015. "FDA's primary responsibility is to protect the American people from unsafe or mislabeled food, drugs, and other medical products and to make sure consumers have access to accurate, science-based information about the products they need and rely on every day. The agency also guides and oversees the development and availability of effective new medical products and new food products that harness the latest advances in science and technology to improve the health and well-being of American consumers. [...] The purpose of this document is to outline FDA's strategic intentions and plans for the next five years (2011 - 2015). This document is intended to communicate the Commissioner's key priorities, including cross-cutting strategic priorities, program-specific strategic goals, and long-term objectives. These goals and objectives provide the vehicle for focusing agency efforts to achieve FDA's public health mission and to fulfill our role in supporting the larger mission and strategic goals of [the Department of Health and Human Services]." In supporting the aforementioned mission, the FDA's long-term objective is to "increase the nation's preparedness to address threats as a result of bioterrorism, pandemic and emerging infectious diseases."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
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National September 11 Memorial & Museum [website]
"The National September 11 Memorial & Museum at the World Trade Center Foundation, Inc. began formal operations in the spring of 2005 and worked with the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation on the design and construction management plan. In the summer of 2006, the organization assumed responsibility for overseeing the design and working with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ), the construction manager on the project. In the beginning of October 2006, the Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York, accepted the Chairmanship of the Foundation's Board of Directors. Following the election of the Mayor as Chairman, the Foundation named Joseph C. Daniels as President. Initially the Foundation's General Counsel, Mr. Daniels served as Acting President for five months before accepting the permanent post in the fall of 2006."
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
2010
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Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States and its Interests Abroad, Hearing Before the Select Committee on Intelligence of the United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session on Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States and its Interests Abroad, Thursday, February 22, 1996
From the opening statement of Arlen Specter: "The Committee meets publicly today to hear the Director of Central Intelligence's views on the current and projected national security threats to the United States. These threats play an important role in defining our country's foreign policy--they form the foundation for all our military, foreign policy, and economic planning. It is therefore essential that the Intelligence Community provide our nation's policymakers with the most accurate and timely assessment of these threats as possible." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: John Deutch, Toby Gati, Robert J. Kerrey, Charles S. Robb, Arlen Specter, John H. Moseman, Barbara Larkin, and Patrick M. Hughes.
United States. Government Printing Office
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Global Historical Tsunami Database [website]
"The Global Historical Tsunami Database provides information on over 2,400 tsunamis from 2100 BC to the present in the the Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans; and the Mediterranean and Caribbean Seas. The database includes two related files. The first file includes information on the tsunami source such as the date, time, and location of the source event; cause and validity of the source, tsunami magnitude and intensity; maximum water height; the total number of fatalities, injuries, houses destroyed, and houses damaged; and total damage estimate (in U.S. dollars). The second related file contains information on the runups (the locations where tsunami waves were observed by eyewitnesses, reconnaissance surveys, tide gauges, and deep-ocean sensors) such as name, location, arrival time, maximum water height and inundation distance, and socio-economic data (deaths, injuries, damage) for the specific runup location."
United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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9/11 Commission Records
This webpage is for the 9/11 Commission Records. "The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States, known as the 9/11 Commission, was an independent, bipartisan commission created by Congress. The Commission's mandate was to provide a 'full and complete accounting' of the attacks of September 11, 2001 and to provide recommendations as to how to prevent such attacks in the future. The Commission, extant from 2003 - 2004, held hearings, conducted interviews, and produced a report. When the 9/11 Commission closed on August 21, 2004, it transferred legal custody of its records to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). The Commission encouraged the release of its records to the fullest extent possible in January 2009. Because the Commission was part of the legislative branch its records are not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). Approximately 35% of the Commission's archived textual records are now publicly available. Due to the collection's volume and the large percentage of national security classified files, NARA staff was unable to process the entire collection by January 2009. Review and processing focused on the portion of the collection that contains unique documents created by the Commission and those that reveal the most about the scope of the investigation and the internal workings of the Commission and its staff."
United States. National Archives and Records Administration
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Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress
"As the title of this exhibition suggests, Witness and Response: September 11 Acquisitions at the Library of Congress features the collections that the Library has amassed and is still receiving about the tragic events of one year ago. It is an exhibition that reveals much about the Library of Congress as an institution, its astounding collections, and its equally remarkable staff. At its core, this exhibition is the story of how the 9/11 materials in this national institution arrived here and today reflect what America has experienced while providing assurance that the record will be here in the future for America's citizens and others to recall and scholars to study. Within hours of the attacks in New York, Washington, DC, and Pennsylvania, offices within the Library mobilized to record and gather for posterity first-hand accounts and images. Other offices of the Library here and abroad collected the written and recorded reports of 9/11, acquiring in the process a wide-range of responses. Over the past year and in almost every section of the Library of Congress, staff have sought and received an abundance of original material including prints, photographs, drawings, poems, eye-witness accounts and personal reactions, headlines, books, magazines, songs, maps, videotapes, and films. The Library even acquired physical remnants from two of the attack sites. The collection of 9/11 material is in the tens of thousands and continues to grow steadily."
Library of Congress
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FAA Flight Plan: 2009-2013
The Flight Plan is the strategic plan for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for 2009 -2013. It covers four goal areas: Increased Safety, Greater Capacity, International Leadership, and Organizational Excellence. The plan outlines previous accomplishments and future objectives for each of these areas.
United States. Federal Aviation Administration
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American Geophysical Union [website]
"The American Geophysical Union [AGU], which was established in 1919 by the National Research Council and for more than 50 years operated as an unincorporated affiliate of the National Academy of Sciences, is now a nonprofit corporation chartered under the laws of the District of Columbia. The Union is dedicated to the furtherance of the geophysical sciences through the individual efforts of its members and in cooperation with other national and international scientific organizations."
American Geophysical Union
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Potential Risk Indicators: Insider Threat: What is the 'Something' We Should Be Looking for?
From the Document: "An Insider Threat is anyone with authorized access who uses that access to wittingly or unwittingly harm the organization and its resources. Insiders can be employees, vendors, partners, suppliers, etc.; they are individuals that you provide access to your facilities and/or information. Trusted insiders may commit malicious acts, such as fraud, theft, sabotage, espionage, unauthorized disclosure, workplace violence, and more. Unwitting insiders may inadvertently disclose sensitive information, unknowingly download malware, or facilitate other cybersecurity events. Anyone can be a potential insider threat. All organizations are vulnerable."
United States. Defense Security Service. Center for Development of Security Excellence
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Understanding and Preventing Violence: Summary of 2016 Research and Surveillance Activities
From the Document: "Violence is a public health problem that has substantial impact on individuals, their families, and entire communities. Each year, millions of people experience the physical, mental, and economic consequences of violence. The good news is that violence is preventable, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is committed to stopping violence before it can begin. The Division of Violence Prevention (DVP) within CDC's Injury Center works to prevent violence and the injuries and deaths caused by violence, so people can live life to the fullest. As the only federal agency that focuses on stopping violence before it starts, DVP monitors and tracks violence trends, conducts research to identify factors that increase or decrease the risk for violence, develops and rigorously evaluates innovative prevention approaches, and supports the widespread use of evidence-based prevention strategies. This critical work helps us prevent violence across the lifespan, including child abuse and neglect, youth violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and suicidal behavior."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (U.S.)
