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Supreme Court of the United States [website]
The official website of the Supreme Court, the site provides an overview of the history of the Supreme Court, the Court and constitutional interpretation, various orders of the court, opinions, case handling guides, court rules, bar admissions, and oral arguments.
United States. Supreme Court
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American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [website]
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) works daily in courts, legislatures and communities to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in the United States. The ACLU seeks to conserve America's original civic values--the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and reviews new and current law and how it is applied.
American Civil Liberties Union
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Our Documents [website]
The Our Documents initiative is a cooperative effort among National History Day, The National Archives and Records Administration, and USA Freedom Corps. "At the heart of this initiative are 100 milestone documents of American history. These documents reflect our diversity and our unity, our past and our future, and mostly our commitment as a nation to continue to strive to "form a more perfect union."
United States. National Archives and Records Administration
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United States Coast Guard: Prevention Policy Directorate [website]
This website contains information regarding: "The Director of Prevention Policy (CG-54) develops and maintains policy, standards, and program alignment for the prevention activities of the Coast Guard to achieve Marine Safety, Security, and Stewardship mission success. The Prevention Directorate includes policy experts in waterways management, navigation safety, boating, commercial vessels, ports and facilities, merchant mariner credentialing, vessel documentation, marine casualty investigation, inspection, and port state control."
United States. Coast Guard
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Humanitarian Service: Recruitment & Retention Effects Among Uniformed Services Medical Personnel
A recent, voluntary survey of 410 personnel of all U.S. Armed Forces Medical Departments and the Public Health Service indicates humanitarian service opportunity has positive effects on recruitment and retention. Of all 410 respondents 198 or 48% indicated participation in humanitarian assistance operations was a factor in their decision to join a uniformed service. Of all 410 respondents, 254 or over 60% indicated that humanitarian service opportunities influenced their decision to remain in uniform.
United States. Department of Defense; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for Disaster and Humanitarian Assistance Medicine
Llewellyn, Craig H.; Drifmeyer, Jeffrey E.
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United States Senate: Committee on the Judiciary [website]
One of the Senate's original standing committees, the Committee on the Judiciary was first authorized on December 10, 1816. The Committee has one of the broadest jurisdictions in the Senate, ranging from criminal justice to antitrust and intellectual property law.
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
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National Archives and Records Administration [website]
As America's national record-keeper, the National Archives site provides access to foundational documents that are the basis of our democracy. It also provides access to the research room, records management, federal register, exhibit hall, records of Congress, and Presidential libraries.
United States. National Archives and Records Administration
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Harvard Law School Journal on Legislation [website]
The Journal on Legislation is published semi-annually (Winter and Summer) by Harvard Law School students. The Journal specializes in the analysis of legislation and the legislative process. The journal is especially interested in publishing articles that examine public policy problems of nationwide significance and propose legislation to resolve them. Some of the issues are available in full text online.
Harvard Law School
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Harvard Law Review [website]
The Harvard Law Review is a student-run organization whose primary purpose is to publish a monthly journal of legal scholarship. Most writing takes the form of Notes, Recent Cases, Recent Legislation, and Book Notes. The Harvard Law Review currently does not make its contents fully available on-line. However, tables of contents are available, along with abstracts of articles, commentaries, and book reviews. Certain articles are occasionally posted in full text.
Harvard Law Review Association
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National Conference of State Legislatures [website]
A forum for advancing ideas in your home state, across other states, and on Capitol Hill; for promoting information-sharing, one-on-one and collectively; and for providing the knowledge and resources to get America's ideas working. The site provides access to policy issues, state legislation, and overviews of state-federal relations.
National Conference of State Legislatures
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Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) [website]
"The mission of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) is to help state, local, and tribal jurisdictions achieve safer communities by providing leadership and services in grant administration and criminal justice policy development. Established in 2008, BJA's National Training and Technical Assistance Center (NTTAC) connects state, local, and tribal justice agencies in need of assistance with specialized national experts to help address those needs. The justice agencies BJA NTTAC assists range from prosecutor's offices, to police departments, to city and county commissioners, to corrections departments. Our goal is to provide these agencies the resources needed to reduce crime, recidivism, and unnecessary confinement, while also promoting a safe and fair criminal justice system. To achieve this goal, BJA NTTAC provides no-cost training and specialized guidance - also known as technical assistance - both in-person and virtually on a wide-variety of criminal justice topics ranging from crime prevention, to mental health, to adjudication. We take the time to understand the specific justice-related need of the agency requesting help and match that need with the right expert to provide the training or specialized guidance."
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance
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National Governors Association [website]
"The NGA is the collective voice of the nation's governors. It provides governors and their senior staff members with services that range from representing states on Capitol Hill to developing policy reports on innovative state programs. In addition to information on State/Federal relations, the site provides homeland security emergency management materials, and state strategies."
National Governors' Association
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Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) [website]
The FLETC serves as an interagency law enforcement training organization for more than 75 federal agencies. The Center also provides services to state, local, and international law enforcement agencies to enhance agency networking. The site provides descriptions of training programs, links to emergency preparedness sites, and access to the electronic reading room.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
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ITS America: Intelligent Transportation Society of America [website]
The Intelligent Transportation Society of America is a not-for-profit organization that works to improve transportation by promoting research, deployment and operation of intelligent transportation systems. The site contains information on the latest industry developments, and the latest news within the following transportation forums: Public Transportation, Commercial Vehicle & Freight Mobility, and Public Safety. It also contains legislative reports and transportation publications.
Intelligent Transportation Society of America
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Surface Transportation Board [website]
"The Surface Transportation Board is an independent adjudicatory and economic-regulatory agency charged by Congress with resolving railroad rate and service disputes and reviewing proposed railroad mergers. The agency has jurisdiction over railroad rate and service issues and rail restructuring transactions (mergers, line sales, line construction, and line abandonments); certain trucking company, moving van, and non-contiguous ocean shipping company rate matters; certain intercity passenger bus company structure, financial, and operational matters; and rates and services of certain pipelines not regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The agency has authority to investigate rail service matters of regional and national significance. "
United States. Surface Transportation Board
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Federal Railroad Administration: Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) [website]
The RSAC provides advice and recommendations to the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) regarding the development of the railroad safety regulatory program, including issuance of new regulations, review and revision of existing regulations, and identification of non-regulatory alternatives for improvement of railroad safety. The site contains links to Committee tasks and documents, as well as links to related government websites.
United States. Federal Railroad Administration
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Institute for Transportation Research and Education [website]
"The Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) is an institutional center located at NC State University. Chartered by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1978, ITRE conducts surface and air transportation research, training, and technical support activities for municipal, state, federal, and international clients in order to address critical transportation issues. ITRE is committed to developing leadership in its study of transportation issues through fostering analytical thinking, integrating technology in education and research, serving as a catalyst for problem solving, and cultivating professionals and students dedicated to excellence in transportation."
North Carolina State University. Institute for Transportation Research and Education
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Board Up Procedures
This brief outline addresses board-up procedures as a method of arson prevention. These procedures are intended to protect empty buildings as targets from arsonists, as crack houses, as hang outs for gangs, as garbage dumps, and as temporary shelters for the homeless.
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Alabama Emergency Management Agency [website]
The Alabama Emergency Management Agency website is an information source focused specifically on emergency management preparation services, and related preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation plans.
Alabama Emergency Management Agency
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Arkansas Department of Emergency Management [website]
The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management website provides information on state level leadership and coordination on all hazards, including natural and man-caused emergencies and disasters. The department is organized into the following: directorate, administration, information technology division, field services, plans and operations, chemical stockpile emergency preparedness program, information and education, and mitigation. Each division has its own page with applicable data.
Arkansas. Department of Emergency Management
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Office of the Arizona Governor [website]
This is the website for the Governor of Arizona. This site is a comprehensive source with links to information on the Military Facilities Task Force, Arizona homeland security, executive orders, and the governor's speeches.
Arizona. Office of the Governor
2003
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Have a Place to Go - Evacuating
This documents helps families prepare for a hurricane by developing an evacuation destination plan.
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
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Pet Plan
This documents offers information on preparing your pet for emergencies.
National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
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How to Read a Mexican Voter Card
This documents contains information and graphics regarding the difference between legitimate and counterfeit Mexican voter card.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Citizens Helping Fire and Emergency Medical Services
"Information on how citizens can help the Fire and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Department. Fire Corps is the key component of Citizen Corps that supports and supplements resource constrained fire and EMS departments through the use of citizen advocates for non-operational activities. Fire Corps provides information to fire and EMS departments nationwide on how to implement a citizen advocate program and promote it in their community."
United States. Department of Justice
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RIO Iowa Project [website]
The Rebuild Iowa Office [RIO] closed on June 23, 2011. The office was established to coordinate the state-wide recovery effort after the historic floods, tornadoes and severe weather of 2008. In the wake of Rebuild Iowa Office's closing, RIO Iowa is a project that aims to represent past, present, and future planning ideals that are central to the State of Iowa. Our objective is to contribute to the practice of planning by making tools and other resources available that will effectively enhance planning efforts at the regional and local levels. [...] Rebuild Iowa Office content, shown at the green tabs on this page, has not been updated since that time. Other information, relevant to Iowa planning, will be posted and updated at the orange tabs as a public service by the University of Iowa's School of Urban and Regional Planning. From the original Rebuild Iowa Office website: "The RIO, headed by Lt. Governor Patty Judge, is a state agency, with legal authority granted to it by the Governor in his June 27, 2008, Executive Order 7. The mission of the RIO is to ensure that the State of Iowa rebuilds safer, stronger and smarter than before from the catastrophic flooding and severe storms of 2008. The RIO is supported by a professional staff drawn primarily from existing state agency personnel to allow it to achieve its mission, vision, goals and objectives. Throughout its initiatives, the RIO is committed to a recovery and rebuilding process that is fair and equitable to everyone."
University of Iowa. Graduate College
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Consumer's Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes
This page from the Food Safety Inspection Service provides information on food safety during an emergency resulting from severe storms or hurricanes. "Did you know that a flood, fire, national disaster, or the loss of power from high winds, snow, or ice could jeopardize the safety of your food? Knowing how to determine if food is safe and how to keep food safe will help minimize the potential loss of food and reduce the risk of foodborne illness. This Consumer's Guide will help you make the right decisions for keeping your family safe during an emergency."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
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Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) [website]
The Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) website is dedicated to uniting Federal, State and Local Laboratories for food emergency response. "The Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) integrates the nation's food-testing laboratories at the local, state, and federal levels into a network that is able to respond to emergencies involving biological, chemical, or radiological contamination of food. The FERN structure is organized to ensure federal and state inter-agency participation and cooperation in the formation, development, and operation of the network. The FERN plays a number of critical roles related to food security and food defense. These include: 1. Prevention. FERN provides a national surveillance program that will offer early means of detecting threat agents in the American food supply; 2. Preparedness. FERN prepares the nation's laboratories to be able to respond to food-related emergencies; 3. Response. FERN offers significant surge capacity that will strengthen the nation's response towards widespread complex emergencies, intentional or inadvertent related to agents in food; and 4. Recovery. The FERN network of laboratories enhances the ability of the country to restore confidence in the food supply following a threat or an actual emergency targeting the nation's food supply."
United States. Food Safety and Inspection Service
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Grants.gov [website]
Provides a simple, unified source for organizations and customers of Federal grants to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all Federal grant-making agencies.
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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National Guard Bureau, General Officer Management (NGB-GO)
"This website holds biographical information on National Guard general officers. National Guard biographies may not have been prepared for some general officers before retirement."
United States. National Guard Bureau
