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All-Hazards Articles in the Scholarly Literature (All-HAZARTS)
This webpage houses the FEMA online database of scholarly literature on topics related to emergency management. It includes a link to the database as well as a list of featured topics. "This resource page allows you to search and explore our unique database of over 20,000 scholarly/peer-reviewed articles covering All-Hazards topics as well as some 5,000 proceedings from academic, NGO and governmental conferences and workshops."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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California Poultry Federation [website]
"The California Poultry Federation (CPF) represents the state's turkey and chicken producers and marketers. A trade association formed in 1990, the CPF represents all segments of the industry including growers, hatchers, breeders and processors. The CPF is also the representative for the California Squab Producers, the largest squab processing facility in the world, and represents ducks, games birds and other meat poultry as well. [...] CPF is also the official headquarters for the California Poultry Health Board, the state agency which administers the National Poultry Improvement Plan (NPIP). The NPIP is a testing program for turkey, chicken, game bird breeders and hatcheries that ship throughout the nation and the world. The California Poultry Health Board works closely with the federal Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Veterinary Services of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Department of Food and Agriculture. The Health Board certifies flocks that are tested at California Veterinary Diagnostic Labs, allowing owners to safely move turkeys, chickens, game birds and eggs across state lines and export overseas. By testing adult birds and eliminating disease carriers from the breeding flock, chicken, turkey and game bird breeders have eliminated some costly diseases, protecting both the consumer and the industry."
Californa Poultry Federation
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NSA Technology Transfer Program
"The NSA [National Security Agency] TTP [Technology Transfer Program] provides commercial, academic, and government entities access to NSA-developed technologies and collaborative R&D [Research and Development] opportunities. These technologies and capabilities can result in significant cost savings, technological advancements, and profits for those organizations that leverage this resource. NSA's TTP officially launched in 1990 under the legislative authority of the Technology Transfer Act of 1986. Since its inception, the program has provided a venue for NSA employees to share federally-funded research and to conduct collaborative research with academia, private industry, other federal agencies, and state and local governments. The TTP Office facilitates the exploration and formalization of partnerships between NSA and outside organizations to achieve specific objectives."
United States. National Security Agency
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Resources for Survivors and the Public Following Sudden Trauma
"Sudden traumatic events of disaster can lead to injury, death, and psychological distress. Events in the media can also trigger reminders to past events. This page links to information to help survivors and loves ones deal with stresses that can come from sudden trauma."
National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (U.S.)
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Office of Audits: FY 2014 Performance Plan
"The Office of Audits has a leading role in helping the Department and the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) improve management; strengthen integrity and accountability; and ensure the most efficient, effective, and economical use of resources. Our activities are global in scope, supporting the highest priorities of the Department. Our oversight extends to the Department's and BBG's 70,000+ employees and more than 280 missions and other facilities worldwide, funded through a combined annual appropriation of more than $15 billion and $3 billion in fee-based resources. We also provide oversight for the United States Section, International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). We remain at the forefront of efforts to identify potential savings and cost efficiencies for the Department and BBG, and we strive to provide timely, relevant, and useful feedback on the progress of their programs and initiatives. Our mandate includes the traditional areas of emphasis for the Department and BBG--including diplomatic and consular affairs, security, international broadcasting, administrative and financial management, and information technology--as well as new initiatives and priorities."
United States. Department of State. Office of the Inspector General; United States. Broadcasting Board of Governors
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Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Media [website]
"The Oyez Project at Chicago-Kent is a multimedia archive devoted to the Supreme Court of the United States and its work. It aims to be a complete and authoritative source for all audio recorded in the Court since the installation of a recording system in October 1955. The Project also provides authoritative information on all justices and offers a virtual reality Tour of portions of the Supreme Court building, including the chambers of some of the justices."
Chicago-Kent College of Law
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Coastal Change Hazards: Hurricanes and Extreme Storms
"Forecasts of sea level rise and increased hurricane activity suggest that our nation's coastlines are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the powerful forces of the ocean. Along our coasts, rising sea levels expose higher locations not usually subjected to the power of the sea and to the erosive forces of waves and currents.[...] The primary objective of [the National Assessment of Coastal Change Hazards] program is to determine and quantify the relative vulnerabilities of U.S. coastlines to coastal change hazards. [...] This webpage provides information on five main components of this work. Each addresses a particular type of coastal change hazard, such as sea cliff erosion and sea level rise, or presents a comprehensive summary of the current state of our coastlines." The five main components identified are: Hurricane and extreme storm hazards; Coastal classification; Long-term shoreline change hazards; Sea level rise hazards; and Sea cliff erosion hazards.
Geological Survey (U.S.)
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Counterterrorism Guide [website]
The Couterterrorism Guide (website) includes an interactive timeline, counterterrorism calendar, interactive map, terrorist profiles, information on terrorist groups, and methods and tactics. From the website: "The US National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) is pleased to present the International Terrorism Guide Website, a ready reference guide for law enforcement, intelligence, military and security personnel, contingency planners, or citizens concerned about international terrorist threats. This site contains many features across the full range of issues pertaining to international terrorism: technical pages on various threat-related topics, terrorist groups, and wanted terrorists.. Each individual whose picture is portrayed is listed on the US Government's Rewards for Justice website devoted to international terrorism. The Rewards for Justice program is mandated by federal law (1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism) and is administered by the U.S. Department of State. The Secretary of State authorizes rewards for information that leads to a terrorist that commits an act of terrorism directed against Americans, leads to the locations of a key terrorist leader, or that disrupts terrorism financing. The site also contains a timeline of events relating to international terrorism, including dates that international terrorists may believe are important if planning attacks to commemorate particular events."
National Counterterrorism Center (U.S.)
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CJIS Link
Get the latest news in the CJIS Link, a long-running newsletter for law enforcement that is now an online-only publication. The FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division operates programs and services for the law enforcement, national security, and intelligence communities 24/7. The CJIS Link provides information about: How CJIS systems can help agencies solve crimes; New initiatives and technologies; Upgrades and changes regarding CJIS systems; and The work of the CJIS Advisory Policy Board.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Criminal Justice Information Services Division
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Background Paper on Title VII of FISA Prepared by the Department of Justice and the Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)
"This paper describes the provisions of Title VII of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that were added by the FISA Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA). Title VII has proven to be an extremely valuable authority in protecting our nation from terrorism and other national security threats. Title VII is set to expire at the end of this year, and its reauthorization is the top legislative priority of the Intelligence Community. The FAA added a new section 702 to FISA, permitting the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to approve surveillance of terrorist suspects and other foreign intelligence targets who are 'non-U.S. persons outside the United States', without the need for individualized court orders. Section 702 includes a series of protections and oversight measures to safeguard the privacy and civil liberties interests of U.S. persons. FISA continues to include its original electronic surveillance provisions, meaning that, in most cases, an individualized court order, based on probable cause that the target is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power, is still required to conduct electronic surveillance of targets inside the United States. Indeed, other provisions of Title VII extend these protections to U.S. persons overseas. The extensive oversight measures used to implement these authorities demonstrate that the Government has used this capability in the manner contemplated by Congress, taking great care to protect privacy and civil liberties interests. This paper begins by describing how section 702 works, its importance to the Intelligence Community, and its extensive oversight provisions. Next, it turns briefly to the other changes made to FISA by the FAA, including section 704, which requires an order from the FISC before the Government may engage in surveillance targeted at U.S. persons overseas. Third, this paper describes the reporting to Congress that the Executive Branch has done under Title VII of FISA. Finally, this paper explains why the Administration believes it is essential that Congress reauthorize Title VII."
United States. Department of Justice; United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence
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2013 Federal Register Index
"This index provides descriptive entries and Federal Register page numbers for documents published in the daily Federal Register. It includes entries, with select metadata for all documents published in the 2013 calendar year."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
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Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Blog [Obama Administration White House Archives]
This is the archived version of the Obama Administration's Office of National Drug Control Policy [ODNCP] blog. From the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) website: "The ONDCP blog is one of the main channels used to keep you informed about ongoing drug policy news, initiatives, and events."
United States. White House Office; United States. Office of National Drug Control Policy
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CBO Director's Blog [blog]
This is a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) blog which includes articles from the the director, Doug Elmendorf.
United States. Congressional Budget Office
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CDC Works for You 24/7 Blog [blog]
"The CDC Works for You 24/7 blog is a product of the Office of the Associate Director for Communication at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)." The blog includes the following categories: disease detectives, emergency preparedness & response, global health threats, innovative labs, public health partners, state & local success, and U.S. disease outbreaks.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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United States Food and Drug Administration Food Defense [website]
This website presented by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offers tools and resource pertaining to food defense. "FDA works with other government agencies and private sector organizations to help reduce the risk of tampering or other malicious, criminal, or terrorist actions on the food and cosmetic supply."
United States. Food and Drug Administration
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Food Defense Plan Builder
This webpage from United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) offers the Food Defense Plan Builder which "is a user-friendly software program designed to assist owners and operators of food facilities with developing personalized food defense plans for their facilities. This user-friendly tool harnesses existing FDA tools, guidance, and resources for food defense into one single application. The Food Defense Plan Builder guides the user through the following sections: [1] Company Information [2] Broad Mitigation Strategies [3] Vulnerability Assessment [4] Focused Mitigation Strategies [5] Emergency Contacts [6] Action Plan [7] Supporting Documents".
United States. Food and Drug Administration
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Critical Infrastructure: Vulnerability Analysis and Protection Course Lectures
This webpage contains a list of courses/modules titled, "Critical Infrastructure: Vulnerability analysis and Protection Course," taught by Ted G. Lewis. Each course module has a different subtitle based on the module topic. Other articles and webcasts found on this webpage list include: "Living in Extremism"; "Simple Risk [webcast]"; "Pascal's Triangle: The Story of Chance Risk"; and "Levy Flights and Walks".
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security. Homeland Security Digital Library
Lewis, T. G. (Theodore Gyle), 1941-
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Tornado Shelter Needs Assessment
"The problem is that Santa Barbara Estates, a mobile housing community, does not have a tornado shelter for its residents. The purpose of this project was to conduct a tornado shelter needs assessment for Santa Barbara Estates. Descriptive research was used to discuss the research questions (1) how are other communities using tornado shelters? (2) what is the likelihood of a tornadic event in Olathe? (3) what is the risk-benefit of tornado shelters? The procedures included extensive literature review; personal interviews and correspondence; and, a survey (Appendix A) completed by emergency and non-emergency service professionals. The results illustrated the need for personal preparedness and tornado shelter for residents of Santa Barbara Estates. The recommendations were for the creation of a formal severe weather plan at Santa Babara Estates; the crafting of a new resident guide to include personal preparedness information for Santa Barbara Estates residents; the encouraged use of NOAA [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration] weather radio by residents of Santa Barbara Estates; the presentation of a disaster preparedness course to Santa Barbara Estates staff and residents; and the construction of appropriate shelter on the property of Santa Barbara Estates. Future readers should conduct a shelter needs assessment for communities and target populations, such as mobile home residents, that are at greater risk for injury or death related to tornado events."
National Fire Academy
Hall, William (Mike)
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Application Community: The Destination for Public Safety Apps [website]
From the website description: "The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) has launched Application Community, or 'AppComm,' a new website dedicated to public safety and emergency response apps for use by the general public, app developers, and first responders."
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials-International
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Defense Intelligence
This webpage provides information on U.S. defense intelligence. From the webpage: "Defense intelligence is critical to the Defense Department's role in national security. Such information helps frame national security policies, and enables warfighters to plan and conduct successful military and security operations that protect America."
United States. Department of Defense
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Way Ahead: Overview of Army Strategic Planning Guide
"The 'Way Ahead' is an overview of The Army Strategic Planning Guidance (ASPG), which as the Army's institutional strategy represents the Army senior leadership's vision of how the Army will fulfill its mission to provide necessary forces and capabilities to the Combatant Commanders in support of the National Security and Defense Strategies. An analysis of the strategic environment, national guidance, and operational requirements, makes clear the Army must be prepared for operations of a type, tempo, pace, and duration different from those we have structured our forces and systems to achieve. Some assumptions made and processes developed for a Cold War Army or an Army with a 'window of opportunity' to transform itself, while valid at the time, are no longer relevant to the current security environment. […] We must immediately begin the process of re-examining and challenging our most basic institutional assumptions, organizational structures, paradigms, policies, and procedures to better serve our Nation. The end result of this examination will be a more relevant and ready force--a campaign-quality Army with a Joint and Expeditionary Mindset. Our Army will retain the best of its current capabilities and attributes while developing others that increase relevance and readiness to respond in the current and projected strategic and operational environments. The remainder of this document explores what we must become in order to provide more relevant and ready forces and capabilities to the Joint Team."
United States. Department of the Army
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NCTC Guidelines: Understanding Acquisition, Retention and Dissemination of USP Information and Other Issues in EO 12333 [presentation]
"At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: [1] Describe NCTC's [National Counterterrorism Center] mission [2] Identify NCTC's authorities and its legal and policy framework [3] Define NCTC collection authority under E.O. [Executive Order] 12333 [4] Define 'terrorism information' under IRTPA [Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act ] [5] Describe NCTC's ability to access, acquire, retain, and disseminate information under HR 7-1 and the new AG-DNI Guidelines [6] Identify the different tracks for access to information under the AG-DNI Guidelines".
National Counterterrorism Center (U.S.)
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PA101: Privacy Act - Safeguarding Personal Information
"To conduct its business, the Federal Gcr1emment including the Intelligence Community (IC), collects, maintains and discloses information about American citizens and permanent resident aliens. In 1974, the Privacy Act was established to protect these individuals' rights with regard to how the government uses the information it collects about them. Upon completing this course, you will be able to: [1] Describe how the Privacy Act of 1974 protects individuals' rights regarding information collected, maintained and disclosed about them by the Federal Government [2] Define Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and how it is protected".
National Counterterrorism Center (U.S.)
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Data Access and Use: National Counterterrorism Center
"The Data Access and Use Course will equip National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) staff with a foundational understanding of the authorities and role of the Center in the integration of data for the purpose of identifying terrorism information and the rules and regulations governing the access, retention, use and dissemination of that data."
United States. Office of the Director of National Intelligence; National Counterterrorism Center (U.S.)
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Bio-Response Operational Testing and Evaluation [video]
This video from Environmental Protection Agency contains information regarding Bio-response Operational Testing and Evaluation. From the accompanying technical brief: "The Bio-response Operational Testing and Evaluation (BOTE) Project is a multi-agency effort designed to operationally test and evaluate biological incident (anthrax release) response from health/law enforcement response through environmental remediation."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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NCTC Civil Liberties and Privacy Office: Protection of Privacy and Civil Liberties [presentation]
This presentation from the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) covers the following topics: "Why a CLPO [Civil Liberties and Privacy Office]?"; "US Person Protection"; "Civil liberties and privacy considerations in data access"; "First Amendment Issues"; "Compliance"; and "CLPO Take-Away".
National Counterterrorism Center (U.S.)
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Corrections Statistical Analysis Tool (CSAT) - Prisoners
"This dynamic analysis tool allows you to examine National Prisoner Statistics (NPS) on inmates under the jurisdiction of both federal and state correctional authorities. You can instantly generate tables of numbers and rates of national and jurisdictional statistics, from 1978 to the most recent year that NPS data are available. The web tool includes state-level prisoner data from the 50 state departments of corrections, the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), and the District of Columbia (until 2001, when sentenced felons from the District became the responsibility of the BOP). The pre-set Quick Tables show you trends in prisoner statistics and provide links to key tables in the most recent BJS publication on the U.S. prisoner population. If you would like more detail, use the Custom Tables to analyze yearend populations, admissions, or releases. You can create custom tables of yearend populations by the number of inmates in custody or under legal jurisdiction, those held in the custody of private facilities and local jails, the imprisonment rate of prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year, and noncitizens and juveniles in prison. You can customize tables of prison admissions or releases by many variables. All custom tables can be analyzed further by the prisoner's sex. You can find more detail under Definitions. The FAQs [frequently asked questions] provide answers to the most commonly asked questions. This User's Guide provides everything you need to get started."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health (DPBH) [website]
This is the website for the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services. The website provides various links to resources on child, family, and community wellness, early intervention services, health care quality and compliance, health statistics, and public health and clinical services.
Nevada. Health Division
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: FastStats A to Z [website]
"The FastStats site provides quick access to statistics on topics of public health importance and is organized alphabetically. Links are provided to publications that include the statistics presented, to sources of more data, and to related web pages."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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National Institute of Standards and Technology: Cybersecurity Framework
This webpage from the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) provides the organization's Cybersecurity Framework. From the webpage: "Recognizing the national and economic security of the United States depends on the reliable function of critical infrastructure, the President issued Executive Order (EO) 13636, Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, in February 2013. The Order directed NIST to work with stakeholders to develop a voluntary framework - based on existing standards, guidelines, and practices - for reducing cyber risks to critical infrastructure. The Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014 reinforced NIST's EO 13636 role. Created through collaboration between industry and government, the voluntary Framework consists of standards, guidelines, and practices to promote the protection of critical infrastructure. The prioritized, flexible, repeatable, and cost-effective approach of the Framework helps owners and operators of critical infrastructure to manage cybersecurity-related risk."
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
