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Animal Welfare Program: Federal Regulation Relating to the Transportation of Dogs, Report to the Honorable Manuel Lujan, Jr., House of Representatives
This GAO [Government Accountability Office] Report is a correspondence between Brian P. Crowley and Representative Manuel Lujan, Jr. regarding the regulations of the transportation of animals.
United States. Government Accountability Office
1988-03
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Defense Technology Base: Introduction and Overview
Keeping ahead of the Soviet Union technologically is a central element of U.S. national security strategy, and the Nation spends a large amount of money in order to do so. In recent years, however, there have been troubling indications that the U.S. technological lead is slipping, and that it is increasingly difficult to maintain a meaningful edge. These concerns-expressed both by the Administration and within Congress- prompted the Senate Committee on Armed Services to request that the Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) undertake a major assessment on "Maintaining the Defense Technology Base. ' This special report is the first product of that assessment. It provides an overview of the subject, including specific concerns about the health of the defense technology base and the related issues before Congress. Subsequent reports will probe aspects of this immense problem in greater detail.
United States. Government Printing Office
United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
1988-03
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Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 85-274-1879; Evaluation of Zinc Chloride Smoke Generating Devices International Association of Fire Fighters Washington, D.C.
"In March 1985 the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) to evaluate the hazard of smoke clouds produced by zinc chloride smoke generating devices. The requestor noted that the devices, advertised as 'medically proven to be non-toxic', had been implicated in a number of training exercises during which participants experienced adverse health effects, including breathing difficulties, chest pains, joint pains, chills, fever, and death. [...] Dense clouds generated by zinc chloride smoke generating devices should be considered hazardous. [...] While a properly operating self-contained breathing apparatus worn by a well-trained individual offers adequate protection against the smoke, even short-term exposure without respiratory protection to the components of the dense smoke cloud presents a health hazard."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Zey, John N.; Richardson, Fred
1988-03
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Government Actions to Control Terrorist Violence; A Case Study on Northern Ireland
From the thesis abstract: "Using the historical method, this study of terrorism in Northern Ireland examines the variables of conflict, the existing violence and government endeavors to eradicate the violence. This study does so within the framework of the United States' interests. Irish terrorism has been a problem for the British government for centuries. The current round since 1969 has produced , vast improvements in the security forces and enforcement techniques, yet the I.R.A. [Irish Republican Army] and its political wing, Sinn Fein, survive. Government actions must include measures aimed at the root causes of terrorist movements. The relative degradation of the Catholic community within Northern Ireland has received international attention and has been the focus of much of the British government's efforts to legislate improvements in Northern Ireland. It appears that only through this process can peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland take place."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Naughton, Maura Katherine
1988-03
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COMSEC Supplement to Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information
This supplement report to the Industrial Security Manual for Safeguarding Classified Information is issued in accordance with Department of Defense Directive 220.22, "Department of Defense Industrial Security Program. " It establishes uniform security practices within facilities used by prime and subcontractors having custody of classified or unclassified Communications Security (CCMSIX) equipment of the Department of Defense and certain other Executive Departments and Agencies. Included in this supplement are provisions relative to Controlled Cryptographic Items (CCI's). These provisions delineate the minimum requirements for the acquisition and ownership, transportation, physical security and access control, key accounting, reporting of insecurities and disposition of CCI materials at contractor facilities.
United States. Department of Defense
1988-03
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Department of Defense Manpower Requirements Report, FY 1989
This report explains the Department of Defense manpower program incorporated in the amended President's Budget for FY 1989. The report is organized into two major parts and three annexes that are submitted separately. The annexes are sent to Congress at the same time as this report. The structure of our armed forces is based on the DoD Total Force Policy which recognizes that all elements of the structure contribute to success. Those elements include the Active and Reserve Components, civilian workforce, and retired military, host nation support, and DoD contractors. Each Service chapter explains why military manpower is assigned to either the Active or the Reserve components. This section communicates our overall policy toward Defense manpower in general. Mobilization manpower is the increased manpower we need above our current peacetime strength to mobilize and conduct wartime military operations. Additional military and civilian personnel are necessary to bring our current peacetime forces up to their full wartime strengths; to man activated units, ships, and squadrons; and to replace casualties. Defense Planning and Programming Categories (DPPCs) are used throughout this report to describe and explain the defense manpower program. All three types of Defense manpower are allocated to specific DPPCs, no position being counted more than once.
United States. Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense/Force Management and Personnel
1988-03
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National Security Decision Directive 301: Establishment and Operation of the U.S. Nuclear Risk Reduction Center
National Security Decision Directive 301 directs policy for the establishment and maintenance of a National Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (U.S. NRRC): The U.S. objective is to use the NRRC Agreement to enhance U.S. efforts to reduce further the risk of conflict with the Soviet Union that could result from accident, miscalculation, or misunderstanding.
United States. White House Office
1988-02-22
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Establishment and Operation of the U.S. Nuclear Risk Reduction Center
The United States will establish and maintain a national Nuclear Risk Reduction Center (U.S. NRRC), which will operate in accordance with the Agreement Between the United States of America and the Soviet Socialist Republics on the Establishment of Nuclear Risk Reduction Centers of September 15, 1987. The U.S. objectives to use the NRRC Agreement to enhance U.S. efforts to reduce further the risk of conflict with the Soviet Union that could result from accident, miscalculation, or misunderstanding. The U.S. NRRC will provide a permanent, rapid, reliable and private means by which the United States and the Soviet Union may [consult] notifications agreed between the two Parties, including those required under certain existing and possible future arms control and confidence building agreements. The U.S. NRRC will not supplant existing channels of communication with the Soviet Union, nor will it have a crisis management role
National Security Council (U.S.)
1988-02
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Nuclear Materials: Section 604, Omnibus Diplomatic Security Antiterrorism Act of 1986: Fact Sheet for Congressional Requesters
Section 604 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 2986 requires that the Secretaries of defense, Energy, and State; the Director of
the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall each review and report on the adequacy of physical security standards for the shipment and storage oE certain amounts of plutonium and enriched uranium outside the United States. The reports were to be provided to the Congress within 6 months of the act's becoming law (by February 27, 1987). This report chronologically outlines key events in the preparation of reports to the congress under section 604 of the omnibus diplomatic security and antiterrorism act of 1986.
Retrieved from: www.archive.gao.gov
United States. General Accounting Office
1988-02
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Aviation Security: Improved Controls Needed To Prevent Unauthorized Access at Key Airports, Report to the Secretary of Transportation
GAO reviewed the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) domestic civil aviation security program. GAO found that, at the nation's highest-risk airports, aviation services firms: (1) could not properly account for their terminated employees' identification badges; (2) failed to challenge unidentified personnel who gained access to restricted airport areas; and (3) allowed employees with identification to bypass screening. GAO also found that FAA: (1) required airport and airline employees to undergo full security screening, effective December 21, 1987; and (2) plans to require all U.S. airports to acquire automated identification systems.
United States. General Accounting Office
1988-01-29
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National Security Decision Directive 298: National Operations Security Program
From the Document: "The objective of National Security Decision Directive 298 is to apply the operations security (OPSEC) process to promote operational effectiveness by helping prevent the inadvertent compromise of sensitive or classified U.S. Government activities, capabilities, or intentions. The five-step OPSEC process entails: identification of critical information, analysis of threats, analysis of vulnerabilities, assessment of risks, and application of appropriate countermeasures."
United States. White House Office
1988-01-22
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Computer Security Act of 1987
The Congress declares that improving the security and privacy of sensitive information in Federal computer systems is in the public interest, and hereby creates a means for establishing minimum acceptable security practices for such systems, without limiting the scope of security measures already planned or in use.
United States. Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office
1988-01-08
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FAA Technical Center: Mission and Role in National Airspace System Plan Implementation, Briefing Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Transportation and Related Agencies, Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate
In response to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Technical Center's roles and responsibilities in the development and implementation of the National Airspace System (NAS) Plan.
GAO found that the Technical Center: (1) provides the test facilities, skills, and services necessary to support the development, testing, and evaluation of NAS equipment, systems, and procedures; (2) supports the modernization of the air traffic control system; (3) maintains the operation of computer systems; (4) provides research into aircraft safety and aviation security; (5) assists program managers in developing procurement specifications and soliciting contractor proposals; and (6) is responsible for the management of the Automated En Route Air Traffic Control II program. GAO also found that: (1) the number of Technical Center employees has decreased, while the number of contractor personnel has quadrupled; (2) funding for contract services increased from $28 million in 1985 to about $59 million in 1987; and (3) overall funding increased from $114 million in 1984 to $144 million in 1987, due to increased appropriations for facilities and equipment for NAS.
United States. General Accounting Office
1988-01-06
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Terrorism, the Media, and the Government
"From 1980 through 1986 the US military was the target of over 250 terrorist attacks. During the same period, American diplomats and diplomatic facilities worldwide were targets in 228 attacks. Close to 5000 international terrorist attacks occurred during that seven-year period, which means that during the decade to date, a US military or diplomatic establishment was attacked about every five days and a terrorist incident occurred every 12 hours. These statistics do not include the fatal attacks in October of last year on two US Air Force sergeants and one retired US Air Force sergeant outside Clark Air Base in the Philippines."
Army War College (U.S.)
Bremer, L. Paul
1988
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Feasibility Report and Environmental Impact Statement on Hurricane Protection and Beach Erosion Control: West Onslow Beach and New River Inlet, North Carolina (Topsail Beach), Draft
"The purpose of this study was to investigate hurricane protection and beach erosion control needs at Topsail Island and develop the most suitable plan of protect ion for this area. Topsail Island is a barrier island located on the central North Carolina coast. It includes the communities of Topsail Beach, Surf City, and West Onslow Beach. This study discloses that the most practicable plan of protection for Topsail Island is a berm and dune project extending along approximately 3 miles of the oceanfront at Topsail Beach. Topsail Beach is located on the southern end of Topsail Island, near New Topsail Inlet. This is the only section of the 21.7-mile-long shoreline of Topsail Island where Federal improvements are economically justified."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1988
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Safety and Health Guide for the Meatpacking Industry
This booklet contains OSHA guidelines for the meatpacking industry. The document outlines potential hazards, protective measures, and other related issues such as emergency response and hazard communication.
United States. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
1988-01-01?
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United States Fire Administration Technical Report Series: Fire and Explosion at Rocket Fuel Plant - Henderson, Nevada
Interagency coordination between fire, police and other agencies and successful triage are discussed in this report.
United States Fire Administration
Routley, J. Gordon
1988?
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Statistical Report United States Attorneys Office: Fiscal Year 1988
This Annual Statistical Report summarizes and presents the criminal prosecutions and civil litigation conducted by the United States Attorneys in Fiscal Year 1988.
Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys
1988?
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Apartment Building Fire: East 50th Street, New York City
This document looks at the apartment building fire on East 50th Street in New York City. This fire demonstrated the need for subjecting multiple occupancy residential buildings to current fire codes regarding installation of fire protection equipment.
United States Fire Administration
1988-01
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Threat of Sabotage and Terrorism to Commercial Nuclear Powerplants, Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on General Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session, March 9, 1988
From the opening statement of Subcommittee Chairman Sam Gejdenson: "The purpose of this afternoon's hearing is to evaluate the adequacy of NRC [U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission] regulations relevant to the protection of commercial nuclear reactors from terrorism and sabotage. [...] There are a number of deficiencies with the design basis threat, the most obvious being that it assumes that terrorists attacking a reactor do not have a car. Consequently, NRC licensees are not required to have vehicle barriers to prevent vehicle access to a reactor. At most plants, the only barrier to cars is a chain-link gate. I was puzzled to learn this. It is simply illogical to assume that any individual in the United States does not have access to an automobile. I was left wondering how the NRC thinks that terrorists attacking a plant would get there. I was disturbed to learn that, in 1986, the Commissioners decided by a vote of 3/2 to continue to assume that terrorists attacking a nuclear reactor would not have a car. Simple prudence and common sense dictate that the NRC assume that terrorists have cars and that licensees should be required to protect against that level of threat." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Daniel Hirsch, Director, Program on Nuclear Policy, University of California; Bruce Hoffman, Staff Member, Rand Corporation; Paul Leventhal, President, Nuclear Control Institute; Clark D. Merer, Chairman, Edison Electric Institute Security Committee on behalf of the American Nuclear Energy Council; and Lando W. Zech, Jr., Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
United States. Government Printing Office
1988
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FAA Regulation of Security at Major U.S. Airports: Hearing before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, December 17, 1987
From the opening statement of Cardiss Collins: "Today's hearing is on security-all aspects of airline passenger security-at the six major U.S. airports. Principally, the components of airline and airport security consist of the following: One, the screening of passenger and carry-on luggage; Two, the proper issuance and control of employee identification badges; Three, measures to prevent unauthorized access to aircraft and restricted airport areas; and Four, procedures to challenge unauthorized persons within restricted airport areas. Approximately 10 months ago, I requested the General Accounting Office [GAO] to review security at all category 'X' U.S. airports. Category X airports are those which, in the view of the Federal Aviation Administration, are most vulnerable to terrorists and other security threats. Currently there are 16 category X airports. Today GAO has completed its review of security at six of those category X airports: Los Angeles International; O'Hare International; National Airport in Washington, DC; JFK; Miami International; and Hartfield International Airport in Atlanta. In presenting those findings to us today, GAO in identifying specific weaknesses in airline and airport security will not-for security reasons-identify specific airports, and I would hope that the subcommittee members would refrain from asking GAO to do so." Statements, letters, and materials submitted for the record include those of the following: Cardiss Collins, Kenneth M. Mead, Thomas J. Barchi, and Thomas C. Sawyer.
United States. Government Printing Office
1988
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Health Evaluation Report 85-375-1861; International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Los Angeles, California
"On May 23, 1985, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request to evaluate respiratory complains, neurologic symptoms, and dermatological problems among fire fighters, police officers, and paramedics following a major chemical warehouse fire that occurred on April 13, 1985, at the Research Organic, Inorganic Chemical Corporation (ROC/RIC) in Sun Valley, California."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Anderson, Kern E.; Melius, James
1988-01
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Flood of October 1986 at Seward, Alaska
From the Abstract: "Broad areas along the lower Resurrection River and Salmon Creek as veil as the surfaces of several adjacent alluvial fans in the Seward area were flooded as a result of the intensive rainstorm of October 9-11, 1986. Severe erosion took place through the steep gradient, mountain canyons and near the apex of the fans, while rock and debris were deposited on the distal parts of the fans. In Godwin, Lost, Box Canyon, Japanese, and Spruce Creek basins, and perhaps others, landslides or debris avalanches dammed the streams temporarily. Subsequent failure or overtopping of these dams led to 'surge-release' flooding; peak discharge of such a flood at Spruce Creek was 13,600 cubic feet per second, four times as great as any previously known maximum discharge from the basin and 2.5 times as great as the runoff rate upstream from the debris dam."
Geological Survey (U.S.); United States. Department of the Interior
Zenone, Chester; Jones, Stanley P.
1988
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Fire Management Notes (Vol.49 No.4)
This is Volume 49, 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
1988
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Fire Management Notes (Vol.49 No.3)
This is Volume 49, 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
1988
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Fire Management Notes (Vol.49 No.2)
This is Volume 49, 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
1988
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Fire Management Notes (Vol.49 No.1)
This is Volume 49, 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
1988
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Patterns of Global Terrorism: 1986
This document produced by the State Department in January 1988 provides graphs and analysis of international terrorist acts for the year of 1986. Topics discussed include trends, states that support terrorism, the numbers of total deaths from acts of terrorism, geographic distribution of acts from 1982 to 1986, and a breakdown of the nationality of victims of terrorist attacks.
United States. Department of State
1988-01
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Security at Nation's Highest Risk Airports, Statement of Kenneth M. Mead, Associate Director, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Government Activities and Transportation Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives
In response to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Civil Aviation Security Program to determine the effectiveness of its passenger screening process at airports with the highest security risk. GAO found that: (1) since the security measures at most airports are interrelated, if one measure fails, another measure is in place to support the failed measure; (2) the FAA policy on passenger screening does not ensure that airport and air carrier employees are not carrying dangerous weapons through the screening process; (3) FAA needs to improve accountability and control over personnel identification systems; (4) airport and air carrier employees do not always challenge unauthorized persons or require that all employees display their identification badges; and (5) although FAA requires perimeter barriers, due to the ineffectiveness of the challenge procedures, unauthorized personnel could gain access to these restricted areas. GAO believes that to improve security FAA should: (1) account for identification badges at high-risk airports; (2) reemphasize airline and airport employee responsibility to challenge the presence of unauthorized persons and stress the importance of properly displaying employee identification; and (3) evaluate the extent to which individual airlines should exempt employees from the passenger screening process.
United States. General Accounting Office
1987-12-17
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Radiological Emergency Manual for Livestock, Poultry and Animal Products
This manual can be used as an, instruction manual for veterinarians and technical specialists on how to manage livestock, poultry, and animal products during and after a radiological emergency. It can also serve as a training resource for use by technical specialists and others who are undergoing specialized training in radiological emergency management of farm, animals.
United States. Department of Agriculture
1987-12-01?
