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Emergency Management Assistance Program Should Contribute More Directly To National Civil Defense Objectives
"The objectives of our review were: to evaluate State procedures for administering EMA funds including procedures for making awards to local subgrantees and to determine whether FEMA established objectives for the EMA Program and what methods it uses to ensure recipients are accountable for meeting these objectives. Our review, which was conducted between July 1981 and February 1982, involved both extensive field work at State and local governments and an analysis of Federal policies and procedures at FEMA headquarters and regional offices. This audit was performed in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards."
United States. General Accounting Office
1982-11-05
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Fire and the Related Effects of Nuclear Explosions: 1982 Asilomar Conference
"This report summarizes the proceedings of a FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]-sponsored Conference (organized and arranged by SRI [Stanford Research Institute] International under subcontract to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) on fire and the related effects of nuclear explosions (with passing attention to earthquakes and other nonnuclear mishaps). This conference, the fifth of an annual series (formally called Blast/Fire Interaction Conferences), was held during the week of April 25, 1982, again at Asilomar, California. The 1982 Conference was a technical meeting designed to transfer information and to critically appraise on-going research. Accordingly, in contrast to past conference objectives, research program planning was intentionally omitted, and the workshops previously tasked with the development of research requirements and priorities were replaced with technical discussion groups. With this exception, the general meeting format remained unchanged; plenary lectures were interspersed with reviews of the active FEMA Work Units, fire research programs separately sponsored, and concurrent discussion sessions on five separate technical topics. A significant portion of the 1982 Conference was devoted to reviews of the fire research programs at the National Bureau of Standards Center for Fire Research and the recently reinitiated program of assessment of the fire effects of nuclear explosions funded by the Defense Nuclear Agency. This report contains the program summaries and minutes from the five technical-issue discussion groups. The meeting was international with representation from the United Kingdom Sweden, and Japan in addition to representatives from government, industry, and academe in the United States."
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Alger, Raymond S.; Martin, Stanley B.
1982-11
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DoD Directive 5215.1: Computer Security Evaluation Center
This Directive establishes the DoD Computer Security Evaluation Center (CSEC), provides policy and assigns responsibilities for the technical evaluation of computer system and network security, and related technical research.
United States. Department of Defense
1982-10-25
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Department of the Interior Departmental Manual, Part 905: Disaster Assistance Chapter 1: Policy, Functions, and Responsibilities
This U.S. Department of the Interior Departmental Manual, Part 905: Disaster Assistance, Chapter 1 outlines the purpose, definitions, authorities, Disaster declaration, policy, organizations, functions and responsibilities, for Policy, Functions, and Responsibilities.
United States. Department of the Interior
1982-10-08
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U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases. Annual Progress Report: Fiscal Year 1982
A report on the research program of the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases on Medical Defense against Biological Agent (U) for Fiscal Year 1982 is presented. The formal mission tasking USAMRIID reads as follows: Perform studies on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, prophylaxis, treatment, and epidemiology of naturally occurring infectious diseases of military importance with emphasis on problems associated with the medical defense against biological agents and on the microorganisms which require special containment facilities.
U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
Bunner, David L.; Berendt, R.F.; Bailey, C.L.
1982-10-01
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Report of Defense Science Board Task Force on Mapping, Charting and Geodesy
The purpose of this study was to identify and evaluate current and future Mapping, Charting and Geodesy (MC&G) requirements in the DoD and to assess the capability of the Defense Mapping Agency to respond to those requirements with regard to equipment, organization and funding. The Task Force determined that DMA has made significant progress in accommodating ever-increasing demands for technical support, especially in processing digital data for use in modern weapon systems. The most significant recommendation made by the Task Force was that DMA now be authorized to commit funds in the 6.1 and 6.2 areas for internal technology base development.
United States. Department of Defense
1982-10
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Personnel Security Procedures
From the Document: "The Deputy Secretary of Defense has announced a new personnel security policy for Department of Defense affiliated individuals (civilians, military, contractors) who are cleared for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI). This policy authorizes the conduct of polygraph examinations on those individuals affiliated with NSA [National Security Agency] who are cleared for SCI access."
United States. National Security Agency
Faurer, Lincoln D.
1982-09-27
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Executive Order 12382--President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee
EO 12382 establishes "the President's National Security
Telecommunications Advisory Committee which shall be composed of no more than 30 members.
These members shall have particular knowledge and expertise in the field of telecommunications and
represent elements of the Nation's telecommunications industry. Members of the Committee shall be
appointed by the President. [...] The Committee shall provide to the President, among other things, information
and advice from the perspective of the telecommunications industry with respect to the
implementation of Presidential Directive 53 (PD/NSC-53), National Security Telecommunications
Policy."
United States. Office of the Federal Register
Reagan, Ronald
1982-09-13
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National Security Decision Directive 53: U.S. Approach to START Negotiations IV
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 44 provides additional guidance on the U.S. approach to the START [Strategic Arms Reduction Talks] negotiations outlined in NSDD 33, NSDD 36 and NSDD 44.
United States. White House Office
1982-09-03
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Feasibility Report and Environmental Assessment on Shore and Hurricane Wave Protection: Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
"This Feasibility Report presents the results of a study conducted to address the need for beach erosion control, hurricane protection, and related purposes at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Wrightsville Beach is located on the Atlantic Ocean in New Hanover County. It has a permanent population of about 3,000 and a peak summer population of about 25,000. The beach within the existing shore protection project is publicly owned and constitutes 20 percent of the beach area in the State that is readily accessible and open to free public access. Continued existence of the beach and dune system is of vital importance to the economic security and community stability of Wrightsville Beach. There are records of many hurricanes dating back to the early 1700's that have caused severe damage in the Wrightsville Beach area. Most recently, heavy property damage resulted from hurricanes. occurring in 1944, 1954, 1955, 1958, and 1960."
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
1982-09
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Health Hazard Evaluation Report HETA 82-255-1193; Firing Range Police Dept. Cape Girardeau, Missouri
"In May of 1982, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the Police Department at Cape Girardeau, Missouri to evaluate lead exposure in the indoor firing range located in the new police department building in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. [...] Based on results of environmental samples obtained during this evaluation, NIOSH determined that a substantial hazard of occupational exposure to lead exists at the Cape Girardeau Police Department Firing Range when this range is used. Recommendations relating to medical surveillance, ventilation, material substitutions, respiratory protection and general operating procedures at the range are presented in Section 7 of the report."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Bicknell, Ralph J.
1982-09
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Improved Planning Needed by the Corps of Engineers to Resolve Environment, Technical, and Financial Issues on the Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection Project
This report to the Secretary of the Army reviews the Lake Pontchartrain Hurricane Protection Project evaluating the cost, schedule, performance problems, and their associated impacts on the project. It reviews the Army Corps of Engineers' studies, plans, reports, and financial records.
United States. General Accounting Office
1982-08-17?
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Trends in Conventional Arms Transfers to the Third World by Major Supplier, 1974-1981 [August 12, 1982]
"This report is an update of previous reports by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) on the subject of conventional arms transfers. It provides unclassified background data on more recent trends in the transfer of conventional arms by major suppliers to the Third World."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Grimmett, Richard F.
1982-08-12
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National Security Decision Directive 51: U.S. Nuclear Testing Limitations Policy
National Security Decision Directive 51 outlines the U.S. Nuclear Testing Limitations policy. "As a result of the National Security Council meeting of July 19, 1982, on nuclear testing limitations, it has been decided that a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty remains a long-term U.S. objective, but that in the near term, our priority efforts must be directed toward achieving effective verification measures for the Threshold Test Ban and Peaceful Nuclear Explosions treaties."
United States. White House Office
1982-08-10
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Aircraft Accident Report-- Air Florida, Inc., Boeing 737-222, N62AF, Collision with 14th Street Bridge, Near Washington National Airport, Washington D.C., January 13, 1982
This accident report recounts the cause of the crash of Air Florida flight 90 into the 14th Street bridge in Washington DC as it departed Washington National Airport on January 13, 1982.
United States. National Transportation Safety Board
1982-08-10
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Obstacles to U.S. Ability To Control and Track Weapons-Grade Uranium Supplied Abroad
Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the ability of the United States to control and account for highly enriched, weapons-grade uranium supplied abroad. This report focuses on U.S. administrative controls, physical security reviews, international safeguards and the U.S. ability to keep track of exports of highly enriched uranium. Also addressed were U.S. efforts to develop a non-weapons-grade uranium fuel to be used as a substitute for highly enriched uranium.
The central computer system currently used by the Department of Energy (DOE) to track all U.S. highly enriched uranium exports to foreign countries is incomplete and inaccurate. Although DOE has been working to improve the information in the system, it has not used some readily available internal data. GAO believes that efforts to streamline and consolidate needed information are warranted. The United States attempts to regulate the exports of highly enriched uranium fuels with: (1) agreements for cooperation, (2) export licenses, and (3) subsequent arrangements made with other countries. To minimize the risks of having weapons-grade material accumulate abroad, DOE has the authority to accept returns of spent highly enriched uranium of U.S. origin from other nations. However, several factors relating to charges and shipping costs may be discouraging some nations from returning such fuel. The U.S. Government has become increasingly concerned with the physical security of highly enriched uranium due to the increase in terrorism. Current methods of conducting physical security reviews within nations receiving U.S. highly enriched uranium are inadequate due to the limitations placed on such reviews by foreign governments. However, officials stated that there is a growing effort to establish some universal safety standards. Nonproliferation efforts have centered around minimizing the use of highly enriched uranium by using a lower grade. GAO stated that a number of obstacles will have to be overcome if such a conversion is to occur.
United States. General Accounting Office
1982-08-02
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Pertinent Meteorological and Hurricane Tide Data for Hurricane Carla
"This report combines the meteorological and oceanographic data for a single storm event, Hurricane Carla [1961], providing information useful for storm surge modeling. The study presents detailed analyses of the storm track, forward speed, central pressure, and radius to maximum wind, with particular attention given to the period surrounding landfall [in Texas]. Tide gauge and high water mark data give both a time history and geographic depiction of the storm surge."
United States. Department of Commerce; United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; United States. National Weather Service
Ho, Frances P.; Miller, John Frederick, 1928-
1982-08
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National Security Decision Directive 47: Emergency Mobilization Preparedness
"A fundamental obligation of government is to provide for the security of the Nation and to protect its people, values, and its social, economic and political structures. Inherent in that obligation is the requirement to have an emergency mobilization preparedness program which will provide an effective capability to meet defense and essential civillian needs during national security emergencies and major domestic emergencies. [National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 47] aims not to commit the Federal Government to a particular course of action, but rather to assure that a range of options are available in time of grave national emergency."
United States. White House Office
1982-07-22
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National Security Decision Directive 44: U.S. Approach to START Negotiations III
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 44 provides additional guidance on the U.S. approach to the START [Strategic Arms Reduction Talks] negotiations outlined in NSDD 33 and NSDD 36.
United States. White House Office
1982-07-10
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Special Historical Study: A Historical Study of Strategic Connectivity, 1950-1981
"The term strategic connectivity has entered the lexicon of military usage only recently. The Joint Chiefs of Staff have defined it as: the facilities, systems, and procedures that interconnect the National Command Authorities (NCA), National Military Command System (NMCS), nuclear CINCS [Commander-in-Chief Reporting System], and nuclear executing commanders. It encompasses the NCA, Military Staff Office in the White House, the White House Communications Agency (WHCA), National Military Command Center (NMCC), Alternate National Military Command Center (ANMCC), NORAD [North American Aerospace Defense Control] warning systems, National Emergency Airborne Command Post (NEACP), CROWN Helicopter operations (USMC [U.S. Marine Corps] helicopters used to move the President], and all links and nodes that interconnect these facilities with the executing commanders of SIOP [Single Integrated Operational Plan] aircraft, Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Launch Control Centers (LCCs), and Ballistic Missile Submarines (SSBNs). Although the term is recent, the procedures and systems that compose strategic connectivity are not. Ever since the deployment of nuclear weapons with US military forces, it has been essential to have assured control and connection between those forces and the proper command authorities. Systems and procedures to that end have evolved over the years in accordance with the constantly expanding technology associated with nuclear weapons and the means for their delivery."
United States. Joint Chiefs of Staff
1982-07
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Arson Control Guide for Volunteer Fire Departments
"Arson is a human-made disaster. This crime causes more deaths than all natural disasters combined, and its economic toll in direct and indirect losses rises into billions of dollars. That is why reducing arson is a major Federal Emergency Management Agency goal, consistent with our efforts to reduce death, injury and destruction. To reduce arson, improvement needs to be made in the management of prevention and control programs, in the detection and investigation of the crime and in the elimination of economic and psychological incentives of arson. This manual will prove to be an invaluable guidebook to help prevent and control this tragic and wasteful manmade disaster."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
Weisman, Herman M.
1982-07
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Atlantic Hurricane Season of 1981
"Eleven named tropical cyclones and one subtropical cyclone were tracked during 1981 in the Atlantic-Caribbean region. There were no landfalling hurricanes."
National Hurricane Center (2012- )
Lawrence, Miles B.; Pelissier, Joseph M., 1937-
1982-07
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Public Law 97-200: Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982
"An Act to amend the National Security Act of 1947 to prohibit the unauthorized disclosure of information identifying certain United States intelligence officers, agents, informants, and sources."
United States. Government Printing Office
1982-06-23
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Rescue Assault Forces: Integrated Strategic Role in National Security
From the thesis abstract: "This study examines the adequacy of present U.S. counterterrorist strategy and force development as an integral part of U.S. National Security policies. Emphasis is placed on countering the hostage and kidnapping duration event forms of terrorism and their destabilizing effect on U.S.--Third World relationships. The study includes a historical review of force development as a function of national security objective since the end of World War II. The historical aspect identifies those major weapons system programs which will likely dominate defense expenditures in the decade(s) ahead. The concept of an inadequate counterterrorist strategy will focus on the threat to U.S. National Security posed by changes taking place in the Third World. The increased U.S. dependence on foreign Third World natural resources and Soviet geostrategic gains are presented as a basis for challenging the current force development emphasis on nuclear and conventional forces. To meet the challenge of the possible inadequacy of current counterterrorist priority, a corollary to this thesis examines the potential contribution to National Security which could be made by a permanently organized rescue assault force equipped with the best available strategic transport technology."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Prichard, Joe Douglas
1982-06-04
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Effectiveness of Counter-Terrorist Policies
"The purpose of this study is to examine the policies that have been used against urban terrorism, and to evaluate their effectiveness. In order to see if a particular policy is effective, the level of terrorist activity will be plotted over time, and then examined to see if the fluctuations bear any relationship to the introduction and operation of the policy. The analysis is limited to situations where urban terrorism poses a major threat to society; it ignores spasmodic terrorism by lone individuals or small groups. In other words, the aim is to discover the appropriate response if terrorists are well-organized and have the popular support and other resources necessary to conduct a protracted campaign. Five cases have been selected for detailed examination: Northern Ireland (1970- ), Spain (1975- ), Italy (1977- ), Uruguay (1968-73) and Cyprus (1955-59). This group includes the three most important on-going campaigns and two concluded campaigns which served as prototypes for many later groups."
United States. Department of State. Office of Long-Range Assessments and Research
Hewitt, Christopher
1982-06
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National Security Decision Directive 36: U.S. Approach to START Negotiations II
National Security Decision Directive (NSDD) 36 provides additional guidance on the U.S. approach to the START [Strategic Arms Reduction Talks] negotiations outlined in NSDD 33.
United States. White House Office
1982-05-25
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National Security Decision Directive 32: U.S. National Security Strategy
National Security Decision Directive 32 sets forth the US National security Strategy based on a review of a study (NSSD 1-82). From the Document: "Our national security requires development and integration of a set of strategies, including diplomatic, informational, economic/political, and military components. NSSD 1-82 begins that process. Part I of the study provides basic U.S. national objectives, both global and regional, and shall serve as the starting point for all components of our national security strategy."
United States. White House Office
1982-05-20
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National Security Decision Directive 33: U.S. Approach to START Negotiations
National Security Decision Directive 33 set forth an approach to achieve the U.S. goal of "[enhancing] deterrence and [achieving] stability through significant reductions in the most destabilizing systems, ballistic missiles, and especially ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles], while maintaining and overall level of strategic nuclear capability sufficient to deter conflict, underwrite our national security, and meet our commitments to Allies and friends."
United States. White House Office
1982-05-14
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SIGINT Committee
The mission of the SIGINT Committee is to advise and assist the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) and the Director, National Security Agency (DIRNSA) in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities with respect to Signals Intelligence as specified in Executive Order 12333, to monitor and assist in coordinating within the Intelligence Community the accomplishment of objectives
established by the DCI, and to promote the effective use of Intelligence Community SIGINT resources.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
1982-05-12
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Information Handling Committee
The Committee will advise the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) on the establishment of common objectives for Intelligence Community information handling and coordinate the achievement of these objectives through improvement and integration of Intelligence Community information handling systems. Information handling includes the functions of receipt of information
from collection sources, dissemination, transformation, indexing, categorization, storage, retrieval and presentation, automatic data
processing, telecommunications, and teleprocessing related thereto.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
1982-05-04
