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• Pet Plan

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  This documents offers information on preparing your pet for emergencies.

  National Flood Insurance Program (U.S.)
• How to Read a Mexican Voter Card

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  This documents contains information and graphics regarding the difference between legitimate and counterfeit Mexican voter card.

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection
• Citizens Helping Fire and Emergency Medical Services

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  "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
• RIO Iowa Project [website]

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  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
• Consumer's Guide to Food Safety: Severe Storms and Hurricanes

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  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
• Food Emergency Response Network (FERN) [website]

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  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
• Grants.gov [website]

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  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
• National Guard Bureau, General Officer Management (NGB-GO)

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  "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
• Missile Defense Agency [website]

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  "The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is a research, development, and acquisition agency within the Department of Defense. Our workforce includes government civilians, military service members, and contractor personnel in multiple locations across the United States. We are focused on retaining and recruiting a dedicated workforce interested in supporting our national security. As we develop, test, and field an integrated Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS), the MDA works closely with the Combatant Commanders (e.g. Pacific Command, Northern Command, etc.) who will rely on the system to protect the United States, our forward deployed forces, and our friends and allies from hostile ballistic missile attack. We work with the Combatant Commanders to ensure that we develop a robust BMDS technology and development program to address the challenges of an evolving threat. We are also steadily increasing our international cooperation by supporting mutual security interests in missile defense. The MDA is committed to maximizing the mission assurance and cost effectiveness of our management and operations through continuous process improvement."

  United States. Missile Defense Agency
• Marine Transportation System (MTS)

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  "The Maritime Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and ten other Federal agencies, in partnership with non-Federal stakeholders, inaugurated a program to improve the marine portion of the national transportation system. The MTS [Marine Transportation System] initiative is a program to ensure a safe and environmentally sound world-class marine transportation system that improves the global competitiveness and national security of the United States. This initiative also supports the Department of Transportation's goal to reduce congestion and other impediments to using the Nation's transportation system."

  Marine Transportation System
• JUSTNET: Justice Technology Information Network [website]

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  "The Justice Technology Information Center [JTIC] provides a portal for professionals to gather information on innovations in the sustainable technology that is transforming the criminal justice system. It is the 'go-to source' for those who make decisions regarding the evaluation, selection and purchase of proven and tested methods, equipment and technology. JTIC also hosts the NIJ Compliance Testing Program for ballistic- and stab-resistant body armor and other officer safety equipment." This website also provides access to information on the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center (NLECTC) System and its other Centers. The Justice Innovation Center for Small, Rural, Tribal and Border Criminal Justice Agencies [JIC] seeks to identify, evaluate and disseminate technology solutions to the operational challenges of small, rural, tribal, and border law enforcement, courts and corrections agencies. The National Criminal Justice Technology Research, Test and Evaluation Center [RT&E] performs market surveys and hands-on research in the areas on new and developing technologies. The Forensic Science Technology Center of Excellence supports the implementation of new forensic technology by end users. Criminal Justice Priority Technology Needs Initiative assesses and prioritizes technology needs across the criminal justice community."

  National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
• National Security Institute [website]

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  "Whether it's protecting the nation's most sensitive secrets or your company's proprietary information, the National Security Institute helps you - and your employees - defend against a growing array of threats from inside and outside your organization. Building on more than three decades of expertise in educating security professionals and government/defense contractor employees responsible for protecting highly classified information, NSI's information security awareness programs educate employees in virtually every market."

  National Security Institute
• House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSC) [website]

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  The US House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence website contains links and resources to subcommittees, committee documents, and open hearings. The purpose of this site is to provide information, about the United States Intelligence Community and about the Committee's role and activities related to oversight of that Community.

  United States. Congress. House. Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence
• CDC Other Information Sources

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  This page from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website contains a list of sites for CDC Resources and Public Health partners, as well as other resource links and links to state and local health departments.

  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• INTERPOL: International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO) [website]

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  "INTERPOL is the world's largest international police organization, with 190 member countries. Our role is to enable police around the world to work together to make the world a safer place. Our high-tech infrastructure of technical and operational support helps meet the growing challenges of fighting crime in the 21st century. [...] We work to ensure that police around the world have access to the tools and services necessary to do their jobs effectively. We provide targeted training, expert investigative support, relevant data and secure communications channels. This combined framework helps police on the ground understand crime trends, analyse information, conduct operations and, ultimately, arrest as many criminals as possible. [...] At INTERPOL, we aim to facilitate international police cooperation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular countries. Action is taken within the limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Our Constitution prohibits 'any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character'." Specific crime areas addressed by INTERPOL include: CBRNE (chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives) , Corruption, Crimes against children, Crimes in sport, Cybercrime, Drugs, Environmental crime, Financial crime, Firearms, Fugitive investigations, Maritime piracy, Organized crime, Pharmaceutical crime, Terrorism, Trafficking in human beings, Trafficking in illicit goods and counterfeiting, Vehicle crime, War crimes, and Works of art.

  International Criminal Police Organization
• Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) [website]

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  The national ITS program, which aims to use advanced technology to improve the efficiency and safety of our Nation's surface transportation system, addresses both information- and infrastructure-based approaches to achieving its goals.

  United States. Department of Transportation
• Bureau of Engraving and Printing: Anti-Counterfeiting

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  This webpage from the United States Department of the Treasury's Bureau of Engraving and Printing offers information on counterfeit money. "Beginning in 1996, the government has been adding advanced security features to our paper money - the first major design change since 1928. Advanced copying technologies have helped raise the incidence of counterfeiting. Ink jet printers, color copiers, and scanners are just a few tools criminals use to create bogus notes. In keeping with the strategy of maintaining the security of our currency by enhancing the designs every 7 - 10 years, a new series of U.S. currency is being issued, beginning with the $20 note which entered circulation on October 9, 2003, followed by the $50 note which was issued on September 28, 2004. The redesigned $10 note entered circulation on March 2, 2006. The redesigned $5 note entered circulation on March 13, 2008. The $100 note is also slated to be redesigned, but a timetable for its introduction is not yet set. The government has no plans to redesign the $1 and $2 notes."

  United States. Department of the Treasury; United States. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
• Interagency OPSEC Support Staff (IOSS) [website]

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  "The primary responsibility of the Interagency OPSEC Support Staff (IOSS) is to act as a consultant to other U.S. government departments or agencies by providing technical guidance and assistance that will result in self-sufficient OPSEC Programs for the protection of U.S operations. Members of the IOSS staff assess OPSEC programs, assist in OPSEC program development, conduct surveys, assessments and provide OPSEC training. The IOSS further supports the National OPSEC Program by providing multimedia products and presenting events that attract attendees from the security, intelligence, research and development, acquisition, and law enforcement communities. These events include the National OPSEC Conference and Exhibition, the National Threat Symposium, and regional training symposia."

  United States. Department of Defense
• International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) [website]

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  IAEM is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to promoting the goals of saving lives and protecting property during emergencies and disasters. Past precedent and lessons learned through emergency disasters is a top priority in establishing proper response, and in this context, training becomes a key factor.

  International Association of Emergency Managers
• ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization [website]

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  ICAO provides information on aviation security and alerts, as well as conferences and news releases related to air navigation services, air traffic management, communication, surveillance, and related operational issues. The organization collects and publishes comprehensive world aviation statistical data.

  International Civil Aviation Organization
• International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA) [website]

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  IBIA is a trade association founded to advance, defend, and support the international interests of the biometric industry. IBIA is governed by and for biometric developers, manufacturers, and integrators, and is impartially dedicated to serve all biometric technologies in all applications.

  International Biometric Industry Association
• International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) [website]

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  The purpose of the International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) is to establish and maintain the highest possible standards in the security consulting profession. The IAPSC promotes the Association and its members to potential user groups, providing additional assurance for clients when evaluating solutions to their security challenges.

  International Association of Professional Security Consultants
• Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster: Project #3: Analysis of Structural Steel

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  In this project, recovered WTC steel will be characterized to: Compare tested properties to specified yield strengths (and bylocation); Assess quality of the recovered steel; and to provide properties to be used in analysis of the buildings to: deduce the baseline performance of the buildings under wind and gravity loads; determine how much damage was done to the buildings, especially the floors and core, by plane impacts; determine how the steel responded to the high temperatures of the fires; determine the most probable structural collapse sequence,

  National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)

  Gayle, Frank
• Fire Endurance Testing of WTC Tower Typical Floor Construction

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  Project outline: In the fire endurance testing of WTC typical floor construction, three tests will be performed: 17 ft (5.2 m) span assembly, thermally restrained; 35 ft (10.7 m) span assembly, thermally restrained; and 35 ft (10.7 m) span assembly, thermally unrestrained. Test results will provide fire endurance ratings to evaluate three primary factors: test scale, fireproofing thickness; and thermal restraint.

  National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)

  Gross, John L.
• Progress of World Trade Center Investigation News Media Briefing

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  Outline of Dr. Arden Bement's remarks at a May 7th news media briefing on the progress of the World Trade Center Investigation.

  National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)

  Bement, A.L.
• Aviation Security System of Systems: Then and Now

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  This chart contrasts the status of security program components in their pre-9/11 state with their current state under the Transportation Security Administration. Components addressed include, airport security screeners, Federal Air Marshalls (FAMs), cockpit doors, federal flight deck officers (FFDOs), checked baggage screening, and federal security directors, and walk through metal detectors (WTMDs).

  United States. Transportation Security Administration
• Security Screeners: Then and Now

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  This chart lists issues including employment, selection process, pay, training, certification, supervision, and attrition that were addressed by the Transportation Security Administration after 9/11 to enhance aviation security at the checkpoint.

  United States. Transportation Security Administration
• Pennsylvania Dept. of Transportation [website]

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  This is an official website of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. A searchable database is available, as well as news and information links.

  Pennsylvania. Department of Transportation
• Federal Transit Administration: Office of Transit Safety and Oversight

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  "The Office of Transit Safety and Oversight administers a national transit safety program and program compliance oversight process to advance the provision of safe, reliable, and equitable transit service through adherence with legislative, policy and regulatory requirements as established by FTA [Federal Transit Administration]."

  United States. Federal Transit Administration
• United States Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) [website]

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  The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), a major Army command, conducts dominant intelligence, security and information operations for military commanders and national decision makers.

  United States. Army. Army Intelligence & Security Command