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Department of Homeland Security Science & Technology Center of Excellence Directors' Meeting - Fall 2013 PowerPoint Presentations
This is a compilation of all the PowerPoint Presentations from the DHS Science & Technology (S&T) Center of Excellence (COE) Directors' Meeting held on October 25, 2013. "The meeting focused on the COE End-to-End (E2E) projects. The COE directors were able to brainstorm with and obtain feedback from DHS end users about testing, evaluation, and transition of technologies to the DHS components or first responder agencies. Attendees
included S&T leadership and representatives from several DHS components including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, National Protection and Programs Directorate, Office of Health Affairs, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Secret Service, and Transportation Security Administration."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-10-25
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Mobile Applications for Training Technology Guide
From the Introduction: "Training programs designed to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets can provide emergency response organizations with a cost-effective and flexible alternative to traditional classroom instruction and field training. These mobile applications, henceforth called mobile apps, can be created to cover a wide range of training material and allow students to complete required and supplemental coursework anytime and anywhere. This technology guide presents information on mobile hardware and software technology focusing on the process and benefits of developing mobile apps for emergency response training, and app development tools that require little knowledge of programming. The content for this document was obtained through Internet research and interviews with subject matter experts conducted from January to July 2013."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; System Assessment and Validation for Emergency Responders (SAVER)
2013-10
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After Action Report: Next Generation Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Discussion Meeting, June 26-27, 2013
From the Executive Summary: "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's (S&T) Support to the Homeland Security Enterprise and First Responders Group, commonly referred to as the First Responders Group (FRG), works to strengthen the emergency preparedness and response community's ability to protect the homeland. By involving first responders throughout the technology development process, FRG pursues a better understanding of needs and requirements and develops innovative solutions to the most pressing challenges faced during daily operations and emergencies. FRG engages first responders at an operational level to identify their roles, needs, concerns, and obstacles. The need for responder input led to the creation of the First Responder Resource Group (FRRG). The FRRG is comprised of over 120 practitioners from around the country representing multiple disciplines including fire, law enforcement, emergency medical services (EMS), emergency management, communications, and the medical community. In addition to speaking to the needs of their respective disciplines, many of the members represent major national emergency response associations." This document includes images and tables to illustrate the text.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-09-24
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Study of Integration Strategy Considerations for Wireless Emergency Alerts
"This report supports the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation (RDT&E) program, formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS), by identifying and analyzing key WEA adoption issues. The report captures key challenges for WEA message originators and provides recommendations to help the emergency management agency (EMA) community avoid common pitfalls as it plans and implements the WEA service. The report summarizes the current strengths and challenges of WEA, how WEA fits into the alert originator's toolbox, and overall considerations for integrating a new WEA tool or service into an emergency management system as that system becomes ever more complex. The report also covers key topics for adopting a WEA tool or service, including requirements specification, cloud trends, cybersecurity, product selection, testing, coordinating among tools and alerting organizations, operational considerations, and alternatives to buying a WEA solution. For each of these topics, recommendations offer guidance that EMAs can use to navigate the process of adopting and integrating WEA into their alerting capabilities."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-09
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Maximizing Trust in the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Service
Taken from the Introduction: "Trust is a key factor in the effectiveness of the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) service, formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert Service. Alert originators (AOs) at emergency management agencies (EMAs) must trust WEA to deliver alerts to the public in an accurate and timely manner. Absent this trust, AOs will not use WEA. The public must also trust the WEA service. They must understand and believe the messages they receive before they will act on them. The AOs, the EMAs, and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must all strive to maximize and maintain trust in the WEA service if it is to be an effective alerting tool."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-09
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First Responder Support Tools (FiRST) Sharing Service (FSS) Operational Field Assessment
Taken from the Executive Summary: "On September 18, 2013, the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory (NUSTL) executed the Operational Field Assessment of the First Responder Support Tools (FiRST) Sharing Service (FSS) for the R-Tech program, a program that seeks to rapidly develop new technology solutions for first responders, in conjunction with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) at NUSTL in New York City. The FSS is an extension of the FiRST application, which was developed by Applied Research Associates Inc. FiRST is a map-based tool used to help the first-on-the-scene responders coordinate response activities. FiRST is specifically designed to help responders handle incidents involving improvised explosive devices or hazardous materials incidents at the very critical moments before specialists can be brought to the scene. FSS is a suite of Web-based software tools that enhance the FiRST tool and allow information to be shared with other first responders who may need access to make more informed response decisions. Overall, the NYPD participants found the FSS to be useful. It has the ability to positively augment the way first responders approach incidents; however, it was not a high-priority need for their agency. Currently the NYPD's standard operating procedures minimize the need for a technological solution to create safe zones for threats. The value added by the device is great but not high enough to warrant the necessary changes to current operating procedures and the cost of implementation. Participants provided feedback concerning methods of implementation, the graphical user interface, and features that may be incorporated into future iterations to make FSS more useful and marketable to other jurisdictions and agencies."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
Patel, Bhargav
2013-08
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First Responders Group: Improving Communication Between Ambulances and the Hearing Impaired
This document was delivered on July 28, 2013, and formally released on September 10, 2013. "Emergency Medical Services (EMS) providers face high rates of injuries and fatalities. There is a need to ensure that drivers are accurately warned of the presence of an ambulance so that they can quickly remove themselves from the ambulance's path and reduce the probability of injury to themselves, EMS workers, and patients. One population that particularly faces challenges in recognizing an ambulance's presence is the hearing-impaired. Over 38 million people (12 percent of the population) in the United States have a significant hearing loss […]. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) First Responders Group (FRG), in partnership with the S&T Resilient Systems Division (RSD), sponsored an effort to explore the challenges faced by the hearing-impaired in detecting and localizing an ambulance in the area and identify technologies that could address these challenges. A team comprised of BMT Designers & Planners (D&P) and Carlow International used information gathered from literature reviews, interviews, and surveys to examine hearing-impaired drivers' needs in responding to ambulances and potential technology to meet said needs. A set of high-level research objectives and considerations were developed to explore the issue of ambulance communication with hearing-impaired drivers. These included: [1] What characteristics of warning devices would be most effective in communicating ambulance presence and location to hearing-impaired drivers? This would include single modalities like visual or tactile/haptic as well as combined modalities. [2] How effective the warning devices are with respect to improving hearing-impaired driver situation awareness and responses. This report describes the research approach and results in detail."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
Boone, Carlotta M.; Avery, Larry W.; Moore, Jennifer . . .
2013-07-28
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Workshop Report: Identification of Key Knowledge Gaps in Social Media Use During Disasters
"The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate and the National Geospatial- Intelligence Agency (NGA) hosted a two-day workshop from July 22 to 23, 2013, to look at current uses of social media by public and private sector disaster response agencies and research being conducted by academic institutions. Participants included officials from government agencies, researchers from the academic community, and users of social media from disaster response agencies. The overall goals of this workshop were to: 1) provide situational awareness on the current social media efforts by disaster response organizations and academic institutions; 2) identify priority operational needs and research gaps; and 3) develop a set of research questions for future consideration by NGA and DHS research programs and their university partners. The workshop focused on four main topic areas: 1) operational challenges; 2) social science challenges; 3) visual and data analytics challenges; and 4) technical challenges. This report summarizes the main operational challenges and research gaps identified within these four areas."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; United States. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
2013-07-22
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Wireless Emergency Alerts: System Enhancement Recommendations
Taken from the Executive Summary: "This document describes several recommended enhancements for the operation, performance, and maintenance of the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), formerly known as the Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS). The recommendations are partially based on the results of a previous Computer Model and Simulation Results study undertaken as part of the WEA Program at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T). In addition to this study, potential use cases of WEA and engineering best practices for secure and highly reliable systems were considered for inclusion in this document."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-07
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Wireless Emergency Alerts: Computer Model and Simulation Results
Taken from the Executive Summary: "This document describes work undertaken as part of the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) Program, formerly known as Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS), at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T). A computer model was developed for the purposes of investigating WEA system performance under specific scenarios and to identify recommended enhancements. This report presents the modeling approach and the results of the simulations performed using the model. The results highlight potential improvements that should be considered by DHS and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in future iterations of WEA. A public alert and warning system like WEA has to be able to operate continuously despite possible extreme conditions (e.g., massive infrastructure damage, heavy network traffic, cyber attacks). Because it is not possible to generate these conditions for testing in a controlled environment, a WEA computer model was developed to simulate the transmission of alert messages from alert origination through delivery to a citizen's mobile device. This report presents an analysis of simulated system performance under a variety of conditions, including scenarios with extreme conditions."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-07
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Wireless Emergency Alerts: Mobile Penetration Strategy
"When a disaster occurs, such as the one in Roane County, many people need to know about it. In the past, the news of such an event would go out over radio and television broadcasts. However, that process takes time, and many people might not be watching television or listening to the radio. An increasingly large segment of the population listens to music on smartphones rather than the radio, watches entertainment programs on tablet computers instead of on television, and relies on mobile phones instead of landlines. Sending alerts to wireless mobile devices is faster and provides a way to contact those who would otherwise miss the alert. Recognizing this problem, Executive Order 13407 directed the modernization of public alert and warning systems. One result from this effort was a system that is now called Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA),which provides a new way to send emergency alerts to the U.S. public. Under the WEA service, alerts are sent to mobile devices connected to participating commercial mobile service provider (CMSP) networks. In 2011, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agreed that the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate should develop a WEA Mobile Penetration Strategy."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-07
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Case Study of Interference Between Public Safety Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Public Safety 700 MHz Land Mobile Radio
"Newly developed broadband wireless technology to benefit the consumer market, known as '4G' (fourth generation) or Long Term Evolution (LTE), has been adapted to operate on frequencies to be exclusively used by public safety, and is to be deployed nationwide as the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). Public safety LTE occupies two blocks of spectrum at 758-768 MHz, which is paired with duplex spectrum that is offset +30 MHz, at 788-798 MHz. These frequency bands are adjacent to public safety narrowband spectrum for land mobile radio (LMR), which occupies 769-775 MHz that is similarly paired with duplex spectrum +30 MHz offset at 799-805 MHz. This technical white paper reports on the observations by Public Safety Communications Research (PSCR) personnel of one case study on the interference potential between these two services."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-06
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Lessons Learned: Social Media and Hurricane Sandy
"Social media and collaborative technologies have become critical components of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. From the international response efforts in major tsunamis to hurricane response and recovery in major U.S. cities, many government officials now turn to social media technologies to share information and connect with citizens during all phases of a crisis. Implementing these new technologies, however, requires that responding agencies adopt new communication strategies and engagement methods. Recognizing the need to address these challenges, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) established the Virtual Social Media Working Group (VSMWG) in December 2010. The mission of the VSMWG is to provide guidance and best practices to the emergency preparedness and response community on the safe and sustainable use of social media technologies before, during, and after emergencies. Drawn from a cross section of subject matter experts from federal, tribal, territorial, state, and local responders from across the United States, VSMWG members are establishing and collecting best practices and solutions that can be leveraged by public safety officials and responders throughout the nation's emergency response community. Below is a list of agencies to which the VSMWG members belong. [...] The VSMWG developed this document with input from the public safety community through monthly meetings, online engagement hosted on the DHS First Responder Communities of Practice portal and through virtual discussions via other social media channels between November 2012 and April 2013. This report serves as a follow-up to all of the previously published VSMWG documents, including the Social Media Strategy, Next Steps: Social Media for Emergency Response, and Community Engagement and Social Media Best Practices. This document provides an overview on how social media was used in preparation for, in response to, and in recovery from Hurricane Sandy ('Sandy') in late October 2012. It also discusses processes identified by the first responder community as best practices; presents examples, themes in applications, and lessons learned; identifies gaps in technology, process, and/or policy; and offers points requiring further discussion."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-06
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Test Report for the Internal/External Temperature Heads-Up Display
From the Introduction: "Firefighters in situations requiring Level-A hazardous materials (hazmat) suits face a host of dangers, including a reduced ability to accurately monitor the internal and external temperatures of their suits. The high temperatures in these situations pose a significant danger to firefighters, and this danger is heightened when firefighters are less capable of sensing the heat around them. The suits can be heavy, cumbersome, and provide for low dexterity. The heft of the suits provides for increased protection against high heat, but it also deprives firefighters of some of the physical sensory perception they would normally use to make decisions. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) First Responders Group (FRG), through its Responder Technologies division, funded the development of a system to solve this problem for firefighters. Ultra Electronics - USSI was the vendor chosen to develop this new technology. On April 30, 2013, members of the New York City Fire Department's (FDNY) hazmat team tested the suitability of this prototype. [...] The purpose of this evaluation was to gauge the suitability of the Thermal Heads-Up Display (HUD) in its current state based on a user evaluation to determine its ability to be a marketable and viable solution for first responders who don Level-A hazmat suits."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
Patel, Bhargav
2013-06
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Who Did You Call Following the Boston Marathon Bombing?
"Northeastern University in Boston has just launched a study of how mobile phones are used for communication around emergencies, with two surveys to examine phone use during Hurricane Sandy, and after the bombings at the Boston Marathon. Both surveys utilize special Android apps that, while preserving privacy, identify the contacts that participants spoke to and texted with most frequently during and after these events. The app then generates a survey that asks participants about how they were affected by events (e.g., Did they lose electricity during Sandy? How near the bombings were they?), their relationships to important contacts, as well as questions about their reliance on social and mainstream media."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
Lazer, David
2013-05-21
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Digital Video Quality Handbook
"Anyone who has lost connectivity or suffered packet loss while watching a live televised sporting event knows the frustration of missing a key play because of a poor picture. For security practitioners using incident video services, however, a clear picture could mean the difference between pursuit and capture, loss and recovery, or even life and death. This guidance document--Digital Video Quality Handbook--links a design process with real life situations that use video in public safety applications, called 'use cases,' to the product classes, network infrastructure, and display devices in the solution. […] This document provides voluntary guidance in deploying video quality for network video surveillance applications. All requirements and references stated in this handbook are consistent with established best practices."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-05
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Defining Video Quality Requirements: A Guide for Public Safety
Taken from the Executive Summary: "Often, emergency responders must consider a multitude of factors, such as installation, testing, support, redundancy, and training, before making video component procurement decisions. The guide provides an overview of video systems, defines functional concepts of video quality, explains how to generalize a use case with a use class, and provides a brief explanation of the qualitative aspects of video components. Emergency responders involved in the procurement process-of a video system either in part or in its entirety-will find this guide valuable because it considers an end-to-end system. For example, this guide identifies needs associated with a video stream as it travels from the scene (camera) through the system to the end user viewing the scene on a remote display. There is a wide range of information that exists related to video quality and selection of video components such as installation, maintenance, training, and interoperability. While this guide does not provide detailed specifications and standards for video components, the Video Quality in Public Safety Working Group plans to release future guidance on technical performance specifications and standards that address various components of the video system."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-05
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Objective Speech Quality Estimates for Project 25/Voice over Long Term Evolution (P25/VoLTE) Interconnections
Taken from the Abstract: "In an extended Project 25/Voice over Long Term Evolution (P25/VoLTE) public safety communication system, voice signals will pass through both Multi-Band Excitation (MBE) and Adaptive Multi-Rate (AMR) speech coders. Thus, it is important to quantify the speech quality that can be expected for MBE, AMR, and combinations of these speech coders. We used the Perceptual Evaluation of Speech Quality (PESQ) algorithm to provide initial assessments of speech quality for these coders alone and in combinations. Funding for this work was provided by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate, through its Office for Interoperability and Compatibility. The work was conducted at the Public Safety Communications Research program's Boulder, Colorado, laboratories under the supervision of J. R. Bratcher. Certain commercial equipment and materials are identified in this report to adequately specify the technical aspects of the reported results. In no case does such identification imply recommendation or endorsement by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, National Institute of Standards and Technology, or DHS, nor does it imply that the material or equipment identified is the best available for this purpose."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-03
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Virtual Social Media Working Group
"Social media and collaborative technologies have become critical components in emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. From the international response efforts after major tsunamis to hurricane and snowstorm recovery across the United States, government officials and response partners are increasingly turning to social media to share information and connect with the community. Implementing these new technologies, however, requires that responding agencies adopt new tools, methods, and strategies. To address the challenges associated with the adoption of social media, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) established the Virtual Social Media Working Group (VSMWG) in 2010. The mission of the VSMWG is to provide recommendations to the emergency preparedness and response community on the safe and sustainable use of social media technologies before, during, and after emergencies."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013-02-26
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Accessing and Monitoring Weather Data to Aid Decision-Making During Hazardous Events [webcast]
This webinar is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, First Responders Group, Capacity Building Webinar Series which was held on February 5, 2013. Tom Crane, Bill Sammler, Jack Settelmaier, John Kelley, and Christina McCullough. Much of the webcast features an explanation of early warning systems for predicting and tracking weather events and websites which employ geospatial technology.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
Crane, Tom; Sammler, Bill; Settelmaier, Jack . . .
2013-02-05
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Cyber Security Division: Transition to Practice Technology Guide (Volume 1)
Through the TTP [Transition to Practice] Program, S&T [DHS Science & Technology Directorate] is identifying innovative, federally funded cybersecurity research that addresses cybersecurity needs and helping to transition this research into the Homeland Security Enterprise through partnerships and commercialization. This guide represents an important step in that process as all of the technologies included in this guide are ready to be piloted in an operational environment or to be transitioned into a commercially available product. [...] This technology guide is the first edition of what will be an annual publication."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2013?
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Defining Multi-Band Radio Requirements: A Procurement Guide for Emergency Responders
"This guide was written to assist departments and agencies in making MBR [Multi-Band Radio] radio equipment procurement decisions. The guides includes two parts. The first part provides background information to users responsible for writing the operational requirements and for the financial managers, providing them a better understanding of the regulatory requirements and the problems with radio communications interoperability between responders. The second part of the guide consists of a series of appendices that provide greater technical detail on the capabilities of the MBR and accessories available from the original manufacturers and from secondary markets. Each provides background information on the specific capability or feature and contains a checklist that will allow the user to conduct research of available products by manufacturer. The appendices include batteries, battery chargers, external speaker microphones, holsters and a host of other specialty accessories developed for specific applications."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2012-12
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Multi-Band Radio Pilot Report: Operational Assessment
"For years, interoperable communication was limited to a first responder from one agency calling the dispatcher via radio, who contacted the dispatcher at the other agency via telephone, who then contacted their own agency's responder via radio in order to relay information. This was the only way of communicating even though both radio systems may have operated on the same radio band. The latency in sharing information via this dispatcher-to-dispatcher exchange of information often resulted in delays and, often, in unfavorable consequences. With more than 60,000 first response agencies within the United States, this scenario is all too common."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2012-12
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Urban Area Recovery Planning with CBR Hazards: Lessons Learned from Seattle and Denver
"'Urban Area Recovery Planning with CBR [Chemical, Biological and Radiological] Hazards: Lessons Learned from Seattle and Denver' is a document developed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) under contract to the Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology (DHS S&T) directorate as a stand-alone deliverable to the Wide Area Resiliency and Recovery Program (WARRP). This document is one of five reports for the Response and Recovery Knowledge Products (RRKP) data transition agreement established between DHS S&T and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in September 2011. The document is designed to provide an approach and process for developing a recovery framework for multijurisdictional urban areas with a specific emphasis on recovering from chemical, biological and radiological events."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2012-11
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Denver UASI All-Hazards Regional Recovery Framework (Version 1.1)
"The 'Denver UASI [Urban Area Security Initiative] All-Hazards Regional Recovery Framework' is a document that was developed through a collaborative effort by the Denver UASI and the State of Colorado in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate and other federal agencies called the Wide Area Recovery and Resiliency Program. It is designed to lay the foundation for a regional and collaborative recovery approach. Attached are the Denver UASI Chemical, Biological and Radiological (CBR) Incident Annexes that address unique aspects of anthrax, agent yellow, and cesium-137 when compared to allhazards recovery approaches."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2012-10-31
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First Responders Communities of Practice, Virtual Social Media Working Group - Community Engagement Guidance and Best Practices [Final]
"Social media and collaborative technologies have become critical components of emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. From the international response efforts after major tsunamis to hurricane recovery in major U.S. cities, officials now turn to social media technologies to share information and connect with the community during all phases of a crisis. Implementing these new technologies, however, requires responding agencies to adopt new communication strategies and methods of engagement. Recognizing the need to address these challenges, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) has established the virtual social media working group (VSMWG). The mission of the VSMWG is to provide recommendations to the emergency preparedness and response community on the safe and sustainable use of social media technologies before, during, and after emergencies. Drawn from a cross-section of subject matter experts from local tribal, state, territorial, and federal responders from across the United States, VSMWG members are establishing and collecting best practices and solutions that can be leveraged by responders of all disciplines throughout the nation's emergency response community. Below is a list of agencies to which the VSMWG members belong. [...] This document discusses best practices for the use of social media by public safety agencies of all disciplines and partner organizations for meaningful and successful engagement of community members and stakeholders."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2012-09-18
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Critical Infrastructure and Economic Impact Considerations for Recovery from Chemical, Biological and Radiological Incidents
"The 'The Critical Infrastructure and Economic Impact Considerations' is a document developed by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) under contract to DHS S&T [Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology] as a stand-alone deliverable to the Wide Area Resiliency and Recovery Program (WARRP). This document is one of five reports for the Response and Recovery Knowledge Products (RRKP) data transition agreement established between DHS S&T and FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] in September 2011. It identifies key considerations for infrastructure restoration, outlines a process for prioritizing critical infrastructure for restoration, and identifies critical considerations for promoting regional economic recovery following a wide-area disaster."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
Hammer, Ann E.; Yang, Lynn I.; Franco, David
2012-09
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Response and Recovery Knowledge Product: Key Planning Factors for Recovery from a Chemical Warfare Agent Incident
"The 'Key Planning Factors for Recovery from a Chemical Warfare Agent Incident' is a document developed by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) under contract to DHS S&T [Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate] as a stand-alone deliverable to the Wide Area Resiliency and Recovery Program (WARRP). This document is one of five reports for the Response and Recovery Knowledge Products (RRKP) data transition agreement established between DHS S&T and FEMA in September 2011. It is designed to identify key planning factors that could substantially aid the recovery process by decreasing the recovery timeline and costs, improving public health and safety, and addressing major resource limitations and critical decisions."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; Sandia National Laboratories
2012-09
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Key Planning Factors for Recovery from a Biological Terrorism Incident [Summer 2012]
"'The Key Planning Factors for Recovery from a Biological Terrorism Incident is a draft document developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories (LLNL) under contract to DHS S&T [Department of Homeland Security, Office of Science and Technology] as a stand‐alone deliverable to the Wide Area Resiliency and Recovery Program (WARRP). This document is part of the Response and Recovery Knowledge Products (RRKP) data transition agreement established between DHS S&T and FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency] in September 2011. It is designed to identify key planning factors that could substantially aid the recovery process by decreasing the recovery timeline and costs, improving public health and safety, and addressing major resource limitations and critical decisions."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate; Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Campbell, Chris G.; Greenwalt, Robert; Hibbard, Wilthea J.
2012-08-30
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Menlo Report: Ethical Principles Guiding Information and Communication Technology Research [2012]
From the Executive Summary: "This report proposes a framework for ethical guidelines for computer and information security research, based on the principles set forth in the 1979 Belmont Report, a seminal guide for ethical research in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Despite its age, the Belmont Report's insightful abstraction renders it a valuable cornerstone for other domains. We describe how the three principles in the Belmont report can be usefully applied in fields related to research about or involving information and communication technology. ICT [information and communication technology] research raises new challenges resulting from interactions between humans and communications technologies. In particular, today's ICT research contexts contend with ubiquitously connected network environments, overlaid with varied, often discordant legal regimes and social norms. We illustrate the application of these principles to information systems security research -- a critical infrastructure priority with broad impact and demonstrated potential for widespread harm -- although we expect the proposed framework to be relevant to other disciplines, including those targeted by the Belmont report but now operating in more complex and interconnected contexts. We first outline the scope and motivation for this document, including a historical summary of the conceptual framework for traditional human subjects research, and the landscape of ICT research stakeholders."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
2012-08-03
