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Great Lakes Maritime Strategy: A Strategic Framework for the Coast Guard on the Great Lakes, 2011-2016
"The Coast Guard's Great Lakes Maritime Strategy frames a five-year vision, the District Commander's intent and guiding principles, mission ethos, and the strategic objectives for the Ninth Coast Guard District. It is a call to action that will guide the years ahead. The Coast Guard's broad authority combined with multi-mission competencies and capabilities deliver tremendous value to the American public. Given our unique vantage point of the shared system that is the Great Lakes, the time is right for us to lead. We will do so with humility and an unwavering respect for our shipmates, our partners, and the constituencies we serve. The Coast Guard family, constituted by the men and women of our active duty, reserve, civilian, and auxiliary forces, represent some of the finest maritime and military professionals in the world. We bring unique talents to bear in bridging the interagency, joint, and combined operational environments in which we operate. The Great Lakes are a binational treasure and one that the Ninth Coast Guard District is particularly well suited to serve and safeguard. Achieving the vision and promise set forth herein requires an enduring focus on Mission, People, Canada, Force Allocation, Partnerships, and Sharing our Story."
United States. Coast Guard. District, 9th
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FEMA Independent Study Program: IS-293 Mission Assignment Overview
"The course introduces key Mission Assignment (MA) concepts and provides knowledge needed to carry out MA processing responsibilities. […] At the end of this course, students will be able to: [1] Define a Mission Assignment (MA), MA types, and common terms. [2] Describe the process of completing the Action Request Form (ARF). [3] Provide an overview of the MA process. [4] Describe program and financial management components of the MA process."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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FEMA Independent Study Program: IS-301 Radiological Emergency Response
"This course is a prerequisite to the resident course, S301, Radiological Emergency Response Operations (RERO). The goal of this independent study course is to provide a learning experience in which participants demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of radiological protection and response principles, guidelines, and regulations to prepare them for the operations course (RERO). Only those people who will be approved to attend the RERO course should take this independent study course."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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United States Air Force Bird Avoidance Model
"The Bird Avoidance Model is used as a key tool for analysis, predictability, and correlation of bird habitat, migration, and breeding characteristics, combined with key environmental, and man-made geographic data. [...] The model was created to provide Air Force pilots and flight scheduler/planners with a tool for making informed decisions when selecting flight routes. The model was created in an effort to protect human lives, wildlife, and equipment during air operations throughout the conterminous United States and Alaska. [...] The model is used by the Department of Defense and is now available to the general public through this Internet application."
United States. Air Force; United States. Federal Aviation Administration; United States. National Guard Bureau
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FOIA Request Log: 7/1/2012 Through 7/31/2012
This document contains the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Headquarters and Privacy Office Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request logs for July 2012. The table is broken down by case number, subject (including requesting person or group and information requested), and category.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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FOIA Request Log: 6/1/2012 Through 6/29/2012
This document contains the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Headquarters and Privacy Office Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request logs for June 2012. The table is broken down by case number, subject (including requesting person or group and information requested), and category.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Texas Digital Library: Federated Electronic Theses and Dissertations [website]
The Texas Digital Library Federated Electronic Theses and Dissertations is part of the Institutional Repositories of Texas Colleges and Universities. The Repository contains Masters and Doctoral works from 2002 to the present.
Materials can be searched by keyword, author, committee chair, degree level, granting institution and year.
Texas Digital Library
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OhioLINK ETD Center [website]
From the "Frequently Asked Questions" page of the site: "The ETD [electronic theses and dissertations] Center is a free, online database of Ohio's masters and doctoral theses and dissertations from participating OhioLINK member schools. It contains the abstract for all included theses and dissertations. The full-text is also available if it was submitted."
Ohio Library and Information Network
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University of Texas at Austin: Electronic Theses and Dissertations [website]
"This collection contains University of Texas at Austin [UT] electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). Authors of these ETDs have retained their copyright while granting the University of Texas Libraries the non-exclusive right to reproduce and distribute their works. Most of these ETDs are freely accessible to all users, while some require a current UT EID at point of use."
University of Texas Libraries
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North Carolina State University Institutional Repository [website]
The North Carolina State University Institutional Repository offers access to theses and dissertations in the areas of engineering, science, technology, and agriculture.
North Carolina State University
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eCommons@Cornell [website]
"Beginning with the January 2004 degree conferral, graduate students at Cornell University have had the option of submitting theses and dissertations electronically. Any thesis submitted electronically is then deposited in Cornell's Institutional Repository (eCommons). The student retains ownership of the copyright of their work. Students have the option of posting their work in either an open or closed community in eCommons (the default choice is the closed community). The open community is 'open access' ie the full text of the document is open to anyone in the world to download and read. In the closed community, only metadata is publicly available. Students can post to the closed community for a period of one, two, three, four, or five years with renewal possible but after 5 years the work is automatically moved to the open community unless a renewal is granted by the Graduate School after a request by the author. In general older thesis and dissertations from Cornell University are not currently available as digital files, but the Library is willing to scan and make available your Cornell Dissertation or Thesis in the open community digital versions on a cost recovery basis."
Cornell University. Library
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Calhoun: The NPS Institutional Archive [website]
Calhoun is the Institutional Archive of the Naval Postgraduate School [NPS]. Calhoun provides a permanent, secure online home for NPS-authored content. Here, you can find theses and dissertations, scholarly publications, technical reports and other materials authored by faculty and students. Materials can be searched by a specific community or across all communities.
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Online SAR Training for Law Enforcement and Hometown Security Partners [video]
"The NSI [Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) Initiative] training strategy is a multifaceted approach designed to increase the effectiveness of state, local, and tribal law enforcement and public safety professionals and other frontline partners in identifying, reporting, evaluating, and sharing pre-incident terrorism indicators to prevent acts of terrorism. To increase the effectiveness of this multifaceted approach, the NSI has developed training programs for frontline officers and hometown security partners regarding documented and verified behaviors and indicators that, when viewed in the totality of circumstances, may indicate terrorism-related criminal activity. Both the SAR Line Officer Training and each sector-specific SAR Hometown Security Partners Training discuss how to report identified suspicious activity to the proper authorities while maintaining the protection of citizens' privacy, civil rights, and civil liberties."
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance
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CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Bioterrorism
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage provides information on bioterrorism. Sections of the webpage include: "Specific Bioterrorism Agents," "Info for the General Public," and "Info for Professionals."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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CDC Emergency Preparedness and Response: Food Safety Threats
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention webpage includes information on food safety threats. Specific agents and diseases highlighted include: "Botulism"; "'Escherichia coli' O157:H7"; "Salmonellosis"; "Shigella dysenteriae Type 1"; "Typhi (typhoid fever)"; and "Vibrio cholerae (cholera)".
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Northeast Disaster Recovery Information X-Change [website]
"NEDRIX (Northeast Disaster Recovery Information X-Change) is a non-profit organization, formed in 1991, that provides continuity and crisis management professionals access to real time governmental agencies information during a crisis or event. This is accomplished through our Public / Private Sector (PPS) Directive and our automated notification tool, NEDRIX Notify. Through NEDRIX Notify we have the ability to coordinate bi-directional communications bringing the latest incident assessment to our members and providing any business impact back to the governmental agencies. NEDRIX has PPS teams throughout the Northeast that are led by the Board Director of the PPS initiative. There are Team Leaders identified for each State along with Team Members that work with their State and local government to act as a liaison between the public and private sectors. NEDRIX also provide industry best practices and an opportunity to meet and share ideas and experiences with peers through conferences and symposiums held throughout the year. Our members receive continuing education points for all our conferences and events which is needed for them to maintain the Continuity Business professional certification."
Northeast Disaster Recovery Information X-Change (NEDRIX)
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Federal Bureau of Investigation: Information Technology Strategic Plan FY 2010 - 2015
"The FBI [Federal Bureau of Investigation] has a dual mission to enforce federal laws and protect the national security. In fulfilling its mission, the FBI continues to fuse the requirements of the domestic and foreign Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities to meet the changing national security threats. In parallel, the FBI's Information Technology (IT) capabilities are evolving in order to improve operational effectiveness and enhance organizational flexibility. Modernization and enhancements to the IT infrastructure are necessary to support FBI priorities and fulfill Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and other external mandates and requirements. The FBI requires transformation to the next generation of IT infrastructure, where emerging technologies provide a more resilient and agile environment. The Next Generation Network (NGN) project will upgrade the FBI's Wide Area Network (WAN) from its current Asynchronous Transfer Mode/Frame Relay (ATM/FR) point‐to‐point Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) based architecture to one based on Internet Protocol (IP) Multi Protocol Level Switching (MPLS). NGN will modernize the FBI's network infrastructure, aligning it with current industry best practices. NGN will consolidate the four‐tiered Trilogy network design into a common IP based core network capable of supporting integrated IP data, IP voice, IP video services, and other future applications."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Operation Partnership: Trends and Practices in Law Enforcement and Private Security Collaborations, Executive Summary
"Operation Partnership, a project sponsored by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (the COPS Office), addressed a key recommendation of the COPS/ International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) National Policy Summit to examine law enforcement-private security (LE-PS) partnerships and develop guidelines for forming and sustaining them. The project updated and expanded an earlier effort, Operation Cooperation, which was completed in 2000. Importance of Collaboration. Private security addresses crimes and public safety issues that law enforcement cannot handle alone because it lacks the human resources, mandate, or technology. LE-PS partnerships have existed for 30 years, but the need for LE-PS collaboration became more evident after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. With 85 percent of the nation's critical infrastructure owned by the private sector, police and private security must work jointly to protect these resources as well as to address other crime problems. Major Tasks and Products. The Operation Partnership team identified 450 LE-PS partnerships nationwide through surveys, literature reviews, and referrals; interviewed more than 50 partnership leaders; and analyzed trends, assisted by expert advisors and focus groups. The full report includes many partnership examples, offers guidelines for operating LE-PS partnerships, and is serving as the basis for online training being developed under a separate COPS Office grant."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of Community Oriented Policing Services
Law Enforcement-Private Security Consortium
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Arrest Data Analysis Tool
"This dynamic data analysis tool allows you to generate tables and graphs of arrests for the 30-year period from 1980 through 2009. You can view national arrest estimates, customized either by age and sex or by age group and race, for many different offenses. This tool also enables you to view local arrests."
United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Department of Homeland Security Management Directive System 0100: Organization of the Office of the Under Secretary For Management
"This directive establishes Department of Homeland Security (DHS) organization of the Under Secretary for Management."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Homeland Security Management Directive System 0550.1: Records Management
"This directive establishes Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy regarding records management. [...] This directive applies to all DHS organizational elements serviced by the DHS Office of Administration. Until such time as the DHS Office of Administration establishes permanent, Department-wide policy regarding records management, all DHS organizational elements may continue in force their existing records management policies and procedures (including administrative support in this area from another Federal agency)."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Homeland Security Directive System 252-11: Office for State and Local Law Enforcement
"This Directive defines the mission and functions of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Office for State and Local Law Enforcement (SLLE), within the Office of Policy. It designates the Assistant Secretary for State and Local Law Enforcement as the primary official responsible for leading the coordination of Department-wide policies related to the role of state, tribal, and local law enforcement in preventing, preparing for, protecting against, and responding to natural disasters, acts of terrorism and other man- made disasters within the United States. It also provides the state, tribal and local law enforcement community with an advocate and point of contact within the DHS Ofice of Policy, in addition to authorized liaisons within DHS Operational Components."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Social Corps: The U.S.M.C. Social Media Principles
"Throughout the Marine Corps' history, people have discussed, debated and embraced the United States Marine Corps [U.S.M.C] and our Marines. These discussions continue today through online conversations and social networks. The Corps recognizes the importance of participating in these conversations and has a basic set of social media principles to help empower Marines and our community to participate in the discussion as better communicators and improved representatives of our Corps. The Marine Corps must continuously innovate to communicate in media-intensive environments, to remain the nation's force in readiness. This mission is based on the Marine Corps Vision and Strategy 2025 and the public affairs tasks outlined in the Marine Corps Service Campaign Plan for 2009-2015. While building and launching a social media program or accessing a favorite social media site can sometimes be fast, easy, and inexpensive. Existing rules for public affairs as well as personal conduct still apply. The Marine Corps encourages Marines to explore and engage in social media communities at a level they feel comfortable with. The best advice is to approach online communication in the same way we communicate in person -- by using sound judgment and common sense, adhering to the Marine Corps' core values of honor, courage and commitment, following established policy, and abiding by the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). The social media principles provided in this handbook are intended to outline how our core values should be demonstrated, to guide Marines through the use of social media whether personally involved or when acting on behalf of the Marine Corps."
United States. Marine Corps
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Persons Obtaining U.S. Legal Permanent Resident Status by State of Residence in the Midwest Region: 1892-2010
This document shows maps of the United States illustrating the number of persons obtaining legal residence in the period from 1892-2010.
United States. Office of Immigration Statistics
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Civil Disturbances: St. Petersburg, Florida
"This report is intended to provide information regarding the civil disturbances that took place in St. Petersburg, Florida, on the nights of October 24-25 and November 13-14, 1996, and detail how the city's fire and rescue services handled the crises. Most of the response duties in St. Petersburg related to civil disturbance duties were centered on law enforcement agencies. However, the St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue Department (SPFR) played a significant role in the outcome of the two 1996 disturbances. The community suffered significant fire loss, but there were very few civilian injuries and only four minor firefighter injuries over the course of the respective incidents."
United States Fire Administration
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Obama Administration's Commitment to Open Government: A Status Report
"President Obama has committed his Administration to work towards new levels of openness in government. For over two and a half years, the Administration has done much to make information about how government works more accessible to the public, and to solicit citizens' participation in government decision-making. Federal agencies have undertaken to disclose more information under the Freedom of Information Act. They have devised ambitious Open Government Plans designed to increase opportunities for public engagement. They have made voluminous information newly available on government websites. They have shined more light on federal spending. They have even taken steps to provide more disclosure of sensitive government information. Finally, and not least of all, agencies have used technology in many innovative ways that make information useful to citizens in their everyday lives. This Status Report provides a review of the progress the Administration has made towards forging a more open relationship between citizens and their government. It shows the measurable progress made so far along many dimensions of the Administration's open government initiatives. It also anticipates some of the next steps towards realizing even more fully the President's commitment to unprecedented openness."
United States. White House Office
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Personal Safety of Federal Land-Management Field Employees Working Along the Mexican Border
"In the spring of 2005, the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service Technology and Development Program's safety and health steering committee asked the Missoula Technology and Development Center (MTDC) to prepare a report identifying the unique personal safety problems public land-management field employees face while working near the Mexican border. The center also was instructed to make recommendations to the committee. All the Federal employees the project team interviewed felt they were working in a dangerous place and believed the dangers they faced were likely to increase."
Technology & Development Program (U.S.)
Miller, Theron; Outka-Perkins, Lisa; Driessen, Jon J.
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Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Defense, and Justice and the United States Postal Service: National Postal Model for the Delivery of Medical Countermeasures
This memorandum of understanding between the Departments of Health and Human Services, Homeland Security, Defense, and Justice and the United States Postal Service establishes the agreement to "provide one integrated deliverable to address the Presidential requirement cited in Executive Order (EO) 13527, Establishing Federal Capability for the Timely Provision of Medical Countermeasures Following a Biological Attack".
United States Postal Service; United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
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Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program (BMAP): Private Sector User Guide
"Improvised explosive device (IED) attacks remain the primary tactic for terrorists seeking a relatively uncomplicated, inexpensive means for inflicting mass casualties and maximum damage. There is a growing concern in the law enforcement and homeland security community about the availability of precursor chemicals and materials that can be purchased legally or potentially stolen from commercial businesses. Once obtained, these materials can be used to create homemade explosives (HME) and a variety of IEDs for multiple purposes, including carrying out a terrorist attack. The United States Department of Homeland Security, Office for Bombing Prevention (DHS/OBP) is sponsoring a new outreach program known as the Bomb-Making Materials Awareness Program (BMAP). BMAP aims to increase private sector awareness of activities associated with bomb-making, including the manufacture of HME, common explosives used in terrorist IEDs. Our Department and your local police department would like to encourage your business to participate in this important initiative. The private sector has a significant role in helping to prevent IED attacks. It is imperative that the private sector recognize suspicious behavior and purchases that may be indicative of bomb-making activity. Bomb-making steps are generally the same regardless of an individual's appearance or ideological/religious affiliationEffective practices in identifying suspicious behavior and purchases include both paying attention to customers and knowing what is suspicious."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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FY 2010 Performance and Accountability Report
"FY [Fiscal Year] 2010 was a year of successes and a time to prepare for the challenges ahead. At the FAA [Federal Aviation Administration], we remained committed to our focus on safety, greater capacity, international leadership, and organizational excellence. NextGen plays a key role in each of these areas, and in our drive to be good environmental stewards. […] Our FY 2010 PAR provides a detailed accounting of our performance and financial management to both the flying public and the aviation industry."
United States. Federal Aviation Administration
