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Modeling and Simulation of Incident Management for Homeland Security Applications: Draft
"Incident management models and simulations may be used to support analysis, planning, and training needs pertaining to terrorist attacks, national security events, natural and man-made disasters. Simulation models may be used to understand incident management systems, interdependencies with other systems, their vulnerabilities, and the impact of emergency incidents on the population and responder community. Incident management models and simulations will be used to support training exercises, performance measurement, conceptual design, impact evaluation, response planning, analysis, acquisition, conceptualizing and evaluating new systems, vulnerability analysis, economic impact, and determining interdependencies between incident management and other infrastructure systems. The goal of this document is to capture the current knowledge and information resources that can serve as a common baseline for researchers and developers of incident management models and simulations for homeland security applications. This initial version of the document attempts to assemble relevant, publicly available information from a number of sources within U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the modeling and simulation (M&S) communities. This document is intended to help initiate the discussion of the current leading research, development, standards, and implementation issues within the incident management M&S community, as it relates to homeland security. The document will be updated based on the input of domain experts across government, research, and commercial organizations. These experts will be invited to join together in a workshop to review and extend this document for its final publication."
United States. Department of Homeland Security; National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
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GIS: A Critical Tool Supporting the Department of the Interior's Office of Law Enforcement and Homeland Security [presentation]
This presentation offers information on how geographic information systems (GIS) can be used to support the Department of the Interior's Office of Law Enforcement and Homeland Security.
Geological Survey (U.S.); United States. Department of the Interior
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[DHS Management Directorate FOIA Request Log: Fiscal Year 2011]
This document contains the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Management Directorate Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request logs for fiscal year 2011. The table is broken down by: case number, name, description (information requested), organization, date received, and date closed.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Directorate for Management
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[DHS National Protection and Programs Directorate FOIA Request Log: October 1, 2009 - May 23, 2011]
This document contains the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Protection and Programs Directorate's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request logs for fiscal year 2011. The table is broken down by: case number, requester, subject (information requested), organization, and date received.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Infrastructure Protection
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NPPD FOIA Request Log - FY2010
This document contains the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Protection and Programs Directorate's [NPPD] Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request logs for fiscal year 2011. The table is broken down by: case number, requester, subject (information requested), organization, and date received.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Infrastructure Protection
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[Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties FOIA Request Log: Fiscal Year 2011]
This document contains the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties' (CRCL) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request logs for Fiscal Year 2011. The table is broken down by: date request received, requester's name-organization, description of requested records, report number, category, disposition, date closed, processing time, and exceptions applied.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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Office of Intelligence and Analysis: FOIA Request Log [January 26, 2009 - September 23, 2009]
This document contains the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis' Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request logs for January 26, 2009 - September 23, 2009. The table is broken down by: date of request, date received, requester, file number, information requested, type of request, disposition and explanation of other disposition.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Intelligence and Analysis
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[Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties FOIA Request Log: Fiscal Year 2012]
This document contains the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request logs for Fiscal Year 2012. The table is broken down by: date request received, requester's name-organization, description of requested records, report number, category, disposition, date closed, processing time, and exceptions applied.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
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Office of Intelligence and Analysis: FOIA Request Log [November 10, 2009- January 22, 2010]
This document contains the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Intelligence and Analysis' Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request logs for November 10, 2009- January 22, 2010. The table is broken down by: date of request, date received, requester, file number, information requested, type of request, disposition and explanation of other disposition.
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Intelligence and Analysis
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Disaster Information Management Research Center: Droughts and Health
This webpage is focused primarily on human health effects of drought conditions as experienced in the United States. Health effects in the United States have may include: "1) Changes to water quality, especially private wells, with potential for increased waterborne disease 2) Changes to air quality, increased dust, particulates with potential for increased respiratory distress 3) Poorer personal hygiene due to decreased water availability 4) Food crop or food processing contamination from use of recycled water 5) Increased suicide rate (higher than national average) among farm families affected by drought 6) related economic concerns This page is compiled by the Disaster Information Management Research Center of the National Library of Medicine."
National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Disaster Information Management Research Center
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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Customs and Border Protection Receipt of Passenger Name Records Related to Flights between the European Union and the United States
This document answers the following questions regarding "Customs and Border Protection [CBP] Receipt of Passenger Name Records [PNR] Related to Flights between the European Union and the United States": "1. Why is my Passenger Name Record being transferred to U.S. Customs and Border Protection prior to travelling to, from, or through the United States?" "2. What U.S. and EU laws allow for the transfer of PNR data?" "3. What type of information will CBP receive about me through PNR?" "4. Is sensitive data included in the PNR data transfer?" "5. Will my PNR data be shared with other authorities?" "6. Who will have access to my PNR data?" "7. How long will CBP store my PNR data?" "8. How will my PNR data be secured?" "9. Who will exercise oversight of compliance with the PNR Undertakings?" "10. May I request a copy of my PNR data that is collected by CBP?" "11. Can I request that corrections be made to my PNR?" "12. Whom do I contact in the U.S. regarding this program?" "13. Whom do I contact if my complaint is not resolved?" and "14. What is the role of the Chief Privacy Officer of the Department of Homeland
Security?"
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Customs and Border Protection Passenger Name Record Privacy Statement for PNR Data Received in Connection with Flights Between the U.S. and the European Union
"United States law requires airlines operating flights to or from the United States to provide the Department of Homeland Security, Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with certain passenger reservation information ('passenger name record data' or PNR) for purposes of preventing and combating terrorism and other serious criminal offences that are transnational in nature. The European Commission has determined that U.S. laws, in conjunction with CBP policies regarding the protection of personal data and the U.S.-EU Passenger Name Record Agreement signed on May 17, 2004, are adequate to permit transfers of PNR data to the U.S. For more information see http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal market/privacy/index_en.htm. For a comprehensive explanation of the manner in which CBP handles PNR collected from flights between the European Union (EU) and the U.S., please refer to the Undertakings of the Department of Homeland Security, Customs and Border Protection ('PNR Undertakings') http://www.dhs.gov/interweb/assetlibrary/CBP-DHS_PNRUndertakings5-25-04.pdf."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Weather Underground (Weathermen)
This compilation contains FBI documents and information on the far-left radical U.S.group, Weather Underground (Weathermen). The FBI released the information under the Freedom of Information Act and it can be found at: http://vault.fbi.gov/Weather Underground (Weathermen)/.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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START Toolkit: Resources for Sexual Assault Response Teams [website]
From the website: "Sexual violence affects many aspects of a victim's life - including safety and health, family and work situations, and finances - and often leads to perplexing legal questions. To receive basic assistance, victims often must navigate a complicated maze of governmental and community agencies. SARTs, or sexual assault response teams, help victims through the maze. The SART Toolkit is a resource both for communities considering a SART response and communities that already have a coordinated response but want to make it better. Use it. Share it. Make it your own."
United States. Office of Justice Programs. Office for Victims of Crime
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Jihad, War, and Terrorism
"Muslim cries of 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Great) and calls for 'al-Jihad' have rung out on Middle Eastern battlefields throughout the twentieth century. Yet, American military analysts and historians have failed to devote any serious attention to studying Islam and its relationship to war. The suicide attacks in the US on 11 September 2001 have generated a new interest in the relationship among terrorism, radical Islam, and religion of Islam. In response to the attacks, President George Bush has declared war on terrorism, especially on those responsible for the horrific deeds. However, his administration understands that it must prevent the struggle from turning into a West versus Islam confrontation. To avoid this development requires a critical appreciation of Islamic traditions on Jihad and war. For wherever there will be Muslim soldiers, guerrillas, or terrorists engaged in military operations, appeals for Jihad will ring out. [...] Studying Islam presents an intellectual challenge to Americans. Muslims generally regard unity of politics and religion as the ideal and, therefore, mix faith and war together. American political tradition, on the other hand, enshrines the clear separation of church and state. Americans are by nature skeptical of religion intruding into politics. Calls to Jihad, thus, invoke images of religious fanaticism and extremism. Such a view is dead wrong. In fact, the religion of Islam contains strong moral and ethical principles on Jihad and the conduct of war, and there is a strong tradition against killing innocent people. Radical Islam, however, generally preaches total war against its opposition and therefore condones the killing of some civilians as part of Jihad."
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
Gawrych, George W. (George Walter), 1950-
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Border 2020: U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program
"The U.S.-Mexico Environmental Program: Border 2020 is an eight-year (2013-2020) binational effort designed 'to protect the environment and public health in the U.S.-Mexico Border region, consistent with the principles of sustainable development.' Its implementation will be accomplished within the framework of the respective laws and regulation of the U.S. and Mexico. Border 2020 is the latest cooperative effort implemented under the 1983 La Paz Agreement. It builds on previous binational efforts, particularly Border 2012, which emphasized a regional bottom-up approach as the basis for decision making, priority setting, and project implementation to address the environmental and public health problems in the border region. In addition to adopting and incorporating this approach in its framework, Border 2020 has established six fundamental strategies that set expectations on how program partners will work along the border and achieve results. Border 2020 has identified five long-term strategic goals to address environmental and environmental health challenges in the border region. Within the five goals are specific objectives that identify priority areas and activities that program partners will undertake for the duration of the Border 2020 Program. The goals and objectives were carefully written based on extensive input from program partners and border stakeholders about ongoing environmental challenges. Biennial action plans will outline priorities and implementation strategies to accomplish the various goals and objectives, based on available resources, emerging issues, and regional and community priorities."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI)
This Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) webpages provides information on the Strategic Foresight Initiative (SFI). "The world is changing in ways that can have major effects on the emergency management community. Thinking more broadly and over a longer timeframe will help us understand these changes and their potential impacts. FEMA launched the Strategic Foresight initiative (SFI) to promote broader and longer term thinking on those changes and their effects. FEMA is only one member of the broad emergency management community. Therefore, the SFI engages all levels of government, non-profits, businesses and individuals. The diverse group improves our understanding of various issues. The SFI also serves as a tool to develop strategies and plans. By understanding the potential future environment, organizations will better understand and anticipate risk and take advantage of opportunities. For example, the SFI may identify new requirements and emerging capabilities. This could support decisions about investments, planning efforts, and exercises. The SFI can also help establish a research agenda for the field of emergency management."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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US-Mexico Border 2020
This Environmental Protection Agency webpage offers links to information regarding its "US-Mexico Border 2020" program. "The Border 2020 Program is the latest environmental program implemented under the 1983 La Paz Agreement. It builds on the Border 2012 Environmental Program, emphasizing regional, bottom-up approaches for decision making, priority setting, and project implementation to address the environmental and public health problems in the border region. As in Border 2012, the new Program encourages meaningful participation from communities and local stakeholders. The Border 2020 Program also strengthens its focus in regional areas where environmental improvements are needed most: establishing thematic goals, supporting the implementation of projects, considering new fundamental strategies, and encouraging the achievement of more ambitious environmental and public health goals."
United States. Environmental Protection Agency
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West Nile Virus: Fight the Bite!
This Centers for Disease Control (CDC) webpage provides information on the West Nile Virus. The webpage contains links on the following topics: "Updated Fact Sheet"; "Eliminate standing water where mosquitoes can lay eggs"; "Install or Repair Windows and Doors Screens"; "Support Community-Based Mosquito Control Programs"' "New & Highlights"; and "West Nile virus Data and Maps 2012".
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
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Community Emergency Response Team Triage: Handling Mass Casualty Situations [video]
"Medical triage is the key to doing the most good for the most people whenever there are more victims than rescuers, resources are limited, and time is critical. This training video provides an overview of the medical triage process and portrays the steps that CERT [Community Emergency Response Team] members need to follow to provide victims the most effective lifesaving support available until professional responders arrive on scene. This video will support the materials presented in the CERT Basic Training course Unit 3: Disaster Medical Operations Part 1. CERT trainers will be able to use the material presented in the video to start a dialogue about the potential challenges CERT members may face."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Community Emergency Response Team Training: Disaster Psychology [video]
"CERT [Community Emergency Response Team] participants, trained to support the first responders during a disaster, will be challenged in many ways during and after response operations. However, if CERT members are prepared for the stress, they will be more successful and helpful during the event and more able to rebound when the crisis is over. This training video provides an overview of stress reactions and strategies for dealing with people under stress during a disaster, including the needs of disaster workers themselves. This video will support the material presented in the CERT Basic Training course Unit 7: Disaster Psychology. It will help CERT members learn more about how to deal effectively in a crisis and how to help others cope."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Community Emergency Response Team Training: Safety in the After-Disaster Environment [video]
"CERT [Community Emergency Response Team] members can prepare to work in a post-disaster area by understanding more about the potential hazards, by preparing their own safety kit and by wearing the right gear. The purpose of this training video is to prepare the CERT members for the kinds of hazards they may experience after a disaster and to help them stay safe as they work in the disaster area. This video will support the materials presented in the 'CERT Basic Training' course Unit 5: Light Search and Rescue Operations. CERT trainers will be able to use the materials presented in this video to start a dialogue about the potential challenges CERT members may face."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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Presidential Task Force on Combating IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud: Action Plan for Implementing the Task Force Recommendations
From the Introduction: "On June 17, 2014, the White House released a 'Presidential Memorandum' entitled 'Establishing a Comprehensive Framework to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud.' Among other actions, the Memorandum established a Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated [IUU] Fishing and Seafood Fraud (Task Force), co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State with 12 other federal agency members. The Task Force was directed to report to the President within 180 days with 'recommendations for the implementation of a comprehensive framework of integrated programs to combat IUU fishing and seafood fraud that emphasizes areas of greatest need.' Those recommendations were provided to the President through the National Ocean Council and published in the 'Federal Register' on December 18, 2014. The 15 recommendations are broad in scope and call on agencies to take concrete and specific actions to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and seafood fraud throughout the seafood supply chain. [...] Implementation of the Task Force's recommendations will begin with the integration of programs and data across the federal government, increased federal agency collaboration, and the development and phased implementation of a traceability program for at-risk species. [...] It will also be important for Task Force agencies to work with international partners, states, and interested stakeholders in order to adapt to such trends and ensure successful implementation of the recommendations. This Action Plan outlines the Task Force's recommendations and provides key initial steps in implementing each recommendation."
National Ocean Council (U.S.)
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Department of Homeland Security 'Office of the Under Secretary for Management' Budget Overview (Fiscal Year 2018 Congressional Justification)
From the Document: "For necessary expenses of the Office of the Under Secretary for Management for operations and support, as authorized by sections 103 and 701 through 705 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 113; 6 U.S.C. 341 through 345), [$727,771,000] '$696,131,000', of which not to exceed $2,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses, and of which $227,516,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2019."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Homeland Security 'Science and Technology' Budget Overview (Fiscal Year 2018 Congressional Justification)
From the Document: "S&T [DHS Science and Technology Directorate] requests 431 positions, 455 FTE [full-time employees], and $627.324M of total discretionary funding in FY 2018, a decrease of $144.366M from the FY 2017 annualized Continuing Resolution (CR). S&T has prioritized Administration and Secretarial priorities within available resources based on the Department's Integrated Product Team (IPT) process, which prioritized capability gaps from around the Department that require research and development, and the internal S&T Portfolio and Analysis Review. The proposed strategic reductions will ensure that S&T is rightsized for the future and allow S&T to focus on the highest priority needs of the Homeland Security Enterprise (HSE), such as border security and immigration technology."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Homeland Security 'Science and Technology Directorate' Budget Overview (Fiscal Year 2019 Congressional Justification)
From the Component Overview: "The strategic context presents the performance budget by tying together strategy, budget resource requests, programs, or PPAs, [programs, projects, and activities] and performance measures that gauge the delivery of results to our stakeholders. The Common Appropriation Structure (CAS) allows DHS to integrate the strategic programmatic view with our budget view of resources. With this structure, a significant portion of the Level 1 PPAs represent what DHS refers to as our mission programs. Mission support programs are also an important subset of our Level 1 PPAs that provide products and/or services to mission programs. Mission support capabilities include research and development, intelligence, training, and information sharing. Mission support programs may be crosscutting and support multiple mission programs. Mission support also includes enterprise leadership, management and/or business administration services and describes the capabilities and activities that support the day-to-day management and back office functions enabling the Department to operate efficiently and effectively. Performance measures associated with our programs are presented in two measure sets, strategic and management measures."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Homeland Security 'Management Directorate' Budget Overview (Fiscal Year 2019 Congressional Justification)
From the Document: "The FY 2019 Presidents Budget includes $1.8B; 2,119 positions; and 1,883 full-time equivalents (FTE) for the Management Directorate (MGMT). Major investments include $171.1M in new development funds for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Headquarters Consolidation at St. Elizabeth's and $39.0M for Financial Systems Modernization. MGMT is responsible for Department-wide mission support services and oversight functions, including information technology, budget and financial management, procurement and acquisition, human capital, security, logistics and facilities, and oversight of the Working Capital Fund. Importantly, MGMT works to eliminate redundancies, reduce support costs, and provide enterprise customer service to DHS Components to help ensure the Department is able to protect the Homeland in a unified and efficient manner."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Homeland Security 'National Protection and Programs Directorate' Budget Overview (Fiscal Year 2019 Congressional Justification)
From the Component Overview: "The strategic context presents the performance budget by tying together strategy, budget resource requests, programs, or PPAs [programs, projects and activities], and performance measures that gauge the delivery of results to our stakeholders. The Common Appropriation Structure (CAS) allows DHS to integrate the strategic programmatic view with our budget view of resources. With this structure, a significant portion of the Level 1 PPAs represent what DHS refers to as our mission programs. A mission program is a group of activities acting together to accomplish a specific high-level outcome external to DHS and include operational processes, skills, technology, human capital, and other resources."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Homeland Security 'Office of the Secretary and Executive Management' Budget Overview (Fiscal Year 2018 Congressional Justification)
From the Document: "For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Homeland Security for operations and support, as authorized by section 102 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 112), and executive management of the Department of Homeland Security, as authorized by law, [$136,451,000]$130,307,000: 'Provided', That not to exceed $45,000 shall be for official reception and representation expenses.[: 'Provided further', That all official costs associated with the use of government aircraft by Department of Homeland Security personnel to support official travel of the Secretary and the Deputy Secretary shall be paid from amounts made available for the Immediate Office of the Secretary and the Immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary.] 'Note.--A full-year 2017 appropriation for this account was not enacted at the time the budget was prepared; therefore, the budget assumes this account is operating under the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L. 114-254). The amounts included for 2017 reflect the annualized level provided by the continuing resolution.'"
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Department of Homeland Security 'U.S. Customs and Border Protection' Budget Overview (Fiscal Year 2018 Congressional Justification)
From the Component Overview: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is comprised of [various] mission-oriented programs that support achievement of the DHS strategic missions, goals, and objectives. Some programs are indented to show that this is the Procurement, Construction, and Improvements program that supports the related programs. In addition, some fees and funds are indented below the program it most closely aligns to as a funding source."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
