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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, December 15, 2017
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "State Laws Regarding Indoor Public Use, Retail Sales, and Prices of Electronic Cigarettes--U.S. States, Guam, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands, September 30, 2017"; "Health and Development at Age 19-24 Months of 19 Children Who Were Born with Microcephaly and Laboratory Evidence of Congenital Zika Virus Infection During the 2015 Zika Virus Outbreak -- Brazil, 2017"; "Large Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis Serogroup C -- Nigeria, December 2016-June 2017"; "Introduction of Inactivated Poliovirus Vaccine and Impact on Vaccine-Associated Paralytic Poliomyelitis -- Beijing, China, 2014-2016"; "Notes from the Field: Tuberculosis Control Activities After Hurricane Harvey -- Texas, 2017"; "Notes from the Field: Monitoring Out-of-State Patients During a Hurricane Response Using Syndromic Surveillance -- Tennessee, 2017"; "Announcement: Community Preventive Services Task Force Findings for Mobile Phone Applications Used Within Health Care Systems for Self-Management of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes"; "Notice to Readers: Change in MMWR Announcements"; "Quickstats: Percentage of Visits by Patients Aged ≥18 Years to Office-Based Physicians Made by Patients with ≥2 Selected Diagnosed Chronic Conditions, by Physician Specialty Category and Patient Age Group -- National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 2015"; and "Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2017-12-15
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, May 1, 2015
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following articles: "Outbreak of Human Pneumonic Plague with Dog-to-Human and Possible Human-to-Human Transmission -- Colorado, June-July 2014"; "Laboratory-Acquired Vaccinia Virus Infection in a Recently Immunized Person -- Massachusetts, 2013"; "Using Electronic Clinical Quality Measure Reporting for Public Health Surveillance"; and "Community Outbreak of HIV Infection Linked to Injection Drug Use of Oxymorphone -- Indiana, 2015".
Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link: [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2015.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2015-05-01
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, July 21, 2017
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following articles: "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Homicides of Adult Women and the Role of Intimate Partner Violence -- United States, 2003-2014"; "Surveillance for Silicosis Deaths Among Persons Aged 15-44 Years -- United States, 1999-2015"; "Progress Toward Measles Elimination -- Bangladesh, 2000-2016"; "Notes from the Field: Cluster of Acute Flaccid Myelitis in Five Pediatric Patients -- Maricopa County, Arizona, 2016"; "Notes from the Field: Cronobacter sakazakii Infection Associated with Feeding Extrinsically Contaminated Expressed Human Milk to a Premature Infant -- Pennsylvania, 2016"; "Notes from the Field: Hospital Contact Investigation for a Patient Who Developed a Zoster Vaccine-Related Rash -- Maryland, February 2015"; "Announcement: Community Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations for Multicomponent Interventions to Increase Breast, Cervical, and Colorectal Cancer Screening"; "Erratum: Vol. 66, No. 23"; and "QuickStats: Percentage of Office-Based Primary Care Physicians Accepting New Patients, by Source of Payment Accepted -- National Electronic Health Records Survey, 2015." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2017.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2017-07-21
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, October 21, 2011
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "Usual Sodium Intakes Compared with Current Dietary Guidelines -- United States, 2005-2008"; "Carbapenem-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Associated with a Long-Term-Care Facility -- West Virginia, 2009-2011"; "State Electronic Disease Surveillance Systems -- United States, 2007 and 2010"; "Updated Recommendations for Use of Tetanus Toxoid, Reduced Diphtheria Toxoid and Acellular Pertussis Vaccine (Tdap) in Pregnant Women and Persons Who Have or Anticipate Having Close Contact with an Infant Aged
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2009-07-10
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, January 18, 2008
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "School-Associated Student Homicides - United States, 1992-2006"; "Update: Potential Exposures to Attenuated Vaccine Strain Brucella abortus RB51 During a Laboratory Proficiency Test - United States and Canada, 2007"; "Laboratory-Acquired Brucellosis - Indiana and Minnesota, 2006"; and "Effect of Electronic Laboratory Reporting on the Burden of Lyme Disease Surveillance - New Jersey, 2001-2006". Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2008.html]"
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2008-01-18
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Implementing Instruction for Information Warfare/Command and Control Warfare (IW/C2W)
"The purpose of this instruction is to issue implementation guidance and organizational relationships for IW/C2W. Information Warfare is the action taken in support of national security strategy to seize and maintain a decisive advantage by attacking an adversary's information infrastructure through exploitation, denial, and influence, while protecting friendly information systems. C2W is the action taken by the military commander to realize the practical effects of IW on the battlefield. It involves both offensive and defensive aspects. It encompasses actions that deny adversary Command and Control (counter-C2), while protecting friendly Command and Control (C2- protection). As defined, C2W integrates physical destruction of enemy C2 targets, Electronic Warfare (EW), military deception, Psychological Operations (PSYOP), and Operations Security (OPSEC). Navy C2W encompasses these disciplines and uses surveillance, intelligence, communications, computers, and database management to ensure effective C2W execution."
United States. Department of the Navy
1995-01-18
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Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Future DoD Airborne HF Radar Needs/Resources
The Defense Science Board Task Force was formed to address questions related to the development of X-band, active, electronically steered arrays (AESAs) for airborne platforms. Areas focused on were advanced radar capabilities for ground targets and air targets. The Task Force found that the state of the art in airborne X-band AESAs has moved impressively in the last decade due to several prototyping efforts and the JSF Dem Val technology push. Factors of 3 to 5 or more in weight and cost reductions can be supported along with innovations in mechanical design to simplify manufacturability and maintenance. Transmit/receive modules are approaching commodity status, albeit with limited component suppliers. For a given size and weight, AESA technology provides a factor of 10-30 times more net radar capability than competing approaches due to power increases, lower losses, and increased flexibility. Also, AESA designs provide inherently superior countermeasure resistance, enhanced range resolution (for target identification), and more flexibility to support nontraditional radar modes such as jamming and ESM. In addition, AESA technology supports high reliability/low maintenance designs with the promise of attractive life cycle costs. These advantages are so compelling that it is unlikely that any new U.S. fighter radar will be procured in the future without AESA technology. It is the assessment of the Task Force that the technology of X-band AESAs is mature and ready for insertion, with little risk, into the existing ground surveillance radars on JSTARS (i.e., RTIP), the U-2 (i.e., ASARS Improvement Program), and Global Hawk. The Task Force strongly supports the development of an X-band AESA for the Global Hawk in the near term.
United States. Defense Science Board
2001-04
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Fighting Insurgents--No Shortcuts to Success
"For the last 3 decades, the Army, the Defense Department, and the CIA have emphasized the high tech aspects of intelligence, sophisticated electronic collection equipment, and multibillion dollar space surveillance programs. Even at the tactical level, Army intelligence personnel are trained primarily to employ a variety of high tech collection means including UAVs, sensors and ground radars. This approach to intelligence collection was appropriate when the intelligence priorities were geared to counting Soviet missile systems or defending the Fulda Gap against a massive Soviet tank attack."
Army War College (U.S.)
Corum, James S.
2004
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New Multi-Sensor Track Fusion Architecture for Multi-Sensor Information Integration
"This paper proposes a new multi-sensor track fusion model. The widely used multi-sensor track fusion model is based on the Extended Kalman Tracker whereas the new fusion model is based on the alpha beta gamma tracker. This new technology will integrate multi-sensor information and extract integrated multi-sensor information to detect, track and identify multiple targets at any time, in any place under all weather conditions. This technology can be applied to the development of fighter aircraft and also to the development of aircraft for Command, Control, Communication and Computer and Information, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR). This technology will help to protect our Homeland and finally control and destroy any enemy who dares to challenge us from the air, land or the sea. The advantage of this new Multi-Sensor Track Fusion Model over the currently used Multi-Sensor Track Fusion Model is that it is mathematically simpler. The algorithm needs no matrix inversion and no matrix element divide-by-zero. This means it is easier to implement and there will be no mid-air computer shut down or system crash. The architecture of the new Multi-Sensor Track Fusion Model includes Multi-Sensors such as radar, electronic warfare, the digital signal processor, the alpha beta gamma tracker, the multi-sensor correlation processor, the vehicle interface unit, and the flight crew."
Command and Control Research Program (U.S.)
Jean, Buddy H.; Younker, John; Hung, Chih-Cheng
2004-09-14
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Health Information Technology: More Detailed Plans Needed for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Redesigned BioSense Program, Report to Congressional Requesters
"In 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), developed an electronic syndromic surveillance system called BioSense that uses health-related data to identify patterns of disease symptoms prior to specific diagnoses. In late 2007, CDC began to redesign the program to improve collaboration with stakeholders and address identified management weaknesses. Pursuant to House Report 110-231, GAO evaluated the BioSense program, focusing on the cost and timeline estimates and performance measures and benchmarks for implementing the program, among other objectives. To accomplish this, GAO analyzed relevant program documentation and interviewed CDC officials responsible for developing and implementing BioSense. GAO is recommending that CDC develop reliable cost and timeline estimates and outcome-based performance measures for implementing the redesigned BioSense program. In written comments on a draft of this report, HHS stated it welcomed the conclusions and recommendations and provided updated information about current efforts intended to address the recommendations."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2008-11
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Preventing Youth Violence: Program Activities Guide
"Violent injury and death disproportionately affect adolescents and young adults in the United States. Although homicide rates have dropped in recent years, rates remain unacceptably high. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Web-based Injury Statistics Query and Reporting System (WISQARS) indicate that homicide is the second leading cause of death among 15- to 24-year-olds overall. In this age group, homicide is the number one cause of death among African Americans, the second leading cause of death among Hispanics, and the third leading cause of death among American Indians. In 2002, 5,219 youth ages 15 to 24 were murdered--an average of 14 per day. Violence does not have to be fatal to greatly affect individuals and communities. Estimates from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System suggest that more than 589,000 youth ages 15 to 24 were treated for nonfatal, assault-related injuries in U.S. hospital emergency departments in 2002. That is 111 nonfatal injuries for every violence-related death."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.); United States. Department of Health and Human Services
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FISA Annual Report to Congress for 2013
"This report provides information regarding all applications made by the Government during calendar year 2013 for authority to conduct electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes under the Act, all applications made by the Government during calendar year 2013 for access to certain business records (including the production of tangible things) for foreign intelligence purposes, and certain requests made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation pursuant to national security letter authorities."
United States. Department of Justice. Office of the Attorney General
2014-04-30
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Strategy 2013: A Call to Action
"Electromagnetic spectrum (EMS) access is a prerequisite for modern military operations. DoD's growing requirements to gather, analyze, and share information rapidly; to control an increasing number of automated Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) assets; to command geographically dispersed and mobile forces to gain access into denied areas; and to 'train as we fight' requires that DoD maintain sufficient spectrum access. Additionally, adversaries are aggressively developing and fielding electronic attack (EA) and cyberspace technologies that significantly reduce the ability of DoD to access the spectrum and conduct military operations. Concurrently, the global wireless broadband industry's demand for spectrum is driven by consumer demand for greater mobility and better data access. These competing requirements for finite spectrum resources have changed the spectrum landscape, nationally and internationally, for the foreseeable future. Going forward, our national leaders will be challenged to make decisions that balance national security with economic interests."
United States. Department of Defense
2013-11-11
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Assessments of Reasonable Articulable Suspicion Pursuant to Orders of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court - Information Memorandum
This memorandum discusses the legal standards applicable to contact-chaining activities in which employees track and gather telephony business records. It also "provides guidance on NSA policy as to the applicable legal standards for querying bulk telephony metadata acquired pursuant to Section 501 of FISA [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act], and bulk electronic communications metadata acquired pursuant to Section 402 of FISA."
United States. National Security Agency
2008-08-29
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Los Angeles Regional Criminal Information Clearinghouse (LA CLEAR) [website]
LA CLEAR provides "strategic investigative research and post seizure analysis; tactical case support analysis; electronic surveillance and operational support; as well as training and conference opportunities to more than 230 agencies in the LA HIDTA [Los Angeles High Intesity Drug Trafficking Area]."
Los Angeles Regional Criminal Information Clearinghouse (LA CLEAR)
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Air Land Sea Bulletin [May 2007]
This May 2007 issue of the Air Land Sea Bulletin is on the topic of air-ground integration. It features the following articles: "AC-130 Gunship and JSTARS [Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System] Integration in Conducting Dynamic Targeting"; "Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance Operations in the Royal Air Force"; "Bomber Strike Coordination and Reconnaissance"; "Electronic Warfare Coming to JFIRE [Joint Application of Firepower]"; and "Joint Fires Observers (JFO)".
Air Land Sea Application Center (U.S.)
2007-05
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Homeland Security Affairs Supplement No. 5: IEEE 2011 Conference on Technology for Homeland Security: Best Papers
"As the field of homeland defense and security expands and matures, the contributions from various disciplines become ever more important. Particularly exciting are technical advances that have real world application to homeland security practices. For this reason, Homeland Security Affairs is pleased to partner, for the second year, with the IEEE [Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers] in presenting the best papers from the Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security. The 2011 HST [Technologies for Homeland Security] Conference drew attendees from federal agencies, universities, national laboratories, federally funded research and development centers, small businesses, and industry. Peer-reviewed technical papers were organized along four tracks highlighting emerging technologies in the areas of (1) cyber security; (2) attack and disaster preparation, recovery, and response; (3) land and maritime border security; and (4) biometric, forensics, and physical security. One paper from each of these tracks was selected as the 'best paper'; a fifth paper was awarded as the 'best paper' from the conference as a whole." Featured papers in this conference supplement include: "Person Attribute Search for Large-Area Video Surveillance"; "Measuring the Human Factor of Cyber Security"; "Integrated PMR-Broadband-IP Network for Secure Realtime Multimedia Information Sharing"; "Database of High-Z Signatures in Cargo"; and "Tunable, Self-curing Polymers for the Forensic Collection of Latent Signatures from Within Porous Materials".
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.). Center for Homeland Defense and Security
2012-05
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Federal Bureau of Investigation: Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, Part I [October 15, 2011]
This is Part I of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) which is made publicly available by the FBI. From the FBI Vault's abstract: "This release consists of the October 15, 2011 revision of the DIOG; it was first made on 11/07/2011. This version of the DIOG was revised and updated based on comments and feedback received since the original DIOG was launched in 2008. The changes primarily clarify and enhance the definitions of terms and procedures used in the original DIOG. It also incorporates several older, separate policies that remained in force after the first version of the DIOG went into effect. Training materials based on this 2008 version were previously released and posted on the Vault; these may be found in a separate folder below. Key changes include the following: 1. Advice of rights in connection with operational terrorists inside the US (the Quarles rule). 2. Uniform file review procedures for Assessments and Predicated Investigations. 3. Clarifications and enhanced definitions of terms and procedures described in the original DIOG, including electronic and physical surveillance; Sensitive Investigative Matters, and assessment types. 4. New NSL [National Security Letter] delegation policy. 5. Creation of the Sensitive Operations Review Committee (SORC), a joint DOJ [Department of Justice]/FBI committee to review and monitor sensitive activities not within the purview of other oversight committees. 6. Allow the use of trash covers to check the credibility of potential informants."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
2011-10-15
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Appendix A: (U) The Attorney General's Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations
This is Appendix A of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) which is made publicly available by the FBI. From the FBI Vault's abstract: "This release consists of the October 15, 2011 revision of the DIOG; it was first made on 11/07/2011. This version of the DIOG was revised and updated based on comments and feedback received since the original DIOG was launched in 2008. The changes primarily clarify and enhance the definitions of terms and procedures used in the original DIOG. It also incorporates several older, separate policies that remained in force after the first version of the DIOG went into effect. Training materials based on this 2008 version were previously released and posted on the Vault; these may be found in a separate folder below. Key changes include the following: 1. Advice of rights in connection with operational terrorists inside the US (the Quarles rule). 2. Uniform file review procedures for Assessments and Predicated Investigations. 3. Clarifications and enhanced definitions of terms and procedures described in the original DIOG, including electronic and physical surveillance; Sensitive Investigative Matters, and assessment types. 4. New NSL [National Security Letter] delegation policy. 5. Creation of the Sensitive Operations Review Committee (SORC), a joint DOJ [Department of Justice]/FBI committee to review and monitor sensitive activities not within the purview of other oversight committees. 6. Allow the use of trash covers to check the credibility of potential informants."
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
2011-10-15
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Recommended Security Guidelines for Airport Planning, Design and Construction [Revised May 2011]
"Airport security planning and design can sometimes seem a bit confusing; there are many fundamentally different elements to be considered, all of which must be integrated to work smoothly together as the threat continues to change and the airport's physical, electronic and regulatory security environment must constantly adjust. There are currently very few new airports and relatively few new terminals being built. The majority of changing security requirements will be accomplished in existing facilities that are often 15-20-25 years old and not designed to accommodate today's security measures and technologies. This publication is intended to bring an airport-wide focus to the various planning and design issues surrounding airside, landside, terminal, perimeter, IT, surveillance, access control, and indeed, to the unsecured but critical publicly accessible side of the airport. This guidance contains no legal or regulatory mandates. The planning and design concepts are current as of the 2011 publication date and will likely be updated as regulations and technologies change. The document consolidates information developed through the participation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and other government and aviation industry and airport professionals. The information contained herein was gained through the experiences of represents a broad range of aviation security programs and projects at numerous United States airports, and through the continuing efforts of government and industry to develop improved approaches to incorporating cost-effective security features into the early planning and design of airport facilities. The information presented in this document is the fourth update since the series was initiated by FAA [Federal Aviation Administration], adopted by TSA, and is revised and updated periodically as lessons are learned, and regulations, security requirements, and technologies change."
United States. Transportation Security Administration
2011-05-01
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Testimony of David Aguilar, Thomas Winkowski, and Michael Kostelnik Before the House Committee on Homeland Security on Border Enforcement
This testimony of members from the US Customs and Border Patrol discusses recent efforts to improve security along the areas between official ports of entry. With the building of more fences and electronic surveillance, there has been an increase in violence against border patrol agents; this testimony describes the measures being taken to reduce crime and expand capabilities along the US borders.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
2008-05-22
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, September 6, 2013
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "National Preparedness Month -- September 2013"; "CDC's Emergency Management Program Activities -- Worldwide, 2003-2012"; "Surveillance for Waterborne Disease Outbreaks Associated with Drinking Water and Other Nonrecreational Water -- United States, 2009-2010"; "Vital Signs: Avoidable Deaths from Heart Disease, Stroke, and Hypertensive Disease -- United States, 2001-2010"; "Notes from the Field: Investigation of a Cluster of Neural Tube Defects -- Central Washington, 2010-2013"; "Notes from the Field: Electronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students -- United States, 2011-2012"; "Announcement: Laboratory Quality Improvement Tutorial Available from CDC"; "Errata: Vol. 62, No. RR-03"; and "QuickStats: Rate of Emergency Department Visits for Alcohol-Related Diagnoses, by Sex -- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2001-2002 to 2009-2010". Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2013.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2013-06-14
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, December 12, 2014
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "State Laws Prohibiting Sales to Minors and Indoor Use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems -- United States, November 2014"; "Estimated Influenza Illnesses and Hospitalizations Averted by Vaccination -- United States, 2013-14 Influenza Season"; "Incidence of Sickle Cell Trait -- United States, 2010"; "Global Invasive Bacterial Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Surveillance -- 2008-2014"; "Airport Exit and Entry Screening for Ebola -- August-November 10, 2014"; "Ebola Virus Disease in Health Care Workers -- Sierra Leone, 2014"; "Rapid Assessment of Ebola Infection Prevention and Control Needs -- Six Districts, Sierra Leone, October 2014"; "Clinical Inquiries Regarding Ebola Virus Disease Received by CDC -- United States, July 9-November 15, 2014"; "Announcement: Updated Recommendations for HIV Prevention with Adults and Adolescents with HIV in the United States"; "Errata: Vol. 63, No. 48"; "Errata: Vol. 63, No. RR-5"; and "QuickStats: Average Annual Rate of Emergency Department Visits for Bipolar Disorder Among Persons Aged ≥15 Years, by Age Group -- National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, United States, 2010-2011". Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2014.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2014-03-21
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MMWR: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, April 4, 2014
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This issue of MMWR contains the following: "CDC Grand Rounds: Global Tobacco Control"; "National Capacity for Surveillance, Prevention, and Control of West Nile Virus and Other Arbovirus Infections -- United States, 2004 and 2012"; "Progress Toward Measles Preelimination -- African Region, 2011-2012"; "Notes from the Field: Calls to Poison Centers for Exposures to Electronic Cigarettes -- United States, September 2010-February 2014"; "Notes from the Field: Multistate Outbreak of Listeriosis Linked to Soft-Ripened Cheese -- United States, 2013"; "Announcement: STD Awareness Month -- April 2014"; and "QuickStats: Percentage of Adults Aged ≥65 Years Who Have Lost All Their Natural Teeth, by Type of Locality and Region -- National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2010-2012". Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from this issue can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2014.html]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2014-10-24
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FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin: February 2000
The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin is a collection of criminal justice stories, reports and project findings. It provides a forum for the exchange of information, news, and commentary on various aspects of the field of law enforcement. The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin is an official publication of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice. Topics discussed in this issue include: HIV/AIDS in law enforcement; Law enforcement's response to small aircraft accidents; Financial crimes task force of Western Pennsylvania; Electronic surveillance: a matter of necessity; Dispute mediation; Police eliminating truancy; Steel dart cartridges.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
2000-02
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Wargaming and Simulation as Tools for CONOPS Development
From the thesis abstract: "The purpose of this thesis is to use wargaming and simulation to gain insight into the effective employment of a new Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) system, the Adaptive Joint C4ISR Node (AJCN). The AJCN provides the supported commander with several capabilities, to include: range extension, waveform bridging, signal intelligence, electronic warfare, and information operations. Two methods are used to gain insight to the support generation of the concept of operations for the AJCN's employment. The first method is wargaming. The wargaming method utilized a class of NPS students and the JCATS combat simulation model. The wargaming generated insights concerning the AJCN's employment. The second method is the use of a constructive simulation model, POA 2. Insights gained from the two methods include: the need for commanders to differentiate the AJCN and its supporting platform; the need for effective information processing techniques; the importance of maintaining at least two-tiers of AJCN coverage to enhance situational awareness of the supported units."
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
Rhoads, Russell A.; Gilman, Scott D.
2004-09
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Small Power: The Role of Micro and Small UAVS in the Future
From the thesis Introduction: "Advances in commercial and military technologies are rapidly increasing the capabilities of low cost micro and small UAVs, [unmanned aerial vehicles] enabling them to carry out missions comparable to the larger UAVs at considerably less cost and risk. In addition, new concepts of operation, such as cooperative behavior protocols or 'swarming,' will open the door to numerous missions once thought impossible for small low-cost, low-tech UAVs. In the future micro and small UAVs will be able to conduct missions across the full spectrum of conflict, from intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR), suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD), and electronic warfare (EW) to attack/strike operations. Given their inherent low cost, flexibility, and expendability, micro and small UAVs will play a major role in the success of tomorrow's Air Force. To determine the utility of these smaller UAVs, this paper will analyze three main areas: the drivers, the enablers, and the missions. The drivers are the forces that sculpt the future requirement for smaller UAVs. The enablers, on the other hand, are the technologies and concepts of operation that give these smaller UAVs the capability to fulfill the future needs of the USAF [U.S. Air Force]. Finally, given the need and capability, the last section of this paper will discuss the missions that micro and small UAVs will fulfill in future conflicts"
Air University (U.S.). Air War College
Abatti, James M.
2005-11
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Air & Space Power Journal (Vol. 29, Issue 6)
The following titles are featured in this edition of Air & Space Power Journal: "An Airman's Story," by John E. Hyten; "A Call to Action," by Daniel Moomey; "Purposeful Development of the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance for Space Cadre," by Mitchell R. Overton; "Space-Policy Education Contexts and Constraints, Content and Methodology," by Dwight Rauhala; "How to make Disaggregation Work," by Peter Wegner, Thomas C. Adang, Maureen Rhemann; "Personnel Recovery in Space," by Mari Manifold; "Preparing for the Cyber Battleground of the Future," by Chris Babcock; "Defending Our Satellites: The Need for Electronic Warfare Education and Training," by E. Lincoln Bonner; and "Developing Tomorrow's Space War Fighter: The Argument for Contracting Out Satellite Operations," by Sean C. Temple.
Air University (U.S.). Press
2015-11
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Health Communication during SARS
Experience with the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) has reinforced the importance of a multipronged approach to preventing disease transmission. Timely health communication, along with surveillance, quarantine, isolation, and travel restrictions, figured prominently among the tools the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) used to help contain the outbreak. During the SARS response, health communication was shown to be an integral element by ensuring that knowledge about prevention measures reached the public, healthcare providers, the media, and other stakeholders. Disseminating information and educational materials is a key element of CDC's response to disease outbreaks that affect international travelers. Electronic media greatly expedite the process of dissemination and enable prevention messages to reach an expanded audience. The SARS response may be compared with a situation approximately 10 years before, when an outbreak of plague occurred in India. This document examines the challenge in today's situation; controlling a disease outbreak that has potential for rapid international spread; and provides guidance tailored for specific audiences.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
Arguin, Paul M.; Navin, Ava W.; Steele, Stefanie F.
2004-02
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CRS Issue Statement on Civil Liberties and National Security [January 13, 2010]
From the Document: "Tactics employed to detect national security threats continue to implicate individuals' civil liberties. Electronic surveillance of communications to and from foreign intelligence targets can also capture innocent conversations and chill the exercise of First Amendment rights. New technologies may more effectively screen for explosives or other weapons, but simultaneously produce more revealing images of passengers' bodies. The broadened use of national security letters can provide investigators with a fuller picture to better allocate resources toward more serious threats, but also subject a larger universe of private financial or personal documents to disclosure. As Congress attempts to strike an appropriate balance between the need to detect and thwart activities that pose a threat to U.S. national security and the need to safeguard the civil liberties of U.S. persons, the following issues are likely to remain of interest."
Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service
Liu, Edward C.
2010-01-13
