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National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) [website]
The NRO designs, builds and operates the nation's reconnaissance satellites. NRO products, provided to an expanding list of customers like the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Department of Defense (DoD), can warn of potential trouble spots around the world, help plan military operations, and monitor the environment. The NRO coordinates collection and analysis of information from airplane and satellite reconnaissance by the military services and the CIA.
United States. National Reconnaissance Office
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General Accounting Office (GAO) [website]
The GAO is the audit, evaluation, and investigative arm of Congress helping to improve the performance and ensure the accountability of the federal government. The GAO site provides access to a wealth of report literature from 1975 onwards, many in full-text.
United States. General Accounting Office
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National Priorities Project (NPP) [website]
NPP works to offer citizens and community groups tools and resources to shape federal budget and policy priorities which "promote social and economic justice" by focusing on the impacts of federal tax and spending policies at the community level. Of interest are their various tools that allow users to generate tables and charts with state data on needs and federal expenditures.
National Priorities Project (U.S.)
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National Intelligence Council (NIC) [website]
"The National Intelligence Council supports the Director of National Intelligence in his role as head of the Intelligence Community (IC) and is the IC's center for long-term strategic analysis. Since its establishment in 1979, the NIC has served as a bridge between the intelligence and policy communities, a source of deep substantive expertise on intelligence issues, and a facilitator of Intelligence Community collaboration and outreach. The NIC's National Intelligence Officers - drawn from government, academia, and the private sector-are the Intelligence Community's senior experts on a range of regional and functional issues."
National Intelligence Council (U.S.)
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National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) [website]
Encompassed within the NNSA's mission statement are the following goals: enhancing U.S. national security through the military application of nuclear energy; maintaining and enhancing the safety, reliability, and performance of the United States nuclear weapons stockpile; promoting international nuclear safety and nonproliferation; and, reducing global danger from weapons of mass destruction.
United States. National Nuclear Security Administration
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Chief Financial Officers Council (CFO) [website]
The CFOC is "an organization of the CFOs and Deputy CFOs of the largest Federal agencies, senior officials of the Office of Management and Budget and the Department of the Treasury who work collaboratively to improve financial management in the U.S. Government."
Chief Financial Officers Council (U.S.)
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CDT: Center for Democracy & Technology [website]
From the CDT Website: "CDT's mission is to conceptualize and implement public policies that will keep the Internet open, innovative, and free. Preserving the Unique Nature of the Internet: The open, decentralized, and user-controlled nature of the Internet creates unprecedented opportunities for innovation, democratic participation and human development. Enhancing Freedom of Expression: CDT fights for the right of individuals to communicate, publish and access an unprecedented array of information on the Internet. We oppose governmental censorship and other threats to the free flow of information. We believe that technology tools-not government controls-are the best way to allow families and individuals to make choices about the information they receive on the Internet. Protecting Privacy: Maintaining privacy on the Internet requires a mix of laws, corporate policies and technology tools giving people control of their personal information. Limiting Government Surveillance: CDT advocates for stronger legal standards controlling government surveillance, to keep pace with the growing exposure of personal information as digital media have become central to our lives."
Center for Democracy and Technology
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UCLA Center for Health Policy Research [website]
With a major focus on California, the Center for Health Policy Research (UCLA) contributes to the knowledge base on the health needs of the state's large, growing and diverse populations, and it evaluates the effectiveness of policies and programs intended to serve those needs.
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
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Center for Technology in Government [website]
The Center for Technology in Government at the University of Albany works with government to develop information strategies that foster innovation and enhance the quality and coordination of public services. The site contains a long list of downloadable reports, white papers, and articles on issues relating to IT and government at all levels.
State University of New York at Albany. Center for Technology in Government
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Tolerance, Civil Rights and Justice in Wake of September 11 Tragedies
Part of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights site, this page offers reports on Arab-American and Muslim civil rights issues, briefings on bioterrorism and health care disparities, immigration policies post-9/11, and commission activities related to September 11.
United States Commission on Civil Rights
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National Institute of Justice: Less Lethal Technology Research [website]
NIJ's Less Lethal Technologies program identifies, develops, and evaluates new or improved devices that will minimize the risk of death and injury to law enforcement officers, suspects, prisoners, and the general public. More specifically, their site offers various publications, current projects, related links, and contact information all related to Less Lethal Technologies.
National Institute of Justice (U.S.)
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Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis: Occasional Papers [website]
The Kent Center Occasional Papers available here contribute to the ongoing development of that body of knowledge, offering an opportunity for intelligence professionals and interested colleagues-in an unofficial and unfettered vehicle-to debate and advance the theory and practice of intelligence analysis.
United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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SimpleWeb [website]
Simple Web provides links and information on network management, including software, RFCs and tutorials. The focus is on SNMP and Internet management, although other information is included.
SimpleWeb
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NSA Rainbow Series [website]
The rainbow series is a library of about 37 documents that address specific areas of computer security. Each of the documents is a different color, which is how they became to be refereed to as the Rainbow Series. Some of the titles include, Password Management, Audit, Discretionary Access Control, Trusted Network Interpretation, Configuration Management, Identification and Authentication, Object Reuse and Covert Channels.
National Computer Security Center (U.S.)
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DARPA: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency [website]
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency DARPA is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense.
United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Federal Computer Week (FCW) [website]
"FCW provides federal technology executives with the information, ideas, and strategies necessary to successfully navigate the complex world of federal business. And FCW accomplishes this by delivering strategic features on business management, policy, pending legislation, technology, and profiles of the power players making waves in the federal executive sector. The federal technology market comes to life with photos, profiles and insider insight. If it's worth knowing, it's in FCW."
FCW Media Group
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Office of Personnel Management (OPM) [website]
OPM is the federal government's human resources agency. Among other things, it provides access to federal salaries and wages, federal laws, forms, statistics, and USAJOBS. It also provides access to OPM publications and e-Gov initiatives.
United States. Office of Personnel Management
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Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers [website]
This is the website of the Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers (AMEM) which was established in 1955 and is "comprised of over 400 county, city and other emergency response planners throughout the state of Minnesota. The association strives to develop a solid network of experienced Emergency Management professionals; foster and advocate the development of procedures and programs which advance disaster preparedness thought Minnesota; insure a high caliber of training and professional development; and cultivate a professional society for its' members."
Association of Minnesota Emergency Managers
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Office of Justice Programs Anti-Terrorism Funding Sources
Terrorism within the borders of the United States has been a focus of attention for emergency response agencies since the bombings of the World Trade Center in 1993 and the Alfred P. Murrah building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Since September 11, 2001, public agencies at every level of government have made building the capacity to prevent and respond to terrorist attacks a high priority. State and local agencies are drawing on resources to address their needs from a number of sources, including several grant programs administered by the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) in the U.S. Department of Justice. OJP resources that can be used by state and local jurisdictions to prepare and respond to domestic terrorism are available primarily through four OJP components: the Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), and the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC). In addition, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) collects and analyzes statistical data and provides financial and technical support to state governments in developing state capabilities in criminal justice statistics and data. ODP focuses on training, equipment acquisition, technical assistance, and support for national, state, and local exercises. Information about the ODP State Administering Agency (SAA) points of contact is available at www.ojp.usdoj.gov/state.htm. BJA provides funding to states and localities for use by law enforcement agencies and funds several training and technical assistance initiatives that could aid law enforcement in preventing and responding to terrorist acts. OVC plays an active role in assisting victims of mass casualty terrorist crimes.
United States. Bureau of Justice Assistance
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Civilian Control of the Military
"The United States has engaged in relatively few sustained military efforts since 1789. As a result, American public interest has focused primarily on domestic matters, while attention to foreign affairs and national defense has been sporadic. In general, public-opinion polls show that most Americans are relatively indifferent toward foreign policy matters, and only at times of international crisis is their interest heightened. One-third of the 18 enumerated powers in Article I Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution deal with military and foreign policy matters. In constructing a new national government, the Founders understood the importance of establishing a government that could properly defend the country. The Founders had a genuine fear of the abuse of military power, a concern that a strong executive could, over time, degrade into dictatorship or demagoguery. History had taught them that this abuse was not infrequent. Thus, they believed it was necessary to demonstrate that under the new Constitution the military would be subject to civilian authority in order to protect democracy. This is the essential, and, after all, the only efficacious security for the rights and privileges of the people which is attainable in civil society. The Founders recognized the importance of a standing army for protection and defense but believed that considerable care should be taken in order to preserve liberty and prevent abuses of power. Yet, like many principles in the Constitution, the details of civilian control are never clearly spelled out in the Constitution."
United States. Department of State. Bureau of International Information Programs
Cairo, Michael F.
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Federalism & Democracy
"The 2000 presidential contest was one of the most closely divided - and confusing - elections in American history. Not until a month after voters cast their ballots did it became certain that Republican candidate George W. Bush would claim the title of the nation's 43rd president. In the interim, the world watched as the fight for votes in Florida repeatedly bounced from local to state to federal courts and back again, before a U.S. Supreme Court decision settled the matter. What many foreign observers found puzzling was how voting standards could vary so much from place to place or how local officials could play such an important role in a national election. American citizens also may have been surprised by the differences in voting procedures from state to state, but the interplay of local, state, and national governments could scarcely have seemed unusual. Zoning, traffic control, sanitation, educational administration, street repair, and a hundred other services are all managed primarily by local officials, acting under a grant of authority from the state. State government controls much educational policy, criminal justice, business and professional regulation, public health, among a variety of other important areas. As colonists, the Founding Fathers had chafed under the authority imposed by the distant British imperial government and had come to view centralized power as a threat to their rights and liberties. This system of divided power, federalism, is widely acknowledged not only to be a unique American contribution to the theory of government but part of the genius of the American constitutional system itself."
United States. Department of State. Bureau of International Information Programs
Bodenhamer, David J.
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Homeland Defense & Homeland Security Studies [website]
This website "provides links to vast amounts of information on homeland defense and homeland security studies including, federal, state and local resources, along DoD directives and instructions." The mission of the Homeland Defense & Homeland Security center is to "provide the Department of Defense, United States Air Force and sister services a leading-edge, homeland defense research and education center. More specifically, the center will facilitate student and faculty research across the joint homeland defense spectrum, while at the same time, developing and implementing education on critical defense issues essential for protecting the US homeland and its infrastructure. Additionally, the center will provide a synergistic interface with the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies to help inform, enlighten and educate homeland defense and homeland security leaders and first responders on their responsibilities to the local, state and national community."
Air University (U.S.). Air War College
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Initial Scope of Joint Inquiry into the Intelligence Community's Activities before and after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on the United States
This 2 page document outlines the purpose of the Joint Inquiry into the Intelligence Community's activities before and after the September 11,2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Intelligence
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Remarks on 'the New American Way of War'
An "American Way of War" emerged after the end of the Cold War, in successive combat experiences. The current war in Iraq, once successfully concluded, is going to create a dramatically new strategic environment, at least in the Gulf area. In the new era, it goes hand in glove with minimizing own casualties and, as strike capabilities have evolved, controlling collateral damage. The elements of the Desert Storm toolkit had been greatly improved across the 1990s, but applied piecemeal. The U.S. has planned the operation carefully, leaving the initial planning to the Combat Commander, but subjecting it to the usual intense interaction with Washington, with a more engaged Secretary of Defense than previously. Notwithstanding, the conquest of Iraq will allow the U.S. to finally stand down Northern Watch and Southern Watch and to disband the maritime interception operation (MIO) in the Gulf. The U.S. will not be able to relax on homeland defense or in the pursuit of al Qaeda from country to country. For this Administration, it appears to be wrapping up unfinished business of 1991, aggravated by 9/11 and the frustrations of definitively clearing out WMD from Iraq. The U.S. got other countries (especially the Saudis, Germans, and Japanese) to cover most of the $62 billion cost of Desert Storm in 1990-1991, but will have to finance OIF itself. In OIF, the primary goal is regime change, and with it, the final disposition of Iraq's WMD capabilities, on the ground, not through inspections or voluntary Iraqi actions.
United States. Department of the Army
Gaffney, Henry H.
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Brief History of the Army Reserve
Whereas the National Guard evolved from the tradition of the decentralized colonial or State controlled militia system, the Army evolved from the reality that a significant portion of the nation's military reserve must be centrally controlled in times of peace and war by the Federal Government. The concept for an American Federal reserve force was first proposed by General George Washington, Generals Frederick von Stueben, Henry Knox, and Alexander Hamilton during the formative years of the United States military establishment (1783-92). Due to the lack of a visible threat to national security, combined with the young republic's regional focus, only a paramilitary structure for Army reserve officer training materialized during the nineteenth century. The private military academy, Norwich University, founded in 1819 by Captain Alden Partridge for training citizen-soldiers as officers, is considered the origin of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC). Initially, in 1908, Congress established the Medical Reserve Corps. Then, using its constitutional authority "to raise and support armies," Congress passed legislation in 1916 and 1920 creating the Organized Reserve Corps, which included the Officers Reserve Corps, the Enlisted Reserve Corps, and the ROTC. One of Roosevelt's New Deal programs, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), placed young men in barracks and military-style organizations to work in national forests and other outdoor projects. In the year that followed, the number of Reserve officers on active duty rose from less than 3,000 to more than 57,000.
United States. Department of the Army
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Short History of Homeland Defense
Providing for the common defense was a crucial and basic government obligation that has been of importance since the Preamble of the Constitution. With the Revolution fresh in their minds, American leaders considered Britain the main enemy and a second war and possible invasion their greatest threats. France, although being a Revolution ally, claimed ownership of a huge tract to the west that posed a potential threat to American interests. In the interior of the United States, settlers confronted American Indians as the boundaries of the country pushed west. The Army and the Navy were the homeland defense. Fort Monroe, Va., Fort Washington, Md., and Fort McNair, Washington, D.C., are also remnants of these homeland defense efforts. While Americans still considered the Atlantic and Pacific oceans enough of a defense against foreign enemies, a strong Navy upon those waters was important.
United States. Department of the Army
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Italian Army's Role in Homeland Security
Since the unification of the peninsula, the Italian Army has been actively involved in homeland security operations. In particular, the Army's role dramatically increased in 1992, when the Italian Government decided to employ some thousands of soldiers in Sicily, to cooperate with the State police and the "Carabinieri" in opposing the local organized crime. The purpose of this research is to analyze the different homeland security operations carried on by the Italian Army, drawing out from them the lessons learned and to find how these experiences could be utilized to face the threats posed by the new international strategic environment of international terrorism, failed states and rogue states.
Army War College (U.S.)
Serino, Pietro
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Addressing the Needs of the Seriously Mentally Ill in Disaster
"In the acute stages of a disaster, those with serious mental illness may function relatively well. Like the rest of the population, they often 'rise to the occasion' to assist themselves and others in a time of great need. However, persons with severe and often chronic mental illness are a vulnerable group whose well-being is especially threatened by the social disruption of the post-disaster setting. Addressing their disaster needs can mitigate or prevent adverse outcomes."
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress
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First Responder Communities of Practice [website]
"First Responder Communities of Practice is an online network of vetted, active and retired First Responders, emergency response professionals and Federal, State, local, or Tribal Homeland Security officials sponsored by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate's First Responder Technologies (R-Tech) program. Registered members of this professional network share information, ideas, and best practices, enabling them to more efficiently and effectively prepare for all hazards."
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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EMS.gov [website]
The NHTSA's [National Highway Traffic Safety Administration] Office of EMS [Emergency Medical Services] "advances a national vision for EMS through projects and research; fosters collaboration among Federal agencies involved in EMS planning; measures the health of Nation's EMS systems; and delivers the data EMS leaders need to help advance their systems. Office of EMS Initiatives [include]: Education - Collecting and sharing standardized EMS data to support improvements in patient care and EMS systems; Workforce - Supporting efforts to strengthen workforce viability nationwide; Research - Analyzing data and measuring performance to enable improvement in EMS systems; EMS Data - Collecting & sharing standardized EMS data to support improvements in patient care and EMS systems; Advancing EMS Systems - Supporting the importance of developing EMS as a coordinated system of care; Preparedness - Fostering collaboration across the Federal government to enhance readiness for catastrophic incidents; Safety - Protecting the health & safety of EMS practitioners and their patients; and 911 System - Providing leadership and coordination to support and promote optimal 911 services."
United States. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
