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Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy [website]
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) was established within the U.S. [United States] Department of Energy (DOE) under the 2007 America Competes Act. Authorized but without an initial budget, ARPA-E received $400 million funding in April 2009 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Modeled after the successful Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the agency responsible for technological innovations such as the Internet and the stealth technology found in the F117A and other modern fighter aircraft, ARPA-E's mission is to fund projects that will develop transformational technologies that reduce America's dependence on foreign energy imports; reduce U.S. energy related emissions (including greenhouse gasses); improve energy efficiency across all sectors of the U.S. economy and ensure that the U.S. maintains its leadership in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies. Specifically, the agency aims to: (1) Enhance U.S. economic security by identifying technologies with the potential to substantially reduce energy imports from foreign sources; (2) cut energy-related greenhouse gas emissions; and improve efficiency across the energy spectrum. Ensure the U.S. remains a technological and economic leader in developing and deploying advanced energy technologies."
United States. Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy
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Virtual Louisiana [website]
This website, part of the Louisiana Governor's Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness and the Department of Homeland Security's Virtual USA Initiative, provides imagery for the State of Louisiana.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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U.S. Geological Survey Landslide Hazards Program 5-Year Plan 2006-2010
"Landslides are a national problem as they occur in significant numbers throughout the United States. The most significant landslide problems occur on the Pacific Coast, and in the Rocky Mountains, the Appalachian Mountains, Hawaii and Puerto Rico. It is estimated that landslide-related fatalities average from 25 to 50 per year, and direct and indirect economic costs to the nation range up to $3 billion per year. The costs of landslides are increasing rapidly as lands susceptible to failure are developed for highways, housing, industry, and recreation. USGS landslide hazards investigations focus on landslides that occur in association with other natural disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and heavy rains, hurricanes, and wildfires. The Landslide Hazards Program (LHP) and its predecessor have operated since the mid 1970's as a Congressionally-authorized program dedicated to the reduction of damages and avoidance of hazards from the different forms of landslides. The focus of the program is national, but it also responds to requests for assistance in foreign countries from the Department of State, as well as from international organizations such as the World Bank and the United Nations. As the only Federal program dedicated to landslide hazards, the LHP provides results of investigations for use by private consultants in geology and geotechnical engineering and by planners and decision makers at all levels of government and in the private sector."
United States. Department of the Interior; Geological Survey (U.S.)
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DHS Science and Technology: First Responders
"Through the engagement of and partnership with first responders and the emergency preparedness and response community, the First Responders Group (FRG) pursues a better understanding of the response community's needs and requirements, provides technical assistance, and develops innovations to the most pressing challenges faced during day-to-day and large-scale emergencies. These efforts are occurring at every stage of technology and solution development, and are involving first responders at the local, state, tribal and federal levels." This page includes information targeted towards first responders, including: Recent First Responder News and Announcements; First Responder Publications; First Responder Communities of Practice (FRCoP); and tools for connecting with first responders.
United States. Department of Homeland Security
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Virtual USA: Advancing Interoperability at All Levels
This is a factsheet about the Department of Homeland Security(DHS)'s Virtual USA Initiative. From the factsheet: "Nation's ability to seamlessly share information across localities, states and regions is still limited. To address this problem, the DHS Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate's Command, Control and Interoperability Division (CID), assisted by the First Responder Technologies program (R-Tech) created the Virtual USA initiative. Through this initiative, CID and R-Tech -more- Virtual USA Advancing Interoperability at All Levels are partnering with local, tribal, state, and Federal agencies to build on the shift away from proprietary, siloed systems toward standards-based, commodity-driven, open architecture technologies. This shift from proprietary systems allows technologies to connect more easily across disciplines and jurisdictions for emergency response operations."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Science and Technology Directorate
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Florida's GeoSpatial Assessment Tool for Operations and Response (GATOR)
"GATOR is the flagship common operating picture/situational awareness application for Florida Division of Emergency Management and the SERT. GATOR is an interactive web mapping tool for the display of geographic information to support emergency preparedness, operations, and response. Real-time data like weather radar, weather watches and warnings, and tropical storm tracks are displayed along with base map data like roads, facilities, and aerial photographs. "
Florida. State Emergency Response Team
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ShakeMap-Based HAZUS-MH Loss Estimation Maps: Intermountain Seismic Belt, Utah
"This FEMA-sponsored project produced a catalog of loss estimation map products based on an earthquake scenario called ShakeMaps using HAZUS-MH, FEMA's risk analysis software. ShakeMaps provide the ground-shaking intensity in an area to facilitate effective emergency response in the event of a catastrophic earthquake. The addition of preliminary loss estimates will allow emergency personnel to respond more appropriately to the areas of immediate need."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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USDA Handbook on Workplace Violence Prevention and Response
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Handbook on Workplace Violence Prevention and Response "is a product of Secretary Dan Glickman's Workplace Violence Steering Committee, chaired by Deborah Matz, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Administration, and Joyce Fleischman, Deputy Inspector General. It is intended to be an overview guide for all USDA employees that explains what workplace violence is and provides tools and resources for preventing or responding to workplace incidents. It does not establish policy or regulations on workplace violence but rather serves to educate employees on the issue. This handbook is designed to be supplemented with agency-specific information dealing with situations and circumstances unique to the agency's environment and mission. Due to the widely varying mission areas within USDA, individual agencies have their own mechanisms and operating plans for dealing with workplace violence situations, and they will provide them to their employees. Where appropriate, this handbook will refer you to that agency-specific information. Many excellent resource materials already exist on the subject of workplace violence, and some of those materials are noted in the reference section of this handbook."
United States. Department of Agriculture
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Sugar House Earthquake Mitigation Return-On-Investment
"HAZUS-MH is a Loss Estimation Software developed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and provides a rigorous scientific model to calculate losses due to natural hazards. The Advanced Engineering Building Module (AEBM) was used to perform a Level 3 analysis of the Sugar House parcels and accounts for a building's structural components and reaction to strong ground motion. This information helps legislators discover how research at the university can benefit the community and state, and the public understand the magnitude of losses expected in a major earthquake along the Wasatch fault and implement legislation to promote earthquake mitigation."
United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency
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FBI: Human Trafficking/Involuntary Servitude
This webpage contains information on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Human Trafficking program. "Under the human trafficking program, the Bureau investigates matters where a person was induced to engage in commercial sex acts through force, fraud, or coercion, or to perform any labor or service through force, coercion, or threat of law or legal process. Typically, human trafficking cases fall under the following investigative areas: Domestic Sex Trafficking of Adults: When persons are compelled to engage in commercial sex acts through means of force, fraud, and/or coercion; Sex Trafficking of International Adults and Children: When foreign nationals, both adult and juveniles, are compelled to engage in commercial sex acts with a nexus to the United States through force, fraud, and/or coercion[...]; Forced Labor: When persons, domestic or foreign nationals, are compelled to work in some service or industry through force or coercion; [and] Domestic Servitude: When persons, domestic or foreign nationals, are compelled to engage in domestic work for families or households, through means of force or coercion." The page includes information on Human Trafficking Task Forces; the Trafficking Victims Protection Act; FBI human Trafficking investigations; and additional links and resources.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons [website]
"Annually, according to U.S. Government-sponsored research completed in 2006, approximately 800,000 people are trafficked across national borders into slavery; this number does not include millions trafficked within their own countries. Some estimate the global number of trafficking victims to be in the millions - in domestic servitude, sex slavery, forced labor, child soldiers, child camel jockeys, and other brutal schemes. Because trafficking deprives people of freedom in every part of the world, it is a grave threat to human rights. It also threatens public health and the very safety and security of nations, as disease and organized crime flourish through trafficking. The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons is on a mission to eradicate modern-day slavery, and, on this Web site, we invite you to learn about our approach of victim protection, prosecution of traffickers and prevention of trafficking. You can find information about programs the U.S. funds to help victims and improve law enforcement efforts worldwide, learn what you can do, and, of course, read our annual report on the actions countries are taking to combat trafficking in persons. This work, and cooperation around the world, is vital."
United States. Department of State
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NIST: Engineering Laboratory [website]
"The Engineering Laboratory promotes U.S. innovation and industrial competitiveness by advancing measurement science, standards, and technology for engineered systems in ways that enhance economic security and improve quality of life." The Laboratory's mission related activities include: "fire prevention and control; national earthquake hazards reduction; national windstorm impact reduction; national construction safety teams; building materials and structures; engineering and manufacturing materials, products, processes, equipment, technical data, and standards; manufacturing enterprise integration; collaborative manufacturing research pilot grants; and manufacturing fellowships.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.)
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BeReadyEscambia.com [website]
"This site will provide you with information that will be helpful in preparing for hazardous conditions, with a focus on tropical storms and hurricanes. You will find information on how to prepare before a storm approaches, and tips that will help you during and after a storm. You may want to print and save information now as you may not have power if a storm is approaching." Links include local weather, tropical storm/hurricane, tornado, thunder and lightning, flood, fire, extreme heat, extreme cold, biohazard, hazardous materials, terrorism, earthquake, water safety, emergency contacts, training, disaster plan, and upcoming events.
Florida. Division of Emergency Management
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Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) [website]
"The Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center (ACJIC) is the state agency responsible for gathering and providing critical information for Alabama's law enforcement and the criminal justice community. Leading the nation in the development of ground-breaking technology, ACJIC connects local, state and federal law enforcement agencies to the National Crime Information Center (NCIC) administered by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and also provides access to law enforcement in all 50 states and internationally via Nlets, the International Justice and Public Safety Network. Established in 1975 by the Alabama Legislature to collect, store, retrieve, analyze, and disseminate vital information relating to certain crimes, criminals, and criminal activity, ACJIC is the state's criminal history repository agency. ACJIC also houses the Alabama Statistical Analysis Center (SAC), which collects Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and reports Alabama crime information statistics to the FBI."
Alabama Criminal Justice Information Center
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Strategic Plan for Developing a Suite of Standards for First Responders
"The InterAgency Board (IAB) for Equipment Standardization and Interoperability is designed to establish and coordinate local, state, and federal standardization, interoperability, compatibility, and responder health and safety to prepare for, train and respond to, mitigate, and recover from any incident by identifying requirements for an all-hazards incident response with a special emphasis on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or Explosive (CBRNE) issues. An integrated suite of standards is necessary to ensure compliance with minimum requirements for performance, commonality and interoperability of equipment utilized by local, state, and federal First Responders in the public safety and health communities. Such standards, as well as the specifications and test protocols that support them, are needed to guide the efforts of the manufactures and equipment developers; and to serve as a guide for informed procurement decisions by the appropriate agencies. These standards are to support the needs of response organizations to include law enforcement, fire fighters, HAZMAT, emergency medical and other related agencies that consist of the first elements to respond to incidents or attacks, and also pertain to organizations that are involved in the mitigation and recovery phases of such attacks. This document describes the strategy and process to develop such an integrated standards suite."
InterAgency Board
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Marking of Country of Origin on U.S. Imports: Acceptable Terminology and Methods for Marking
"Acquaints manufacturers and exporters in other nations with the country of origin marking requirements for goods imported into the U.S."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Disaster Information Management Research Center [website]
"The core purpose of the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) is to develop and provide access to health information resources and technology for disaster preparedness, response, and recovery. Our intent is to connect people to quality disaster health information and foster a culture of community resiliency. [...] DIMRC is committed to help prepare for, respond to, recover from, and mitigate the adverse health effects of disasters in conjunction with federal, state, and local governments, organizations, and local communities. To accomplish this, DIMRC is focused on several areas [including]: Maintain access to health information during disasters; [...] Develop innovative products and services to serve health professionals and the public; [...] Conduct research to support disaster health information management; [and] Collaborate with other agencies and communities."
National Library of Medicine (U.S.). Disaster Information Management Research Center
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Background Information: Country Reports on Terrorism and Patterns of Global Terrorism
"U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism. The report covers developments in countries in which acts of terrorism occurred, countries that are state sponsors of terrorism, and countries determined by the Secretary to be of particular interest in the global war on terror. As provided in the legislation, the report reviews major developments in bilateral and multilateral counterterrorism cooperation as well. The report also provides information on terrorist groups responsible for the death, kidnapping, or injury of Americans, any umbrella groups to which they might belong, groups financed by state sponsors of terrorism, reports on all terrorist organizations on the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list, and other terrorist groups determined by the Secretary to be relevant to the report. Beginning with the report for 2005, Country Reports on Terrorism will also address terrorist sanctuaries and terrorist attempts to acquire weapons of mass destruction. It will also include statistical information provided by the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) on the number of individuals killed, injured, or kidnapped by terrorist groups."
United States. Department of State
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OJJDP Comprehensive Gang Model Online Overview
The United States Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's "Comprehensive Gang Model Online Overview provides a 23-minute overview of the Model for individuals exploring strategies to assess and address their communities' gang problems. Key concepts covered include a brief overview of the nation's gang problem, a discussion of theory behind the Model and its five core strategies, a discussion on assessing the gang problem, and tools to assist community leaders in implementing the Model in their communities."
United States. Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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Responding to the Needs of People with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness in Times of Major Disaster
"This document provides a brief guide for State and local mental health agency administrators and five detailed chapters for program planners and providers of direct services. The intent is not to suggest that persons with serious and persistent mental illness require separate disaster recovery programs, but that within the scope of such programs people with mental illness may require specialized strategies for accessing the services they need on the journey to recovery. Our goals are: to educate State and local mental health administrators, planners, and providers about the needs of individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who experience a disaster; to present practical suggestions for disaster preparedness, for structuring disaster response and programs that mobilize the strengths of survivors; and to summarize some of the broader issues regarding disaster mental health service delivery to people with mental illness."
Center for Mental Health Services (U.S.). Emergency Services and Disaster Relief Branch
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Migration and Border Security: The Military's Role
"In the United States, law enforcement and diplomatic instruments lead the migration and border security effort. The DHS's U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the principal federal law enforcement agency charged with enforcing agriculture, trade, drug and immigration regulations. They operate in all three border environments -- land, sea, and air -- within North America and internationally with cooperating governments. This effort is complemented by the U.S. Department of State's (DoS) 'Border Security Program.' Through proactive efforts in its embassies and consulates, DoS has improved information sharing, connectivity, and training to identify and prevent foreigners bent on doing harm from acquiring travel documents allowing them legal entry to the United States.5 The military's mission to defend U.S. borders from aggressors is principally accomplished through terrorist deterrence, detection, and interdiction before they reach the United States. However, events since 9/11 have led to the deployment of military forces to temporarily supplement and complement the CBP. Such was the case immediately following 9/11, when 1600 National Guard troops were federalized for duty on our northern and southern borders. Again, in 2004 following the intelligence community's assessment of a heightened threat along the northern border between Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, active duty and reserve component forces were deployed along those borders in the execution of Operation Winter Freeze. That augmentation took place between the federal election day and the presidential inauguration."
Army War College (U.S.). Center for Strategic Leadership
Griffard, Bernard F.; Tussing, Bert B.
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Fact Sheet: United States Resettlement Admissions Program (USRAP)
"The United States welcomed 60,192 refugees from all over the world during Fiscal Year 2008 (October 2007 -- September 2008). A total of 18,511 refugees resettled in the U.S. from the East Asia region (excluding Vietnam), constituting one-third of all refugees resettled in the U.S. The majority of the refugees (18,139) were Burmese who had sought temporary refuge in Thailand and Malaysia. As of now, third country resettlement is the only durable solution available to Burmese refugees, and more than 50% of eligible refugees living in Thailand camps are interested in U.S. resettlement. Along with the U.S., several other countries offer resettlement opportunities to Burmese refugees."
United States. Department of State. Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration
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Strategic Petroleum Reserve Annual Report for Calendar Year 2007
"The Strategic Petroleum Reserve program provides the Nation with energy and economic security through its emergency stockpile of crude oil. As of December 31, 2007, the Reserve had a crude oil inventory of 696.9 million barrels (equal to 58 days of net U.S. imports) and a drawdown capability of 4.4 million barrels per day."
United States. Department of Energy
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U.S. Air Force: Suicide Prevention Program
This is the U.S. Air Force Suicide Prevention Program (AFSPP) section of the U.S. Air Force website. It is designed to "provide information and tools to members of the Air Force community (Suicide Prevention Program Managers, commanders, gatekeepers, IDS members, etc.) in their efforts to help reduce Air Force suicides. The Air Force Suicide Prevention Program (AFSPP) seeks to: reduce the number and rate of active duty Air Force suicides, advocate a community approach to suicide prevention, provide assistance and guidance to organizations and individuals administering various components of the AFSPP and identify factors contributing to the incidence of suicide and develop a response to reduce the impact of such factors."
United States. Department of the Air Force
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Oklahoma Information Fusion Center [website]
"The Oklahoma Information Fusion Center is the focal point for the collection, assessment, analysis and dissemination of terrorism and crime prevention information. Through partnerships with the public, private industry, public safety agencies and law enforcement, the fusion center works to protect Oklahoma."
State of Oklahoma
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Restore the Gulf [website]
"RestoretheGulf.gov is the official federal portal for the Deepwater BP oil spill response and recovery. This site provides the public with information on the response, current operations, news and updates, how to file a claim and obtain other assistance, and links to federal, state and local partners. In order to address the long-term environmental, economic, and societal impacts of the Deepwater BP oil spill, and weave together local plans and development priorities with state and federal assistance, the President has asked Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus, a former Mississippi Governor, to lead the integrated Gulf Coast Reconstruction Effort. His responsibility is to build a framework that will quickly connect local and state reconstruction plans with the resources they need to succeed in rebuilding and preserving the unique ecosystem of the Gulf, to succeed in creating sustained economic development, and to succeed in giving opportunities back to those whose livelihoods have been shattered by the spill."
Deepwater Horizon Unified Command
2010
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Counterintelligence-Scope Polygraph Examination
"In December 1999, DOE [Department of Energy] published the official Counterintelligence-Scope Polygraph Examination Rule (Rule 709). This Rule was finalized after discussions with lab, plant and Federal DOE personnel across the U.S. As published in the December 13, 1999 Federal Register, Rule 709 provides in-depth information about the polygraph program, including detailed responses to employee comments and questions from the September, 1999 public hearings. DOE addressed these comments and questions by clarifying policy points or, in many cases, amending the Rule to respond to employee concerns. This fact sheet provides answers to some of the more frequently asked questions about the counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination."
United States. Department of Energy
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Human Health Perspective on Climate Change: A Report Outlining the Research Needs on the Human Health Effects of Climate Change
"The purpose of this paper is to identify research needs for all aspects of the research-to-decision making pathway that will help us understand and mitigate the health effects of climate change, as well as ensure that we choose the healthiest and most efficient approaches to climate change adaptation." This paper is organized into 11 broad human health categories and the ways in which they are affected by climate change: Asthma, Respiratory Allergies, and Airway Diseases, Cancer, Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, Foodborne Diseases and Nutrition, Heart-Related Morbidity and Mortality, Human Developmental Effects, Mental Health and Stress-Related Disorders, Neurological Diseases and Disorders, Vectorborne and Zoonotic Diseases, Waterborne Diseases, and Weather-Related Morbidity and Mortality.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
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Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development [website]
"The central purpose of the Texas Centers is to provide leadership and support to Texas border communities in their economic development efforts, including activities in the areas of business development, education, health care, public administration, and the environment. The consortium members design and carry out activities in three principal areas: 1) Development and maintenance of a U.S.-Mexico border socio-economic database. Dissemination of database information to public and private sector users in a useful format and on a timely basis; 2) Border economic and business development related research and planning; and 3) Education, training, and technical assistance to border industrial, commercial, and governmental entities."
Texas Center for Border Economic and Enterprise Development; Texas A & M International University
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Counterintelligence Reporting Requirements in the Department of Energy
"In the wake of highly publicized allegations of foreign espionage at DOE laboratories, and following the issuance of a Presidential Decision Directive in 1998, DOE has made sweeping changes in security and counterintelligence (CI). Organizational structure has been changed and new policies have been issued. All of these efforts have been intended to strengthen the security of sensitive information and resources under our care. [...] Our objective here is to provide a simple, but comprehensive, statement of reporting requirements, drawing essential content from prior guidance while attempting to eliminate confusion. This restatement of policy takes into consideration all prior CI reporting requirements, including the Close and Continuing Contact policy set forth in DOE Notice 142.1, 'Foreign Visits and Assignments' and the foreign contact reporting required by DOE [Department of Energy] Order 551.1, 'Official Foreign Travel'. In instances where this new formulation may conflict with prior statements of policy, this new guidance will be followed." In addition to a background, this document includes CI reporting requirements and glossary, frequently asked questions, and CI Reporting Matrix.
United States. Department of Energy
