Published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2003, authored by President George W. Bush, The National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets is the first document of its kind. After September 11 a Continue Reading...
Terrorism Organizations What is Terrorism? Legacy in the 21st century Based Terrorist Organizations Aryan Nation Ku Klux Klan Counterterrorism and Prevention Definitions and Structures Homeland Security Patriot Act The very nature of terror Continue Reading...
Cyber Terrorism The Internet that we know today and use in our everyday lives was founded in the early 1970s. But all through the Cold War, the apprehension of data theft led to the Internet becoming a decentralized system. But it was not until the Continue Reading...
Benefit Analysis Memorandum Cost-Benefit Analysis Cost-benefit analyses are routinely conducted for federal programs and proposed federal programs. The researchers propose a cost-benefit analysis for homeland security expenditures designed to addr Continue Reading...
The fact that industrial control systems may be vulnerable to infiltration by other citizens, or international parties puts laws pertaining to intersection of systems transmission at the forefront of priorities for us all. At present, telecommunica Continue Reading...
September 11th shocked and enraged many people, in the United States and around the world. With that shock came a cry for change, a tightening of the open and free society in which we live. September 11th was an unprecedented occurrence, leaving man Continue Reading...
Policy Analysis: Interior Enforcement of the Employment of Immigrants Criminal Justice History of the Problem and Need for Change Problem Scope. In 2004, three U.S. companies were issued penalty notices by the U.S. Department of Homeland Securit Continue Reading...
This as an important moment in the history of the Cold War because it marked the start of a new series of talks between the Palestinians and the Israeli side. This moment also proved the importance of the State Secretary in relation to the issues of Continue Reading...
By continuing with a "business as usual" attitude, the terrorists would not have a long-term psychological impact on American society, culture and economic development. While the long-term psychological impact appears to be the most prominent value Continue Reading...
Jurisdictional Emergency Planning for Domestic TerrorismDespite the confluence of multiple unprecedented existential threats to the United States and its citizens, including an ongoing global pandemic which is proving remarkably resilient, intensifyi Continue Reading...
Introduction The USS Cole Bombing in October 2000 was a prelude to the intense focus on the spread of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) that the FBI took up in earnest one year later in the wake of and in response to 9/11. With the killing of severa Continue Reading...
19Combatting Terrorism Using Fusion CentersTerrorism is one of the major global security issues in the modern society, particularly due to technological developments and globalization. The 9/11 terror attacks on the United States highlighted the deva Continue Reading...
Terrorist Attack Response and Prioritization When one utilizes power or brutality against individuals or property disregarding the criminal laws of the U.S. For purposes of bringing about fear, compulsion, or ransom it is regarded as terrorism (Ho Continue Reading...
Terrorism Scope and Direction The 911 Commission Report focuses on the specificities of the September 11 terrorist attack and the nature of Al Qaeda as a threat to domestic security. Its scope is narrower in focus than either the National Security Continue Reading...
GIS Client/Server Systems Geographic Information System (GIS): Overview Use of GIS Client/Server Systems by U.S. Government Agencies Department of Agriculture (USDA) Census Bureau Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Department of the Interior Continue Reading...
OMAHA p Executive briefing on current emerging issues in emergency management to brief a local executive Executive briefing of emerging issues in emergency management: Capabilities, vulnerabilities, and needs for Omaha, Nebraska Omaha, Nebraska i Continue Reading...
United States to Respond to a WMD Attack Within Our Borders? The objective of this study is to answer how prepared the United States is to respond to a WMD attack within its borders and to answer whether there is enough capability to effectively re Continue Reading...
Hurricane Katrina - Emergency Management All discussions regarding the Hurricane Katrina need to acknowledge the fact that the primary reason for Katrina having a great impact was task scope and size, rather than human failure. While effective manag Continue Reading...
This category can further be divided into six subgroups namely; short-range, medium range, long-range, close range, endurance, Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). The long-range UAVs are technologically more advanc Continue Reading...
Manual for State of Alaska First Responders Introduction to the Critical Incident Manual This critical incident manual contains information that will be valuable for all emergency or public service agencies in State of Alaska, such as police, fire Continue Reading...
Here, criminal law is of course preemptive in all jurisdictions, yet enforcement is restricted to agencies dedicated to law enforcement investigation and apprehension of individuals. In spite of billions of dollars spent on homeland security, in th Continue Reading...
" U.S. Citizen and Immigration Services Website. 2006. Office of Homeland Security. 24 Jul. 2006 http://www.uscis.gov/graphics/shared/statistics/yearbook/2005/table07.xls. Office of Immigration Statistics. "Legal Permanent Resident Flow by Type and Continue Reading...
Of course, not all of the counterterrorism methods will work, and there will certainly be changes, alterations, and even the disbanding of some of the things the government has done to help prevent further attacks. Clearly, the nation has learned q Continue Reading...
FEMA Procedures Response Partner Guide and the Emergency Support Function Annexes from the NRF Transportation (e.g., trains, planes, ships) Through the Emergency Support Function (EFS), the role of transportation and it's support to the Department Continue Reading...
The relationship between liberty and security is a tense one, as retaining or bestowing some liberties will lessen security. This claim, while it holds for some liberties, does not hold for all. Some liberties have a very low relationship with securi Continue Reading...
Business Continuity Planning, Collaboration, and Training Help Private Agencies Prepare for Events Affecting Critical Infrastructure A business continuity plan is a response plan that sets out how an organization or institution will continue operat Continue Reading...
Protection Discipline The art and science of protection has evolved and transformed over the past decades where new levels of its requirements are in high demand. This structural shift in the needs for protection have also created the environment w Continue Reading...
Ebola Virus Response and Resource Management Plan Ebola Outbreak Ebola Virus Symptoms Diagnosis Transmission Implications for Public Health Incident Command Structure Communication Management Resources Required Social and Mental Health Prog Continue Reading...
Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Sandy Tropical cyclones can badly destroy settlements and structures along the coast. Recent destructive tropical cyclones such as the 2005 Katrina and the Sandy which happened in 2012 affirm that the destruction caus Continue Reading...
Norfolk Virginia is a medium sized city, and like many other local communities, has had to adapt to the new reality that the events of September 11, 2001 have forced the nation to accept. In the wake of the attacks a federal Commission was charged wi Continue Reading...
Risk Management Risk and vulnerability analysis Risk can be defined as a prediction of future events and their outcomes and consequences. Initially, as these predictions are being made, there is no guarantee that these event will actually occur. At Continue Reading...
It association with the DHS means that the USFA is closer to the Secretary's office, with a direct presence at the DHS headquarters. The USFA's association with the DHS brought a number of new opportunities to represent the nation's fire service. T Continue Reading...
Immigrants Should be Allowed in the US Military and Granted Citizenship One of the major issues that have faced the U.S. Department of Defense is on permitting illegal immigrants to serve in the U.S. military. This issue has become relatively contro Continue Reading...
GEOINT Role in Responding to Hurricane Katrina The American federal government's response operation in the aftermath of the 2005 disaster, Hurricane Katrina, establishes a crucial military necessity of improving the nation's evaluation, decision-mak Continue Reading...
