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DomPrep Journal: NIMS – Integrating Incident Command Systems

Domestic Preparedness July 27, 2006

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NACCHO’s Local Health Department Guide to Pandemic Influenza

Domestic Preparedness July 22, 2006

This guide is intended for use by local health departments as part of a multi-sector effort to coordinate planning and response to a pandemic influenza outbreak. http://www.naccho.org/topics/infectious/influenza/documents/NACCHOPanFluGuideforLHDsII.pdf

OSHA Announces That the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Along With the FBI, Has Launched a New “Protect Your Workplace Campaign”

Domestic Preparedness July 22, 2006

The program is designed for all businesses, as well as government agencies, and features a series of four posters that focus on such issues as robberies and break-ins, computer intrusions and corporate espionage, and identity theft. http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/distributable.html#work

Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Investigators Transported Radioactive Sources Across Our Nation’s Borders at Two Locations

Domestic Preparedness July 11, 2006

GAO testimony discloses the results of undercover tests made by its investigators to determine whether monitors at U.S. ports of entry detect radioactive sources in vehicles attempting to enter the United States. http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06939thigh.pdf

United States and Canada Announce Results of Operation Frozen Timber, a Multi-Agency Probe Targeting Cross-Border Aerial Drug Smuggling

Domestic Preparedness July 9, 2006

During the course of Operation Frozen Timber, U.S. and Canadian enforcement teams intercepted more than 17 drug loads, including one shipment in February 2005 involving five suitcases packed with 149 kilograms of cocaine.

DomPrep Journal: Counter-Terrorism Protecting the Homeland

Domestic Preparedness June 29, 2006

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Government Accountability Office (GAO) – DHS is Addressing Security at Chemical Facilities, but Additional Authority is Needed

Domestic Preparedness June 25, 2006

DHS is developing a Chemical Sector-Specific Plan, which is scheduled to be released in the fall of 2006. In addition, DHS has taken a number of other actions to protect the nation’s chemical sector from terrorist attacks. http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06899thigh.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Aviation Security: Further Study of Safety and Effectiveness and Better Management Controls Needed If Air Carriers Resume Interest in Deploying Less-than-Lethal Weapons

Domestic Preparedness June 19, 2006

GAO is recommending that, should air carrier interest in deploying these devices resume, TSA should ensure that there is reliable research supporting their use in an aircraft environment. http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d06475high.pdf

GAO – Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Coordination between FEMA and the American Red Cross Should Be Improved for the 2006 Hurricane Season

Domestic Preparedness June 13, 2006

FEMA and the American Red Cross working together for the first time as co-primary agencies for ESF-6 under the National Response Plan-disagreed about their roles & responsibilities.

Government Accountability Office (GAO): U.S. Tsunami Preparedness

Domestic Preparedness June 13, 2006

This report lists coastal areas facing the greatest tsunami hazard, the effectiveness of the existing federal tsunami warning system, & efforts to mitigate the potential impacts, assesses NOAA’s efforts to develop long-range plans for federal tsunami http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-06-519

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DomPrep Journal: NIMS – Integrating Incident Command Systems

NACCHO’s Local Health Department Guide to Pandemic Influenza

OSHA Announces That the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Along With the FBI, Has Launched a New “Protect Your Workplace Campaign”

Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Investigators Transported Radioactive Sources Across Our Nation’s Borders at Two Locations

United States and Canada Announce Results of Operation Frozen Timber, a Multi-Agency Probe Targeting Cross-Border Aerial Drug Smuggling

DomPrep Journal: Counter-Terrorism Protecting the Homeland

Government Accountability Office (GAO) – DHS is Addressing Security at Chemical Facilities, but Additional Authority is Needed

Government Accountability Office (GAO) – Aviation Security: Further Study of Safety and Effectiveness and Better Management Controls Needed If Air Carriers Resume Interest in Deploying Less-than-Lethal Weapons

GAO – Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Coordination between FEMA and the American Red Cross Should Be Improved for the 2006 Hurricane Season

Government Accountability Office (GAO): U.S. Tsunami Preparedness

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