Category: Reports

Government Accountability Office – Department of Defense (DOD) Combatant Commands’ Preparedness Efforts Could Benefit from More Clearly Defined Roles, Resources, and Risk Mitigation

This report focuses on DOD’s combatant commands (COCOM) and addresses (1) actions the COCOMs have taken to prepare and (2) management challenges COCOMs face going forward. http://www.gao.gov/highlights/d07696high.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO) – DOD Combatant Commands’ Preparedeness Efforts Could Benefit from More Clearly Defined Roles, Resources, and Risk Mitigation

This report focuses on DOD’s combatant commands (COCOM) and addresses (1) actions the COCOMs have taken to prepare and (2) management challenges COCOMs face going forward in planning for a […]

Government Accountability Office (GAO) – HHS Needs to Ensure the Availability of Health Screening and Monitoring for All Responders

Screening and monitoring services should be available to all responders (federal and nonfederal) residing in and outside of the New York City metropolitan area. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d07892.pdf

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Pandemic Planning Update IV, a Report From Secretary Michael O. Leavitt

This report outlines current monitoring efforts, vaccine production, and the status of state and local preparedness. http://www.pandemicflu.gov/plan/panflureport4.pdf

Critical Infrastructure Protection: Sector Plans and Sector Councils Continue to Evolve

This report discusses: how the sector-specific plans meet NIPP (National Infrastructure Protection Plan) & DHS requirements; the government/sector coordinating council members’ views on the value of the plans; & the […]

National EMS Core Content – A Report by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

The National EMS Core Content uses the Model of Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine as the template. This will further align the out-of-hospital community with the medical community. http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/ems/EMSCoreContent/images/EMSCoreContent.pdf

Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Information Security – Agencies Report Progress, but Sensitive Data Remain at Risk

GAO discusses various security incidents in the report, and lists continued weaknesses in information-security controls at major federal agencies.

U.S. Department of Commerce/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Hurricane Operations Plan

This report is a result of a forum for the responsible Federal agencies, together with representatives from the user communities like emergency management, to review the Nation’s hurricane forecast and […]

A Governor’s Guide to Homeland Security, a Report from the National Governors Association (NGA)

This guide was written to provide governors with an overview of their homeland-security roles and responsibilities. The information in the report is drawn from past experiences of governors who have […]

A Congressional Research Service Report for Congress – Extensively Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis (XDR-TB): Quarantine and Isolation

This report focuses on a review of state, national, and international quarantine and isolation laws and policies. http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/RS22672_20070605.pdf