Reports

The National Climate Assessment Report takes the most comprehensive look at climate change impacts in the United States. This report integrates four years of work by hundreds of experts from government, academia, corporations, and public-interest organizations. http://nca2014.globalchange.gov

The world’s growing connectivity will change how and where people associate, gather, and share information. This Pew Research Center Report predicts that, by the year 2025, most people will tap into the Internet so easily it will flow through their lives “like electricity.” Although experts generally agree on future technology changes, they disagree about their ramifications. http://www.pewinternet.org/files/2014/03/PIP_Report_Future_of_the_Internet_Predictions_031114.pdf

The Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) is a legislatively mandated review of Department of Defense (DOD) strategy and priorities. The QDR will set a long-term course for DOD as it assesses the threats and challenges that the nation faces and rebalances DOD’s strategies, capabilities, and forces to address today’s conflicts and

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the federal government’s level of coordination with state and local governments on cybersecurity concerns at emergency operations centers, public safety answering points, and first responder organizations involved in handling 911 emergency calls. This report provides insight to what the GAO found and recommends.

Food, like water and air, is essential to sustain life. As such, when someone deliberately taints that sustenance at any point in the food supply chain, the result can be devastating. This report addresses the topic of food defense, which is of great importance to the preparedness community, but it

Post-Disaster Reunification of Children: A Nationwide Approach illustrates the significance of whole-community collaboration and inclusive emergency planning by providing a comprehensive overview of the coordination processes needed to reunify children separated from their parents or legal guardians in the event of a large-scale disaster. The report also discusses how the

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review the effects of Global Positioning System (GPS) disruptions on the nation’s critical infrastructure. GAO examined: (a) the extent to which the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has assessed the risks and potential effects of GPS disruptions on critical infrastructure; (b)

Despite the increase in the policing of high-crime “hotspots” in a number of major U.S. cities, and the evidence of its effectiveness, there has been surprisingly little research on what police officers should actually do when patrolling those areas. The Philadelphia Police Department in Pennsylvania and its research partners in

The U.S. Government Accountability Office was tasked to examine the performance and staffing strategy of the TSA Adjudication Center. This report addresses the extent to which: (a) TSA has measured performance for the Center and what the data show; (b) TSA offices have coordinated to meet the overall security threat

Urgent action is needed to reduce the U.S. military’s dangerous dependence on foreign suppliers for the raw materials, spare parts, and finished products needed to defend America, according to a new study prepared by Brigadier General John Adams, USA (Ret.). http://americanmanufacturing.org/files/RemakingAmericanSecurityMay2013.pdf