Reports

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has just released its newly updated and organized Private Sector Resource Catalog, which will help private sector partners carry out their essential roles in the Homeland Security Enterprise. Future updates, issued on a regular basis, will help ensure that the private sector has all

The Task Force on Secure Communities, a subcommittee of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) created at the request of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano, was asked: (a) to consider how Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) may improve the Secure Communities Program; (b) to address some of

Included in this document are three separate and distinct reports that are intended to provide insight into the coordinated use of California fairgrounds during a catastrophic event. With a rich history of support of firefighters and animal & human evacuations on a localized or regional level, the fairgrounds of California

This directive is aimed at strengthening the security and resilience of the United States through systematic preparation for the threats that pose the greatest risk to the security of the nation, including acts of terrorism, cyber attacks, pandemics, and catastrophic natural disasters. National preparedness is the shared responsibility of all

The principal challenges of securing the U.S.-Canadian border involve the coordination of multiple partners. The results of the DHS (Department of Homeland Security) efforts to integrate border security among its components and across federal, state, local, tribal, and Canadian partners are unclear. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was tasked to

Positive train control (PTC) is a communications-based train control system designed to prevent some serious train accidents. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) completed this report, which discusses railroads’ progress in developing PTC and the remaining steps needed to implement it, the benefits of and challenges in implementing other safety technologies,

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) determines public health implications associated with hazardous waste sites and other environmental releases. ATSDR has written this manual to provide guidance to new and experienced health assessors when performing the variety of tasks associated with the public health assessment process. http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/PHAmanual/index.html

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued the following report: Aviation Security: DHS Has Taken Steps to Enhance International Aviation Security and Facilitate Compliance with International Standards, but Challenges Remain. The GAO highlights the ongoing threats to aviation security discussed in the report, and the need to coordinate U.S. security

The purpose of the PS-Prep (Private Sector Preparedness) Program is to enhance nationwide resilience in an all-hazards environment by encouraging private sector preparedness. The program will provide a mechanism by which a private sector entity – a company, facility, not-for-profit corporation, hospital, stadium, university, etc. – may be certified by

The United States Fire Administration (USFA), in partnership with the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), has announced the release of Respiratory Diseases and the Fire Service, a report discussing the findings of a long-term study intended to examine and improve the occupational health of firefighters. http://www.iaff.org/hs/Respiratory/RespiratoryDiseases_andtheFireService.pdf