This report has been developed to assist with planning and response efforts related to shelter operations in a radiation emergency. It provides information and guidance about screening for radioactive contamination, decontamination, radiation monitoring, registration, health surveillance, and communications.
The Department of Defense (DoD) cyber strategy guides the development of DoD's cyber forces and seeks to strengthen its cyber defense and cyber deterrence posture. It focuses on building cyber capabilities and organizations for DoD's three primary cyber missions.
The first installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER) examines how to modernize the nation's energy infrastructure to promote economic competitiveness, energy security, and environmental responsibility. It focuses on: energy transmission, storage, and distribution; and the networks and facilities that form the backbone of the nation's energy system. The QER identifies vulnerabilities and proposes policy recommendations and investments.
In March 2014, the Committee on Homeland Security completed its investigation of the Boston Marathon bombing, which occurred on 15 April 2013, and released a report detailing four areas needing improvement and it's recommendations. In this follow-up report, the Committee explores some of those changes, and details areas where further improvements can and should be made.
The emergency medical services (EMS) community faces many challenges in providing patient care while maintaining the safety of their patients and themselves. This research report summarizes best practice information received and consolidates it in an appendix for consideration by the EMS community.
This report highlights the research and development projects the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) launched in fiscal years 2008 through 2013. It examines the extent to which DNDO's project planning and selection process aligns investments with gaps in its global nuclear detection architecture, as well as DNDO's steps to evaluate the outcomes of projects in which it invests.
The After Action Report for the Response to the 2013 Boston marathon bombings reflects the after action review findings of response and recovery activities performed by public safety, public health, and medical personnel following the April 15 bombings, the care and support of those impacted by the events in the following days, and the search and apprehension of the bombing suspects.
The emergence of drug resistance in bacteria is reversing the miracles of the past 80 years of antibiotics, with drug choices for the treatment of many bacterial infections becoming increasingly limited, expensive, and, in some cases, nonexistent. This report provides a roadmap to guide the nation in rising to this challenge.
This report examines the various legal issues that arise with respect to the sharing of cybersecurity intelligence, with a special focus on two distinct concepts: (a) sharing of cyber- information within the government's possession; and (b) sharing of cyber information within the possession of the private sector.
This report is a reference tool on Superstorm Sandy recovery and rebuilding efforts to date. The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure continuously engages in Hurricane Sandy oversight through regular agency briefings and updates, hearings, requests for information, and staff visits to affected areas to observe project progress firsthand.
