The intended use of the State Mitigation Plan Review Guide is to facilitate consistent evaluation and approval of state mitigation plans as well as state compliance with the mitigation planning requirements when updating plans. The mitigation planning process identifies risks and vulnerabilities associated with natural disasters and establishes a long-term strategy for protecting people and property in future hazards events.
There continues to be a rise in emerging infectious disease threats, as well as diseases that are reemerging due to globalization, drug resistance, and declining participation in vaccination programs. The outbreak of Ebola proved that, although the United States had plans in place, much of the nation was still surprised by the effects of this deadly virus. To address this topic, Ellen Carlin, D.V.M., led a discussion with subject matter experts at the Texas State Capital. That discussion and results from a nationwide survey provided content for this report.
Congress included provisions in the Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-96) for planning, building, and managing a new, nationwide, broadband network for public safety communications, by creating the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet). This report discusses issues that Congress should consider with regard to FirstNet.
This report provides references to analytical reports on cybersecurity from Congressional Research Service, other government agencies, trade associations, and interest groups. In addition, the report lists selected cybersecurity-related websites for various agencies, associations, institutions, news, and other organizations.
The National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) assists states in emergency planning and in developing maps of potential coastal inundation for a tsunami of a given intensity. A goal of the program is to ensure adequate advance warning of tsunamis along all U.S. coastal areas and appropriate community response to a tsunami event.
The National Health Security Strategy 2015-2018 provides strategic direction to ensure that efforts to improve health security nationwide over the next four years are guided by a common vision, based on sound evidence, and carried out in an efficient, collaborative manner.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service have developed an improved method for analyzing outbreak data to determine which foods are responsible for illnesses related to four major foodborne bacteria.
This report presents basic information about the measles, its history in the United States, available treatments to prevent individuals from contracting measles, and the federal role in combatting measlesfrom funding, to research, to the authority of the federal government in requiring mandatory childhood vaccinations. The report provides additional resources for information on measles and recommendations for vaccination against the disease.
The oversight of medical products was added to the High Risk List in 2009 because the Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) was facing a variety of difficulties that threatened to compromise its ability to protect the public health. The 2009 report is updated here. While progress has been made, challenges remain.
The 2015 National Snapshot of Public Health Preparedness is the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) seventh preparedness report, demonstrating how federal investments enhance the nation's ability to respond to public health threats and emergencies. This snapshot presents the activities that occurred during 2013 and 2014, in the framework of CDC's three priorities.
