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.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fact sheet on the accomplishments the Department has made throughout 2010 to enhance America's capabilities to guard against terrorism, secure the borders, enforce immigration laws, safeguard & secure cyberspace, and prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.
This report analyzes the U.S. State Department's objectivity in assessing the Peoples Mojahedin Organization of Iran, also known as PMOI or MeK, to determine if it was engaged in terrorism and the conflicting policies at the Department that biased its view toward the group.
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 standards and practices.
The New Jersey Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey (UMNDJ) has created this short guidebook listing 19 essential elements of respiratory protection for workers potentially exposed to deleterious agents, such as hazardous wastes or agents of mass destruction.
This report was developed by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Risk Steering Committee (RSC). The purpose of the DHS Risk Lexicon is to create and make available to users a comprehensive list of terms and meanings relevant to the practice of homeland security risk management and analysis. Accomplishing that goal will improve the Department's capability to assess and manage homeland security risks.
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 an accredited third party establishing that the private sector entity conforms to one or more preparedness standards adopted by DHS (the U.S. Department of Homeland Security).
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.
FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) has developed a next generation of rapidly deployable emergency response teams called Incident Management Assistance Teams (IMATs). The IMATs are full-time, rapid-response teams with dedicated staff able to deploy within two hours and arrive at an incident within 12 hours to support the local incident commander.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has completed this report, which addresses: (a) threats to computer-based attacks; and (b) the impact on the critical infrastructures they support. Addressing these threats depends on effective partnerships between the government and private-sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure.
