Systems and Solutions - The Gateways to Interoperability
Gary Simpson
August 22, 2007
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, brought to light, in stark reality, one of the greatest problems facing public safety entities around the world – communications interoperability. Since 9/11
National Guard Takes Center Stage in HD/DO Op Orders
Jonathan Dodson
August 22, 2007
Colonel Jonathan Dodson, USA (Ret.), stopped by the DomesticPreparedness offices again to provide an updated briefing on the structure and workings of the National Guard’s Joint Force Headquarters – State
Radicalization in the West: The Homegrown Threat - A Report By NYPD (New York Police Department) Intelligence Division
Domestic Preparedness
August 21, 2007
Intention becomes a factor in the formation of a terrorist cell. Therefore, this study is an attempt, based on real-world case studies, to look at how that intention forms, hardens,
Government Accountability Office; Observations on DHS (Department of Homeland Security) and FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) Efforts to Prepare for and Respond to Major and Catastrophic Disasters and Address Related Recommendations and Legislati
Domestic Preparedness
August 21, 2007
GAO recommends: (1) evaluating the development and implementation of the National Preparedness System; (2) assessing state and local capabilities; (3) examining regional and multi-state planning and preparation; and more. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d071142t.pdf
Chlorine Tactics in Iraq; the Challenge to America
Joseph Steger
August 15, 2007
For more than a decade, terrorist groups have been demonstrating an increasingly greater interest in using easily obtained chemicals as components of conventional explosive weapons. In Iraq, the first half
Judith Miller, Author & Journalist
John F. Morton and Judith Miller
August 15, 2007
The Pulitzer Prize winner’s knowledgeable appraisal of how two of the nation’s largest metropolitan
police departments – in New York City and Los Angeles – are coping with the unique and steadily growing
threats posed by international terrorism.
The Doctors Plot - Its Implications for America
David P. Wright
August 15, 2007
Security experts dismiss the attempt by Islamic doctors to blow up a London nightclub as an
“amateurish” operation. But that misses the real point, which is that physicians – people who know how
to make biological weapons – are now on the terrorist team.
Judith Miller, Author & Journalist
John F. Morton and Judith Miller
August 15, 2007
The Pulitzer Prize winner’s knowledgeable appraisal of how two of the nation’s largest metropolitan
police departments – in New York City and Los Angeles – are coping with the unique and steadily growing
threats posed by international terrorism.
Centers for Disease Control Reports: Community Measures Prevent Deaths During Pandemic, New Study Finds
Domestic Preparedness
August 14, 2007
Voluntary isolation and quarantine, the dismissal of students from school classrooms, and social distancing in the workplace and community are among the CDC guidelines on how American communities can protect
How to Expand the EMS Talent Pool
Glen Rudner
August 8, 2007
In planning for large-scale terrorist incidents, U.S. decision-makers at all levels of government – local, state, and federal – must consider, among other things, how to triage and transport the