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Rev. ed. of: A legal guide to homeland security and emergency management for state and local governments. c2005.
This book provides a number of windows into homeland security and emergency management law - covering both the basic structure of the homeland security and emergency management system and presenting detailed analysis of specific areas (such as applying for federal preparedness funds, negotiating intergovernmental agreements, applying for disaster assistance, and managing the impact of catastrophic events).
This completely updated edition is packed with newer contributions and examples that reflect the changes, best practices, lessons learned, and future challenges in homeland security. An excellent overview of the different divisions that address aspects of homeland security, current practices that have been adopted and new policies that impact local governments. All new collection of articles recently published in leading publications in the public safety and emergency management field fields; and nearly all were written by highly-respected first-responders (as opposed to academics). Recent tragic events including school, workplace, and military episodes of violence, combined with significant public health fears surrounding the new flu epidemics are covered.
Following 9/11, state and local gov¿ts. formed fusion centers, collaborative efforts to detect, prevent, investigate, and respond to criminal or terrorist activity. Recognizing that the centers are a critical mechanism for sharing info., the fed. gov¿t. -- incl. the Dept. of Homeland Security, Dept. of Justice, and the Program Manager for the Info. Sharing Environ. -- is taking steps to partner with fusion centers. This testimony focuses on: (1) the characteristics of fusion centers as of 9/07; and (2) fed. efforts to help alleviate challenges centers identified. This report is based on an 10/07 report on 58 fusion centers and related fed. efforts to support them as well as updated info. obtained by reviewing plans describing selected fed. efforts. Includes recommend. Illus.
This book is devoted primarily to papers prepared by American and Russian specialists on cyber terrorism and urban terrorism. It also includes papers on biological and radiological terrorism from the American and Russian perspectives. Of particular interest are the discussions of the hostage situation at Dubrovko in Moscow, the damge inflicted in New York during the attacks on 9/11, and Russian priorities in addressing cyber terrorism.
The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the widely criticized response to hurricane Katrina in August of 2005 brought to light the weaknesses in the federal government's homeland security enterprise. In response to these catastrophes, the federal government has dramatically increased its spending on homeland security and expanded the federal level structures devoted to counterterrorism and disaster response. This paper seeks to evaluate the efficacy of the federal government's homeland security efforts and determine if there are ways in which current federal homeland security functions can be decentralized in an effort to reduce cost and increase efficiency. This paper concludes that most federal functions related to homeland security could be consolidated or redistributed within existing national security and law enforcement entities. Also, this paper reaffirms the need for unity of effort across all levels of government, but finds that state and local authorities can play a larger role in defending the nation than they do today. Finally, this paper suggest the possibility of dismantling the Department of Homeland Security and offers one possible reapportionment scheme for its components.