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| "Let's Roll". A Call for State Action to Protectand Strengthen Our Democracy. | To assist in coordinating a response to issues raised in the aftermath of September 11, the National Conference of State Legislatures has created the Task Force on Protecting Democracy. This final report from the Task Force provides guidelines to coordinate the activities of, and facilitate exchanging information between and among, states, local governments, and the federal government to strengthen homeland security. | Interoperability | COMMUNICATIONS | 07/28/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| *06 StandardsPublic Safety Wireless Communications and Interoperability | The DHS SAFECOM program serves to assist local, tribal, state, and federal public safety agencies improve public safety response through more effective and efficient interoperable wireless communications. Communications interoperability is the ability of public safety agencies to talk across disciplines and jurisdictions via radio communications systems, exchanging voice and/or data with one another on demand, in real time, when needed. | Standards | COMMUNICATIONS | 01/26/2006 | |||||||||||||||
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*The National Mandate For Interoperability CJIS GROUP Briefing Paper |
Billions are spent on projects to improve justice and public safety information sharing through interoperability. The intent of this CJIS GROUP Briefing Paper is to provide an overview and perspective on the national mandate for the interoperability of Justice & Public Safety communications and information systems. | Interoperability | COMMUNICATIONS | 12/01/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| 2006 State Homeland Security Directors Survey | The National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, NGA Center’s, second annual survey of the 55 state homeland security directors during December 2005 and January 2006. The survey reflects the responses, of 40 homeland security directors, to questions concerning state homeland security structures, governance, policies, and priorities. | Emergency Management/Homeland Security Priorities | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
04/03/2006 | |||||||||||||||
| A Report from the Task Force on State and Local Homeland Security Funding | On March 15, 2004, amid growing concern that federal homeland security grant funds were not reaching local2 governments in a timely manner, Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge established the Task Force on State and Local Homeland Security Funding (Task Force). The Secretary asked governors, city and county elected and appointed officials, tribal leaders and other senior local officials to serve as members of the Task Force. Each member was selected due to their first-hand experience in executing prevention, protection, and emergency response operations and in managing homeland security issues. During the first conference call, Task Force members selected the Honorable Mitt Romney, Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to serve as Chairman and the Honorable Donald Plusquellic, Mayor of the City of Akron, Ohio to serve as the Vice Chair.3 | Funding | COMMUNICATIONS | 06/05/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| A Report on Technical and Operational Issues ImpactingThe Provision of Wireless Enhanced 911 Services | The purpose of this report is to convey the results of an independent inquiry into the technical and operational issues affecting the deployment of wireless Enhanced 911 (“E911”) services in the United States. The inquiry was carried out by the author on behalf of the Federal Communications Commission (“Commission”) over a six month period beginning on April 15, 2002. | E911 Assessment/Analysis | DISPATCH SYSTEMS | 10/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| BJAProgram Brief:Regional InformationSharing Systems Program | The Regional Information Sharing Systems (RISS) Program supports federal, state, and local law enforcement efforts to combat criminal activity that extends across jurisdictional boundaries. Six RISS centers currently provide member law enforcement agencies nationwide with a broad range of intelligence exchange and related investigative support services. RISS centers focus primarily on violent crime, terrorism, gang activity, organized crime, and drug trafficking. |
Integration | INTEGRATION | 04/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| California Ballistics Identification System Feasibility Study | Assembly Bill 1717 (Hertzberg), (Stats. 2000, ch. 271), was signed into law by Governor Davis on August 31, 2000. This bill directed the Department of Justice (DOJ) to conduct a study to evaluate ballistics identification systems to determine the feasibility and potential benefits to law enforcement of utilizing a statewide system capable of maintaining a database of ballistic images and information from test-fired and sold firearms. Such a statewide ballistics identification system would be designed to allow law enforcement agencies to query a database to compare crime scene ballistics evidence with ballistics information from handguns sold in the state. | Ballistics/Evidence Study | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT | 01/01/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Challenges in Securing Transit Systems. | Report on (1) challenges in securing mass transit systems, (2) steps transit agencies have taken to enhance safety and security, and (3) the federal role in transit safety and security. My comments are based on our ongoing work for the full committee and a body of work GAO has undertaken since September 11, 2001, on homeland security and combating terrorism.2 For our ongoing work, we conducted 10 site visits at transit agencies across the country and surveyed about 200 transit agencies, among other things. |
Funding | INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
09/28/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Concept for Operations for Integrated Justice Information Sharing Version 1.0 July 2003 | This Concept for Operations for Integrated Justice Information Sharing, hereafter referred to as ConOps, provides a discipline-specific focus for justice information sharing, which in turn can be used to identify and expose broader IT architectural and infrastructure issues that must be addressed by state Chief Information Officers (CIOs). While this ConOps focuses primarily on information sharing in the justice arena, the research implications are clearly broader. | Information Sharing Assessment/ Needs Analysis | INTEGRATION | 07/30/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Emergency Management in County Government | A National Survey In February 2006, the National Association of Counties (NACo) commissioned the National Center for the Study of Counties (NCSC) to conduct a survey to assess key aspects of county emergency management, including organizational structure, budgets and funding, personnel and training, use of technology, and ways counties collaborate with other government entities and nongovernmental organizations. NCSC |
State of the Counties | Data Sharing INTEGRATION |
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| Executive SummaryJustice Information Technology Focus Group:Assessing the Implications of the Terrorist Attacks on America for Justice Information and Technology | ...This dialogue will be useful for legislators and policymakers at the state and local levels, and for federal agencies who are managing the resources critical to achieving these objectives. | Recommendations Report | BIOMETRICS INTEGRATION |
01/03/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| FDLE Report on Progress by Executive Order #01-300 | Strengthening Domestic Security in Florida | Homeland Security | BIOMETRICS CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION |
11/01/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| FDLE and Florida Division of Emergency Management - Assessing Anti-Terrorism Capabilities | Assessment and Recommendations to Strengthen Florida’s Anti-terrorism Preparedness and Prevention | Interoperability and Information Sharing | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
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| FDLE and Florida Division of Emergency Management - Domestic Security Strategic - Plan | Strengthening Domestic Security, Florida Strategic Plan and Funding Strategy | Funding | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
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| Federal Efforts Are Helping to Address Some Challenges Faced by State and Local Fusion Centers | Fusion centers, which vary in their characteristics, are operating or being established in almost all states and several local jurisdictions across the country. Specifically, officials in many (43 of 58) of the fusion centers we contacted described their centers as operational as of September 2007. These centers were generally created by state and local governments to improve information sharing across levels of government and to prevent terrorism or other threats. While 9 of these operational centers had opened within the couple of years after September 11, 2001, 34 had opened since January 2004. The majority of the centers had scopes of operations and missions that included more than just counterterrorism-related activities, such as a focus on all crimes or all hazards. Adopting a broader focus helped provide information about all threats and increased the center’s sustainability, for instance, by including additional stakeholders who could provide staff and support, and is consistent with the definition of a fusion center in the 9/11 Commission Act. Law enforcement entities, such as state police, were the lead or managing agencies in the majority of the operational centers we contacted. | GOA - Fusion Center Report | INTEGRATION | 04/21/2008 | |||||||||||||||
| FIRST MAYORS’ REPORT TO THE NATION:Tracking Federal Homeland Security FundsSent to the 50 State GovernmentsA 168-City/50-State Survey | The ultimate goal of any survey conducted by the Conference of Mayors is to assemble information that can be used to improve the program or process being examined. That is certainly the case with this survey. Mayors have been working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security and Secretary Tom Ridge, and with key members of Congress, on the homeland security issues that they consider most important. How best to get local first responders the resources they need tops our list of priorities, and we believe this survey points to improvements that need to be made to the current process. | Funding | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
09/30/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety, and the Private Sector | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security (DHS) collaborated in the developmentof these fusion center guidelines. The intent of the partnershipis to provide a consistent, unified message and to provide acomprehensive set of guidelines for developing and operating afusion center within a state or region. | Fusion Center Guidelines | INTEGRATION | 01/31/2007 | |||||||||||||||
| Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety, and the Private Sector - Executive Summary | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security (DHS) Executive Summary of the Fusion Center Guidelines: Law Enforcement Intelligence, Public Safety and Private Sector report. | Fusion Center Guidelines | INTEGRATION | 01/31/2007 | |||||||||||||||
| GAO Testimony- Homeland Security Information Sharing | US General Accounting Office: Homeland Security Information Sharing Responsibilities,Challenges, and Key Management Issues | Homeland Security Information Sharing | INTEGRATION | 09/17/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Guidelines for Establishing and Operating Fusion Centers at the Local, State, Tribal, and Federal Level | The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security collaborated in the development of the fusion center guidelines contained in this report. Members of DOJ’s Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative and the Homeland Security Advisory Council also supported this project, which involved numerous law enforcement experts and practitioners from local, state, tribal, and federal agencies, as well as public sector and private entities from across the country. The intent of the alliance was to provide a consistent, unified message and to provide a comprehensive guideline for developing a fusion center within a state or region. |
Fusion Center Guidelines | INTEGRATION | 01/07/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| HOMELAND SECURITY IN THE STATES: MUCH PROGRESS, MORE WORK | This report presents an overview and discussion of the survey results, which indicate that significant progress has been made in the three years since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. | Interoperability/ Information Sharing | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
01/24/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| IACP Statewide Criminal Justice Information Sharing Study | International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) Information Integration Planning Model and Study | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 04/01/2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Information Sharing for Homeland Security:A Brief Overview | This report reviews some of the principal existing homeland security information sharing arrangements, as well as some projected arrangements in this regard, and discusses related policy, evaluations, and proposed legislation. It will be updated as events warrant. |
Information Sharing Assessments /Recommendations | DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
01/10/2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Information Technology Funding and Associated Management Issues. | Information technology (IT) will play a critical role in strengthening our nation's homeland security against potential future attacks. Specifically, IT will help enable the nation to identify potential threats, share information more readily, provide mechanisms to protect our homeland, and develop response capabilities. |
Funding | INTEGRATION | 12/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Integrated Information Sharing Focus Group Summary Report | This summary report contains views and observations of participants in the August 21-22, 2001 Focus Group on Juvenile Integrated Information Sharing held in Denver, Colorado….The purpose of the focus group was to identify information integration issues and challenges by identifying models, actions and solutions to integration information sharing. |
Information Sharing Assessment | INTEGRATION | 03/16/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| International Association of Chiefs of Police - 2002 State Legislative Report | Report summarizes legislation pertaining to Law Enforcement that was enacted by state legislatures in 2002. | Legislative Bills | COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
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International Association of Chiefs of Police 2004 State Legislative Report |
The IACP prepares an annual State Legislative Report in order to provide members with a review of the major law enforcement-related legislative initiatives that were considered, or are currently under consideration, in each state. Although the IACP staff tracks all law enforcement-related legislation, this document provides information on only those legislative initiatives that were enacted or were the subject of significant legislative activity. | Legislative Bills | CONSULTING SERVICES | 06/06/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| Justice Expenditure and Employmentin the United States, 1999 | Data presented in this report are derived from the Justice Expenditure and Employment Extracts, which is compiled from the Census Bureau's Annual Government Finance Survey and Annual Survey of Public Employ-ment. The extracts present public expenditure and employment data pertaining to justice activities in the United States, including police, judicial and legal services, and correctional activities. |
Justice Employee Report | CONSULTING SERVICES | 02/28/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| LEITSC Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Version I | With support from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), LEITSC has published the Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Version I. These tools provide significant guidance to agencies developing a request for proposal (RFP) for purchasing or upgrading a CAD or RMS. They are designed to inform law enforcement about the basic functional requirements that all RMS and CAD systems should have in order to achieve interoperability. |
Standards | DISPATCH SYSTEMS Computer Aided Dispatch |
2008 | |||||||||||||||
| LEITSC Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Records Management Systems (RMS) Version II | With support from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), LEITSC has published the Standard Functional Specifications for Law Enforcement Records Management Systems Version II. These tools provide significant guidance to agencies developing a request for proposal (RFP) for purchasing or upgrading a CAD or RMS. They are designed to inform law enforcement about the basic functional requirements that all RMS and CAD systems should have in order to achieve interoperability. |
Standards | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT Law Enforcement Systems |
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| MATRIX PILOT PROGRAM — Multistate Anti-TeRrorism Information Exchange | The $4M MATRIX pilot project involves 13 States and is an effort to increase and enhance the exchange of sensitive terrorism and other criminal activity information between local, state, and federal agencies. |
Data Security and Integration | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
02/21/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| MISSION POSSIBLE Strong Governance Structures for theIntegration of Justice Information Systems | Surveys were completed by 251 jurisdictional representatives of suburban, urban, and rural areas throughout the United States. The majority of respondents were engaged in some aspect of information systems integration with other departments and/or agencies, and most systems were integrated with their state justice system. However, one-third had no integration efforts underway and no governance structure in place to facilitate integration. | Integrated Justice Information Surveys | INTEGRATION | February 2002 | |||||||||||||||
| National Consortium for Court Functional Standards Guide | Consortium for National Case Management Automation Functional Standards and National Center State Courts | Court Automation | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION |
02/02/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| National Governors Association Center for Best Practices SERC Profiles - Report | NGA State Emergency Response Commission (SERC) 2003 Profiles | Emergency Response | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
08/01/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| National Governors Association State Homeland Security - Analysis | NGA Analysis of State Homeland Security Organizational Structures established subsequent to September 11, 2001 | Homeland Security | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
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| National Law Enforcement Telecommunication System, 2001 Annual Report | In national press conferences the U.S. Attorney General begins mentioning the use of NLETS in his effort to disseminate critical information. Overnight NLETS is thrust into the spotlight. Staff begins to provide appropriate press releases and television interviews. The world has seemingly discovered a new criminal justice system…one that has existed for over thirty years. | NLETS Report | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS |
04/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| National Response Plan | The NRP represents a true “national” framework in terms of both product and process. The NRP development process included extensive vetting and coordination with Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies, nongovernmental organizations, private-sector entities, and the first-responder and emergency management communities across the country. The NRP incorporates best practices from a wide variety of incident management disciplines to include fire, rescue, emergency management, law enforcement, public works, and emergency medical services. The collective input we received from our public- and private-sector partners has been, and will continue to be, absolutely critical to the implementation and continued refinement of the core concepts included in this groundbreaking national plan. | NRP Best Practices | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
12/15/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| National Strategy for Information Sharing | While improved information sharing has been an Administration priority since the September 11 attacks, this Strategy reflects the first time the Administration has articulated the full contours of its vision in a single document. Memorializing the Strategy in a single document not only provides information to others about the Administration’s plans and outlook, but also guides our efforts as we continue to implement many programs and initiatives designed to advance and facilitate the sharing of terrorism-related information. | Information Sharing | INTEGRATION | October 2007 | |||||||||||||||
| National Strategy for the Physical Protection of Critical Infrastructures and Key Assets | The Strategy identifies a clear set of national goals and objectives and outlines the guiding principles that will underpin our efforts to secure the infrastructures and assets vital to our national security, governance, public health and safety, economy, and public confidence. | Data Security/Surveillance Strategies | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
02/13/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| National Task Force on Court Automation and Integration - Report | National Task Force on Court Automation and Integration: Court Information Systems Technical Assistance Project to Identify Issues and Challenges to Justice System Automation | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 07/01/1999 | |||||||||||||||
| National Task Force on Court Automation and Integration - Study | Marin County, California Criminal Justice Information System Overview | Court Automation | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION |
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| National Task Force on Court Automation and Integration Study - Colorado | Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System: Project Overview and Recommendations | CJIS | INTEGRATION | 10/01/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| National Task Force on Federal Legislation – Criminal Justice Information Policy | BJS DOJ SEARCH NCSC: Established National Task to examine the extent and manner in which Federal legislation imposes reporting requirements and expectations on the criminal justice system. | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 09/01/2000 | |||||||||||||||
| NEMA Reports on State Homeland Security Structures | The National Emergency Management Association and The Council of State Governments conducted a joint survey of the 50 states and District of Columbia to determine the organizational structure of each state to address terrorism preparedness. | Terroism Survey | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS SECURITY SYSTEMS |
06/15/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| NIJ Inventory of State and Local Law Enforcement Technology Needs to Combat Terrorism - Brief | National Institute of Justice – The inventory is the first phase in a two-phase project sponsored by NIJ under the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. | Homeland Security | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SYSTEMS SECURITY SYSTEMS VEHICLE SYSTEMS |
01/01/1999 | |||||||||||||||
| NIST Information Technology Systems Security Self-Assessment - Guide | National Institute of Standards and Technology: IT Security Assessment Framework standardizing criteria to determine levels of adequate system security | IT Security | INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
08/01/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| OJP The National Criminal Intelligence Sharing Plan | Office of Justice Programs and the Global Justice Information Sharing Initiative (Global)Intelligence Working Group (GIWG) present Solutions and approaches for a cohesive plan to improve our nation’s ability to share criminal intelligence | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 10/01/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| OJP/COPS Information Technology Initiatives Overview | FY 2001 Information Technology Initiative covers projects in eight broad areas of concentration. | Project reports | CASE/RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
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| OJP/NIJ Privacy in the Information Age - Paper | A Guide for Sharing Crime Maps and Spatial Data | Data Sharing Guide | DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
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| Principles and Promises - BJA's Plan for the Future | ...set out the principles that will guide BJA in the coming years. These principles will help us design our policies, administer our funding sources, and oversee our programs. No principle will be more important to us than providing for state and local control. President George W. Bush set out this principle well when he said that his vision is an “active but limited government: one that empowers states, cities, and citizens to make decisions." |
Future Plans | SECURITY SYSTEMS | 12/13/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Progressive Policy Institute – Policy Briefing | The State and Local Role in Domestic Defense | Homeland Security | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
01/18/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Sacramento Co, CA IJIS Strategy - Plan | Sacramento Co, CA Integrated Justice Information System (IJIS) Strategy Plan and Analysis | Data Sharing | INTEGRATION | 01/15/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| SEARCH IJIS Planning and Implementation Paper | Organizing for Change: Integrated Justice Information Systems | IJIS | INTEGRATION | 06/01/2000 | |||||||||||||||
| Security in the Information Age:New Challenges, New Strategies | Computer networks connect and control everything from pipelines to stock exchanges. At a speech given on March 23, 2001, to the Partnership for Critical Infrastructure of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Condoleeza Rice, United States National Security Advisor said, “Today, the cyber economy is the economy. . . . Corrupt those networks and you disrupt this nation.” This compendium represents a range of perspectives on infrastructure protection, from definitions and strategies to business challenges and policy actions. |
National Security Systems | INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
05/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Security Self-Assessment Guidefor Information TechnologySystems | Self-assessments provide a method for agency officials to determine the current status of their information security programs and, where necessary, establish a target for improvement. This self-assessment guide utilizes an extensive questionnaire containing specific control objectives and techniques against which an unclassified system or group of interconnected systems can be tested and measured. |
Security Assessment | INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
08/01/2001 | |||||||||||||||
| SSA Overview of Identity Search and Matching | Search Software America: Solving the Identity Search and Matching Problem in Criminal Justice Applications - Introduction to Technology | Name Search | INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
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| State and Local Actions for Homeland Security | This report is a snapshot of the homeland security actions being taken at the state, county and city levels, including efforts to provide security, maintain public safety, protect public infrastructures and respond to the consequences of terrorist attacks through disaster relief and public health agencies. | Homeland Security Initiatives | SECURITY SYSTEMS | 07/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| State and Local Law Enforcement Expenditures | A research project defining spending patterns and the use of E-Commerce by the law enforcement community. | CONSULTING SERVICES | 10/01/2000 | ||||||||||||||||
| State Fiscal Update | This report is based on information collected from legislative fiscal directors in early April. It covers the revenue and expenditure situation through March 2002. While most of this report addresses the FY 2002 budget situation, it also takes a look at projections for FY 2003 general fund revenue growth and actions or proposals to balance FY 2003 budgets. | Legislative reports | CONSULTING SERVICES | 04/16/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Strengthening Domestic Security in Florida - Making Florida Safer | November, 2002 Annual Report from Florida's Domestic Security Advisory Board | State Terrorism Study | SECURITY SYSTEMS | 11/01/2002 | |||||||||||||||
| Survey of 150 Cities’ Direct Homeland Security Cost Increases Related to War/High Threat Alert | The U.S. Conference of Mayors is releasing new data compiled in a survey of nearly 150 cities nationwide. These cities are geographically and politically diverse. They range in size from 30,000 to eight million people. As a group, they are spending over $21.4 million per week in additional homeland security costs attributable to the war and the increased threat alert level (code orange). Cities nationwide are spending nearly $70 million per week in additional homeland security costs due to the war and heightened threat alert level. |
Homeland Security Cost Survey | CONSULTING SERVICES SECURITY SYSTEMS |
03/27/2003 | |||||||||||||||
| Understanding Wireless Communications in Public Safety | A Guidebook to Technology, Issues, Planning, and Management - This guidebook is designed to help unravel the confusing issues, terms, and options surrounding wireless communications, particularly as it involves commercially available communications services. The target audience for this report consists of those middle and upper managers who are responsible for funding and/or managing communications at their agencies, but who have little or no technical background in wireless technology. |
Planning Resource | COMMUNICATIONS INTEGRATION |
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| Uneven Implementation of Wireless Enhanced 911 Raises Prospect of Piecemeal Availability for Years to Come | When an emergency call is placed to 911, prompt response depends on knowing the location of the caller. Enhanced 911 (E911) service automatically provides this critical information. E911 is in place in most of the country for traditional wireline telephone service, where the telephone number is linked to a street address. Expanding E911 capabilities to mobile phones is inherently more challenging because of the need to determine the caller’s geographic location at the moment the call is made. Concerns have been raised about the pace of wireless E911 implementation and whether this service will be available nationwide. GAO reviewed the progress being made in implementing wireless E911 service, the factors affecting this progress, and the role of the federal government in facilitating the nationwide deployment of wireless E911 service. | Status Report | COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SYSTEMS INTEGRATION |
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| US Conference of Mayors Tracking Federal Homeland Security Funds Survey | Homeland Security Monitoring Center Mayors’ Report to the Nation: Tracking Federal Homeland Security Funds sent to the 50 State Governments A 215-City/50-State Survey | Funding | INTEGRATION | 06/25/2004 | |||||||||||||||
| Using Technology to Detect and Prevent Terrorism, by Shane Ham and Robert D.Atkinson | The purpose of this brief, rather,is to stimulate thinking about how technology can take domestic defense from its old economy model -bureaucratic,hierarchical and compartmentalized,and labor-intensive — and transform it to a New Economy model flexible,networked,and automated. |
Terrorism Technology | BIOMETRICS INTEGRATION SECURITY SYSTEMS |
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| Whitehouse Report: Securing The Homeland Strengthing The Nation | A new wave of terrorism,involving new weapons,looms in America ’s future. It is a challenge unlike any ever faced by our Nation. But we are not daunted. We possess the resources and the determination to defeat our enemies and work to secure our homeland against the threats they pose. |
Homeland Security Report | 02/13/2002 | ||||||||||||||||
