Critical Infrastructure Protection – The nation’s critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) include systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that their incapacitation or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic vitality, or public health and safety. Ensuring CIKR resiliency and protection is essential to our security and way of life. The Department’s Office of Infrastructure Protection leads the coordinated national effort to build resiliency and reduce and mitigate risk across the 18 CIKR Sectors, which include such key areas as food and water, energy, communications and transportation systems, and emergency services. Since the vast majority of the nation’s critical infrastructure is privately owned and operated, strong partnerships between government and private industry are essential to achieve these shared goals.”
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Daily Archives: November 18, 2009
New GAO Reports: Homeland Security, Combating Nuclear Smuggling, Federal Land Management, International Trade
Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Help Address Security Vulnerabilities at Federal Buildings, GAO-10-236T, November 18, 2009 Homeland Security: Greater Attention to Key Practices Would Improve the Federal Protective Service’s Approach to Facility Protection, GAO-10-142, October 23, 2009 Combating Nuclear Smuggling: Recent Testing Raises Issues About the Potential Effectiveness of Advanced Radiation Detection… Continue Reading
Long-Term Implications of the Department of Defense's FY2010 Budget Submission
Long-Term Implications of the Department of Defense’s Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Submission, November 18, 2009. Testimony before the Committee on Armed Services, U.S. House of Representatives. “CBO projects that carrying out the plans proposed in the Presidents 2010 budget request, excluding overseas contingency operations (in general, overseas military operations against hostile forcescurrently consisting of the… Continue Reading
Navy Arctic Roadmap: Ice Free Arctic by 2030?
Wired: “The Navys Arctic Roadmap, written by the recently launched Navy Task Force Climate Change (TFCC), opens with an acknowledgment that worldwide temperatures are on the rise especially up north. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the globe. While significant uncertainty exists in projections for Arctic ice extent, the… Continue Reading
The Financial Crisis and U.S. Cross-Border Financial Flows
The Financial Crisis and U.S. Cross-Border Financial Flows, Carol C. Bertaut and Laurie Pounder, Federal Reserve Board Division of International Finance “The financial crisis that began in the summer of 2007 caused notable changes in the composition of U.S. cross-border financial flows, especially in the fall of 2008, when the crisis intensified. This article documents… Continue Reading
HHS Secretary Statement on New Breast Cancer Recommendations
Follow up to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s new recommendations on breast cancer screening cause controversy, this statement from HHS Secretary Sebelius: “There is no question that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendations have caused a great deal of confusion and worry among women and their families across this country. I want to address… Continue Reading
Census Bureau Releases 2008 Income and Poverty Estimates for All School Districts and Counties
News release: “The U.S. Census Bureau today released 2008 income and poverty estimates for every school district and county in the nation. These data, part of the Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) program, currently represent the only source of Census Bureau income and poverty data for each of the nations 3,142 counties and… Continue Reading
Media Alerts on Federal Courts of Appeals Website of the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements
“Welcome to the new Media Alerts on Federal Courts of Appeals Website of the ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judicial Improvements. This website is designed to provide reporters, lawyers, educators, and the public with prompt, accurate, unbiased information about newsworthy and legally significant cases pending in and decided by the Federal Courts of Appeals. Our… Continue Reading
Integrating Security Preparing for the National Security Threats of the 21st Century
Integrating Security – Preparing for the National Security Threats of the 21st Century, by Lawrence Korb, Sean Duggan, and Laura Conley. November 2009 “But the array of challenges facing the administration is daunting. Success will depend not only on how well the administration is able to ensure that its policies live up to these stated… Continue Reading
State Housing Finance Agencies To Receive $18.6 Billion
Jon Lipe’s blog: “The Obama Administration announced state and local allocations totaling $18.6 billion under its HFA Initiatives New Issue Bond Program (NIBP). In addition, the Administration revealed that it will be providing $10.5 billion in liquidity support to 23 HFAs under the Initiatives Temporary Credit and Liquidity Program (TCLP). Complete allocation data is available… Continue Reading
