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Preparedness

• Are We Prepared for Terrorism Using Weapons of Mass Destruction? Government's Half Measures
  Eric R. Taylor, Cato Policy Analysis No. 387, November 27, 2000

• H.R. 4210, Preparedness Against Terrorism Act of 2000
  Legislative hearing before the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations
  May 4, 2000
  • Statement by Gary Marrs, Fire Chief of Oklahoma City, International Association of Fire Chiefs
  • Statement by Stan McKinney, Director, South Carolina Division of Emergency Preparedness National Emergency Management Association
  • Statement by Ray Alfred, Fire Chief of Jacksonville, Florida International Association of Fire Chiefs
  • Statement by Charles Cragin, Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of Defense
  • Statement by Norman J. Rabkin, Director National Security Preparedness Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office

• "Biological and Chemical Terrorism: Strategic Plan for Preparedness and Response"
  Recommendations of the Center for Disease Control's Strategic Planning Workgroup, April 21, 2000

• Domestic Preparedness Against Terrorism: How Ready Are We?
  Hearing Before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations of Committee on Government Reform
  March 27, 2000
  • Statement of Chairman Shays, (R-CT)
  • Statement of Rep. John Tierney, (D-MA)
  • Statement of Scott Appleby, Emergency Management Director, City of Bridgeport
  • Statement of Chief Hector Torres, Police Department, City of Bridgeport
  • Statement of Chief Michael Maglione, Fire Department, City of Bridgeport
  • Statement of Thomas Gecewicz, Director, Health Department, City of Bridgeport
  • Statement of William Cugno, Adjutant General, Connecticut National Guard
  • Statement of Dr. Henry Lee, Commissioner, Dept. of Public Safety
  • Statement of Dr. Joxel Garcia, Commissioner, Dept. of Public Health, State of Connecticut
  • Statement of Arthur Rocque, Jr., Commissioner, Dept. of Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut
  • Statement of Bruce P. Baughman, Director, Operations Division, Response and Recovery Directorate, FEMA
  • Statement of Bruce Lawlor, Commanding General, Joint Task Force - Civil Support, U.S. Dept. of Defense
  • Statement of Gary Moore, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services
  • Statement of Kenneth Stroech, Deputy Emergency Coordinator, Chemical Emergency Prep. and Prevention Office, EPA

• "DoD Helps Hometown USA Confront Terrorism"
  Linda D. Kozaryn, American Forces Press Service
  January 13, 2000

• Preparedness Against Terrorist Attacks
  Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
  June 9, 1999
  • Statement by Mark Gebicke, Director, National Security and Preparedness Issues, General Accounting Office
  • Statement by John Eversole, Hazardous Materials Coordinator, Chicago Fire Department
  • Statement by Ann Simank, Oklahoma City Council Member
  • Statement by Barbara Y. Martinez, Deputy Director, National Domestic Preparedness Office, FBI

• Combating Terrorism: Proposed Transfer of the Domestic Preparedness Program
  Hearing before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans' Affairs and International Relations, May 26, 1999
  • Statement of Rep. Christopher Shays, Chairman
  • Statement of Hon. Charles L. Cragin, Principal Depty Asst. Secty for Reserve Affairs, U.S. Dept. of Defense
  • Statement of Andy Mitchell, Depty Director, Office for State and Local Domestic Preparedness Support, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Dept. of Justice
  • Statement of Barbara Y. Martinez, Depty Director, National Domestic Preparedness Office, FBI
  • Statement of Catherine Light, Director, Office of National Security Affairs, FEMA

• Domestic Preparedness in the Next Millennium
  Joint Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Youth Violence & Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information
  April 20, 1999

• DoD Policies to Combat Terrorism
  Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, Committee on Armed Services
  March 22, 1999
  • Statement by Charles Cragin, Acting Asst. Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs

• Improving Domestic Response to WMD Terrorism
  Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Military Research and Development, Committee on Armed Services
  March 11, 1999
  • Combined Statement of Dept. of Defense Witnesses: Charles L. Cragin, Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Dolores M. Etter, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense (Science and Technology) and Deputy Director, Defense Research and Engineering; Major General John Doesburg, Commander, U.S. Army Soldier & Biological Chemical Command; and Raymond Dominguez, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Forces and Resources
  • Statement by David Boyd, Director, National Institute of Justice, Office of Science and Technology

• DoD Initiatives to Combat Terrorism
  Hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee 
  March 9, 1999
  • Statement by General Joseph Ralston, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff

• "Defense Week WMD & Domestic Preparedness Conference"
  Remarks by Charles L. Cragin, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Reserve Affairs), at the Defense Week WMD & Domestic Preparedness Conference
  October 15, 1998

• Chemical and Biological Weapons Threats to America: Are We Prepared?
  Joint hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information, Committee on the Judiciary and the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
  April 22, 1998
  • Opening Statement by Senator Jon Kyl, Chairman
  • Statement by Attorney General Janet Reno: "The Threat of Chemical and Biological Weapons"

• Department of Defense Domestic Emergency Response Program
  Hearing before the Senate Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
  March 26, 1998
  • Statement by H. Allen Holmes, Asst. Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low Intensity Conflict

• "Consequence Management: Domestic Response to Weapons of Mass Destruction"
  Chris Seiple, Parameters, Autumn 1997

• "Terrorism: Is America Prepared?"
  Allyn Finegold, Issue brief, National Governors' Association, February 2, 1997

Domestic Response

• Understanding Media's Response in Epidemics
  Laurie Garrett, The Second National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism: Public Health Emergency & National Security Threat, Washington, D.C., November 28-29, 2000
• Military Support of Civil Authoritites A New Focus For a New Millennium
  Bruce M. Lawlor, Journal of Homeland Defense, Fall 2000
• Combating Terrorism: Management of Medical Stockpiles
  Hearing before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations, March 8, 2000
  • Statement of Rep. Christopher Shays, Chairman
  • Statement of Cynthia Bascetta, Assoc. Director, Veterans Affairs and Military Health Care Issues, General Accounting Office
  • Statement of Dr. Frances Murphy, Acting Depty Under-Secty for Policy and Management, Dept. of Veterans Affairs
  • Statement of Dr. Robert F. Knouss, Office of Emergency Preparedness, Public Health Service, Dept. of Health and Human Services
  • Statement of Dr. Stephen M. Ostroff, Assoc. Director for Epidemiologic Science, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Commander Carlos Hollifield, Chemical Biological Incident Response Force, U.S. Marine Corps
• 1999 Summary Report on Chemical Weapons Improved Response Program
  U.S. Army Soldier & Biological Chemical Command, 1999
• Biological Weapons Improved Response Program
  U.S. Army Soldier & Biological Chemical Command, Final Report of the Response Decision Tree Workshop, August 1999
• Terrorism Incident Annex of the Federal Response Plan
  Federal Emergency Management Agency, April 1999 (updated June 3, 1999)
• 1998 Summary Report on BW Response Template and Response Improvements
  U.S. Army Soldier & Biological Chemical Command, March 10, 1999
• USFA - HAZMAT Guide for First Responders, 1999
• Chemical/Biological/Radiological Incident Handbook
  Interagency Intelligence Committee on Terrorism, October 1998
• Federal Response To Domestic Terrorism Involving Weapons Of Mass Destruction-Training For First Responders
  Hearing Before the House Subcommittee on Military Research And Development
  March 21, 1998
• "Integration of Reserve Components Responds to New Threat"
  Remarks by Deborah Lee, Asst. Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs; Robert M. Walker, Acting Secretary of the Army; and Brig. Gen. Roger Schultz, Deputy Director of Military Support, Army Operations Center
  March 7, 1998
• "Changing Role of the National Guard"
  Remarks by Deputy Secretary of Defense John J. Hamre to the Adjutant Generals Association of the United States, Washington, D.C.
  February 3, 1998
• "Department of Defense Plan for Integrating National Guard and Reserve Component Support for Response to Attacks Using Weapons of Mass Destruction"
  Report of the Dept. of Defense Tiger Team, January 1998
• "Terror Weapons Grow New Guard and Reserve Roles"
  Remarks by Deborah R. Lee, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs, at the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States 104th Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tenn., November 17, 1997
• "Terrorists, WMD, and the US Army Reserve"
  Charles L. Mercier, Jr., Parameters, Autumn 1997
• Domestic Preparedness Program in the Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction
  Dept. of Defense Report to Congress, May 1, 1997
• "Defending America Against New Breed of Terror"
  Prepared remarks by H. Allen Holmes, Asst. Secretary of Defense for Special Operations and Low-intensity Conflict, to the Sam Nunn Policy Council, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology, Athens, Ga., April 28, 1997

Federal Emergency Management Agency

• "Terrorism Points of Contact Workshop"
  Remarks by Kay C. Goss, Assoc. Director For Preparedness, Training and Exercises, FEMA Headquarters, Washington, DC, May 3, 2000
• "The Future of HAZMAT in FEMA"
  Remarks by Kay C. Goss, Assoc. Director For Preparedness, Training and Exercises, FEMA, at the Tenth Annual Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Workshop, Sacramento, Calif., September 8, 1999
• Statement of Russell Salter, Director, Chemical and Radiological Preparedness Division, FEMA
  Hearing Before the House Subcommittee on Oversight, Government Management, Information, and Technology, August 16, 1999
• Statement of Catherine H. Light, Director, Office of National Security Affairs, FEMA
  Hearing before the House Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Emergency Management, June 9, 1999
• "Working Better Together"
  Opening Comments by Kay C. Goss, Assoc. Director for Preparedness, Training and Exercises, FEMA, at HAZMAT Summit, Washington/Dulles, May 4, 1999
• Remarks by Kay C. Goss, Assoc. Director for Preparedness, Training and Exercises, FEMA:
  • at the Region VII Partnership 2000 Workshop, Kansas City, Missouri, March 4, 1998
  • at the Jane's Information Group Conference "Countering Chemical And Biological Weapons: Government Programs, Industry Opportunities," Washington, DC, November 19, 1997
  • at the National Coordinating Conference on Emergency Management (NCCEM), Phoenix, Arizona, September 16, 1997
  • to the Council of Maryland Fire Rescue Trainers, Maryland Fire and Rescue Institute, Bio-Terrorism Seminar, Baltimore, Maryland, September 13, 1997
  • to the Metropolitan Fire Chiefs Section of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Minneapolis, Minn., May 19, 1997
• "America Preparing for the Consequences of Terrorism"
  Presentation by Kay C. Goss, Assoc. Director for Preparedness, Training and Exercises, FEMA, to the NATO Civil Emergency Preparedness Symposium, Moscow, Russia, April 22, 1997
• Speech by Kay C. Goss, Assoc. Director for Preparedness, Training and Exercises, FEMA, to the State and Local Terrorism Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 18, 1997
• "FEMA Asks Congress for $3.2 Billion 1998 Budget"
  FEMA, February 10, 1997

Health and Medical Services

• Lessons Learned from a Full-Scale Bioterrorism Exercise
  Richard E. Hoffman and Jane E. Norton, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 6, No. 6, November-December 2000

• Challenges Confronting Public Health Agencies
  Margaret A. Hamburg, Asst. Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, presentation to the Second National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism: Public Health Emergency & National Security Threat, Washington, D.C., November 28-29, 2000

• The Problem of Biological Weapons: Next Steps for the Nation
  Tara O'Toole, presentation to the Second National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism: Public Health Emergency & National Security Threat, Washington, D.C., November 28-29, 2000

• Improving Local and State Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents Involving Biological Weapons
  Dept. of Defense Planning Guide, August 1, 2000

• "Preliminary Government Report On West Nile Virus: U.S. Labs Are Unprepared for Bioterrorist Attack; Lab Capacity Insufficient to handle Major Viral Outbreak"
  Press Release, Office of Senator Charles Schumer, June 25, 2000

• West Nile Virus: Preliminary Information on Lessons Learned
  General Accounting Office Summary, GAO/HEHS-00-142R, June 23, 2000

• Combating Terrorism: Chemical and Biological Medical Supplies Are Poorly Managed
  Statement of Cynthia A. Bascetta, Associate Director, Veterans' Affairs and Military Health Care Issues, General Accounting Office, before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs, and International Relations
  March 8, 2000 [GAO/T-HEHS/AIMD-00-59]

• Guidelines for Mass Casualty Decontamination During a Terrorist Chemical Agent Incident
  U.S. Army Soldier & Biological Chemical Command, January 2000

• Combating Terrorism: Chemical and Biological Medical Supplies are Poorly Managed, October 29, 1999 [GAO/HEHS/AIMD-00-36]

• "Schumer Says Federal Response to NYC Encephalitis Outbreak Shows Troubling Holes in Emergency Preparedness and Coordination for Biological Terrorist Attack"
  Press Release, Office of Senator Charles Schumer, October 17, 1999

• Terrorism Preparedness: Medical First Response
  Hearing before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Veterans Affairs and International Relations
  Sept. 22, 1999
  • Statement of Scott R. Lillibridge, M.D., National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dept. of Health and Human Services
  • Statement of Dr. David R. Johnson, Infectious Disease Policy Committee, Assoc. of State and Territorial Health Officials, and Deputy Director for Public Health and Chief Medical Executive, Michigan
  • Statement of Edward P. Plaugher, Chief, Arlington County Fire Department, VA and Director, Metropolitan Medical Response System, Washington, D.C.
  • Statement of Ellen Gordon, Administrator, Iowa Emergency Management Division and past-Pres., National Emergency Management Association
  • Statement of Dr. Tara O'Toole, Fellow, Center for Civilian Bio-Defense Studies, Johns Hopkins University

• Emerging Infectious Diseases, Special Issue on Bioterrorism
  Vol. 5, No. 4 (July-Aug. 1999)

• "Bioterrorism: Our Frontline Response; Evaluating U.S. Public Health and Medical Readiness"
  Hearing before the Senate Public Health Subcommittee, Committee on Public Health and Safety, Education, Labor and Pensions
  March 25, 1999
  • Testimony of Margaret A. Hamburg, M.D., Asst. Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Dept. of Health and Human Services
  • Statement of Dr. Jeffrey Koplan, Director, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
  • Statement of William E. Clark, Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness, Dept. of Health and Human Services
  • Statement of Dr. Donald A. Henderson, Director, Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Johns Hopkins University
  • Statement of Dr. Richard L. Alcorta, State EMS Medical Director for Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems
  • Statement of Dr. John G. Bartlett, President, Infectious Disease Society of America

• National Symposium on Medical and Public Health Response to Bioterrorism
  February 16-17, 1999, Arlington, VA
  Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, Dept. of Health and Human Services, Infectious Diseases Society of America, and the American Society for Microbiology
  (requires RealPlayer audio)

• The Economic Impact of a Bioterrorist Attack: Are Prevention and Post Attack Intervention Programs Justifiable? Arnold F. Kaufmann, Marin I. Meltzer and George P. Schmid, Centers for Disease Control, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol. 3, No. 2, April-June 1997

Environmental Protection Agency

• Final Rule: Public Distribution of Off-site Consequence Analysis Information
  Environmental Protection Agency and Dept. of Justice, Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 151, August 4, 2000
• EPA Capabilities: Responding to NBC Terrorism
  Environmental Protection Agency brochure, #550-F-00-008, May 2000
• "EPA to Limit Web Information: Officials Fear Terrorist Use of Data on Toxic Waste, Chemicals"
  David A. Vise, Washington Post, April 27, 2000
• Accidental Release Prevention Requirements; Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Section 112(r)(7); Distribution of Off-Site Consequence Analysis Information; Proposed Rule
  Environmental Protection Agency and Dept. of Justice, Federal Register, Vol. 65, No. 82, April 27, 2000
• "Counter-Terrorism: National Priorities and the Federal Plan of Action
  EPA briefings at the Region III CEPP Conference, September 22, 1999
• "EPA's Emergency Response Organizational Structure"
  EPA Presentation to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, June 15, 1998
• "Overview: Counter-Terrorism Status Report"
  EPA Presentation at the 1998 NRT/RRT Co-Chairs Meeting, February 21, 1998
• EPA's Role in Counter-Terrorism Activities
  Fact Sheet #550-F-98-014, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, February 1998
• "EPA's Involvement in Counter-Terrorism"
  EPA briefing, November 1997
• "Hazardous Materials Response Overview"
  EPA briefing, July 28, 1997

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