http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/RetailFoodProtection/FoodCode/FoodCode2009/
The latest version of the model code and reference document used by state, city, county and tribal agencies to regulate restaurants, retail food stores, vending operations, and food service operations in schools, hospitals, nursing homes, and child care centers to prevent foodborne illness. From the Food and Drug Administration.
http://www.preventwmd.gov/static/docs/report/WMDRpt10-20Final.pdf
Subtitled: A Progress Report on America's Preparedness to Prevent Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism. Offers 13 recommendations for reducing the risk of vulnerability to a terrorist act. Expresses particular concern about the bioterrorism threat. From the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism.
http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/statistics/publications/ois_wp_impacts_911.pdf
Examines the macroeconomic impacts of the 9/11 attack on U.S. real GDP growth and the unemployment rate. Real GDP growth fell immediately after the attack but recovered completely; unemployment fell and never recovered. Working paper from the Department of Homeland Security.
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09873.pdf
Examines how several federal agencies are trying to assure the safety of imported foods and describes what problems remain to be resolved. From the Government Accountability Office
http://www.ice.gov/doclib/091005_ice_detention_report-final.pdf
Reviews the components of the immigration detention system at present, the problems resulting from high numbers of detainees and inadequate resources, and proposes a framework for creation of a new system of immigration detention. From the Department of Homeland Security.
http://www.acq.osd.mil/dsb/reports/2009-09-SS_Report_Vol_I.pdf
This study concerns itself with the matter of capability surprise--scientific breakthroughs, operational innovations or the like that could present serious threats to homeland security, especially be means of cyber, space or nuclear attacks. Offers recommendations for improving the ability of national defense forces to cope with surprises. From the Defense Science Board.
http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=940
Examines how the creation of professional private nonstate military organizations have mixed with crime and violence to form a security threat to Mexico and the U.S. From the Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College.
Subtitled: A Phased Adaptive Approach for Missile Defense in Europe. Spells out the strategy behind the cancellation of plans for a land-based missile force in Eastern Europe in favor of a sea-based strategy to counter potential military threats from the Middle East. From the White House.
http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-04-08-00260.pdf
A study of the preparation by localities to distribute vaccines and antiviral drugs in response to a major flu epidemic. Finds that the localities studied had not addressed most of the vaccine and antiviral drugs distribution components called for in HHS pandemic influenza guidance documents. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.
http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-02-08-00210.pdf
A study of the preparedness of 5 states and 10 localities for a major flu epidemic. Finds that most of the examined jurisdictions were lacking in 5 key preparedness areas. From the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.
http://www.dni.gov/reports/2009_NIS.pdf
Latest version of the intelligence strategy which claims to reflect a refined understanding of the counterterrorism challenge and gives greater weight to the challenges in the cyber domain and from counterintelligence threats. From the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
