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The Role of Science and Technology in Homeland Security and Countering Terrorism: Overview of Key Activities at the National Academies
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From page 116...
... A Wulf National Academy of Engineering PREFACE This document provides an overview of National Academies' activities that are relevant to various aspects of homeland security and countering terrorism, particularly catastrophic acts of terrorism.
From page 117...
... As the U.S. government began to implement various measures for homeland security, the implications for the scientific and engineering community became clearer, and in October 2002 the presidents of the National Academies issued a statement on behalf of the National Academies, "Science and Security in an Age of Terrorism."5 In addition, as federal agencies began reorganizing activities in waging the war on terrorism, including the 22 agencies that would ultimately comprise DHS, the new focus in government precipitated a variety of other activities across the National Academies.
From page 118...
... A Science and Technology Agenda for Countering Terrorism This keystone project, noted earlier, initiated in the weeks following September 11, 2001, was aimed at helping the federal government, and more specifically the Executive Office of the President through the Office of Science and Technology Policy and Office of Homeland Security, to use effectively the nation's and the world's scientific and technical community in a timely response to the threat of catastrophic terrorism. A committee of distinguished scientists and engineers, supported by similarly distinguished panels, developed an integrated science and technology program plan and research strategy.
From page 119...
... · GAO on assessment of cybersecurity technologies for critical infrastructure protection (October 1­2, 2003) · GAO on assessment of DHS/Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
From page 120...
... information analysis, management, and infrastructure protection 5. threat and vulnerability, testing, and assessment, including addressing the root causes of terrorism, coping with new risks, emergency preparedness and response, and international issues Reports Published in 2004 Forensic Analysis: Weighing Bullet Lead Evidence Distribution and Administration of Potassium Iodide in the Event of a Nuclear Incident Advanced Energetic Materials Improving the Characterization Program for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste Bound for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Biotechnology Research in an Age of Terrorism University Research Centers of Excellence for Homeland Security: Summary Report of a Workshop The Mathematical Sciences' Role in Homeland Security: Proceedings of a Workshop Advancing Prion Science: Guidance for the National Prion Research Program Summary of the Power Systems Workshop on Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community: October 9-10, 2003, Washington, D.C.
From page 121...
... THE ROLE OF S&T IN HOMELAND SECURITY AND COUNTERING TERRORISM 121 Overcoming Impediments to U.S.-Russian Cooperation on Nuclear Nonproliferation: Report of a Joint Workshop Terrorism -- Reducing Vulnerabilities and Improving Responses: Proceedings of a U.S.-Russian Workshop Reports Published in 2003 Review of EPA Homeland Security Efforts: Safe Buildings Program Research Implementation Plan A Review of the EPA Water Security Research and Technical Support Action Plan: Parts I and II Assuring the Safety of the Pentagon Mail: Letter Report Preparing for the Psychological Consequences of Terrorism: A Public Health Strategy Cybersecurity of Freight Information Systems: A Scoping Study -- Special Report 274 Who Goes There? Authentication Through the Lens of Privacy An Assessment of Non-Lethal Weapons Science and Technology Science and Technology for Army Homeland Security: Report I ISC Security Design Criteria for New Federal Office Buildings and Major Modernization Projects: A Review and Commentary Tracking and Predicting the Atmospheric Dispersion of Hazardous Material Releases: Implications for Homeland Security Critical Information Infrastructure Protection and the Law: An Overview of Key Issues The Internet Under Crisis Conditions: Learning from September 11 Information Technology for Counterterrorism: Immediate Actions and Future Possibilities National Security and Homeland Defense: Challenges for the Chemical Sciences in the 21st Century Microbial Threats to Health: Emergence, Detection, and Response Accelerating the Research, Development, and Acquisition of Medical Countermeasures Against Biological Warfare Agents: Interim Report Advancing Prion Science: Guidance for the National Prion Research Program -- Interim Report Reports Published in 2002 Countering Agricultural Bioterrorism Cybersecurity Today and Tomorrow: Pay Now or Pay Later IDs -- Not That Easy: Questions About Nationwide Identity Systems Countering Terrorism: Lessons Learned from Natural and Technological Disasters
From page 122...
... Does It Work? Countering Bioterrorism: The Role of Science and Technology An Assessment of the CDC Anthrax Vaccine Safety and Efficacy Research Program Summary -- Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security: Second Report: Progress Toward Objectives Preparing for Terrorism: Tools for Evaluating the Metropolitan Medical Response System Program Discouraging Terrorism: Some Implications of 9/11 High-Impact Terrorism: Proceedings of a Russian-American Workshop Summary -- Assessment of the Practicality of Pulsed Fast Neutron Analysis for Aviation Security 2001-2002 Assessment of the Army Research Laboratory7 Letter Report of the Committee on Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Reports Published in 2000 and 2001 Protecting People and Buildings from Terrorism: Technology Transfer for Blast-effects Mitigation Firepower in the Lab: Automation in the Fight Against Infectious Diseases and Bioterrorism Summary of Discussions at a Planning Meeting on Cyber-Security and the Insider Threat to Classified Information Blast Mitigation for Structures: 1999 Status Report on the DTRA/TSWG Program Reports Published Before 2000 Improving Surface Transportation Security: A Research and Development Strategy, 1999 Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Interior Materials for Commercial Transport Aircraft, 1995 Improved Fire- and Smoke-Resistant Materials for Commercial Aircraft Interiors: A Proceedings, 1995 7This report is not available on the National Academies Press Web site, and may be accessed by contacting the Public Access Records Office of the National Academies at 202-334-3543.
From page 123...
... THE ROLE OF S&T IN HOMELAND SECURITY AND COUNTERING TERRORISM 123 New Materials for Next-Generation Commercial Transports, 1996 Protecting Buildings from Bomb Damage: Transfer of Blast-Effects Mitigation Technologies from Military to Civilian Applications, 1995 Use of Underground Facilities to Protect Critical Infrastructures: Summary of a Workshop, 1998 Airline Passenger Security Screening: New Technologies and Implementation Issues, 1996 Black and Smokeless Powders: Technologies for Finding Bombs and the Bomb Makers, 1998 Chemical and Biological Terrorism: Research and Development to Improve Civilian Medical Response, 1999 Configuration Management and Performance Verification of Explosives Detection Systems, 1998 Containing the Threat from Illegal Bombings: An Integrated National Strategy for Marking, Tagging, Rendering Inert, and Licensing Explosives and Their Precursors, 1998 Detection of Explosives for Commercial Aviation Security, 1993 The Practicality of Pulsed Fast Neutron Transmission Spectroscopy for Aviation Security, 1999 Balancing Scientific Openness and National Security Controls at the Nuclear Weapons Laboratories, 1999 Computers at Risk: Safe Computing in the Information Age, 1991 Computing and Communications in the Extreme: Research for Crisis Management and Other Applications, 1996 Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society, 1996 Realizing the Potential of C4I: Fundamental Challenges, 1999 Summary of a Workshop on Information Technology Research for Crisis Management, 1999 Trust in Cyberspace, 1999 Assessment of Future Scientific Needs for Live Variola Virus, 1999 Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Aviation Security: First Report, 1999 Aviation Fuels with Improved Fire Safety: A Proceedings, 1997 Fluid Resuscitation: State of the Science for Treating Combat Casualties and Civilian Injuries, 1999 Improving Civilian Medical Response to Chemical or Biological Terrorist Incidents: Interim Report on Current Capabilities, 1998 Proliferation Concerns: Assessing U.S. Efforts to Help Contain Nuclear and Other Dangerous Materials and Technologies in the Former Soviet Union, 1997 Protecting Nuclear Weapons Material in Russia, 1999 The Protection of Federal Office Buildings Against Terrorism, 1988
From page 124...
... Government Research and Development in Support of Cyberassurance for the Critical Infrastructure of the United States Nanotechnology for the Intelligence Community Review of Testing and Evaluation Methodology for Biological Point Detectors Assessment of Technologies Deployed to Improve Transportation Security Educational Paradigms for Homeland Security Safety and Security of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Establishing Priorities for U.S.-Russian Cooperation in Countering Radiological Terrorism
From page 125...
... Cooperative Research Programs · National Cooperative Highway Research Program Security Projects Transportation Security A State DOT Field Personnel Security Manual Methods for Determining Transportation and Economic Consequences of Terrorist Attacks Secure Communication Infrastructure Emergency Traffic Operations Management Transportation Response Options: Scenarios of Infectious Disease, Biological Agents, Chemical, Radiological, or Nuclear Exposure Bridge/Tunnel/Highway Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment Workshops · Transit Cooperative Research Program Security Projects A Guide to Public Transportation Security Resources Prevention and Mitigation Security-related Training and Customer Communications: Lessons Learned from September 11 by Transportation Providers Intrusion Detection for Public Transportation Facilities Emergency Response Mobilization Strategies and Guidelines for Transit Use of Portable Explosive Detection Devices Robotic Devices
From page 126...
... Foreign Assistance Programs -- Implications for AID and its Partners U.S.-Russian Interacademy Project on Counterterrorism International Forum on Biosecurity Indo-U.S. Cooperation to Counter Infrastructure Terrorism: Workshop on Threats to Communications Systems and Public Transportation Systems Emergency Preparedness for Terrorist Events: Emerging Opportunities for Science and Technology Understanding Terrorism Examining the Science Base for Microbial Forensics Policy Consequences and Legal/Ethical Implications of Offensive Information Warfare Maintaining the Safety and Security of U.S.
From page 127...
... Finally, the portfolio also includes a number of efforts aimed at a better understanding of the root causes of terrorism. The heightened sentiments regarding sensitive but not classified features of many of these activities have added a dimension of complexity to the National Academies' approach to dealing with these issues, which had traditionally fallen fairly clearly into classified and unclassified domains with routine procedures for handling information and disseminating reports in either case.


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