This web page lists the most recent additions to the Counter-Terrorism Training and Resources for Law Enforcement web site.

Week of 5/29/09

• Freight Rail Security: Actions Have Been Taken to Enhance Security, but the Federal Strategy Can Be Strengthened and Security Efforts Better Monitored (PDF) (Government Accountability Office, April 2009)

• Information Security: Agencies Make Progress in Implementation of Requirements, but Significant Weaknesses Persist [Testimony] (PDF) (Gregory C. Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, Government Accountability Office, May 19, 2009)

Week of 5/15/09

• 8th Annual Maritime Security Expo

• Cyberterrorism First Responder (Cyberterrorism Defense Initiative)

• ESRI Homeland Security GIS Summit (Environmental Systems Research Institute)

• Information Security: Cyber Threats and Vulnerabilities Place Federal Systems at Risk [Testimony] (PDF) (Gregory C. Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, Government Accountability Office, May 5, 2009)

• Security in Mexico: Implications for U.S. Policy Options (PDF) (Agnes Gereben Schaefer, Benjamin Bahney, K. Jack Riley, RAND, 2009)

Week of 5/8/09

• 3rd Annual Fusion Center and Information Sharing Strategies Conference (Homeland Defense Journal)

• Background Information: Far-Right Attacks on U.S. Law Enforcement (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism, April 13, 2009)

• Comprehensive Preparedness Guide: Developing and Maintaining State, Territorial, Tribal, and Local Government Emergency Plans (PDF) (Federal Emergency Management Agency, March 2009)

• Developing a Process to Build Partner Capacity for Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction (PDF) (RAND, 2009)

• FEMA Publishes Final Rule to Reflect Current Organizational Structure (Federal Emergency Management Agency, April 3, 2009)

• High-Priority Criminal Justice Technology Needs (National Institute of Justice, March 18, 2009)

• ICS-100.HE Introduction to the Incident Command System for Higher Education (Online Course) (Emergency Management Institute, Federal Emergency Management Agency)

• National Conference of State Legislatures Legislative Summit

• A Portrait of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States (Jeffrey S. Passel and D'Vera Cohn, Pew Hispanic Center, April 14, 2009)

• Preventing the Next Attack—A New Way of Thinking (Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Training and Consulting, Inc.)

• Reducing Ideological Support for Terrorism (PDF) (Paul Shemella, Strategic Insights, Vol. 8, Issue 2, Center for Contemporary Conflict, Naval Postgraduate School, April 2009)

• Responding to the Attack (Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism and Counterterrorism Training and Consulting, Inc.)

• Technology Institute for Rural Law Enforcement (National Institute of Justice and the Rural Law Enforcement Technology Center)

• Terrorists Can Think Strategically: Lessons Learned From the Mumbai Attacks [Testimony] (PDF) (Brian Michael Jenkins, RAND, January 28, 2009)

Week of 5/1/09

• 2nd Annual Critical Infrastructure Conference

• 23rd Annual Police Security Expo 2009

• 2009 Texas School-Based Law Enforcement Conference (Center for Safe Communities & Schools and the Texas School Safety Center )

• Film Piracy, Organized Crime, and Terrorism (PDF) (Gregory F. Treverton et al., RAND, 2009)

• Homeland Defense: Actions Needed to Address Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace [Testimony] (PDF) (Davi M. D'Agostino, Government Accountability Office, April 22, 2009)

• SANSFIRE 2009 (SANS Institute)

• A Strategic Planning Approach: Defining Alternative Counterterrorism Strategies as an Illustration (PDF) (Lynn E. Davis and Melanie W. Sisson, RAND, 2009)

• Transportation Security: Comprehensive Risk Assessments and Stronger Internal Controls Needed to Help Inform TSA Resource Allocation (PDF) (Government Accountability Office, 2009)

• WMD Crime Scene Management for Emergency Responders (Center for Domestic Preparedness, U.S. Department of Homeland Security)

• WMD/Terrorism Awareness for Emergency Responders (Online Course) (PDF) (Texas Engineering Extension Service)

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