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

Week of 10/31/05

• Background Checks for Firearm Transfers, 2004 (U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2005)

• CBRN Terrorism Overview Class
  
  
• Certificate in Homeland Security eLearning Program
  
  
• Certificate in Intelligence Analysis
  
  
• English-Arabic/Arabic-English Dictionary & Phrasebook (M. Gaafar and J. Wightwick, Hippocrene Books, Inc., © 2003 (2005, Sixth Printing)
  
  
• Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
  
  
• Homeland Security SAFETY Act
  
  
• The MIPT Terrorism Annual, 2004 (PDF) (National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (MIPT), 2005)
  
  
• The National Plan for Research and Development in Support of Critical Infrastructure Protection (PDF) (Executive Office of the President, 2004)
  
  
• National Response Center
  
  
• Preparing Officers for Interagency and Multinational Service (PDF) (Rand Corporation, 2005)
  
  
• Protocol for Law Enforcement Dealing with Suicide Bombers
  
  
• Suicide Bombings and Attacks
  
  
• The Threat From Iran (PDF) (Prepared testimony of K. Pollack before the House Armed Services Committee, September 29, 2005)

Week of 10/24/05

• Biometric Technologies (PDF) (National Institute of Justice)

• Build Security In

• Common Misconceptions about Disasters: Panic, the “Disaster Syndrome,” and Looting (PDF) (Erik Auf der Heide, 2004)

• DisasterHelp.gov
  
  
• Enhanced Tools for Improvised Device (IED) and Vehicle Borne IED Defeat (PDF) (National Institute of Justice)
  
  
• Managing Hazardous Material Incidents (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 2001)
  
  
• Medical Management Guidelines for Acute Chemical Exposures (Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 2001)
  
  
• Officer Safety Equipment (PDF) (National Institute of Justice)
  
  
• Report of the Secure Flight Working Group (PDF) (Secure Flight Working Group, September 2005)
  
  
• Sensor and Surveillance Technologies (PDF) (National Institute of Justice)

Week of 10/17/05

• 9/11 Public Discourse Project

• Antiterrorism and Emergency Assistance Program for Terrorism and Mass Violence Crimes (PDF) (Office for Victims of Crime)

• Arrest and Detention of Material Witnesses: Federal Law In Brief and Section 12 of the USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3199) (PDF) (Congressional Research Service, September 2005)
  
  
• Border Security and the Southwest Border: Background, Legislation and Issues (PDF) (Congressional Research Service, September 28, 2005)
  
  
• Emergency Preparedness and Response Could Better Integrate Information
  Technology With Incident Response and Recovery (PDF) (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, September 2005)
  
  
• Fact Sheet—Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) (U.S. Department of State, October 2005)
  
  
• How Prepared Are State and Local Law Enforcement for Terrorism? (PDF) (Rand Corporation, 2004)
  
  
• Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations:
  Expiring Amendments in Brief (PDF) (Congressional Research Service, August 16, 2005)
  
  
• Material Support of Terrorists and Foreign Terrorist Organizations: Sunset Amendments (PDF) (Congressional Research Service, August 11, 2005)
  
  
• Podcasting: Quickstudy (R. Kay, ComputerWorld, October 3, 2005)
  
  
• Preventing the Next Terrorist Attack: The Theory and Practice of Homeland Security Information Systems (S. Nunn, Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Vol. 2: No. 3, Article 1, 2005)
  
  
• Process Evaluation of Project Public Health Ready (PDF) (Rand Corporation, 2005)
  
  
• Proliferation Threat Assessment, 2005 (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, July 12, 2005)
  
  
• Purportal.com
  
  
• Summary of a Workshop on Using Information Technology to Enhance Disaster Management (The National Academies, October 2005)

Week of 10/10/05

• The 2005 Corporate Security, Business Continuity and Crisis Management Conference: Emerging Threats to the Corporation—Strategies to Detect, Deter and Defuse Crises (November 17–18, 2005 in New York City)
  
  
• Airport Security Planning Course (October 17–18, 2005 in Orlando, Florida; February 13–14, 2006 in Columbus, Ohio)
  
  
• Biometric Bits
  
  
• Bioterrorism Preparedness Training and Assessment Exercises for Local Public Health Agencies (PDF) (Rand Corporation, 2005)
  
  
• Computer-Based Simulations and Epidemic Disease Modeling (October 21, 2005 in Arlington, Virginia)
  
  
• DHS Announces $30 Million in Competitive Grants to Strengthen Preparedness Training
  
  
• Dissuading Terror: Strategic Influence and the Struggle Against Terrorism (PDF) (Rand Corporation, 2005)
  
  
• Does Our Counter-Terrorism Strategy Match the Threat? (PDF) (Rand Corporation, September, 2005)
  
  
• Emergency Preparedness and Response Could Better Integrate Information Technology with Incident Response and Recovery (PDF) (U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General, September 2005)
  
  
• Security Document World
  
  
• The September 11 Records (New York Times, 2004)
  
  
• TSA Expanding National Explosives Detection Canine Teams to Mass Transit and Commuter Rail Systems (Transportation Security Administration, September 28, 2005)
  
  
• Staff Report of the 9/11 Commission, August 26, 2004 (PDF) (The 9/11 Commission, declassified September 12, 2005)

Week of 10/3/05

• An Emergency Communications Safety Net: Integrating 911 and Other Services(PDF) (Congressional Research Service, September 1, 2005)

• Assessing and Managing the Terrorism Threat (PDF) (Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2005)
  
  
• Border Security: Opportunities to Increase Coordination of Air and Marine Assets(PDF) (U.S. Government Accountability Office, September 2005)
  
  
• Border Security: Strengthened Visa Process Would Benefit From Additional Management Actions by State and DHS (PDF) (U.S. Government Accountability Office, September 13, 2005)
  
  
• Continuity of Government: Current Federal Arrangements and the Future (PDF)
  (Congressional Research Service, Updated August 5, 2005)
  
  
• Emergency Preparedness and Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP) in the Federal Judiciary (PDF) (Congressional Research Service, Updated September 8, 2005)
  
  
• Emergency Preparedness for Government Facilities (December 8–9, 2005 in Orlando, Florida)
  
  
• Engaging the Private Sector To Promote Homeland Security: Law Enforcement-Private Security Partnerships (PDF) (Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2005)
  
  
• Explosive Entry Training
  
  
• First Radiological Device and Nuclear Event Symposium (March 7–9, 2006 in Richmond, Virginia)
  
  
• Fiscal Year 2005 Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program
  
  
• Homeland Security: Protecting Airspace in the National Capital Region (PDF) (Congressional Research Service, September 1, 2005)
  
  
• Immigration Benefits and Terrorism: Moving Beyond the 9/11 Staff Report on Terrorist Travel (PDF) (Center for Immigration Studies, September 2005)
  
  
• Intelligence-Led Policing: The New Intelligence Architecture (PDF) (Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2005)
  
  
• International Affairs: Information on U.S. Agencies' Efforts to Address Islamic Extremism (PDF) (U.S. Government Accountability Office, September 16, 2005)
  
  
• Keeping Extremists Out: The History of Ideological Exclusion, and the Need for Its Revival (PDF) (Center for Immigration Studies, September 2005)
  
  
• Legislative Initiatives to Temporarily Relocate Federal Courts Interrupted by Natural or Man-Made Disasters, 109th Congress (PDF) (Congressional Research Service, September 8, 2005)
  
  
• Mutual Aid: Multijurisdictional Partnerships for Meeting Regional Threats (PDF) (Bureau of Justice Assistance, 2005)
  
  
• National Clearinghouse for Worker Safety and Health Training
  
  
• National Strategy for Maritime Security (PDF) (Office of the President, 2005)
  
  
• September 11: Monitoring of World Trade Center Health Effects Has Progressed, but Not for Federal Responders (PDF) (U.S. Government Accountability Office, September 10, 2005)
  
  
• The Smallpox Vaccination Program: Public Health in an Age of Terrorism (PDF) (Committee on Smallpox Vaccination Program Implementation, Institute of Medicine, The National Academies Press, 2005)
  
  
• Trauma and the Brain (PDF) (S. Smith and S. Aslanian, American RadioWorks®, American Public Media, 2005)
  
  
• Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Identifies Shift Toward Focused Attacks on Desktops (PDF) (Symantec Press Release, September 19, 2005)
  
  
• The Use of Federal Troops for Disaster Assistance: Legal Issues (PDF) (Congressional Research Service, September 16, 2005)
  
  
• U.S. Government RSS Library
  
  
• Working Group Papers Prepared for the National Policy Forum on Terrorism, Security and America's Purpose (PDF) (The New America Foundation, September 2005)

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