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The American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) recently released the second edition of the "Threat Advisory System Response Guideline."  ASIS developed the Guideline as an initiative to provide private business and industry a methodology for prompt consideration of possible actions that could be implemented based upon changes in the Homeland Security Advisory System.  The document's overarching objective is to balance the need for a process both applicable and understandable to a large portion of the private sector, while also providing sufficient detail to be of practical use to the organization.

To download the Guideline, click here...   

A White House Memorandum issued on May 9, 2008 defines a new method for the handling of Sensitive But Unclassified information.  When implemented, this new system will have direct impact on the InfraGard secure sharing system. 

To read a Washington Post article about this, click here...

To read the Presidential Memorandum, click here...

FOLLOW-UP  June 6, 2006

Legislation that would set parameters for the Homeland Security Department's "controlled unclassified information" designation has been introduced.  To read more, click here...

FOLLOW-UP June 11, 2006

House Homeland Subcommittee Approves Bills to Ease Assess to Information, To read more, click here..

FOLLOW- UP June 26, 2008
House Moves To Cutback Secrecy - Classification overuse targeted.  To read more, click here...

A report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies concludes that the "U.S. is not ready for the next catastrophe," and "... there are still no government-wide plans to respond to a catastrophe. There is still considerable confusion over who will be in charge during a disaster. There are still almost no dedicated military forces on rapid alert to respond to a crisis."  To download this report (.pdf), click here...

Related ... GAO report concludes - FEMA Needs More non-Federal Involvement in the National Response Framework.  To read the GAO report summary, and to download the complete GAO report, click here...

We provided this info awhile back.  Sometime when you pass on a document you want to redact or blackout some of the content.  In soft copy this can be tricky ... well not really.

First a recent example what happens when you don't do it right, click here...
 
The National Security Agency has published some guidelines on how to do it right using Word and Adobe Acrobat, click here...

Hospitals in major U.S. cities targeted by terrorists are ill-equipped to handle the surge of emergency care required in the wake of an attack, a report by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform says, for more info click here.  To download the House Committee report, click here...

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman, ID-Conn., and Ranking Member Susan Collins, R-Me., warned today (May7th) that the threat of homegrown terrorism is on the rise, aided by the Internet's capacity to spread the core recruitment and training message of violent Islamist terrorist groups.  To view the press release from the Senate Select Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, click here.  To download the Committee's report,  click here ...

The new intelligence sharing strategy, developed on a strategy to "responsibility to provide" culture, will enable the intelligence community to unlock data "from a fragmented information technology infrastructure spanning multiple intelligence agencies and make it readily discoverable and accessible from the earliest point at which an analyst can add value." To download this report, click here...

The United States is challenged by many different and evolving threats, including enemies with many faces and no borders - terrorism, weapons of mass destruction, proliferation, infectious diseases, cyber attacks, and illegal trafficking. The Intelligence Community (IC) is adjusting to meet this new complex threat environment and adapt to the new strategic context in which it now operates. To do so, the IC must have people, process and technology that provide seamless integration and cross-agency collaboration. The 500 Day Plan for Integration and Collaboration continues to build the foundation to enable the IC to work as a single, integrated enterprise so we can collaborate across critical missions, enhance our support to a wide range of customers and partners, contribute to our national security priorities, and reduce the risks that the nation faces today and in the future.  To download this report (.pdf), click here...