REPORTS...: June 2008 Archives

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...