Homeland Security: Monitoring Nuclear Power Plant Security : Hearing Before the Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations of the Committee on Government Reform, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, Second Session, September 14, 2004U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005 - 231 pages |
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Page 48 - Federal operations and assets; "(2) recognize the highly networked nature of the current Federal computing environment and provide effective governmentwide management and oversight of the related information security risks, including coordination of information security efforts throughout the civilian, national security, and law...
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Page 36 - ... spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste in a manner that protects the health and safety of the public and maintains the quality of the environment.
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Page 3 - And with that, this hearing is adjourned. [Whereupon, at 1:03 pm, the subcommittee was adjourned.] [The prepared statement of Hon. Dennis J. Kucinich follows:] Statement of Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich Ranking Minority Member House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations Committee on Government Reform US House of Representatives Hearing on "Combating Terrorism: Visas Still Vulnerable.
Page 32 - Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: It is indeed a pleasure to appear before you today to...
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Page 161 - ... terminals, nuclear power plants, chemical operations, and dams. CSIS President John Hamre said that nuclear power plants "are probably our best defended targets. There is more security around nuclear power plants than anything else we've got... one of the things that we have clearly found in this exercise is that this is an industry that has taken security pretty seriously for quite a long time, and its infrastructure, especially against these kinds of terrorist threats, is extremely good.