Combating Terrorism: Federal Response Teams Provide Varied Capabilities; Opportunities Remain to Improve CoordinationDIANE Publishing, 2001 - 77 pages Reviews federal agency teams that can respond to and help manage the consequences of a domestic terrorist incident involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear agents or weapons. It discusses (1) the characteristics of federal response teams, (2) whether duplication among teams belonging to different agencies exists, (3) the budget requirements process for teams and how the budgets are linked to a national strategy, and (4) initiatives to improve the operational coordination of federal response teams across agency lines. Defines response teams as groups of personnel and equipment that could deploy to or near an incident site to provide assistance. Charts and tables. |
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Page 50 - First Annual Report to the President and the Congress of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, /. Assessing the Threat, December 15, 1999; and.
Page 59 - This is the Department of Defense (DoD) response to the GAO draft report, "MILITARY RECRUITING: DoD Needs to Establish Objectives and Measures to Better Evaluate Advertising's Effectiveness," dated August 1, 2003 (GAO Code 350274/GAO-03-1005).
Page 63 - The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is transmitting the Department's response to this draft report in our capacity as the Department's designated focal point and coordinator for US Government Accountability Office reports.
Page 13 - Plan is authorized under the Robert T Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, 42 USC 5121 et. seq., as amended, and 44 Code of Federal Regulations Subchapters D (Disaster Assistance) and E (Preparedness).
Page 12 - The Federal Response Plan, originally drafted in 1992 and updated in 1999, is authorized under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Stafford Act; PL 93-288 as amended). The plan outlines the planning assumptions, policies, concept of operations, organizational structures, and specific assignment of responsibilities to lead departments and agencies in providing federal assistance once the President has declared an emergency requiring federal assistance.
Page 64 - March 20, 2001. Combating Terrorism: Federal Response Teams Provide Varied Capabilities: Opportunities Remain to Improve Coordination.