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- Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls
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- Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
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- Protecting New Orleans: From Hurricane Barriers to Floodwalls
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- Vulnerability of Concentrated Critical Infrastructure: Background and Policy Options
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- Anthrax-Contaminated Facilities: Preparations and a Standard for Remediation
- This report provides background information on the 2001 anthrax incidents and federal preparedness plans, but it focuses primarily on preparations for future remediations and considerations for setting a remediation standard. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs8247/
- Marine Security of Hazardouse Chemical Cargo
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- Ports in Louisiana: New Orleans, South Louisiana, and Baton Rouge
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- Trade in the U.S. Gulf Region: Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Beyond
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- Government Activities to Protect the Electric Grid
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- Homeland Security: Banking and Financial Infrastructure Continuity
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- Port and Maritime Security: Background and Issues for Congress
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- Intermodal Connectors: A Method For Improving Transportation Efficiency?
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- Electric Reliability: Options for Electric Transmission Infrastructure Improvements
- The electric utility industry is inherently capital intensive. At the same time, the industry must operate under a changing and sometimes unpredictable regulatory system at both the federal and state level. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 has set in place government activities intended to relieve congestion on the transmission system. Several factors have contributed to the lack of new transmission capacity; these are outlined within this report. This report also discusses earlier pieces of energy legislation. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7776/
- Community Development Block Grant Funds in Disaster Relief and Recovery
- In the aftermath of previous, presidentially-declared disasters, Congress has used the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program to help states and local governments finance recovery efforts, whether from natural or man-made disasters. This report will provide a general overview of the CDBG program and its use in disaster relief. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7760/
- Federal Disaster and Emergency Assistance for Water Infrastructure Facilities and Supplies
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- Aging Infrastructure: Dam Safety
- To help inform discussions on the federal role in dam safety, this report provides background information on the nation’s dam safety activities and funding mechanisms. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7622/
- Hurricane Katrina: Shipping Disruptions
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- An Overview of the Administration's Strengthening America's Communities Initiative
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- An Overview of the Administration's Strengthening America's Communities Initiative
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- Hurricane-Damaged Drinking Water and Wastewater Facilities: Impacts, Needs, and Response
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- The Americans with Disabilities Act: Legislation Concerning Notification Prior to Initiating Legal Action
- The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) provides broad nondiscrimination protection in employment, public services, and public accommodation and services operated by private entities. Since the 106th Congress, legislation has been introduced to require plaintiffs to provide notice to the defendant prior to filing a complaint regarding public accommodations. In the 109th Congress, H.R. 2804 was introduced by Representative Foley to amend title III of the ADA to require notification. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs7520/
- Libraries and the USA PATRIOT Act
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- Port and Maritime Security: Background and Issues for Congress
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- Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation
- The nation’s health, wealth, and security rely on the production and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes and organizations across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures (e.g. electricity, the power plants that generate it, and the electric grid upon which it is distributed). Computers and communications, themselves critical infrastructures, are increasingly tying these infrastructures together. This report aims to address the concern that this reliance on computers and computer networks raises the vulnerability of the nation’s critical infrastructures to “cyber” attacks. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs6843/
- Libraries and the USA PATRIOT Act
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- Critical Infrastructures: Background, Policy, and Implementation
- The nation’s health, wealth, and security rely on the production and distribution of certain goods and services. The array of physical assets, processes and organizations across which these goods and services move are called critical infrastructures (e.g. electricity, the power plants that generate it, and the electric grid upon which it is distributed). Computers and communications, themselves critical infrastructures, are increasingly tying these infrastructures together. This report aims to address the concern that this reliance on computers and computer networks raises the vulnerability of the nation’s critical infrastructures to “cyber” attacks. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs6664/
- Port and Maritime Security: Background and Issues for Congress
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- Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
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- Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
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- Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
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- Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
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- Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
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- Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
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- Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector
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- Safeguarding the Nation's Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions
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- Safeguarding the Nation's Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions
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- Safeguarding the Nation's Drinking Water: EPA and Congressional Actions
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- Western Water Resource Issues
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- Western Water Resource Issues
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- Western Water Resource Issues
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- Western Water Resource Issues
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- Western Water Resource Issues
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- Western Water Resource Issues
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- Western Water Resource Issues
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- San Diego Wastewater Treatment: Current Issues
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- Maritime and Port Security: A Comparison of Major Provisions of S. 1214 and H.R. 3983
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- Maritime and Port Security: A Comparison of Major Provisions of S. 1214 and H.R. 3983
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- Maritime and Port Security: A Comparison of Major Provisions of S. 1214 and H.R. 3983
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- Computer Attack and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress
- This report provides background information for three types of attacks against computers (cyber-attack, physical attack, and electromagnetic attack), and discusses related vulnerabilities for each type of attack. The report also describes the possible effects of a coordinated cyberattack, or computer network attack (CNA), against U.S. infrastructure computers, along with possible technical capabilities of international terrorists. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs6315/
- Computer Attack and Cyber Terrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress
- This report presents a working definition for the term “cyber terrorism”, plus background information describing how current technology and management processes may leave computers exposed to cyber-attack, and a discussion of possible effects of a cyber-attack. Potential issues for Congress are presented in the second section, including: whether appropriate guidance exists for a DOD information warfare response to a cyber-attack; whether the need to detect possible cyber terrorist activity interferes with individual privacy; whether the roles and responsibilities for protecting against a possible cyber terrorist attack need more clarity for government, industry, and home users; and, whether information sharing on cyber threats and vulnerabilities must be further increased between private industry and the federal government. The final section describes possible policy options for improving protection against threats from possible cyber terrorism. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metacrs5513/