**September 14, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) BIOTERRORISM:

Market Wire. \"CDC Agrees to Place \$30M Order for Acambis\' ACAM2000
Smallpox Vaccine.\" September 13, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060913/0162592.html]{.underline}](http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/060913/0162592.html)

\(2\) CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS:

Gomes, Ana. \"Aceh\'s Harsh Islamic Law Is An Ominous Sign.\"
International Herald Tribune, September 13, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/13/opinion/edgomes.php]{.underline}](http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/09/13/opinion/edgomes.php)

\(3\) CYBER SECURITY:

Department of Homeland Security. \"DHS Releases Cyber Storm Public
Exercise Report.\" September 13, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.dhs.gov/dhspublic/interapp/press_release/press_release_0994.xml>

\[Note: This link contains a link to a Fact Sheet on Cyber Storm which
contains a link to PDF file for 23-page report.\]

Government Accountability Office. Critical Infrastructure Protection:
DHS Leadership Needed to Enhance Cybersecurity. Washington DC,
GAO-06-1087T (Testimony of David A. Power, Director, GAO Information
Technology Management Issues, before the Subcommittee on Economic
Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, House Committee
on Homeland Security), September 13, 2006.

Accessed at:

[[http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-1087T]{.underline}](http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-1087T)

\(4\) EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS:

Canning, Ryan. \"Can You Hear Me Now?\" (21st Century Public Safety
Communications on a \'String-and-Tin Cans\' Budget). Public Risk, Vol.
21, No. 7, August 2006, pp. 26-28.

Hatch, David. \"Key Senators Battle Over Emergency Communications.\"

National Journal\'s Technology Daily, 13 Sep 06.

[[http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35013&dcn=e_gvet]{.underline}](http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35013&dcn=e_gvet)

Hsu, Spencer "FEMA Overhaul Debate Stalls Funds for Interoperable
Radios.\" Washington Post, 14 Sep 06.

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/13/AR2006091302027.html>

\[Excerpt: \"House Republicans are blocking an attempt to spend \$3.1
billion to help the nation\'s police and fire agencies communicate in
emergencies as Congress debates a proposed overhaul of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency\.... Democrats accused GOP leaders of
shortchanging the well-documented need to improve communication among
first responders. Republicans acknowledged that they do not want to
spend billions prematurely, saying more planning and coordination are
needed\.... Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff rebuffed calls
for dedicated federal grants to upgrade equipment, coordinate plans,
train emergency workers and adapt common technology standards. Instead,
he said, state and local leaders must first agree on radio codes and
protocols\.... Governors and state homeland security advisers say the
issue is their top priority, according to the National Governors
Association\.... Earlier this year, a bipartisan Senate bill to overhaul
FEMA after Hurricane Katrina proposed \$3.3 billion over five years in
interoperable communications grants. The bill was approved in committee,
but the money was dropped when GOP leaders decided to include the FEMA
overhaul in a must-pass \$33 billion Homeland Security spending bill.
Thompson said his efforts to revive the proposal have been rebuffed.
Yesterday, state emergency management officials and congressional aides
said talks have bogged down over funding and jurisdictional fights,
including whether to rename FEMA and whether to bring the nation\'s
disaster laws in line with recommendations made in post-Katrina
government reports.\"\]

\(5\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:

Baughman, Bruce. \"Testimony Before the Senate Appropriations
Subcommittee on Homeland Security on \'Are We Prepared?\'.\" Washington
DC: U.S. Senate, September 7, 2006, 9 pages. Accessed at:

[[http://www.nemaweb.org/?1668]{.underline}](http://www.nemaweb.org/?1668)

\[Finally got around to reading this September 7th testimony by Alabama
Emergency Management Director Bruce Baughman, on behalf of the National
Emergency Management Association, in his capacity as NEMA President.
Some excerpts:

\"This is the first time in five years that state and local emergency
management leaders have been invited to publicly testify before the
Appropriations Committee\....

\"While multi-billion dollar investments have been made in securing our
homeland and preparing for acts of terrorism, funding for natural hazard
preparedness has suffered\....

\"This year, of all years, the Administration is proposing to cut EMPG
{Emergency Management Program Grants} by \$13.1 million, despite the
\$260 million shortfall identified by NEMA in a 2004 study\...Now the
shortfall has reached \$287 million\....

\"EMPG is the only source of funding to assist state and local
governments with planning and preparedness/readiness activities
associated with natural disasters. EMPG is the backbone of the nation\'s
all-hazards emergency management system and the only source of direct
federal funding to state and local governments for emergency management
capacity building\....

\"\...we must be investing more resources to improve state and local
capability\....

\"NEMA completed a Quick Response Survey in March 2006 to assess the
impacts of the proposed cut to the EMPG program. Of the 42 states
responding, 90 percent of the states will have to cut staff ranging from
one person to more than 50 positions\....

\"EMPG is the only program in the Preparedness account within the
Department of Homeland Security that requires a match at the state and
local level\....

\"Without adequate numbers of state and local personnel to operate the
all-hazards emergency management system, the infrastructure used to
prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from all disasters will
collapse\....

\"Instead of making unbalanced investments towards terrorism
preparedness, we must maintain an all-hazards approach and shore up the
foundation of our response system for all disasters regardless of
cause\....

\"Mutual aid is another key area that is supported by EMPG funds\...For
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the Emergency Management Assistance Compact
(EMAC) has currently fulfilled over 2,174 missions with 49
states\...providing assistance in the form of 65,919 civilian and
military {National Guard} personnel and equipment assets to support the
impacted states\.... NEMA is the administrator of\...EMAC\.... While
EMAC is a state-to-state compact, FEMA funded the program in 2003 with
\$2.1 million because of the national interests in mutual aid. The EMAC
grant will end on November 30, 2006 and no additional funds have been
committed at this time. We call on this Committee to urge DHS/FEMA to
continue to fund EMAC, especially to implement the lessons learned from
Hurricane Katrina\....

\"Unfortunately, the Administration, Congress, and all of us have stood
by and watched as FEMA has become a shell of its former self\.... No
federal agency is more qualified structurally and statutorily than FEMA
to help our nation respond to and recover from disasters\.... FEMA is
the only Federal agency authorized under the Robert T.
Stafford\...Act\...to carry out duties on behalf of the President\....
FEMA is and should be the agency of choice to coordinate the functions
of the federal government in response to disasters, regardless of their
cause\....

\"The time to stop the cycle of degradation of emergency management
functions by reorganization after reorganization is now and we must
systematically improve our nation\'s emergency response system through
verified lessons learned and not reactionary decisions\....

\"NEMA strongly supports eliminating the role of the Principle Federal
Official\.... The PFO role adds additional bureaucracy and confusion to
any disaster\....

\"\...confusion exists with the proposed National Preparedness
Integration Program/Preparedness Task Force and regional preparedness
officers roles in the FEMA regional offices. States are dealing with
FEMA, the Preparedness Directorate, FEMA Regional Offices, Federal
Preparedness Officers, and Protective Security Advisors, and it is all
very confusing and we don\'t know who is in charge\....

\"A larger role must be developed for state and local governments to
provide input on preparedness issues\.... Changes were made to the
National Response Plan that did not even consult state and local
governments who are players and have critical roles in a \'national\'
plan\.... We remain concerned that our input will not be taken
seriously\....\"\]

\(6\) HOMELAND SECURITY:

Associated Press. \"Scientists Create Napkin to Spot Hazards.\"

September 13, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/ap_on_sc/hazardous_napkin_2]{.underline}](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060913/ap_on_sc/hazardous_napkin_2)

\[Excerpt: \"Cornell University researchers are developing a napkin that
will be able to detect bacteria, viruses and other dangerous substances
with a mere swipe\.... The antibodies \"are going to selectively latch
onto whatever pathogen that they match,\" Frey said. \"Using this
method, we should, in theory, be able to quickly activate the fabric to
detect whatever is the hazard of the week, whether it is bird flu, mad
cow disease or anthrax.\"\]

New York Times, \"Port Security Won\'t Bankrupt Us.\" September 14,
2006.

Accessed at:
[[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/opinion/14thu1.html]{.underline}](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/14/opinion/14thu1.html)

\[Excerpt: \"Michael Chertoff, the secretary of Homeland Security, seems
determined to outdo his commander in chief in ratcheting up fears of Al
Qaeda whenever he wants to score political points. This week, he raised
the specter that if the government starts too many expensive
antiterrorism programs it could further a plot by Osama bin Laden to
\"drive us crazy, into bankruptcy\" through overspending on homeland
defense. It was particularly ironic that Mr. Chertoff spun this theory
while he was fighting off a measure, up for a vote today, that would
help protect our ports against the threat that he himself deems most
worrisome - a nuclear explosion within our borders - without government
spending.\"\]

Strohm, Chris. \"DHS Science Chief Calls Liquid Explosives Detection a
Priority.\" Congress Daily, September 13, 2006. At:

[[http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35010&dcn=e_gvet]{.underline}](http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=35010&dcn=e_gvet)

\(7\) MATERIALS RECEIVED FOR REVIEW:

Coastal Services, Vol. 9, Issue 5, September/October 2005. (Bi-monthly
trade journal for coastal resource managers, produced by Coastal
Services Center, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration. For information go to:

[[http://www.csc.noaa.gov]{.underline}](http://www.csc.noaa.gov/) or
call 843-740-1332.)

Continuity Insights, Vol. 4, No. 4, July/August 2006. (Bi-monthly
publication of Communication Technologies, Inc., 301 S. Main Street,
Suite 1 West, Doylestown, PA 18901; phone 215-230-9556;
[[http://continuityinsights.com]{.underline}](http://continuityinsights.com/).)

Environmental Practice, Vol. 8, No. 2, June 2006. (Quarterly Journal of
the National Association of Environmental Professionals, Cambridge
University Press, in cooperation with Graduate Program in Environmental
Studies, Evergreen State College, Olympia WA,
[[http://naep.org]{.underline}](http://naep.org/))

Farah, Douglas. Blood From Stones: The Secret Financial Network of
Terror. New York: Broadway Books, 2004, 225 pages.

Global Environmental Change, Vol. 16,No. 3, August 2006. (Elsevier
Science Publishing Co., Inc, PO Box 945, NY, NY 10159-0945, (212)
633-3730, (888) 437-4736, (212) 633-3680 (fax), URL:
[[www.elsevier.com/locate/gloenvcha/]{.underline}](../www.elsevier.com/locate/gloenvcha/),
e-mail: <usinfo-f@elsevier.com>)

\[Note: This is a special issue on \"Resilience, Vulnerability, and
Adaptation: A Cross-Cutting Theme of the International Human Dimensions
Programme on Global Environmental Change.\"\]

IAEM Bulletin, Vol. 23, No. 9, September 2006. (International
Association of Emergency Managers, 111 Park Place, Falls Church, VA
22046-4513, (703) 538-1795, (703) 241-5603 (fax), e-mail:
<nccem@aol.com>)

Olasky, Marvin. The Politics of Disaster: Katrina, Big Government, And A
New Strategy for Future Crisis. Nashville: W Publishing Group, 2006, 231
pages.

Organization & Environment, Vol. 19, No. 3, September 2006.
(International Journal of Ecosocial Research, Quarterly, Sage
Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA,
[[http://sagepublications.com]{.underline}](http://sagepublications.com/).)

Public Risk, Vol. 21, No. 7, August 2006. (Public Risk Management
Association, Monthly, Alexandria VA,
[[http://www.primacentral.org]{.underline}](http://www.primacentral.org/))

Richardson, Louise. What Terrorists Want: Understanding the Enemy,
Containing the Threat. New York: Random House, 2006, 313 pages.

Risk Analysis: An International Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4, August 2006.

(Bimonthly, Blackwell Publishers, 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148,

\(800\) 835-6770, (781) 388-8232 (fax), URL:

[[http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk]{.underline}](http://www.blackwellpublishers.co.uk/),
e-mail: <subscrip@blackwellpub.com>.)

Rosner, David and Gerald Markowitz. Are We Ready? Public Health Since
9/11. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006, 193 pages.

The Insider, September 2006. (Association of State Floodplain Managers,

4233 West Beltline Highway, Madison, WI 53711, (608) 274-0123, (608)

274-0696 (fax), e-mail: <asfpm@execpc.com>)

Wright, Lawrence. The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and The Road To 9/11.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006, 470 pages.

\(8\) 9/11:

Sargent, Greg. \"ABC Consultant Richard Clarke Blasts First Installment
of Film (Path to 9/11), Hints At ABC \'Conspiracy\'.\" TPMCafe.com,
September 11, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/electioncentral/2006/sep/11/abc_consultant_richard_clarke_blasts_first_installment_of_film>

\(9\) OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY \-- PROPOSED PH.D IN FIRE AND EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT ADMINISTRATION:

Received request from Dr. Anthony Brown, Associate Professor and Program
Coordinator for the Master of Science in Fire & Emergency Management,
Department of Political Science at Oklahoma State University,
Stillwater, to provide a letter of support for a soon-to-be-submitted
proposal to develop a Doctoral Program in Fire and Emergency Management
Administration at OSU. Hope to be able to do tomorrow.

\(10\) PANDEMIC:

Congressional Research Service (Kathleen S. Swendiman and Jennifer K.

Elsea). Federal and State Quarantine and Isolation Authority. Washington
DC: CRS Report for Congress (RL33201), August 16, 2006, 24 pages.
Accessed at:
[[http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33201.pdf]{.underline}](http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/RL33201.pdf)

From Eric\'s Corner, authored by King County WA Director of Emergency
Management Eric Holdeman, was put onto the following web URL which
offers much citizen oriented pandemic-related information:

King County (WA) Public Health Pandemic Website:

[[http://www.metrokc.gov/health/pandemicflu/businesses/index.htm]{.underline}](http://www.metrokc.gov/health/pandemicflu/businesses/index.htm)

\(11\) PREPAREDNESS:

American Health Lawyers Association. \"AHLA Issues Complimentary
Emergency Preparedness Checklist.\" AHLA, December 2, 2004. Accessed

at:

[[http://www.healthlawyers.org/Template.cfm?Section=Public_Information_Series&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=43074]{.underline}](http://www.healthlawyers.org/Template.cfm?Section=Public_Information_Series&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=43074)

\(12\) WAR ON TERROR:

Biden, Senator Joseph R. Jr. \"Biden Outlines Four-Part Plan to Make
America Safer.\" Press Release. September 7, 2006. At:

[[http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=262590&&]{.underline}](http://biden.senate.gov/newsroom/details.cfm?id=262590&&)

\[Excerpt: \"To make America safer, Senator Biden would: (1) create a
Homeland Security Trust Fund to implement the 9/11 Commission
recommendations and invest in local law enforcement; (2) intercept
threats abroad through a comprehensive prevention strategy; (3) restore
partnerships and build an international anti-terror network; and (4)
advance democracy by investing in the institutions of democracy.\"\]

Hanson, Victor Davis. \"Osama\'s 9/11 Anniversary.\" Jewish World
Review, September 14, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://jewishworldreview.com/0906/hanson091406.php3]{.underline}](http://jewishworldreview.com/0906/hanson091406.php3)

\[Excerpt: \"Ultimately, the tape of this now-extinct terrorist camp
reminds us not to impute our own notions about motives to these
jihadists. Instead, why not just watch and listen to what they
themselves really do and say? The truth may shock us.\"\]

Roy, Olivier. \"Why Do They Hate Us? Not Because of Iraq.\" New York
Times, July 22, 2005. At:

[[http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/opinion/22roy.html?ex=1279684800&en=0f61cf2f77f36a3c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss]{.underline}](http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/22/opinion/22roy.html?ex=1279684800&en=0f61cf2f77f36a3c&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss)

\(13\) WAR ON TERROR \-- AFGHANISTAN:

Norton-Taylor, Richard. \"NATO Faces Crisis As Calls For Troops Goes
Unanswered\" (Britain and US Press Allies for Help to Fight Taliban).

Guardian (UK), September 14, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329576251-108920,00.html]{.underline}](http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,329576251-108920,00.html)

\[Note: This article is part of a special focus collection of articles
on Afghanistan, which can be accessed via the link above.\]

\(14\) WAR ON TERROR \-- IRAN:

Tobin, Jonathan. \"Clear and Present Danger.\" Jewish World Review,
September 14, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0906/tobin091406.php3]{.underline}](http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0906/tobin091406.php3)
{Post-9-11 recriminations should lead to focus on action against Iranian
nukes.}

\(15\) WAR ON TERROR - IRAQ:

Gordon, Michael. \"Grim Report Out of Anbar Is Disputed by General.\"
New York Times, 13 Sep 2006.

[[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/world/middleeast/13military.html?\_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin]{.underline}](http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/13/world/middleeast/13military.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print&oref=slogin)

\[Excerpt: \"The senior Marine commander in Iraq said Tuesday that he
had sufficient forces to carry out his mission but that the mission did
not include defeating the insurgency.\"\]

Miles, Donna. \"Key Terror Leader Captured in Iraq; Security Forces in
Baghdad Expands.\" American Forces Press Service, 14Sep2006. At:

[[http://www.defenselink.mil/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=861]{.underline}](http://www.defenselink.mil/News/NewsArticle.aspx?ID=861)

Rubinsky, Cara. \"Lamont: U.S. Weaker Because of Iraq War.\" Associated
Press, September 13, 2006. Accessed at:

[[http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060914/D8K4BL880.html]{.underline}](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060914/D8K4BL880.html)

B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, N-430

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

\(301\) 447-1262, voice

\(301\) 447-1598, fax

wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov

[[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu]{.underline}](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu)

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