During that time it will issue four reports. May. Three annual reports will be also be issued, starting in December 1999. Ralston appointment to the panel is based on Indiana s leadership in preparing for terrorism. Since 1996, the Indiana Terrorism Task Force has been active in bringing together representatives of state, local and federal governments, private industry and health care providers to develop planning and training programs for terrorist incidents. As a result of the Indiana initiative, Ralston was one of only five state emergency management directors invited to a Justice Department summit on terrorism held in Washington DC last year.
Terrorism is a very real problem facing America.
We used to think of it as something that happened in other countries, but it does happen here. I am proud to be a part of this effort to prepare communities across the United States to deter, respond to and recover from acts of terrorism.