While homeland security is widely seen as an important national objective, the costs of this effort are not well understood. An analysis of public and private expenditures on homeland security shows that overall spending rose by $34 billion between 2001 and 2005—a clear increase but one that represents a gain of only 1⁄4 of 1 percent as a share of U.S. GDP. Private sector expenditures increased...

This chapter addresses the third homeland security task area—the continuity of military operations in the United States, its territories, and its possessions. As distinct from the COG operations, discussed in Chapter Five, this task area of homeland security consists of the continuity of military operations, including • force protection, primarily for deploying units; • critical infrastructure ...

The article describes the epidemiological characteristics of Q fever in Croatia, during the period before and after the Homeland War. In the ten years prior to the Homeland War (1983-1992) 1053 cases of Q fever were recorded, 16.2% (171) of which on islands and in coastal areas. In the period after the Homeland War (1995-2008), a total of 654 cases was recorded, 59.9% (392) of which on islands ...

Since 9/11, colleges and universities throughout the nation have developed and implemented new courses and degree programs in homeland security and emergency management. A valued learning outcome of these programs, like most university studies in general, is to develop critical thinking skills in students. However, this can be a challenge because the nature of critical thinking and approaches t...

This work was supported under grant number 2003-TK -TX-0003 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate. Points of view in this document are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security or the Science and Technology. The I3P is managed by Dartmouth College. Copyright© 2005. Trustee...

"This research was supported by the United States Department of Homeland Security through the National Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events (CREATE) under TO HSCG32-11-J-R00001, BOA HSHQDC-10-D-00019. However, any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect views of the United States Departm...

This material is based upon work supported by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security under Grant Award Number 2006-CS-001-000001, under the auspices of the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) research program. The I3P is managed by Dartmouth College. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily...

The United States has experienced and remains vulnerable to many events that cause large numbers of casualties. The tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the subsequent anthrax exposures and deaths also awakened the nation to the threat of homeland terrorist attacks. As the United States began to enhance counterterrorism measures in response to the homeland terrorist attacks of September 11,...

This work was produced under the auspices of the Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) research program. The I3P is managed by Dartmouth College, and supported under Award number 2003-TK-TX-0003 from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate. Points of view in this document are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the offic...

This paper describes the goals and emerging results of an ongoing research project in order to solicit input and feedback from the AI for Homeland Security community. The objective is to gain a greater understanding of the performance issues and computational requirements associated with real world AI applications for intelligence analysis and homeland security. These computational requirements...