Government and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
Reports & Publications

For a deeper understanding of the nation’s emergency response capabilities, disaster preparedness and the other related topics, these selected Governmental and Non-Governmental (NGO) related reports provide a valuable resource.

Categories below are listed in alphabetical order.

Astronomical Threats

• Protecting Earth From Asteroids and Comets
• Report of the Task Force on potentially hazardous Near Earth Objects
• Severe Space Weather Events

EMP Risk

• Report Of The Commission To Assess The Threat To The United States From Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack: Volume 1: Executive Report 2004
• Report Of The Commission To Assess The Threat To The United States From Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack: Critical National Infrastructures

Evacuation and related Transportation Issues

• The Role of Transit in Emergency Evacuation

Government Performance

• DOE's Management of Nuclear Materials Provided to Domestic Licensees

Homeland Defense

• Actions Needed to Improve Management of Air Sovereignty Alert Operations to Protect U.S. Airspace

Influenza and Pandemic Risk

• Citizens Guide to Flu Pandemic
• Pandemic Influenza Preparedness: Multilateral Framework For The Sharing Of Influenza Viruses And Access To Vaccines And Other Benefits
• Germs Go Global: Why Emerging Infectious Diseases Are a Threat to America
• DOD CBRN Defense Doctrine, Leadership, Training and Education Strategic Plan
• Pandemic Influenza, Electricity, and the Coal Supply Chain 
• Antivirals for Pandemic Influenza: Guidance on Developing a Distribution and Dispensing Program

Infrastructure Risk

• Power Grid Cyber Security
• National Infrastructure Protection Plan
• Terrorism and the Chemical Infrastructure: Protecting People and Reducing Vulnerabilities
• Improving the Nation's Water Security
• Sustainable Critical Infastructure Systems: A Framework for Meeting 21st Century Imperatives

Medical and Related

• Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity: Not Ready For The “Predictable Surprise”

National Defense

• The Nuclear Weapons Effects National Enterprise
• Navy Force Structure and Shipbuilding Plans
• America’s Defense Meltdown
• The National Security Strategy Of The United States Of America

National State of Preparedness and Related Readiness Issues

• Scenarios for the Future of Technology and International Development
• Protecting The Public’s Health From Diseases, Disasters, And Bioterrorism 2008
• FEMA’s Preparedness for the Next Catastrophic Disaster
• 2007 State Homeland Security Directors Survey
• 2006 State Homeland Security Directors Survey
• Protecting The Public’s Health From Diseases, Disasters, And Bioterrorism 2006
• Emergency Responders: Drastically Underfunded, Dangerously Unprepared By Warren B. Rudman, Richard A. Clarke, and Jamie F. Metzl
• Disturbing Lack of Attention Paid to America’s Security Vulnerabilities

Natural Disasters and Related Risks

• Hurricane Katrina: A Nation Still Unprepared Executive Summary
• The Federal Response To Hurricane Katrina Lessons Learned
• A Failure Of Initiative, Select Bipartisan Committee To Investigate The Preparation For And Response To Hurricane Katrina, U.S. House Of Representatives, February 15, 2006
• Additional Views Of Rep. Charlie Melancon, Rep. William J. Jefferson, Select Bipartisan Committee To Investigate The Preparation For And Response To Hurricane Katrina, U.S. House Of Representatives, February 12, 2006

Public Health Risks

• Public Health Legal Manual
• Environmental Public Health Impacts of Disasters

Residential Risk

• Fire Related Reports: Highway Vehicle Fires
• Civilian Injuries in Residential Buildings
• Residential Building Electrical Fires

Supply Chain Risk

• Pandemic Influenza, Electricity, and the Coal Supply Chain 

Terrorism Risks

• Securing the Bomb 2008 - Preventing Nuclear Terrorism: An Agenda for the Next President
• WORLD AT RISK: The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism
• International Panel on Fissile Materials
• Nuclear Security Culture: The Case Of Russia
• U.S.-Russian Collaboration in Combating Radiological Terrorism
• Department of Homeland Security Bioterrorism Risk Assessment: A Call for Change

Warfare and Related Nation State Conflicts

• Economic-Warfare-Risks-and-Responses
• Military and Security Developments Involving the People’s Republic of China 2010
• Military Power of the People’s Republic of China 2009
• Joint Operating Environment 2008 - Challenges and Implications of the Future Joint Force

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