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Senate Passes Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act

plr — Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:59:00 GMT

The Senate passed the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (S.3678) on Tuesday. Click here for the basics:

Increasing Public Awareness
Establishment of a nationwide public health Information technology network
Vaccine Tracking and distribution
Plans for coordination of public health and bio safety

Remember to check out other blogs on this topic and the National Institute of Corrections page on Pandemic Preparedness.

"Policing Terror" means developing data sharing and analysis tools-

plr — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 20:34:00 GMT

I consider prison and jail staff as first responders, even though in the headlines, they are seldom given credit for their roles as part of this critical community. In most states, they are part of the larger homeland security agencies and do share intelligence data. FCW.Com (Federal Computer Week) has an interesting story called "Policing Terror". First responders in many agencies are monitoring terrorism through the continued development of intelligence centers that gather, analyze and share intelligence data. In this article you can read about:

Los Angeles's Take on Intelligence
Data Fusion in Louisiana
Read the referenced Rand report "Unconquerable Nation: Knowing our Enemies, Strengthening Ourselves"

Other resources on counter-terrorism are available from the National Institute of Corrections or search the U.S. Department of Justice resources for Technical Assistance and Training (click here.)

A specific related reference from a previous blog is published by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on radicalization in prisons.

If Disaster Strikes, are you ready?

plr — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 16:57:00 GMT

The American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section is sponsoring a "Disaster Preparedness and the Criminal Justice System" Conference in New Orleans, November 2-3, 2006.

The Conference provides a Corrections track where you can:

Discuss comprehensive planning
Discuss emergency situations
Meet other professionals in the criminal justice system including judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

Richard Stalder, Secretary, Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections
Louisiana Attorney General Charles C. Foti, Jr.
Martin Horn, Commissioner, New York City Department of Corrections
Louisiana Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball
Fran Schmitz, National Crisis Management Coordinator, US Department of Justice Counter Terrorism

and more...

Also on the ABA website read about:

American Bar Association Katrina Report

Model Truancy Programs and the ABA Youth At Risk Initiative sponsored by the Juvenile Justice Committee.