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• State ___[return to top]
  • See also State and Regional Contacts on the ANG Conflict 21 WMD-CST page
    

  • Office for Domestic Preparedness "Enhancing the capacity of state and local first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction"

  • Homeland Security by-state contacts -- listed by Whitehouse

  • National Governors Association (NGA)

  • Final Report - Task Force on Protecting Democracy, July 2002, National Conference of State Legislatures -- "The mission of the Task Force is to provide guidelines to coordinate the activities of, and facilitate exchanging information between and among states, local governments, and the federal government to strengthen homeland security." (Local copy)

  • Preparing for Terrorism: What Governors and Mayors Should Do, The Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

  • States News, from The Council of State Governments - includes items such as anthrax information

  • State and Local Preparedness for Terrorism: Selected Policy Issues, Congressional Research Service (CRS) report

• Local ___[return to top]
  • U.S. Conference of Mayors, including news on local efforts and links to resources for mayors re: terrorism and its effects

  • National Association of Counties, which recently created "a Presidential Task Force - The Homeland Security Task Force. The task force is intended to provide a direct link between counties and the newly created White House Office of Homeland Security"

  • Preparing for Terrorism: What Governors and Mayors Should Do, The Executive Session on Domestic Preparedness, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

  • International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) home page
  • International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) home page
    • Leading the Way: Homeland Security in Your Community, "The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) prepared this manual in response to the coordinated terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001" -- summary by US Fire Administration

  • Catastrophic Terrorism - Local Response to a National Threat, by Gov. Frank Keating, in Journal of Homeland Security

• Both ___[return to top]
  • See also State and Local Resources on the ANG Conflict 21 First Response page
    

  • Planning Guide - Improving Local and State Agency Response to Terrorist Incidents Involving Biological Weapons, Prepared in response to the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici Domestic Preparedness Program by the Department of Defense, June 1, 2003

  • Bioterrorism: Preparedness Varied across State and Local Jurisdictions (local copy), Apr 2003 GAO report

  • Defending Against Cybercrime and Terrorism: A New Role for Universities (local copy), by Aeilts, in FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, Jan 2005

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