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Emergency & Security Studies Library Guide
Research resources to support studies in homeland security, disaster management, and disaster resilience.
Comprehensive collection of historic and current congressional information, including bills & laws, hearings, CRS reports, committee prints, reports, and the Congressional Record
Website for the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on National Security. Provides text of testimony, statements, and other information from past hearings.
Leads foreign-policy legislation and debate in the Senate. Has jurisdiction over international Red Cross activities, monetary and development organizations, scientific and environmental affairs, and nuclear energy.
Federal Agency websites are often great sources for policy statements, official reports, and data.
As part of a broader NLM reorganization, the Disaster Information Management Research Center (DIMRC) website was discontinued on June 21, 2021. Most of NLM's disaster health information services remain available due to integration into other NLM products and services or are offered by external websites.
NCTC implements a key recommendation of the 9/11 Commission: “Breaking the older mold of national government organizations, this NCTC should be a center for joint operational planning and joint intelligence, staffed by personnel from the various agencies."
As the coordinating public safety agency for the City of New Orleans, the Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (NOHSEP) is responsible for administering the crisis and consequence management program for the City of New Orleans.
Treaty Publications;
International Court of Justice (ICJ);
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL);
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS);
United Nations Yearbooks;
United Nations Serials;
Codification and Progressive Development of International Law;
United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR);
and Other Related Works
Provides access to Security Council resolutions and documents related to the Counter-Terrorism Committee, as well as Committee policy papers and guidance, other relevant documents and links to other organizations, including United Nations bodies, dealing with the issue of counter-terrorism.
U.S. law requires the Secretary of State to provide Congress, by April 30 of each year, a full and complete report on terrorism with regard to those countries and groups meeting criteria set forth in the legislation. This annual report is entitled Country Reports on Terrorism. Beginning with the report for 2004, it replaced the previously published Patterns of Global Terrorism.
The Federation of American Scientist collects and indexes Congressional Research Service reports and publications not directly available to the public online. The reports primarily addresses national security, foreign policy and related topics.
The Homeland Security Digital Library is the nation's premier research collection of open-source resources related to homeland security policy, strategy and organizational management. The HSDL is sponsored by the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s National Preparedness Directorate, FEMA.
Document produced by the National Security Council overviewing America's national security strategy.the Council's function has been to advise and assist the President on national security and foreign policies. The Council also serves as the President's principal arm for coordinating these policies among various government agencies.