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TABLE OF CONTENTS.......................................................................................................................................... 1 QUOTE OF THE WEEK ......................................................................................................................................... 2

―we will not rest until every last one of them has been delivered to justice.‖ ................................................. 2

BIG STORY OF THE WEEK.................................................................................................................................. 2 Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Special Ops ............................................................................................................. 2

CIA Chief Warns of Future al-Qa‘ida Terrorism ............................................................................................. 3 Tactical Irrelevance of Bin Laden's Death ....................................................................................................... 3

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK ..................................................................................................................................... 3 InSight -- on organized crime in Latin America and Caribbean ...................................................................... 3

NEWSLETTER / MAGAZINE OF THE WEEK .................................................................................................... 3

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Scheduled Events Update ................................................................. 3

FREEBIE ................................................................................................................................................................... 4 ―HazMat Management Buyers' Guide‖ ............................................................................................................ 4

GENERAL ................................................................................................................................................................. 4 National Level Exercise 2011 Self-directed Tabletop Exercise Now Available ............................................. 4

FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH ...................................................................................................................................... 5 Robots Find Missing Black Box Piece from Air France Crash ....................................................................... 5

INFORM: THREAT / PROBLEMS ...................................................................................................................... 5 Ultralight Planes Smuggle across Border ......................................................................................................... 5

Background: CBP Wants System to Detect Ultralights .............................................................................. 5

INFORM: DETECT / INTELLIGENCE .................................................................................................................. 5

Magnetic "Nanobeads" Detect Chemical & Biological Agents ....................................................................... 5

DHS Ends Controversial Entry-Exit Identification Program ........................................................................... 5 NASA Robot Collects Data from HazMat Scenes ........................................................................................... 6 NNSA Developing New Explosion Detection Method .................................................................................... 6 US to Launch SBIRS Missile-Detecting Satellite ............................................................................................ 6

Edited by: Dr. Gary L. Jackson, TASC, Inc. Advisor to DTRA Americas Desk. 8211 Terminal Rd., Suite 1000, Lorton, VA

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PREVENT ................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Nuclear Disarmament Discussed in Berlin ...................................................................................................... 6

Nuclear Fuel Storage More Crucial Than Ever - report ................................................................................... 6

House Bill Includes New Nonproliferation Measures ..................................................................................... 7

DHS Wants New Metrics for Border Security Status ...................................................................................... 7 GOP Lawmaker Rips New Border Index ......................................................................................................... 7 Hand-Held Phone Ban Proposed for Hazmat Drivers ...................................................................................... 7 DTRA Awards New Cooperative Threat Reduction Contracts ....................................................................... 8

PROTECT ................................................................................................................................................................. 8 Nuclear Weapons Surety -- Defense Science Board report ............................................................................. 8 Nanomaterial Could Warn of Gas Mask Hazard .............................................................................................. 8 Tornadoes Force Emergency Shutdown of Three Alabama Nuclear Reactors ................................................ 8 USAF Global Strike Command to Oversee USAF Nuke Units ....................................................................... 9

Defense Threat Reduction Agency Funds Antibiotics ..................................................................................... 9

RESPOND ................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Army National Guard Homeland Response Force (HRF) – factsheet ............................................................. 9

Target Corp. Commits to Aid Maryland Disaster Relief ............................................................................... 10 FEMA Plans Support Base Camps for Disaster Responders ......................................................................... 10

CONTINUE OPS (COOP) AND RECOVER ...................................................................................................... 11

Better COOP thru Telework: Government Advantages ................................................................................. 11 Disaster Waste Removal – Decision Tools .................................................................................................... 11

SOUTH OF THE BORDER .................................................................................................................................. 11 Weekly Round-Up .......................................................................................................................................... 11 U.S., Mexico: Merida Initiative Group Meets ................................................................................................ 11

Mexico: Money Laundering Law Approved .................................................................................................. 12

Peru: Agreement with China on Military Cooperation .................................................................................. 12

USSOUTHCOM -- NewsRoom website ....................................................................................................... 12

NORTH OF THE BORDER .................................................................................................................................. 12 Canada: Transport of Dangerous Goods – website ........................................................................................ 12

EDITORIAL AND COPYRIGHT NOTICES ........................................................................................................ 13

QUOTE OF THE WEEK “we will not rest until every last one of them has been delivered to justice.” ---CIA Director Panetta after death of Bin Laden, at https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-

release-2011/justice-done.html

BIG STORY OF THE WEEK Bin Laden Killed by U.S. Special Ops May 02, 2011 FoxNews.com http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/05/01/usama-bin-laden-dead-say-sources/

On 01May2011, ―Usama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan,

―after months of intelligence work it was determined bin Laden was hiding in a compound ―deep‖ inside Pakistan. ―

―At 3:30 p.m. EST, a 40-man Navy Seals squadron raided a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan,…‖

―Four Chinook and Blackhawk helicopters dropped 24 men on the compound. One helicopter suffered a "hard landing" inside the

compound after an experiencing a mechanical failure and had to be destroyed on the site, …‖

―There was a large shootout. The residents at the compound resisted.‖ Bin Laden was killed with a bullet to the head. ―The total

raid took 40 minutes.‖ The body was buried at sea to deny a martyr‘s gravesite

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CIA Chief Warns of Future al-Qa’ida Terrorism https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/press-release-2011/justice-done.html

―Alhough Bin Ladin is dead, al-Qa‘ida is not. The terrorists almost certainly will attempt to avenge him, and we

must—and will—remain vigilant and resolute. But we have struck a heavy blow against the enemy. The only leader they have

ever known, whose hateful vision gave rise to their atrocities, is no more. The supposedly uncatchable one has been caught and killed. And we

will not rest until every last one of them has been delivered to justice.‖

Tactical Irrelevance of Bin Laden's Death May 2, 2011 Stratfor by email ―The primary threat is now posed by al Qaeda franchise groups like al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, …

But even these groups are under intense pressure by local government and U.S. operations, and much of the current threat comes from

grassroots and lone wolf attackers. These actors could attempt to stage an attack …but they do not have the training or capabilities for high-

casualty transnational attacks.‖

―STRATFOR long considered the possibility that bin Laden was already dead, and in terms of his impact on terrorist operations, he

effectively was.”

WEBSITE OF THE WEEK InSight -- on organized crime in Latin America and Caribbean http://insightcrime.org/

―InSight‘s objective is to increase the level of research,

analysis and investigation on organized crime in Latin

America and the Caribbean

InSight began in April 2010, under the auspices of the

Fundacion Ideas para la Paz (FIP) in Bogota, Colombia,

and with funding from the Open Society Foundations. In

August, American University‘s Center for Latin American

and Latino Studies (CLALS) became a sponsor and

additional host to the project.

InSight currently has offices at the FIP in Colombia and at

American University in Washington DC.‖

NEWSLETTER / MAGAZINE OF THE WEEK U.S. Department of Homeland Security Scheduled Events Update

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GENERAL

National Level Exercise 2011 Self-directed Tabletop Exercise Now Available

From: Ready Campaign <ready@service.govdelivery.com>

To: jacksondoc@yahoo.com

Mon, May 2, 2011 10:53:29 AM

This year the FEMA Private Sector Division and FEMA National Exercise Division created five distinct options for the private sector to

participate in the National Level Exercise 2011.

The Option 4, a Self-directed Tabletop (TTX) with complete facilitator notes is available now for download at:

http://www.fema.gov/privatesector/exercises.shtm.

The exercise is posted online in both Adobe pdf and PowerPoint formats for your convenience with full download instructions for each.

This self-directed TTX, is a scaled down version of the full level play, and is designed to fully simulate the catastrophic nature of a major

earthquake in the central U.S region of the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). It includes three mock news videos, and interactive discussion

and planning questions, including emergency management planning tools for employees and community members with disabilities and

accessibility needs.

Please visit the site, test the tool, and share widely with a broad audience, so they can test their capabilities as well.

For more information on the National Level Exercise 2011, please visit Ready.gov or the NLE 2011 Private Sector Participation page.

The Ready Campaign & FEMA Private Sector Division

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FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH

Robots Find Missing Black Box Piece from Air France Crash The crash of Air France Flight 447 remains a mystery, but clues are being found 05/01/11

RE: Air France Flight 447 from Rio de Jeneiro to Paris crashed into the on June 1, 2009, taking with it 228 people

French investigation unit Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses (BEA) found the missing Crash Survivable Memory Unit of the Flight Data recorder

BEA is still searching for another black box containing cockpit voice transmissions

Three REMUS 6000 autonomous undersea robotic submarines from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) being used in the

search can function to 6,000 meters deep (19,685 feet or 3.73 miles).

INFORM: THREAT / PROBLEMS Ultralight Planes Smuggle across Border April 30, 2011 http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/state&id=8104321

―Officials say Mexican drug smugglers are turning to "ultralight" aircraft to avoid being caught.

The ultralights dart across the border, drop their drug shipments to waiting trucks, and then return to Mexico.

The U.S. Border Patrol has tracked hundreds of these flights over the past three years, but the pilots are rarely caught.‖

Background: CBP Wants System to Detect Ultralights 09/16/2010 http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20100916_6095.php

―The Homeland Security Department wants to purchase technology that can detect slow-moving, low-flying aircraft -- typically called

ultralights -- that Mexican cartels use to smuggle drugs into the United States, according to a draft request for proposals released last week.

The system will be used to detect ultralights, which are small one-person planes that are typically not much more than a hang glider equipped

with an engine. Drug smugglers have been relying more on the small aircraft, which can easily avoid radar detection, to move illegal drugs into

the United States.

In May, two Air Force fighter jets intercepted an ultralight that crossed into Arizona, then turned and flew back into Mexico after 30 minutes of

being shadowed. In March 2009, law enforcement authorities in San Luis, Ariz., found an ultralight that crashed in a lettuce field. Still strapped

into the aircraft was the body of the pilot and more than 100 pounds of marijuana,‖

INFORM: DETECT / INTELLIGENCE Magnetic "Nanobeads" Detect Chemical & Biological Agents 28 April 2011 http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/magnetic-nanobeads-detect-chemical-and-biological-agents

―Researchers at Oregon State University have found a way to use magnetic "nanobeads" to help detect chemical and biological

agents, with possible applications in everything from bioterrorism to medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, or even

water and food safety;

rapid detection of chemical toxins used in bioterrorism would be possible, including such concerns as anthrax, ricin or smallpox,

where immediate, accurate and highly sensitive tests would be needed‖

DHS Ends Controversial Entry-Exit Identification Program 2011-04-28 http://www.gsnmagazine.com/node/23144?c=federal_agencies_legislative Department of Homeland Security posted notice in Federal Register saying it was ―eliminating‖ the National Security Entry-Exit Registration

System (NSEERS) program implemented immediately after the 9/11 attacks to monitor non-immigrant visitors to the U.S. from Arab

countriesincluding Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Egypt, Eritrea, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,

Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Reason: ―redundant to other identification systems it has implemented over the last six years. …The DHS said it has implemented ―several new

automated systems that capture arrival and exit information on nonimmigrant travelers to the United States‖ that does the job better‖ [sic]

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NASA Robot Collects Data from HazMat Scenes Mobile And Remote Sensing Hazmat Activity Scenes (MARSHA) http://technology.grc.nasa.gov/tech-detail-coded.php?cid=GR-0028

Editor note: from our “Department of Stupid, Convoluted and Tortured Acronyms & Brevity Codes”

Supporting first responders with a versatile robotic platform that uses off-the-shelf parts

for cost-effectiveness

Engineers at NASA's Glenn Research Center have developed an affordable mobile sensing

platform that operates in many different hazardous environments to provide first

responders with data collection and analysis tools to assess and minimize risks. Equipped

with adaptable plug-and-play components, NASA's rugged yet agile Mobile And Remote

Sensing Hazmat Activity (MARSHA) innovation can incorporate live video, audio, and/or

a suite of sensor packages. Through wireless communication, experts not at the scene can

access data and offer guidance. Designed with direct input from first responders, this

innovation combines NASA-developed electronics, communications configurations, and

controls and data handling software with commercial off-the-shelf components. The result

is a user-friendly, quickly-configurable robotic platform that gathers crucial information in

dangerous situations without putting team members at risk.

NNSA Developing New Explosion Detection Method U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration

May 4, 2011 http://www.nnsa.energy.gov/mediaroom/pressreleases/05042011nnss

―National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced that it has successfully conducted the first of a new kind of

experiment aimed at improving arms control and nonproliferation treaty verification.

The new experiments, called Source Physics Experiments, are being conducted at NNSA‘s Nevada National Security Site

(NNSS) and will provide ground truth data to enhance the United States ability to detect and discriminate ―low-yield‖ nuclear

explosions amid the clutter of conventional explosions and small earthquake signals.

US to Launch SBIRS Missile-Detecting Satellite May 6th, 2011 http://www.defencetalk.com/us-to-launch-sbirs-missile-detecting-satellite-33941/

U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin are ready to launch the first Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS)

geosynchronous (GEO-1) spacecraft on Friday, May 6

PREVENT Nuclear Disarmament Discussed in Berlin 30 April http://en.trend.az/news/nuclearp/1869317.html

―German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on Saturday hosted talks in Berlin on how to speed up nuclear disarmament with officials from

nine other countries that oppose nuclear weapons, reported dpa.

The talks, aimed at banning the production of weapons-grade fissile material, were attended by the foreign ministers of Japan, Australia,

Mexico, the Netherlands, the United Arab Emirates, as well as high-level representatives from Chile, Canada, Poland and Turkey.

Last year, these countries formed the group Friends of the Non- Proliferation Treaty.‖

Nuclear Fuel Storage More Crucial Than Ever - report 2 May 2011 http://homelandsecuritynewswire.com/solving-nuclear-fuel-storage-problem-more-crucial-ever-

mit-report

Title: “The Future of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle” http://web.mit.edu/mitei/research/studies/nuclear-fuel-cycle.shtml ―‘The Japan nuclear crisis adds to the urgency of dealing with radioactive used fuel, and may raise cost of new plants, MIT

Energy Initiative study says; the report recommends that an interim solution be developed to remove spent fuel storage facilities

at reactor sites, and move to regional, medium-term repositories where the fuel can be monitored and protected as it decays over

time‖

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House Bill Includes New Nonproliferation Measures April 29, 2011 http://www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20110429_7340.php

U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairwoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.), shown in December, sponsored legislation that

embraced numerous bipartisan proposals for bolstering the nation's nonproliferation policies.

Despite some potentially weighty ramifications, the measure to amend the 1954 Atomic Energy Act has thus far drawn little

public attention.

Provisions include:

Require State Department to list "state sponsors of proliferation," akin to a designation that Washington already uses to identify

international backers of terrorism.

Ways to encourage other nations to accept U.N. inspections of nuclear facilities

―The measure passed the House Foreign Affairs Committee by a 34-0 vote on April 14. It remains unclear when H.R. 1280 might

go to a floor vote or potentially be considered by the Senate. Similar legislation was filed in the Senate in January. However, that

chamber's Foreign Relations Committee has not yet acted on it, and the bill's sponsor -- Senator John Ensign (R-Nev.) -- recently

announced that he is resigning office as of early next month (see GSN, March 25).‖

DHS Wants New Metrics for Border Security Status Napolitano wants new wording to impart ‗what‘s actually occurring‘

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/4/dhs-wants-new-yardstick-for-improvements/

Congress defined “operational control” in a 2006 law as the ability to prevent all unlawful entries.

The Secretary of HS stated she asked U.S. Customs and Border Protection to come up with another way to measure the true state

of security along the border.

―She said she wants to try to include measures of how many people have been deterred from even trying to cross in the first place,

as well as stats that would show the increasingly violent clashes and collateral damage fueled by the drug trade.‖

GOP Lawmaker Rips New Border Index Says administration not providing correct data about current security http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/5/gop-lawmaker-rips-new-border-index/

Lamar Smith (Repub), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, said:

―No matter what kind of index the administration produces, they cannot change the facts and the truth. The reality is that there are

massive holes in security along the southern border and the Obama administration has ignored this growing problem for the past

two years,‖

―According to a recent GAO report, only 44 percent of the southwest border is under the ‗operational control‘ of the Border

Patrol.

Hand-Held Phone Ban Proposed for Hazmat Drivers Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, part of DOT, issued the NPRM April 29 to expand

on prohibitions already proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. May 02, 2011 http://ohsonline.com/articles/2011/05/02/hand-held-phone-ban-proposed-for-hazmat-

drivers.aspx?admgarea=news ―Federal limits continue to expand on commercial drivers' texting or calling while they drive. The latest Notice of Proposed Rulemaking was

published April 29 by the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, part of DOT, and would bar drivers moving a quantity of

hazardous materials that must be placarded under 49 CFR Part 172 or any quantity of a material listed as a select agent or toxin in 42 CFR Part

73 in intrastate commerce from using a hand-held mobile phone.

This would expand on prohibitions already proposed by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (also part of DOT).‖

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DTRA Awards New Cooperative Threat Reduction Contracts http://208.112.38.207/contract_detail.asp?contract_id=15905

Bechtel National, Inc., Parsons Global Services, Inc., Raytheon Technical Services Co.,); and URS Federal

Services International, Inc., are each being awarded a multiple award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-

quantity contract to provide integration services supporting the Defense Threat Reduction Agency‘s

Cooperative Threat Reduction Program.

All four contracts combined will not exceed $950,000,000.

PROTECT Nuclear Weapons Surety -- Defense Science Board report Report title: Independent Assessment of the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise

http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/nukes/nuclearweapons/DSB2011.pdf

Permanent Task Force on Nuclear Weapons Surety review of the Air Force‘s efforts to improve the

safety and proficiency of its nuclear bomber and missile units.

―Report comes three and a half years after the notorious incident at Minot Air Base where six

nuclear cruise missiles were mistakenly loaded onto a B-52H bomber and flown across the United

States.

The report, finds progress has been made but also identifies some serious issues that still need to be

fixed. Some of them are surprising.

This report is a product of the Defense Science Board (DSB).

The DSB is a Federal Advisory Committee established to provide independent advice to the

Secretary of Defense. Statements, opinions, conclusions, and recommendations in this report do not

necessarily represent the official position of the Department of Defense.

The Task Force completed its information gathering in November 2010. The report was in security

review from 17 Dec 2010 until 4 March 2011.

This report is unclassified and cleared for public release.

Nanomaterial Could Warn of Gas Mask Hazard (Nanowerk News) http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=21191.php

―A new kind of sensor could warn emergency workers when carbon filters in the respirators they wear to avoid inhaling

toxic fumes have become dangerously saturated. ―

―In a recent issue of the journal Advanced Materials ("Carbon Nanofiber Photonic Crystals: Carbon and Carbon/Silicon

Composites Templated in Rugate Filters for the Adsorption and Detection of Organic Vapors"), a team of researchers from the

University of California, San Diego and Tyco Electronics describe how they made the carbon nanostructures and demonstrate

their potential use as microsensors for volatile organic compounds.‖

Tornadoes Force Emergency Shutdown of Three Alabama Nuclear Reactors

All Headline News April 28, 2011 http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/90046711

―Widespread damage and a mounting death toll from a night of devastating tornadoes that swept through the United States was apparent as

Thursday morning dawned on shaken residents across many states.

Tornadoes forced the Tennessee Valley Authority to close three nuclear reactors of a power plant situated 84 miles north of Birmingham, AL,

and knocked out 11 high voltage power lines

―Browns Ferry Nuclear plant shut down safely, as designed, when the site briefly lost its external electricity supply,‖ said a statement from the

TVA, adding, ―The plant and its safety systems performed well.‖‖

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USAF Global Strike Command to Oversee USAF Nuke Units ,April 28, 2011 http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110428_4728.php ―The U.S. Air Force on Wednesday said its established nuclear command is slated in the next year to assume oversight of munitions units

involved in managing the nation's nuclear forces ―

―The squadrons are currently under the Air Force Materiel Command and were previously unified under the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center,

service Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said (see GSN, Jan. 25). The transfer of the units to the Air Force Global Strike Command would

serve to further streamline control of the military branch's nuclear operations, he said‖.

―"The munitions squadrons were placed under Air Force Materiel Command at the outset of our effort to reinvigorate the nuclear enterprise,"

Schwartz said in a statement. "AFMC and its leaders have done an outstanding job restoring excellence in munitions operations, and they, along

with the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, will remain a key part of the nuclear munitions sustainment and integration process."‖

Defense Threat Reduction Agency Funds Antibiotics May 2, 2011 http://gsn.nti.org/gsn/nw_20110502_3892.php

― Defense Threat Reduction Agency is set to fund the preparation of antibiotics against anthrax, plague and tularemia under a five-year deal

worth as much as $13.8 million, the University of Illinois at Chicago announced last week…

The university's Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology would carry out the studies for treating exposure to the agents, which are all classified

as Category A biological threats.

The work would focus on overcoming resistance by the biological threats to antibiotic treatment.‖

RESPOND Army National Guard Homeland Response Force (HRF) – factsheet

https://secureweb2.hqda.pentagon.mil/VDAS_ArmyPostureStatement/2011/information_papers/PostedDocument.asp?id=329

What is it? The DoD, based on recommendations from the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), directed the National Guard to create ten Homeland

Response Forces (HRFs): two in FY 11 and eight in FY 12. The HRF will be made up of lifesaving capabilities including Search and

Extraction, Decontamination, Emergency Medical, Security and Command and Control (C2), with approximately 566 personnel per HRF. The

ten HRFs, along with 17 Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear and High Yield Explosive (CBRNE) Enhanced Response Force Packages

(CERFPs) and 57 Civil Support Teams (CSTs), will provide the initial military response to a CBRNE incident.

The HRFs will be staffed with National Guard soldiers and airmen. Regionally oriented, each of the ten HRFs will be hosted by states in each of

the ten Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) regions. HRFs will provide a scalable capability to bridge a gap between initial

National Guard (NG) response and Title 10 capabilities. HRFs will improve Command and Control and Common Operating Pictures of

deployed National Guard CBRNE forces. HRFs will create a mobile, flexible and decentralized capability to respond to CBRNE and additional

hazards.

• When not deployed for CBRNE consequence management operations, HRF personnel will focus on planning, training and exercising at the

regional level.

• Each HRF will be composed of approximately 570 personnel.

• HRFs will have a 6-12 hour response posture, similar to that of the existing CERFPs.

• HRFs will primarily be equipped to deploy via ground transport to CBRNE incident sites, but can be moved by air if necessary.

• The core of each HRF is CBRNE capability similar to that found in the existing 17 CERFPs; however, HRFs will also have substantial

command and control and security capability.

What has the Army done? The National Guard has planned the overall fielding of the ten HRFs with many implementation details to be worked out by the individual HRFs.

Eight HRFs will be sourced from single states. The other two HRFs located in FEMA Region One and Region Two will be sourced from

multiple states within those regions. The state contributing the HRF command and control element will be considered the ―host‖ state.

What continued efforts does the Army have planned for the future? As a key element of the new DoD CBRNE Consequence Management Enterprise, HRFs will complement existing forces of about 18,000

personnel. This will include:

• One Defense CBRNE Response Force (DCRF), formerly CBRNE Consequence Management Forces (CCMRFs)

• Two Consequence Management Command and Control Elements (C2CREs)

• 57 Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Teams

• 17 CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Packages

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The HRFs will operate alongside other National Guard-sourced CBRNE Consequence Management forces including WMD-CSTs and CERFPs,

as well as federal-controlled elements of the enterprise, including DCRF, C2CREs and follow-on forces when necessary.

Why is this important to the Army? The National Guard for almost four centuries has been providing Homeland Defense in response to manmade and natural threats. The 21st

Century tragedies of 9/11, the Katrina disaster, and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have highlighted the importance of being proactive in

preparation and efficient and effective in response. The National Guard continues to take the initiative to fill capability gaps and improve

Homeland Defense readiness. National Guard mobilization methods are evolving and expanding as they relate to Homeland Defense. The HRF

teams are capstone units to round out the suite of National Guard initiatives, which includes Domestic All-Hazards Response Teams,

Emergency Management Assistance Compacts, National Special Security Event ad hoc responses, Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support

Teams and the CBRNE Enhanced Response Force Package construct, which evolved into the Defense CBRNE Response Force concept. The

entire enterprise of response is critical to the nation‘s readiness as we enter the second decade of the 21st Century and prepare for unknown but

predictably challenging horizons.

Updated as of March 2011 Army National Guard (703) 601-7586 or NGB-J3 www.arng.army.mil

Target Corp. Commits to Aid Maryland Disaster Relief Target will provide supplies, personnel

Apr 29, 2011 http://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/MD-Partners-with-Target-for-Disaster-Relief-120971609.html

―Maryland‘s Emergency Management Agency is partnering with one of the nation‘s most popular big box stores to prepare for

future disaster response and recovery.

The agency announced Thursday it will work with Target Corp. on preparation for future relief efforts.

Target will work with the state to identify what it needs and determine how to respond with supplies, personnel and support. The

company has extensive experience in the field.‖

FEMA Plans Support Base Camps for Disaster Responders Apr 28, 2011 FedBizOps.Gov

https://www.fbo.gov/?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=cd42348669a1170576996e6d5b0f6c22&tab=core&_cview=0

National Responder Support Camp Solicitation Number: HSFEHQ-10-R-0027

Agency: Department of Homeland Security

Office: Federal Emergency Management Agency

Location: Logistics Section

BACKGROUND

…Under the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, FEMA is responsible for developing an efficient logistics system for procurement

and delivery of goods and services necessary for an effective and timely response to natural disasters, acts of terrorism, and other man-made

disasters. In addition, the Homeland Security Act authorizes FEMA help ensure the effectiveness of emergency response providers in

responding to a natural disaster, act of terrorism, or other man-made disaster. …

The contractor shall construct and operate a Responder Support Camp (RSC) in which to stage responders and other authorized personnel and

assets deployed for occurrences or events requiring a federal government response. The National Responder Support Camps contract will be

used by FEMA, or by other federal agencies through FEMA, consistent with the specific authorities of the agency utilizing the contract's

services.

OBJECTIVE

FEMA's mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our

capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards. During disaster situations, FEMA federal, state

and local responders may need a place that provides shelter, food, and additional basic needs. Hence the need for the procurement of

effective and efficient Responder Support Camps is present.

The National Responder Support Camps contract will be used at the time a Federal disaster is declared, or any other time FEMA or an

agency work through FEMA needs a Responder Support Camp. FEMA shall be able to call upon vendor/vendors to provide Responder Support

Camp Services in the Continental United States (CONUS).

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CONTINUE OPS (COOP) AND RECOVER

Better COOP thru Telework: Government Advantages Officials talk of improved continuity of operations and real estate savings

Apr 29, 2011

―When snowstorms closed down Atlanta for three days last winter, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, located in the city, stayed on

the job, averaging 6,000 concurrent users logged on to its network during the shutdown.‖

―CDC‘s experience reflected the common theme at the Spring Telework Exchange Town Hall meeting April 28 in Washington, which was not

compliance with the Telework Enhancement Act but using workplace flexibility to improve efficiencies.‖

―Telework also was cited in a presidential memorandum issued last June on Disposing of Unneeded Federal Real Estate. The memo calls on

agencies to accelerate efforts to identify and eliminate excess real estate and to make better use of remaining property. The program is expected

to save as much as $3 billion through 2012.

Telework, with employees working remotely outside traditional offices, is expected help to reduce the need for office space. …. the General

Services Administration‘s office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, said $1.7 billion in savings already had been identified.‖

Disaster Waste Removal – Decision Tools Update on the Development and Deployment of U.S. EPA Decision Support Tools for the Management of

Disaster Generated Waste and Debris

http://oaspub.epa.gov/eims/eimscomm.getfile?p_download_id=501754

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Office Of Research And Development

National Homeland Security Research Center

Decon And Consequence Management Division

SOUTH OF THE BORDER Weekly Round-Up

AS/COA http://t.lt01.net/q/L1r_Tqg-NUPz5EKl456QFEJon12QSA396p3F3D4ddoAb5xPGCr8UjLGY8 Conservatives Trounce Opposition in Canadian Elections

Peru‘s Next President to Inherit Natural Resource Conflicts

Bogota Mayor Suspended over Corruption Allegations

Venezuela Plays down New Oil Tax

Examining the New Brazil and the Changing Hemisphere

NYC Mayor Calls for Immigration to Solve Economic Woes

Mexico‘s Most Violent States Have Least Professional Police

Why Do Mexican Households Have More TVs than Refrigerators?

Remittances to Mexico Rise

Mexico and Honduras Lose Free Press Status

Honduras Drops Last Charges against Zelaya

Guatemala Sets a Date for Presidential Vote

Cuba‘s Reforms Give U.S. an Opportunity

A Cruise Liner‘s Take on Building a School in Haiti

German Prez Tours Mexico, Costa Rica, and Brazil

Belo Monte Dam Prompts Brazil to Break with the IACHR

Anti-corruption Strides Made in Peru and Argentina

Argentina Mourns Loss of Ernesto Sábato

Uruguay‘s Amnesty Law Could Hurt Ruling Coalition

Batista v. Slim: Brazilian Billionaire Takes on World‘s Richest

Man

U.S., Mexico: Merida Initiative Group Meets April 29, 2011 Stratfor by email

Merida Initiative High-Level Consultative Group, led by U.S. Secretary of State and Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary conducted

its third meeting on April 29

Focus on four topics: ―weakening criminal organizations‘ capabilities

―strengthening public institutions to fight organized crime,‖

―developing a secure border that allows efficient legitimate travel and commerce while disrupting the flow of illicit goods,‖

―addressing the root causes of violence in both countries.‖

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Mexico: Money Laundering Law Approved April 28, 2011 Stratfor by email ―Mexico‘s Senate unanimously approved a law against money laundering April 28‖

Peru: Agreement with China on Military Cooperation May 3, 2011 from Stratfor by email

Xu Caihou, vice chairman of China‘s Central Military Commission and Chinese Defense Minister Liang Guanglie recently met with

Peruvian Defense Minister Jaime Thorne,

Xu said relations between China and Peru have strengthened, and that military relations are an important part of the China-Peru

relationship and have contributed to the comprehensive development of bilateral relations.

USSOUTHCOM -- NewsRoom website http://www.southcom.mil/AppsSC/pages/newsRoom.php

NORTH OF THE BORDER Canada: Transport of Dangerous Goods – website http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/tdg/safety-menu.htm

Transport Canada, based on risks, develops safety standards and

regulations, provides oversight and gives expert advice (through the

Canadian Transport Emergency Centre — CANUTEC) on dangerous

goods accidents to promote public safety in the transportation of

dangerous goods by all modes of transport in Canada.

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