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HAZARD WARNING SYSTEMS, PROCEDURES, OR POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES

Combating Terrorism: Enhancing Partnerships Through a National Preparedness Strategy.  (U.S. General Accounting Office, March 28, 2002, Rept# GAO-02-549T) Combating Terrorism: Critical Components of a National Strategy to Enhance State and Local Preparedness. (U.S. General Accounting Office, March 25, 2002, Rept # GAO-02-548T) Combating Terrorism: Intergovernmental Partnership in a National Strategy to Enhance State and Local Preparedness. (U.S. General Accounting Office, March 22, 2002, Rept #GAO-02-547T) Combating Terrorism: Key Aspects of a National Strategy to Enhance State and Local Preparedness. (U.S. General Accounting Office, March 1, 2002, Rept # GAO-02-473T) Charting the Digital Broadcasting Future (Final Report of the Advisory Committee on Public Interest Obligations of Digital Television Broadcasters, December 18, 1998) [Note: Disaster warnings in the digital age are discussed on page 60] See also on this report:Charting the Digital Broadcasting Future: The Second Anniversary of the PIAC Report (Dec 18, 2000) Combating Terrorism: Intergovernmental Cooperation in the Development of a National Strategy to Enhance State and Local Preparedness. (U.S. General Accounting Office, April 2, 2002, Rept# GAO-02-550T) Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Challenges Need to Be Addressed. (U.S. General Accounting Office, July 24, 2002, Rept # GAO-02-961T) Critical Infrastructure Protection: Federal Efforts Require a More Coordinated and Comprehensive Approach for Protecting Information Systems. (U.S. General Accounting Office, July 15, 2002, Rept# GAO-02-474 ) Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Homeland Security Challenges Need to Be Addressed. (U.S. General Accounting Office, July 9, 2002, Rept# GAO-02-918T) Effective Disaster Warnings (Report by the Working Group on Natural Disaster Information Systems, Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction, Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, National Science and Technology Council, November 2000) A Governor's Guide to Emergency Management - Volume One: Natural Disasters (National Governor's Association, 2001) A Governor's Guide to Emergency Management - Volume Two: Homeland Security (National Governor's Association, 2002) Harnessing Information and Technology for Disaster Management. (Global Disaster Information Network and the Disaster Information Task Force, November 1997) Improving NYPD Emergency Preparedness and Response (McKinsey & Company, August 19, 2002) Increasing FDNY's Preparedness (McKinsey & Company, August 2002) Lessons from PPP2000: Living with Earth's Extremes (Report by Public Private Partnership 2000, organized by the Subcommittee on Natural Disaster Reduction and the Institute for Business & Home Safety) [Describes the results of 10 forums that were held in the Washington, D.C. area between 1997 and 2001] The National Map: Topographic Mappng for the 21st Century (Final Report, Cooperative Topographic Mapping Program, U.S. Geological Survey, November 30, 2001) National Preparedness: Technology and Information Sharing Challenges. (U.S. General Accounting Office, August 30, 2002, Rept # GAO-02-1048R) National Preparedness: Integrating New and Existing Technology and Information Sharing into an Effective Homeland Security Strategy. (U.S. General Accounting Office, June 7, 2002, Rept # GAO-02-811T) National Preparedness: Technologies to Secure Federal Buildings. (U.S. General Accounting Office, April 25, 2002, Rept # GAO-02-687T) National Preparedness: Integration of Federal, State, Local, and Private Sector Efforts is Critical to an Effective National Strategy for Homeland Security. (U.S. General Accounting Office, April 11, 2002, Rept# GAO-02-621T) Securing the Homeland Strengthening the Nation (Office of the President, 2002) Still Charting the Digital Broadcasting Future: An Update on the State of the DTV Transition (Dec 19, 2001) Organizing for Homeland Security (Lynn Davis, RAND Corporation, 2002) Priority Wireless Pilot Program in the Works (Dan Caterinicchia, Federal Computer Week, March 28, 2002) Reducing Disaster Losses Through Better Information (Board on Natural Disasters, Commission, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, National Reseach Council. Published by National Academy Press, 1999) Response Plan for Volcano Hazards in the Long Valley Caldera and Mono Craters Region, California (By David P. Hill, et al., U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2185, 2002) Tsunami Warning Systems and Procedures: Guide for Local Officials (Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries, Special Paper 35, 2001) Wildland Fire Management: Improved Planning Will Help Agencies Better Identify Fire-Fighting Preparedness Needs. (U.S. General Accounting Office, March 29, 2002, Rept # GAO-02-158)

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