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Reid Letter to Chairman Collins on Oversight Hearing, Wednesday, September 7, 2005: “Nearly four years after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 sent a clear signal that we needed to be better prepared for major catastrophes on U.S. soil, the American people have a right to expect their government to perform better.” Senator Reid’s letter includes …
GalleryWatch.com HotDoc, September 7, 2005: President Bush will send Congress a $51.8 billion emergency supplemental request for Hurricane Katrina response efforts later today. Roughly $50 billion will go to FEMA and $1.4 billion to the Defense Department. About $400 million will be appropriated to the Corps of Engineers for levee and other repairs. White House …
Press release: “Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) sent three Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and the Department of State, asking for records and communications regarding the federal government’s preparedness and response to hurricane Katrina.” Related Link: CREW …
First Responders Urged Not To Respond To Hurricane Impact Areas Unless Dispatched By State, Local Authorities, Release Date: August 29, 2005, Release Number: HQ-05-174.
“This blog [AALL LawLibAssist] gives members of the American Association of Law Libraries the opportunity to offer assistance to their friends and colleagues. FOR NOW, send posts to Kathie Sullivan at [email protected] and your information will be added.” American Library Association, Libraries and Hurricane Katrina and ALA Hurricane Katrina Library Updates
From the Congressional Budget Office, Macroeconomic and Budgetary Effects of Hurricane Katrina, September 6, 2005 (9 pages, PDF)
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The Pharming Guide by Gunter Ollmann (37 pages, PDF) “Exploiting well known flaws in DNS services and the way in which host names are resolved to IP addresses, Phishers have upped the ante in the cyber war for control of a customer’s online identity for financial gain. A group of attack vectors now referred to …
“The FDIC is working cooperatively with all of the state and federal banking agencies and other organizations to determine the status of the financial institutions located in the affected areas. In an effort to provide information to those affected by Hurricane Katrina, we are developing information and providing links to answer your questions about your …
“The Office of The Surgeon General and the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness are in the process of mobilizing and identifying healthcare professionals and relief personnel to assist in Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. As our nation and global community is now aware, the healthcare needs resulting from Katrina are critical.” [Link]
S. 517: “It is the purpose of this Act to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated national weather modification policy and a national cooperative Federal and State program of weather modification research and development.”
Via Peggy Garvin, the Katrina Help Wiki is an open source project in progress, with an extensive taxonomy of resources and links (as well as a search engine) that are useful in responding to the needs of those for whom a long recovery process lies ahead. Categories include: Government Resources for persons & businesses: FEMA …
