Reference: Bioterrorism Threat and US Preparedness

Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism In the eighth annual Ready or Not? Protecting the Public from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report, 14 states scored nine or higher on 10 key indicators of public health preparedness. Three states (Arkansas, North Dakota, and Washington State) scored 10 out of 10. Another …

Assessment of the Position of Director of National Intelligence

The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9/11 Commission) was created to examine how the terrorist attacks of September 2001 could have occurred and what could be done to prevent future attacks.  Among other things the Commission recommended that there should be a National Intelligence Director who would have “two main areas …

Journal: US Public Health InfoTech NOT….

Public Health Information Technology: Additional Strategic Planning Needed to Guide HHS’s Efforts to Establish Electronic Situational Awareness Capabilities GAO-11-99 December 17, 2010 A catastrophic public health event could threaten our national security and cause hundreds of thousands of casualties. Recognizing the need for efficient sharing of real-time information to help prevent devastating consequences of public …

Reference: Strategic Analytic Model for Creating a Prosperous World at Peace

Robert David Steele Recovering spy, serial pioneer for open and public intelligence – – – – – – – Posted: October 14, 2010 06:40 PM Strategic Analytic Model for Creating a Prosperous World at Peace Click on Title to Read at Huffington Post and Make Comments. EDIT of 10 Dec 10 to add missing links …

Review (Guest): ECONned: How Unenlightened Self Interest Undermined Democracy and Corrupted Capitalism

Yves Smith Product Description Why are we in such a financial mess today?  There are lots of proximate causes: over-leverage, global imbalances, bad financial technology that lead to widespread underestimation of risk. But these are all symptoms. Until we isolate and tackle fundamental causes, we will fail to extirpate the disease.  ECONned is the first …