Gao-05-327 Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure

Gao-05-327 Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure
Author: United States Government Accountability Office
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 56
Release: 2018-01-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781984339072

GAO-05-327 Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure: Federal Requirements, Actions of Selected Facilities, and Remaining Challenges

Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure

Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure
Author: U S Government Accountability Office (G
Publisher: BiblioGov
Total Pages: 58
Release: 2013-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781289003555

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) is an independent agency that works for Congress. The GAO watches over Congress, and investigates how the federal government spends taxpayers dollars. The Comptroller General of the United States is the leader of the GAO, and is appointed to a 15-year term by the U.S. President. The GAO wants to support Congress, while at the same time doing right by the citizens of the United States. They audit, investigate, perform analyses, issue legal decisions and report anything that the government is doing. This is one of their reports.

Risk Assessment for Water Infrastructure Safety and Security

Risk Assessment for Water Infrastructure Safety and Security
Author: Anna Doro-on
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 426
Release: 2011-08-17
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1439853428

One of the seventeen critical infrastructures vital to the security of the United States, the water supply system remains largely unprotected from the threat of terrorism, including possible revenge by Al Qaeda over the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Recognizing and identifying prospective events of terrorism against the water infrastructure is critic

Chemical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security

Chemical Infrastructure Protection and Homeland Security
Author: Frank R. Spellman
Publisher: Government Institutes
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2009-06-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1591919452

The malicious acts against or within the chemical industrial sector pose a significant threat to both the employees working in the industry, to the communities around them, and to the nation they serve. This new book, the third in a series on critical infrastructure and homeland security, helps chemical manufacturers and processors prevent the devastating effects of such an attack by providing sound security principles and measures that they can implement in their chemical facilities. Addressing the security threats chemical production managers, chemical import managers, design engineers, and others must be prepared to meet on a daily basis, this book encourages a concerted effort to incorporate security upgrades in existing systems or to plan security in all new chemical processing sites. It addresses issues of monitoring, response, critical infrastructure redundancy, and recovery to minimize risk to the facility, the infrastructure, and the surrounding community.

Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure

Protection of Chemical and Water Infrastructure
Author: William O. Jenkins, Jr.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2005-09
Genre:
ISBN: 1422300676

The chemical & water sectors are 2 of the sectors that if attacked by terrorists could have a debilitating impact on the nation. There are 4,000 chemical mfg. facil. that produce, use, or store more than threshold amounts of chem. that pose the greatest risk to human health & the environ. There are 53,000 community water systems & more than 2,900 maritime facilities that are required to comply with security reg. This report provides info. about what fed. require. exist for the chem. & water sectors to secure their facil., what fed. efforts were taken by the agencies for these sectors to facilitate sectors' actions, what actions selected facil. within these sectors have taken & whether they reflect a risk mgmt. approach, & what obstacles they faced in implem. enhanc.

Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector (updated Ed. )

Terrorism and Security Issues Facing the Water Infrastructure Sector (updated Ed. )
Author: Claudia Copeland
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 18
Release: 2009-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 143791828X

The 9/11 attacks have drawn attention to the security of many institutions, facilities, and systems in the U.S., incl. the nation¿s water supply and water quality infrastructure. These systems have long been recognized as being potentially vulnerable to terrorist attacks of various types, including physical disruption, bioterrorism/chem. contamination, and cyber attack. Damage or destruction by terrorist attack could disrupt the delivery of vital human services in this country, threatening public health and the environment, or possibly causing loss of life. This report presents an overview of this large and diverse sector, describes security-related actions by the government and private sector since 9/11, and discusses additional policy issues and responses. Illus.