Documents in the News

The White House released its latest Homeland Security Presidential Directive.   HSPD-21 is for Public Health and Medical Preparedness.  Its stated purpose is that “establishes a National Strategy for Public Health and Medical Preparedness (Strategy), which builds upon principles set forth in Biodefense for the 21st Century (April 2004) and will transform our national approach to protecting the health of the American people against all disasters.”

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/10/20071018-10.html

The Veteran’s Disability Benefits Commission has released their report “Honoring the Call to Duty: Veterans’ Disability Benefits in the 21st Century.”  The report can be accessed from http://www.vetscommission.org/reports.asp 

The PDF of the full report is available at
http://www.vetscommission.org/pdf/eReport_prepub_9-27.pdf 
 

The executive summary is available at  http://www.vetscommission.org/pdf/ExecutiveSummary_eV_9-27.pdf

This revised October 2007 report shows, through the use of graphs and maps, topics such as: sectarian & ethnic divisions, oil fields, weekly attack trends by type, high profile and IED attacks, major threats andthe state of Al Qaeda, insurgent concentrations, US aid status, crude oil production and more.

This working draft report from Oct 9, 2007 looks at federalizing or partitioning Iraq.  Useful graphs/charts include topics such as: refugees and displaced persons, maps of threats and ethno-sectarian violence, Iraqi military and civilian casualties, public opinion, demographics, infrastructure and more.