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Combating Terrorism

From SPIN  |  Advocacy  |  Official correspondence  |  Department of Homeland Security

From SPIN (Science Policy Insider News)

    APA Fellow Calls for More Behavioral Science Expertise At DHS  (1/06)

    Psychology and Human Intelligence  (10/05)

    APA Takes Stand on Detainee Issue  (10/05)

    Behavioral Science LEADs in Homeland Security Curriculum Workshop  (9/05)

    APA Releases Report of Task Force on Ethics and National Security  (7/05)

    Cabinet-level Report Cites Importance of Behavioral Science for Combating Terrorism (1/05)

    DHS Awards Center of Excellence to University of Maryland  (1/05)

    DHS Scholars and Fellows Program Supports Social Sciences  (12/04)

    APA Cosponsors DHS conference: "Charting a Course for Homeland Security Strategic Studies"  (11/04)

    OSTP AD Briefs National Research Council Human Factors Committee  (9/04)

    Homeland Security Center of Excellence Competition (8/04)

    9/11 Commission Report Released  (8/04)

    Department of Justice Workshop: The Nature and Influence of Intuition in Law Enforcement (7/04)
            Web page about the workshop

    Rockefeller Introduces Bill to Enhance Support of Behavioral Research at DHS (6/04)

    Homeland Security Advisory Council Meets at Secret Service Headquarters (4/04)

    APA Fellows Take to the Hill to Discuss Homeland Security (3/04)

    Baruch Fischoff Selected to Advise on Homeland Security Science and Technology Committee (3/04)

    An Orange Alert for Social Science in the House (2/04)

    APA Fellows Appointed to Senior Advisory Positions at DHS (1/04)

    Science Policy Office Hosts Meeting with FBI Behavioral Science Unit (10/02)

    APA and FBI Co-sponsor conference on countering terrorism  (3/02)
            Read the report: "Countering Terrorism: Integration of Practice and Theory" [PDF 740 KB]

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Advocacy Activities on Counterterrorism

    Combating Terrorism: Responses from the Behavioral Sciences

    APA Briefing Sheet: The Impact of Terrorism and Disasters on Children

    APA Briefing Sheet: The Psychological Impact of Terrorism on Vulnerable Populations

    APA Co-Sponsors Briefing on Reactions to Terrorism

   Psychologists Take Science of Counter-Terrorism to the Hill (3/02)

   National Academies Committee on Science & Technology for Countering Terrorism

   PSA Article: Calling on Science and Technology to Counter Terrorism

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Official correspondence and Sign-on letters

   Public Health Groups Express Concern to President Bush

   Letters to the Transportation Security Administration regarding the Scientific Advisory Panel
            Letter to Under Secretary John Magaw (2/02)
   
         Letter to Under Secretary James Loy (3/03)

   
COSSA Letter to Tom Ridge (4/03)

   
Letter to Senator Akaka on Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act

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Information about the Department of Homeland Security

   DHS homepage

   Homeland Security Advisory Committee (HSAC)
            Academe and Policy Research Senior Advisory Committee
            State and Local Officials Senior Advisory Committee
            Emergency Services, Law Enforcement, and Public Health and Hospitals Senior Advisory Committee
            Private Sector Senior Advisory Committee

   View the DHS organizational chart

   View the Science and Technology Directorate organizational chart

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