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	Homeland Security Advisory System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The decision to publicly announce threat conditions is made by the Secretary of Homeland Security in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, according to Homeland Security Presidential Directive-5.
		Typical actions include increasing police and other security presence at landmarks and other high-profile targets, more closely monitoring international borders and other points of entry, ensuring that emergency response personnel are ready, and, in some cases, deploying members of the National Guard to assist local law enforcement on security details.
		Homeland Security secured the Prudential Financial Building in Newark, New Jersey in August 2004 following the discovery of evidence of a terrorist threat to it.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Homeland_Security_Advisory_System (967 words)

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	Homeland Security Advisory System
		The Homeland Security Advisory System is designed to measure and evaluate terrorist threats and to inform and to facilitate actions appropriate to different levels of government and to private citizens, either in their workplaces or in their homes, in a timely manner.
		The advisory system is based on five threat conditions or five different alerts: low, guarded, elevated, high and severe.
		This system is intended to create a common vocabulary, context, and structure for an ongoing national discussion about the nature of the threats that confront the homeland and the appropriate measures that should be taken in response.
	www.bcfirechiefs.org /Guidelines/HSAS.htm (2729 words)

	DHS \| Department of Homeland Security \| Homeland Security Advisory System
		The Homeland Security Advisory System is designed to target our protective measures when specific information to a specific sector or geographic region is received.
		Advisories are targeted to Federal, state, and local governments, private sector organizations, and international partners.
		Homeland Security Information Bulletins communicate information of interest to the nation’s critical infrastructures that do not meet the timeliness, specificity, or significance thresholds of warning messages.
	www.dhs.gov /dhspublic/display?theme=29 (480 words)

	CNN.com - Terror threat warning system unveiled - March 12, 2002
		The warning system has five levels starting with green, the lowest alert level, followed by blue, then yellow, orange and red, the highest state of alert.
		The Office of Homeland Security has been working for months to develop the plan after state and local governments complained that the general threat warnings issued by the federal government did not give them enough information to respond effectively.
		Homeland Security Correspondent Jeanne Meserve contributed to this report.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/US/03/12/rec.threat.alerts (434 words)

	El Paso County Sheriff Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Homeland Security Advisory System will provide a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist attacks to Federal, State, and local authorities and to the American people.
		We cannot mandate that Governors and Mayors adopt the Homeland Security Advisory System, but we are confident that they share our desire for a common language that will allow us to do a better job of protecting the American people.
		The Advisory System will ensure that the public remains informed, and they are empowered to make the decisions they feel are appropriate for their safety.
	shr.elpasoco.com /homeland_security_faq.asp (2610 words)

	Homeland Security Advisory System
		The Homeland Security Advisory System shall be binding on the executive branch and suggested, although voluntary, to other levels of government and the private sector.
		The decision whether to publicly announce homeland security Threat Conditions shall be made on a case-by- case basis by the Attorney General in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security.
		Ensuring personnel receive proper training on the Homeland Security Advisory System and specific preplanned department or agency Protective Measures; and Institutionalizing a process to assure that all facilities and regulated sectors are regularly assessed for vulnerabilities to terrorist attacks, and all reasonable measures are taken to mitigate these vulnerabilities.
	www.nationalterroralert.com /overview.htm (1370 words)

	Governor Ridge Announces Homeland Security Advisory System
		The advisory system will be the foundation for building a comprehensive and effective communications structure for the dissemination of information regarding the risk of terrorist attacks to all levels of government and the American people.
		The Homeland Security Advisory System will provide a national framework for these systems, allowing government officials and citizens to communicate the nature and degree of terrorist threats.
		This advisory system characterizes appropriate levels of vigilance, preparedness and readiness in a series of graduated Threat Conditions.
	www.twotigersonline.com /Resources/homelandsecuirtywarningsystem.htm (761 words)

	Terrorism - Terror Alerts: The Homeland Security Advisory System
		The creation of the HSAS is in part a response to rampant criticism the Homeland Security Office received each time the FBI and the Office announced public warnings of terror attacks after Sept. 11.
		While the advisory system is a national framework for terrorist threat assessment, it can apply nationally or by region, industry or potential target.
		According to a poll by the Anser Institute for Homeland Security, 31 percent of the respondents say the HSAS will be somewhat or very effective in informing the public of potential terrorist attacks, while 43 percent say it will be somewhat or very ineffective.
	www.cdi.org /terrorism/alerts.cfm (564 words)

	FEMA: KIDS - Homeland Security Advisory System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Homeland Security Advisory System was designed after 9/11 to provide warnings to the American people about the threat level for a terrorist attack.
		Who decides what the threat level is? The nation's Attorney General and the Secretary for Homeland Security make that decision.
		So far, since the system was started, there have only been two changes.
	www.fema.gov /kids/nse/homeland.htm (251 words)

	Tennessee Homeland Security
		The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security is designated the office of state government having primary responsibility and authority for directing homeland security activities, including but not limited to planning, coordination, and implementation of all homeland security prevention, protection, and response operations.
		This responsibility includes development and implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated strategy to secure the state from terrorist threats and attacks.
		The office serves as liaison with related agencies of the federal government, agencies of local government, agencies of other states and related private sector agencies; on matters of homeland security.
	www.state.tn.us /homelandsecurity (91 words)

	LLRX.com - 9-11: Terrorism and Homeland Security (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Homeland Security Legislation: The Anser Institute for Homeland Security provides update information on upcoming hearings and events, full-text access to the Journal of Homeland Security, a chart with links to relevant legislation, links to various media stories on terrorism, homeland security, bioterrorism, missile defense, and the attack on America.
		Homeland Security: Information Sharing Activities Face Continued Management Challenges, statement for the record by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before a joint hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
		Homeland Security: Critical Design and Implementation Issues for the Department of Homeland Security, by David M. Walker, comptroller general of the United States, before the House Select Committee on Homeland Security.
	www.llrx.com /newstand/wtc_h.htm (7658 words)

	The Homeland Security Advisory System: Improving Preparedness through Effective Warning
		The Homeland Security Advisory System — the color-coded national threat warning system administered by the Department of Homeland Security — is a constant, inescapable reminder that the Nation is engaged in a global war on terror and may be at risk of attack.
		The System’s color-coded warnings have become the primary means by which the federal Government communicates directly to the public—rather than to and through State and private sector officials—its bottom-line judgment on the risk of terrorist attack at any given time.
		This hearing is intended to give Members and the public a better understanding of how the System operates, including the manner in which threat indications are brought to bear on the decision whether the national threat level should be adjusted.
	www.iwar.org.uk /homesec/resources/hsas-hearing/02-04-04-effective-warning.htm (392 words)

	City of La Marque, Texas
		The Nation requires a Homeland Security Advisory System to provide a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to Federal, State, and local authorities and to the American people.
		For facilities, personnel, and operations inside the territorial United States, all Federal departments, agencies, and offices other than military facilities shall conform their existing threat advisory systems to this system and henceforth administer their systems consistent with the determination of the Attorney General with regard to the Threat Condition in effect.
		The Attorney General, in consultation and coordination with the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security, shall, for 45 days from the date of this directive, seek the views of government officials at all levels and of public interest groups and the private sector on the proposed Homeland Security Advisory System.
	www.ci.la-marque.tx.us /index.php?option=content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=72 (1547 words)

	Homeland Security Advisory System
		A new voice-activated emergency notification system purchased by the Pasadena Fire Department can send information prior to, during and/or immediately after a disaster or emergency to listed and unlisted residential and commercial telephone numbers.
		The five threat levels were developed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and they change from time to time depending on intelligence received by the CIA, FBI and other agencies.
		Secure or remove furniture and other objects that may block your exit path if they topple.
	www.ci.pasadena.ca.us /emergency_prepareQA.asp (1906 words)

	Homeland Security Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Homeland Security Advisory System will provide a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist attacks to Federal,
		The Homeland Security Advisory System will provide a framework for the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Homeland Security, to assign Threat Conditions, which can apply nationally, regionally, by sector or to a potential target.
		Public announcements of threat advisories and alerts help deter terrorist activity, notify law enforcement and State and local government officials of threats, inform the public about government preparations, and provide them with the information necessary to respond to the threat.
	www.pdhomes.net /html/creations/USWP/Homeland.Security.Information.html (784 words)

	National Homeland Security Knowledgebase - Resources - homeland security resources, homeland security advisory system, ...
		Homeland Security Research Corporation (HSRC) is a Washington DC based company dedicated to studying, analyzing, developing innovative technologies, and creating actionable knowledge about the homeland security industry and its products www.hsrc.biz
		IDHS -The Institute for Defense and Homeland Security was established by and is operated by Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), a state-chartered nonprofit corporation that accelerates Virginia's next generation of technology and technology companies.
		Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (The Gilmore Commission): 2nd Annual Report to the President and the Congress.
	www.twotigersonline.com /resources.html (2427 words)

	Florida Supports New Homeland Security Advisory System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		This system is intended to create a common vocabulary, context and structure to facilitate decisions about appropriate protective measures.
		Florida will implement the advisory system throughout the state and integrate as a part of the States Domestic Security Strategy.
		Under the direction of Florida's Domestic Security Advisory Panel and Oversight Board, Florida will institutionalize this effort through the seven Regional Domestic Security Task Forces, which are the foundation of Florida's domestic security operational efforts.
	www.fdle.state.fl.us /Domestic_Security/Press/Homeland_Advisory.html (327 words)

	THE HOMELAND SECURITY ADVISORY SYSTEM
		The Homeland Security Advisory System is designed to provide a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist attacks to federal, state, and local authorities and to the American people.
		Ninety days after the conclusion of the comment period, the Attorney General, in coordination with the Director of the Office of Homeland Security, will present a final Homeland Security Advisory System to the President for approval.
		The system is designed to encourage partnerships between the public and the private sectors, between all levels of law enforcement and public safety officials, and between and among all levels of government.”
	www.nrwa.org /2001/publications/articles/homelandsecurity.htm (1143 words)

	biot: Homeland Security Advisory System
		The Homeland Security Advisory System is a means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to federal, state, and local authorities and to the American people.
		Like the national system, the DC advisory system color-codes threat levels for easy understanding.
		Unique in the District system are suggested precautions (guidelines) for DC residents and businesses to take for each threat level.
	bioterrorism.doh.dc.gov /biot/cwp/view,a,1252,q,553402,biotNav,\|31411\|.asp (158 words)

	City of Cleveland
		The City of Cleveland has adopted the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) as means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to our community and our citizens.
		The HSAS system was developed by the U.S. Office of Homeland Security to designate the perceived level of risk of terrorist acts being perpetrated on American soil.
		The system is broken into five different levels, each identified by a separate color.
	www.city.cleveland.oh.us /emergency/securityadvisorysys.html (153 words)

	Homeland Security Advisory System: MSOE Campus Response (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In response to these different advisory conditions, the MSOE Public Safety Department personnel are maintaining a high level of vigilance throughout the campus and the department is working closely with local and federal law enforcement officials, as well county and state emergency management officials, concerning the safety and security of the MSOE campus.
		In March, 2002, the United States of America implemented the Homeland Security Advisory System to provide a comprehensive means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist attacks.
		This system provides warnings in the form of a set of graduated "threat conditions" that increase as the risk of terrorist threat increases.
	www.msoe.edu /pub_safety/advisory.php (546 words)

	Partnership for Public Warning - Homeland Security Advisory System (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The Homeland Security Advisory System was established in 2002 for the purpose of providing “…a comprehensive and effective means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist attacks to Federal, State and local authorities, and to the American people.” The HSAS is a color-coded system of identifying the risk of terrorist threats.
		In November 2003, PPW initiated a request for public comments on the operation and effectiveness of the Homeland Security Advisory System.
		On March 16, 2004, the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing on the Homeland Security Advisory System.
	www.partnershipforpublicwarning.org /ppw/hsasnews.html (249 words)

	Homeland Security Advisory System
		U.S. Central Command officials use scales of threat levels and defense readiness conditions to standarize the identification of threats and recommended responses throughout the military.
		While the THREATCON scale determines the condition for defense of the United States homeland and assets abroad, the DEFCON scale determines the posture of the military to prepare for the likelihood of war.
		The THREATCON scale is intended to achieve interservice coordination and support for defense activities within the United States, on US bases abroad, and aboard US vessels.
	www.werismyki.com /base/homeland_security.html (514 words)

	Homeland Security Advisory System CGI Script (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A simple CGI script which displays the current threat warning according to the Homeland Security Advisory System.
		The script visits the Homeland Security page to fetch the current threat level in real time, and then displays the approriate threat image.
		This should greatly reduce the chance of the scrpt breaking due to changes at DHS.GOV. Both versions of the CGI scripts and the PHP-Nuke block version have this update and are drop in replacements.
	www.phpexpo.com /files/hsas.html (472 words)

	FEMA: Are You Ready? An In-depth Guide to Citizen Preparedness
		The Homeland Security Advisory System was designed to provide a national framework and comprehensive means to disseminate information regarding the risk of terrorist acts to the following:
		Continue to be alert for suspicious activity and report it to authorities.
		Knowledge of your community warning systems and what you should do when these are activated.
	www.fema.gov /areyouready/homeland_security_advisory_system.shtm (696 words)

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