HOMELAND DEFENSE

& Security Digest

22 MARCH 2022

HDIAC collects and publishes articles related to our technical focus areas on the web to share with the DoD community.

FEATURED ARTICLE

FEMA Shelter-in-Place Guidance

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides guidance on what to do when ordered to shelter in place from an incident. This includes chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) incidents (including hazardous material spills), active shooter events, and several natural events. The guidance also provides actions to take based on different types of common structures.

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Featured Notable Technical Inquiry

Unclassified Datasets Related to Former Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Programs

In support of a government agency researching counterproliferation and WMD mitigation capabilities, the Homeland Defense & Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC) was asked if there were any unclassified datasets related to former WMD programs. To ensure their research was as complete as possible, the tasking agency requested accessible datasets that could easily integrate into their internal database. HDIAC found 64 various WMD-related programs, procurement attempts,…

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FUTURE WEBINARS

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

Nanotechnology in Combat Casualty Care: State of the Art and Emerging Trends

For over two decades, the government has invested heavily in nanotechnology research, and the broad applicability of advances in the field holds great promise to improve combat casualty care (CCC). Because of this broad scope, however, no single source exists that comprehensively assesses the current and potential applications of nanotechnology to military health service support,…

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Military Health System Conference

The Military Health System (MHS) Conference is a four-day annual conference sponsored by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs. Conference attendees are comprised of government, military, and industry healthcare professionals….

Energy Exchange

The Energy Exchange, hosted by the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP), is an opportunity for agencies to ensure their workforce understands leadership direction, priorities, goals, and strategies. It’s also a unique opportunity to fulfill training…

The 19th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition

The IEEE conference series on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition is an international forum for research in image and video-based face, gesture, and body movement recognition. It is cosponsored by the IEEE Biometrics Council and…

Voice From the Community

Irmie Ike Blanton
Irmie Blanton

Deputy Director

Ike Blanton is the Deputy Director for International and Strategic Engagement with the Office of Foreign Investment Review (FIR), the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) lead office for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). He works on DoD international, congressional, and domestic engagements on CFIUS and foreign investment review issues. He was also a foreign service officer with the Department of State, where he served in Brazil and China, and worked in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research, the Bureau of Consular Affairs, and the White House Situation Room. Before public service, he was in-house counsel specializing in finance and secured transactions.

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