"Domestic WMD Incident Management Legal Deskbook"

["Gerry Blackwood" <gpblackwood@justice.com>]

"Domestic WMD Incident Management Legal Deskbook"  Defense Threat

Reduction Agency.  



http://www.dtra.mil/news/deskbook/index.html





The DTRA Advanced Systems and Concepts Office (ASCO) agreed to

fund and the DTRA Office of the General Counsel agreed to manage

a two-year effort to produce a Domestic WMD Incident Management

Legal Deskbook for distribution to Federal attorneys responsible

for responding to a WMD event. 



The purpose of this Deskbook is to identify legal authorities

available to Executive Branch Departments and Agencies responding

to a WMD event involving terrorism or an accident. The Deskbook

consists of five major sections and appendices:



Section One: Overview of the Response Structure 

Section Two: The Federal Response in the Absence of an Emergency

or Major Disaster Declaration

Section Three: The Federal Response to a National Emergency or

Major Disaster Declaration

Section Four: Medical and Liability Issues

Section Five: Communications Issues

Appendix A: List of Acronyms

Appendix B: Complete text of all Federal references and a

comprehensive

list of State laws related to emergency management

Appendix C: National Guard Status and Available Resources

Appendix D: Looking Ahead



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