"Mapping the Risks: Assessing the Homeland Security Implicationsof Publicly Available Geospatial Information"

[Beth Lachman <bethl@rand.org>]

Title: "Mapping the Risks: Assessing the Homeland Security Implic

Everyone,

We recently released a report that you may find useful, especially since we discuss environmental data, including TRI. See the reference to pollution prevention on page 83.

Feel free to forward this announcement to anyone that may be interested in this report.

Beth Lachman

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Now available, the RAND Corporation report: "Mapping the Risks: Assessing the Homeland Security Implications of Publicly Available Geospatial Information." (Report # MG-142)

This report documents a RAND Corporation study that was sponsored by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) and the study partner, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), to assess the homeland security implications of publicly available geospatial information.  Specifically, RAND researchers assessed whether and how geospatial data and information that is publicly available from U.S. federal sources can be exploited by terrorists and other adversaries seeking to attack U.S. critical infrastructure. The report  discusses some of the project's specific case studies that highlight the complexities of these issues, such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Toxics Release Inventory (TRI).  The study also provides an analytical process that can be used to identify and evaluate potentially sensitive geospatial information.

The summary and full report in PDF format are available at: http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG142/

Anyone can download the PDF version for free at this site.

Any U.S. government employee (federal, state, and local) can receive one hard copy of this report for FREE by sending a request to: order@rand.org. You must include the document title ("Mapping the Risks"), number (MG142) and a valid government mailing address and e-mail. 

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Sample on-line reports:

NEW! "Mapping the Risks: Assessing the Homeland Security Implications of Publicly Available Geospatial Information" at: http://www.rand.org/publications/MG/MG142/
                             
"Integrated Facility Environmental Management Approaches: Lessons from Industry for Department of Defense Facilities" at: http://www.rand.org/publications/MR/MR1343/