August 2014. Getting on a U.S. Military Base Will Now Include an FBI Background Check

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Getting on a U.S. Military Base Will Now Include an FBI Background Check

Members of the defense community, starting this Friday, automatically will be screened against the FBI’s criminal database when they try entering military installations and pulled aside if the system shows an arrest, felony or outstanding warrant.

The new Defense Department tool is part of a larger, government-wide effort to continuously vet people with access to secure facilities, following shootings at Fort Hood and the Navy Yard.

Identification smartcards issued to troops, veterans, relatives and other individuals permitted to enter military bases have long been checked against a DOD database before access is granted. But an instant FBI background check has never been part of the process.

Beginning this week, DOD’s information technology system will tap the FBI’s National Crime Information Center system. 

The entire article can be found here: http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2014/08/getting-us-military-base-will-now-include-fbi-background-check/90530/?oref=d-river

Situational Awareness. 2015. 10-year Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina Approaching

The 10-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina will be approaching in August 2015. 

How far have we come as a nation, and within our communities in ensuring that this type of devastation will never occur within the U.S. borders?

Are the problems that affect under-served communities only an issue with the U.S., or have other African-Descent communities have similar attributes in their response to disasters and emergencies?

Check our ‘RECOMMENDED READING LIST’ at  http://www.blackemergmanagersassociation.org/p/bema-recommended-reading-list.html

Highly recommend reading Davis, Vincent B. (2012).  Lost and Turned Out:  Preparing Under-Served Communities for Disasters as one of many gauges to determine how far we’ve come in addressing issues within our communities worldwide.

Be safe, be prepared.

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“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.” ― David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas