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cna talks: Emergency Management and Preparedness

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Tim Beres, David Kaufman, Monica Giovachino, and Jason McNamara discuss CNA Safety and Security's work on homeland security, domestic preparedness, and emergency management over the last two decades. The four experts discuss the Oklahoma City bombing, the Tokyo subway sarin gas incident, the September 11, 2001 attacks, and the impact of these events on homeland security preparedness, as well as the planning and economic implications of natural disasters.

Emergency Management and Preparedness Tim Beres, David Kaufman, Monica Giovachino, and Jason McNamara discuss CNA Safety and Security's work on homeland security, domestic preparedness ... , is Executive Vice President of CNA's Institute for Public Research. Before joining CNA, he served as a career member of the Senior Executive Service in DHS, and he held a variety of senior leadership positions directing and implementing national homeland security programs in DHS and DOJ. David Kaufman is Vice President and Director of CNA's Safety and Security division. Prior to CNA, he served as FEMA

cna talks: Justice and Policing in the U.S.

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This week CNA Board member and George Mason University professor Laurie Robinson sits down with a few of CNA's policing experts to discuss the most pressing topics in justice and policing today. The conversation covers everything from police reform and evidence-based research to body-worn cameras and police departments' use of social media. Hear what some of today's top criminal justice experts think about training, transparency and accountability, community policing, crisis intervention, and federal support of the police.

Justice and Policing in the U.S. This week CNA Board member and George Mason University professor Laurie Robinson sits down with a few of CNA's policing experts to discuss the most pressing topics ... Fiction" by CNA's James "Chip" Coldren, Jr., Ph.D. and Michael White, Ph.D. in   PM Magazine CNA/COPS report,   Las Vegas After-Action Assessment: Lessons Learned from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Ambush Incident CNA/COPS report,   Ambushes of Police: Environment, Incident Dynamics, and the Aftermath of Surprise Attacks Against Law Enforcement CNA report

Countering Threats and Challenges Program

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We help U.S. government leaders understand and counter less conventional threats like irregular, proxy and information warfare and terrorism.

Center for Public Health Preparedness and Resilience

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Helps HHS and other public health agencies and organizations develop and test emergency policies, plans, and operational capabilities.

for Public Health Preparedness and Resilience has supported HHS on a variety of COVID-19 response initiatives: COVID-19 Tabletop Exercises:  CNA led a community mitigation measures tabletop exercise for the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Preparedness and Response and for the White House Coronavirus Taskforce. Exercises in a Box: CNA developed a comprehensive pandemic ... and preparations for a second wave of infections. Tabletop Exercise: CNA created a situation manual for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that explores key issues and decisions

Supply Chain Resilience of Groceries in Catastrophes

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In a U.S. earthquake or catastrophe, food supply chain resilience can rely on grocery sector supplies in the first weeks. Transportation is the key challenge.

death toll will accelerate. CNA funded this research and analysis out of recognition of the critical role that supply chains play in enabling effective response to and recovery from catastrophic events, and that non-resilience of supply chains has too often been a weakness in preparedness efforts. CNA is a not-for-profit institution with more than 15 years of experience working in homeland security, emergency management, and national preparedness. From this body of experience, CNA recognizes that supply chain resilience is critical to effective response to and recovery from catastrophic

The Future of UAS

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This data-driven, flexible model can investigate a variety of questions that operators and regulators will need to answer to make decisions about managing future UAS operations.

Future of UAS This data-driven, flexible model can investigate a variety of questions that operators and regulators will need to answer to make decisions about managing future UAS operations. CNA ... airspace. It is an agent-based model that builds on the success of other CNA agent-based models used on Navy ships and in correctional facilities. The model analyzes a system from the bottom up. It simulates ... on the overall delays and cancellations within the system. USE CASE: SMALL PACKAGE DELIVERIES In a recent study, CNA used UCATS™ to simulate four futuristic scenarios involving UAS package delivery

FAQ: FFRDCS AND THE CENTER FOR NAVAL ANALYSES

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Defines the Center of Naval Analyses and a FFRDC

(FFRDC) that performs directed research and analysis for the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and other Department of Defense organizations. It is part of CNA, a nonprofit research and analysis organization ... by highly-trained scientists. (70 percent of CNA analysts have Ph.D.s.) The regulations also highlight the importance of the “objectivity and independence” of FFRDCs. Analysts at FFRDCs can challenge ... FFRDCs are administered by nonprofit corporations, such as CNA, RAND and MITRE, or by universities. DOD-sponsored FFRDCs must be operated by nonprofit entities to prevent conflicts of interest

Navigating Retaliatory Violent Disputes

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Since 2013, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has funded CNA to work with the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing to develop a series of Strategies for Policing Innovation (SPI) Problem-Oriented Guides for Police. These guides provide the law enforcement community with useful guidance, knowledge and best practices related to key problem-oriented policing and strategic policing principles and practices. CNA developed this infographic based on the guide titled "Retaliatory Violent Disputes" by John Klofas, Irshad Altheimer and Nicholas Petitti. SPI is a collaborative effort between BJA, CNA (SPI training and technical assistance provider) and over 65 local law enforcement agencies that are testing innovative and evidence-based solutions to serious crime problems.

Navigating Retaliatory Violent Disputes Since 2013, the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) has funded CNA to work with the Center for Problem-Oriented Policing to develop a series of Strategies ... policing and strategic policing principles and practices. CNA developed this infographic based on the guide titled "Retaliatory Violent Disputes" by John Klofas, Irshad Altheimer and Nicholas Petitti. SPI is a collaborative effort between BJA, CNA (SPI training and technical assistance provider) and over 65 local law enforcement agencies that are testing innovative and evidence-based solutions

Designing and Testing Purpose-Built Organizations

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Short summary that discusses CNA's process on designing and testing a purpose-built organization

development capability, CNA offers a campaign plan that purpose builds and stress tests an organization—and provides analytic justification for all elements of the design. Using the “cycle of analysis” first described by CNA’s world-renowned wargaming expert, Dr. Peter Perla, we leverage organizational studies, wargames, and analysis to progressively develop and refine organizations from initial oncept to final manning document. This process is tailorable to the needs of each problem. With CNA’s unique combination of analytic and wargaming expertise, we can assist existing organizations refine

Analysis in Combat: The Legacy of Desert Storm

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In recognition of the 30th anniversary of Desert Storm, CNA Talks presents Analysis in Combat. On our final episode, Admiral Arthur and Christine Fox sit down to discuss CNA’s reconstruction of Operation Desert Storm. This effort examined all the data that CNA analysts gathered during the operation, looking for lessons on how the Navy could learn from it. This episode originally aired on March 10, 2021.

Analysis in Combat: The Legacy of Desert Storm In recognition of the 30th anniversary of Desert Storm, CNA Talks presents Analysis in Combat. On our final episode, Admiral Arthur and Christine Fox sit down to discuss CNA’s reconstruction of Operation Desert Storm. This effort examined all the data that CNA analysts gathered during the operation, looking for lessons on how the Navy could learn from it. This episode originally aired on March 10, 2021. Analysis in Combat: The Legacy of Desert Storm https://www.youtube.com/embed/szTyscOg7b4 Videos