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General Resources

IRSA: Immigration and Refugee Services of America
http://www.refugeesusa.org/help_ref/sept11.cfm
Their New York and Washington area agencies are working to help those who have been affected by the events of September 11 particularly many refugees and immigrants suffering from both hate crimes and discrimination against ethnic and religious beliefs.

New York State
http://www.state.ny.us
Official New York State site.

The Whitehouse
http://www.whitehouse.gov/homeland/
The most complete official government site. Tips to protect individuals from terrorism. Daily security briefings. Governor Tom Ridge's statements. Includes additional government links.

Legislation

Immigration and Naturalization Service-INS Online
http://www.uscis.gov
Includes changes to immigration laws including Patriot Act 2001 and all aspects of anti-terrorism therein and immigration provisions.

Legislation Related to the Attack of September 11, 2001
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/terrorleg.htm

Record Recovery

American Records Management Association
http://www.arma.org
Disaster recovery resource materials Info on documenting the attack itself.

Disaster Recovery Journal
http://www.drj.com/
Disaster recovery and business continuity concerning records and software. List of ranked sites on searchable topics-e.g. electronic records backup.

New York State Historical Reocrds Advisory Board
http://www.nyshrab.org/WTC/wtc.html
The New York State Archives and the State Historical Records Advisory Board established this web site to assist New York City repositories affected by the events of September 11, 2001.

Security Issues

ANSER Analytic Services Inc.
http://www.homelandsecurity.org/
Very complete site-in activation before September 11th. Includes: Journal of Homeland Security, federal organizations and legislative updates.

Annual Reviews: A Non-Profit Scientific Publisher
http://www.annurev.org/biohazards/
Annual Reviews searched its online database of over 5000 review articles for key topics such as anthrax, bioterrorism, explosives detection, treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder, public health aspects of complex emergencies, military nutrition research, psychology and international relations theory, ending revolutions and building new governments. As a service to the worldwide community of teachers and students served by Annual Reviews, they have made available the full text of ten timely review articles without charge. All abstracts online are available free and may be searched by author and keywords.

Federal Bureau of Investigation
http://www.fbi.gov/
Official site of the FBI.

National Guard
http://www.defendamerica.mil/
All military information plus links to other government sites.

NFTA
http://www.nfta.com/airport/alert.html
Changes in Buffalo Niagara International Airport security procedures.

Salon.com
http://www.salon.com/news/terrorism/
Search "homeland security" for numerous popular articles.

U.S. Coast Guard
http://www.uscg.mil/news/cgnews.shtm
Security zones

United States Postal Service
http://www.usps.com/news/2001/press/
Safety of mail, the public and employees. Includes updates, FAQs, latest anthrax counts re: postal deaths, etc.

November 5, 2001

Revised 3/04