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Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's security program / Committee on the Assessment of the Bureau of Reclamation's Security Program, Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dam safety--Law and legislation--United States.
- Dam safety.
- Dams--Security measures--United States.
- Dams.
- United States. Bureau of Reclamation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 128 pages) : illustrations, map
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The US Bureau of Reclamation is responsible for managing and operating some of the nation's largest and most critical dams. This book assesses Reclamation's security program and determines its level of preparedness to deter, respond to, and recover from malicious acts to its physical infrastructure and to the people who use and manage it.
- Contents:
- ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Acronyms""; ""Summary""; ""1 Context""; ""2 Description of Reclamation�s Security Program""; ""3 Assessment of Reclamation�s Security-Related Processes""; ""4 Future Plans""; ""5 Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Biographies of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B: Briefings to the Committee and Discussions""; ""Appendix C: Two Approaches to Risk Assessment for Dams""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786611972905
- 9780309178181
- 0309178185
- 9780309125284
- 0309125286
- 9781281972903
- 1281972908
- OCLC:
- 923279621
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