Department of Energy
(DOE) -
The U.S. Department of Energy'
website provides
information about
dealing
with excess and unwanted radioactive sealed sources.
DOE
Emergency Operations Training Academy for Web-based Training Relating to Emergency Response
Department of Labor
(
DOL) - Official website of the
Labor Department.
Department of State
- Official website of the State Department.
DOT
- Department of Transportation
- Official website of the Transportation Department.
Department
of Veterans Affairs
Emergency
Management Strategic Healthcare Group.
EPA
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Official website of the Environmental Protection Agency:
EPA-Indoor
Air Quality (IAQ)
EPA's
IAQ Tools for
Schools
EPA - MARSSIM
-
The Multi-Agency
Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM)
provides information on planning, conducting, evaluating, and
documenting environmental radiological surveys of surface soil and
building surfaces for demonstrating compliance with regulations. The
MARSSIM is a multi-agency consensus document.
EPA - National Air and Radiation Environmental Laboratory (NAREL)
- A comprehensive environmental laboratory managed by EPA's Office
of Radiation and Indoor Air (ORIA). NAREL provides services to other
EPA offices, Federal and State agencies, and, in some cases, the
private sector.
EPA - Office of Air and Radiation
- Air pollution, clean air, and air quality information provided by
EPA's Office of Air and Radiation (OAR). OAR develops national
programs, technical policies, and regulations for controlling air
pollution and radiation exposure.
EPA - Radiation Protection Division - EPA's Radiation Protection
Division mission is to protect our nation's people and environment
from harmful exposure to radiation. This website provides detailed
information to the various programs associated with radiation
protection activities.
EPA RadTown USA - An interactive Web site that uses an animated
town to provide basic information on radiation in the environment.
RadTown USA is a virtual community showing the wide variety of
radiation sources commonly encountered in everyday life. The
RadTown site features houses, a school, stadium, construction site,
flying plane, moving train and much more to highlight and explain
the many common sources of radiation.
FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation.
FDA
- Food and Drug Administration Homepage.
Patient
Safety Portal, FDA/CDRH. This site's mission is to
continuously inform and educate health care professionals on patient
safety issues as related to medical devices, by providing a
convenient mechanism in which to access current and emerging issues
within the Federal domain.
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Frequently Asked Questions on Potassium Iodide (KI)
FEMA
- Federal Emergency Management Agency.
State Offices and Agencies of Emergency Management
Lessons
Learned Information Sharing
(http://www.LLIS.gov)
is the Department of Homeland
Security's national, online network of lessons learned, best
practices, and innovative ideas for the emergency response and
homeland security communities.
FERN
-Food Emergency Response Network The Food Emergency Response
Network (FERN) integrates the nation's food-testing laboratories at
the local, state, and federal levels into a network that is able to
respond to emergencies involving biological, chemical, or
radiological contamination of food. The FERN structure is organized
to ensure federal and state inter-agency participation and
cooperation in the formation, development, and operation of the
network. The website contains points of contact and other
information links about the network.
FRMAC
- Federal Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center. For major
radiological emergencies impacting the United States, the U. S.
Department of Energy is responsible for establishing a Federal
Radiological Monitoring and Assessment Center (FRMAC). The center is
the control point for all federal assets involved in the monitoring
and assessment of offsite radiological conditions. FRMAC
responsibilities are to provide support to the affected states,
respond to the assessment needs of the lead federal agency, and meet
the statutory responsibilities of the participating federal agency.
NCI
- National Cancer Institute
- The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a component of the National
Institutes of Health (NIH), one of eight agencies that compose the
Public Health Service (PHS) in the Department of Health and Human
Services (DHHS). The NCI, established under the National Cancer Act
of 1937, is the Federal Government's principal agency for cancer
research and training. The National Cancer Institute coordinates
the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports research,
training, health information dissemination, and other programs with
respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of
cancer, rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of
cancer patients and the families of cancer patients.
National
Guideline Clearinghouse
- a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
NGC is sponsored by the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, in partnership with the
American Medical
Association
and the
American Association of Health Plans.
National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - The Physics
Laboratory is one of the major operating units of the NIST. Its
mission is to support United States industry by providing
measurement services and research for electronic, optical, and
radiation technologies.
NIST Laser Calibration Services.
Nuclear
Regulatory Commission:
NRC has updated the Control of Solid
Materials. The link is
www.nrc.gov/materials/medical.html, then Control of Solid
Material.
Medical
Use Licensee Toolkit
provides information and guidance needed for obtaining medical
use license and implementation of Part 35.
Medical Use of Byproduct Material: Part 35 - Rulemaking
Office of State and Tribal Programs Directory and a
Directory of Agreement State and Non-Agreement State Directors
and State Liaison Officers.
Homeland
Defense Equipment Reuse (HDER) Program
HDER Point of Contact List remains in the "Library" section.
OMB - Office of Management and Budget.