1. The Partnership for a Secure America WMD Report Card 2008 http://www.psaonline.org/downloads/ReportCard%208-25-08.pdf
2. Graham B Talent J World At Risk. The Report of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferations and Terrorism Vintage Books 2008
3. The National Report Card on the State of Emergency Medicine;American College of Emergency Physicians;Ann Emerg Med.,2009
4. The Department of Homeland Security National Preparedness Guidelines http://www.fema.gov/pdf/government/npg.pdf
5. Office of Justice, Office of Domestic Preparedness Emergency Responder Guidelines http://www.homelandsecurity.org/bulletin/emergencyresponderguidelines.pdf