ODP Information Bulletin
                    No. 41  August 24, 2001


          TO:       All State Administrative Agency Heads
          All State Administrative Agency Points of Contact

          FROM:     C.H. "Butch" Straub II
          Director

          SUBJECT:  State and Local Approaches Program 

Many states and local jurisdictions are developing, implementing, and executing weapons of mass
destruction (WMD) terrorism preparedness programs, or updating existing programs, as a result
of the Office for Domestic Preparedness Support (ODP) needs assessment
and strategy development process.  In so doing, ODP recognizes that many states and local
jurisdictions have developed and implemented innovative approaches to WMD terrorism
preparedness.  The attached bulletin highlights one such program in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.

This bulletin is the first of many to be published in a series we are calling the State and Local
Approaches Program.  The purpose of this program is to document innovative practices,
projects, programs, approaches, methods or techniques that greatly enhance the WMD
preparedness of a state or local jurisdiction and can be replicated in other jurisdictions.  The goals
of the program are:

          Enhancing the ability of state and local jurisdictions to develop, plan, and implement a
     program for WMD preparedness through information sharing; and

          Enhancing the ability of state and local jurisdictions to utilize innovative resources for a
     WMD preparedness program.

ODP does not evaluate the initiatives highlighted in State and Local Approaches bulletins,
and the sharing of information should not be interpreted as an endorsement by ODP.  In
addition, instructions for submitting projects for inclusion in a State and Local Approaches
bulletin will be provided shortly in an ODP Fact Sheet.  In the interim, please feel free to
contact Gabrielle Meszaros-Parada at (202) 307-6061 for additional information regarding this
program.