This article describes the roles consulting psychologists can play in working with national security agencies (national security agencies: law enforcement and intelligence organizations) on several key issues to facilitate the movement to a more networked organization invested in information sharing as mandated by the U.S. President in 2007, to the Director of National Intelligence. This would include helping to develop information-sharing environment and managing a secure workforce. The goal is to share and manage information more effectively in the service of national security while managing a secure workforce to mitigate the loss of assets by violations of trusted insiders. This will be accomplished by evolving culture change around the growth of technology to assist these organizations meet their mission objectives to protect national security and public safety. Several different areas of specialization are described including organizational development, strategic planning, change management, developing programs, enhancing training, or in other support roles to enhance daily operations.
Previous research has found that mothers of preterm infants work harder in a face‐to‐face situation with their infants than mothers of term infants. Data have also revealed that preterm infants are less responsive than term infants in a social interaction. To date, there have been few studies that have attempted to determine the range of facial expressive cues that preterms may be emitting or the possible physiological basis for this behavior. In an attempt to investigate these questions, preterm and term infants were observed in a face‐to‐face situation. Prior to the session, three minutes of resting EKG was recorded. The infant's facial behavior was coded with a discrete facial action coding system. Maternal behavior was also coded. Measures of heart rate as well as short and long term variability were computed. Results revealed no differences in facial lability or in facial expressiveness between term and preterm infant. In addition, there were no differences in maternal behavior to either term or preterm. There were, however, reliable contingent relationships between facial expression of the infant and maternal behavior. In addition, there was a significant association between short term variability (vagal tone) and infant facial behavior.
In the post 11 September 2001 security environment, federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel in the United States are asked regularly to maintain a state of ''heightened alert.'' 1 Intelligence professionals have also been mobilized to increase data collection and information-sharing efforts to prevent terrorist attacks against U.S. interests. 2,3,4 But understanding the threat of the ''new terrorism'' and its implications for investigation and
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