Chair Andrew Hart Co-Chair Foner Curtis
Treasurer Ray O. Sisk Secretary Donna Allen
Information about Suspicious Mail and Related Concerns
We have also included sites to check out information you believe may be a hoax.
State of Maine Public Safety Protocols
- Envelope/Package Handling Guidance: Public Safety Response (HTML format)
- Envelope/Package Handling Guidance: Public Safety Response (.pdf format)
State of Maine Department of Human
Services,
Bureau of Health
State of Maine, Department of Education
- Sensible Precautions in Aftermath of September 11 (Commissioner Albanese's Informational Letter #26 to School Superintendents and Principals, 10/15/2001)
- School Safety Precautions in Light of September 11, 2001 (Commissioner Albanese's Informational Letter #25 to School Superintendents and Principals, 10/11/2001)
US Postal Service:
- What to Do if You Receive an Anthrax Threat (Updated October 16, 2001: Contains tips on recognizing and handling suspicious packages, as well as information about biological and chemical agents)
- POSTAL SERVICE REDOUBLES EFFORTS TO MAINTAIN SAFE AND SECURE MAIL SERVICE (Press Release of October 12, 2001)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC):
- HOW to HANDLE ANTHRAX and OTHER BIOLOGICAL AGENT
THREATS
(An official CDC Health Advisory)
FBI:
- If You Receive Suspicious Mail (in Adobe Acrobat format. Suitable for printing and posting. Has area to write in local and federal law enforcement telephone numbers)
- Text-only version of the above (for accessibility by text readers, or those without Adobe Acrobat Reader)
Sites for checking the reliability of information received via the Internet:
We have more ways to communicate with each other than ever before. A message flashed on the Internet can reach thousands of people in seconds. Unfortunately, this information may not be verified, or worse, be deliberately and cruelly false. Even a partially heard news bulletin on television or radio can be misinterpreted in this time of heightened concern. It is our responsibility as citizens to be sure of the truthfulness of information before we act on it or pass it on. Some excellent Internet sites can be helpful in separating real information from hoaxes.- Snopes.com A well-known site that researches hoaxes and so-called "urban legends" and attempts to separate fact from fiction. Snopes has a complete section dedicated to rumors connected to the events of September 11 and their aftermath.
- Centers for Disease Control: CDC Health Related Hoaxes and Rumors
- About.com's Urban Legends and Folklore section
Computer virus hoax information:
If you are concerned about something you hear in the news that you feel may affect you, listen to the news again carefully to make sure you heard the story correctly, and if need be, call a local, county or state official for confirmation.Last update: January 8, 2009
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