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WHO Declares H1N1 Pandemic Over And Faces Criticism

08/11/2010 - This week the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 “swine” flu pandemic over, renewing calls that the organization should change the criteria for its six-level pandemic scale or risk increased ambivalence toward public health threats.
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Russian Wildfires Show Need for Good Information in a Disaster

08/11/2010 - A Russian journalist says the massive wildfires currently consuming much of Russia's European forests have exposed a critical vulnerability in the country's disaster preparedness: the society's utter lack of trustworthy news and information.
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DHS Needs to Take Threat of EMP Attack Seriously, Physicist Warns

08/05/2010 - The Department of Homeland Security has not taken seriously the threat that a high-altitude detonation of a nuclear weapon could fry the nation's power grid, a physicist told lawmakers yesterday.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Urban Area Perspective - Cleveland

07/28/2010 - Security Management interviews Norberto Colón, the assistant director of public safety for the City of Cleveland.
Legal Report: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

U.S. Congressional Legislation: Disaster Management

07/28/2010 - A bill (S. 3249) that would renew a grant program designed to help state and local governments prepare for disasters has been approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. To proceed, the measure must now be taken up by the full Senate.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Biosurveillance Stays Stovepiped

07/27/2010 - The government’s ability to pinpoint biological threats is still hampered by a lack of information sharing.
Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Security Manager's Guide to Disasters: Managing Through Emergencies, Violence, and Other Workplace Threats

07/27/2010 - A costly overview of security-manager best practices in a book that doesn't bother to give the author's biography or professional credentials.
Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Disaster Recovery

07/27/2010 - Can rebuilding after a disaster present an opportunity for rebirth?
Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Communicating Emergency Preparedness: Strategies for Creating a Disaster Resilient Public

07/27/2010 - A solid read that teaches security professionals how to communicate the appropriate message during an emergency.
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Managing the Risk of Catastrophic Weather

07/21/2010 - At War with the Weather represents a tour de force in the analysis of how natural disasters—specifically hurricanes—are mitigated, insured against, and recovered from in the United States.
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Hospitals Should Band Together Before The Next Crisis Hits

07/07/2010 - A new report from the Center for Biosecurity recommends that every hospital in the country make common cause and form healthcare coalitions.
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Can Making Utilities and Appliances Smarter Prove Foolhardy?

07/02/2010 - The so-called smart grid is all the rage, but rushing headlong into networked utilities may not be wise, according to John Bumgarner, the chief technology officer for the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, in July's podcast.
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Getting Ahead of Ourselves with Smart Energy

07/01/2010 - How the rise of smart energy is making America's energy infrastructure more vulnerable to attack.
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