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US Will Shoot Down Spy Satellite

02/15/2008 - A U.S. Navy cruiser will attempt to shoot down a U.S. spy satellite as it falls to Earth in the coming weeks.
Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Disaster: Hurricane Katrina and the Failure of Homeland Security

01/30/2008 - The authors explore the unusual division of responsibilities for maintaining New Orleans’ levees, finding that the approach contributed to the lack of adequate levee protection for the city.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

State Perspective - Mississippi

01/29/2008 - Interview with Mike Womack, executive director of the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency.
Daily Headline : Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Financial Industry Ready for Pandemic Flu

01/28/2008 - A new public-private report says the financial industry would remain operational during a severe global pandemic flu, even as absenteeism reached 49 percent.
Daily Headline : Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Disaster Response Plan Gets Praise

01/19/2008 - The final version of the Department of Homeland Security's National Response Plan addresses state concerns with an earlier draft, says the Washington Post.
Daily Headline : Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

DHS, HHS Pandemic Plan Flawed, Say Researchers

01/11/2008 - Researchers at the University of Minnesota say government plans for allocating vaccines during a pandemic ignore workers integral to maintaining the global supply chain in vital goods and services.
Intelligence: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

The Value of Exercises

12/19/2007 - Scenario-driven exercises continue to prove their worth as a way to test plans internally and among organizations that will have to coordinate their actions in a crisis.
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State Homeland Security Advisors Unhappy with Federal Government

12/19/2007 - A new report from the National Governors Association shows deep dissatisfaction with the federal government among state homeland security officials .
Book Reviews: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Strategies for Coordinating Disaster Responses

12/18/2007 - Security professionals involved in disaster planning or response should recognize the name Thomas Drabek. For decades, he has been among the preeminent scholars in disaster management. With Drabek's upcoming retirement from the University of Denver, this may be the professor's last major publication, and it updates his thinking on how emergency managers operate.
Technofile: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Quick Bytes: Viruses, recovery costs increase

12/18/2007 - Virus disasters--where 25 or more computers within an organization are infected at the same time--increased 15 percent in 2003 from the previous year, and the costs of recovering from those disasters increased 23 percent over the same time period, from about $81,000 to almost $100,000. Those are some highlights of a survey of 300 companies and government agencies in the 9th Annual ICSA Labs Virus Prevalence Survey. @ More on the survey is available through SM Online.
Homeland Security: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Scouting for Signs of Pandemic

12/17/2007 - By pooling and analyzing information from various sources, a newly launched program can spot a disease outbreak before it becomes a crisis.
Legal Report: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

First responders

12/17/2007 - Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) has introduced a bill (S. 2171) that would require the federal government to establish a toll-free hotline that could be used by local government and nonprofit organizations to obtain information about federal grant programs and funding available for first responders and terrorism-preparedness programs.
Beyond Print: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management

Pandemic Preparations

12/17/2007 - Federal Executive Boards, which link federal and community leaders in major cities, could be a valuable asset during an influenza pandemic.
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