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DomPrep Journal: Preparing Communities

The DomPrep Journal features original content written by practitioners in various emergency preparedness and resilience fields. Addressing the needs of professionals dedicated to preparing and protecting their communities, the first four issues of the 2016 volume have been downloaded a total of more than 200,000 times! To view these or

MCMi Program Update-Fiscal Year 2015

The Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act of 2013 requires the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue an annual report detailing its medical countermeasure activities. This report covers the development and availability of medical countermeasures, including regulatory science and legal and policy actions related to medical countermeasure (MCM) for

Infrastructure

Featured in this issue: Improving the Grade for Critical Infrastructure, By Joe D. Manous Jr. & Catherine L. Feinman; Five Myths The Cost of Resilience, By Dana Goward; Emergency Services/Critical Infrastructure Analysis Methodology, By David Flanigan & Steven Taylor; Bending the Cost Curve Through Better Design, By David J.

National Incident Management System (NIMS) Refresh

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is in the process of reviewing and refreshing NIMS and is seeking stakeholder input on the draft. National engagement provides an opportunity for interested parties to comment on the draft NIMS, so that it reflects the collective expertise and experience of the whole community.

Report on the CDC Surveillance Strategy and the Integrated CDC Surveillance Platform

This report focuses primarily on public health data that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects – for surveillance of disease, injury, and exposure to health threats – from state, tribal, local, and territorial health departments, including their public health laboratories, and from hospitals and other healthcare providers.

BREAKING NEWS

Breaking News & Getting It Right, By Thomas J. Lockwood & Catherine L. Feinman; Accuracy & Trust in Information Dissemination, By Anna Rose; When a City Is Burning Or Not, By Connor Scott; Big News About Cyberthreats, By Dawn Thomas; Digital Humanitarians, By Hannah Zitner; Television Talking Heads & Disasters,

Defense Threat Reduction Agency Strategic Plan 2016-2020

The evolution of the Weapons of Mass Destruction threat, revised policy and guidance, and feedback from the workforce and stakeholders led the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) to reexamine and update their strategic plan. The revised strategic plan addresses the strategic changes needed to achieve their vision to be the

Future Trends in Geospatial Information Management: The Five to Ten Year Vision

This second edition Future Trends report recognizes that the most significant changes in the geospatial industry come from linking multiple technologies and policies. The first part of the report focuses on the new and emerging trends, while the second half of the report incorporates changes that have occurred in the

Five Years of the Budget Controls Act’s Disaster Relief Adjustment

The Budget Control Act established a set of limits on federal spending, as well as a set of mechanisms to adjust those limits to accommodate special categories, like congressionally designated major disasters. This report examines how the adjustment has functioned over the first five years, and what the future of

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