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Critical Infrastructure Protection: Key Private & Public Cyber Expectations Need to Be Consistently Addressed

Domestic Preparedness August 31, 2010
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has completed this report, which addresses: (a) threats to computer-based attacks; and (b) the impact on the critical infrastructures they support. Addressing these threats depends on effective partnerships between the government and private-sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10628.pdf

Web Users Increasingly Rely on Social Media to Seek Help in a Disaster

Domestic Preparedness August 11, 2010
A new American Red Cross survey shows 74 percent of web users turn to social media to seek help for themselves or others during emergencies – and they expect first responders to be listening. http://www.redcross.org/portal/site/en/menuitem.94aae335470e233f6cf911df43181aa0/?vgnextoid=6bb5a96d0a94a210VgnVCM10000089f0870aRCRD

Responding to Influenza Pandemics

Domestic Preparedness August 4, 2010
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense and the National Institute of Health (NIH) Western Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases served as the conveners of a Task Force of the some of the nation’s leading influenza experts

Maritime Security: DHS Progress & Challenges in Key Areas of Port Security

Domestic Preparedness July 23, 2010
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a report which discusses the Department of Homeland Security and its component agencies’ progress and challenging remaining regarding strengthening risk management, educing the risk of small-vessel threats, implementing foreign port assessments, and enhancing supply chain security. http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10940t.pdf

Wisconsin Guard Helps Train Civilian Emergency Responders

Domestic Preparedness June 30, 2010
About 120 personnel from more than 20 law enforcement agencies enhanced their awareness of weapon of mass destruction. The two-day training, spearheaded by the Madison-based 54th Civil Support Team, Wisconsin National Guard, ranged from briefings and equipment displays to hands-on training and tactical demonstrations at the Regional Emergency All-Climate Training

CDW-G’s Seven Habits of Highly Resilient Organizations

Domestic Preparedness June 29, 2010
Faced with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Climate Prediction Center’s warning of a 2010 hurricane season eerily similar to 2005, many state and local government officials are asking what they can do to keep their cities and states functioning during a major business disruption such as a hurricane.

CDC Public Health Assessment and Surveillance After a Disaster: Tools & Forms

Domestic Preparedness June 15, 2010
CDC (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) has developed forms and toolkits – such as the Mortality Surveillance form, the Shelter Assessment Tool, the Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response (CASPER) toolkit, and others – to assist the preparedness & response community after a disaster strikes. http://emergency.cdc.gov/disasters/surveillance/

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2883 Highway 71E

P.O. Box 285

Del Valle, TX 78617-9998

Editorial Statement

Founded in 1998, Domestic Preparedness continues to be a pioneering thought leader in the emergency preparedness, response, and recovery space. The multidisciplinary editorial focus helps professionals acquire critical information to develop collaborative, real-world solutions. With relevant, multidisciplinary, whole-community intelligence from the front lines, practitioners can learn from diverse perspectives. The authoritative, practitioner-centered, multimedia information platform disseminates intelligence the way busy management-level public- and private-sector professionals want to learn. This is the trusted source for content written by practitioners, for practitioners, with relevant, real-world best practices.

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