Our thoughts and prayers go out to the people of Haiti.

You can also help immediately by donating to the Red Cross to assist the relief effort. Contribute online to the Red Cross, or donate $10 to be charged to your cell phone bill by texting "HAITI" to "90999." Find more ways to help through the Center for International Disaster Information. Families of Americans living in Haiti are encouraged to contact the State Department at 888-407-4747.

President Obama gave another update on relief efforts in Haiti, promising the people of Haiti that "you will not be forsaken; you will not be forgotten." Click below to read the transcript or watch the video.

 

Compassion International
Baptist Haiti Mission
Bright Hope International
CURE International
For Haiti with Love
Food for the Hungry
GAIN-USA
Mission Aviation Fellowship
World Vision

The American Institute of Philanthropy is a nonprofit charity watchdog organization that helps donors make informed giving decisions. Click below for more info.

 

As a result of the earthquake that hit Haiti on 12 January 2010, thousands of persons within Haiti and abroad have lost contact with their loved ones. The aim of the Family Links website is to accelerate the process of restoring contact between separated family members.

It is managed by the ICRC, in cooperation with the tracing services of the Haitian Red Cross Society and of National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies throughout the world.

At this stage, the website offers the possibility for persons in Haiti and abroad to publish the names of relatives with whom they are striving to restore contact. It will progressively incorporate information offering responses to those queries.

Entries published on the lists can be modified only by the ICRC. Therefore, should you like to make any modification on a name entered or delete a name completely, please send an E-mail.

 

The US Department of Homeland Security is paying close attention to Facebook and Twitter posts from Haiti regarding earthquake victims still in peril, and acting on them.

 

Companies can't disable online social networking tools, but they need to educate employees on using them responsibly, for their own protection and that of their employers.

 

Taking stock of your IT system's status once a year doesn't cut it anymore. Government agencies need to adopt a continuous monitoring strategy.

 

Haiti has willing helpers, but experts say recovery can only succeed if Haitians themselves can take part in fixing what was already broken before the quake.

 

Having a strong partnership with the US, Canada, the UK and New Zealand, makes it a target for cyber-attacks. The country will arm itself with 130 cyber experts.

 

To prevent information leaks to journalists, Israel's Defense Forces are cracking down by monitoring what soldiers say on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.

 

If the possibility of an earthquake far more powerful than the recent one in Haiti doesn't scare Californians, their own complacency should.

 

After a year-long upgrade of its facilities, a mall in Springfield, Illinois has joined NASA and Seaworld among the ranks of "storm ready" certified organizations.

 

A failed attempt to bomb a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day, and more frequent tips about possible attacks, is why DHS is increasing airline security measures.

 

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Los Angeles, CA - Everbridge announces that Glendale Water & Power (GWP) has deployed Everbridge SmartGIS™ for Citizen Alerts to communicate important information to thousands of businesses and residents before, during and after emergencies and hazardous events. The system will alert citizens about potential fire threats, floods, evacuation notices and provide public safety information to GWP customers and the Glendale community.

 

Mankato, MN - The 3,250 kW diesel generator set from MTU Onsite Energy has been designed to respond to transient loads and quickly recover from voltage and frequency dips commonly associated with cycling loads and motor starting. In standby power applications, the model 3250-SC6DT2 generator set's reserve power capabilities also permit it to accept its full rated load in a single step in accordance with NFPA 110.

 

Herndon, VA - COOP Systems, provider of myCOOP business continuity software, announced recently the selection of Janus-SI, a well-established integrator of value-added software solutions based in Paris, to help meet the growing demand for COOP Systems technology in continental Europe. Janus-SI joins COOP Systems' partners list as its first continental European partner and French-speaking distributor.

 

Wayne, PA - SunGard Availability Services recently introduced the Continuity Management Solution (CMS), a centralized platform that unites SunGard's full suite of business continuity management (BCM) software. The CMS delivers a secure, single integration point for organizations utilizing multiple BCM applications from SunGard. It helps enable each BCM software tool to fully connect and communicate with one another.

 

Fairfax, VA - CapRock Government Solutions is in the final stages of development of its new commercial off-the-shelf communications service, CommandAccess™. Designed for military and civilian agencies deployed in remote areas of operation, the new suite of pre-packaged and customized satellite communications services connects very small aperture terminals (VSATs) to the Internet, public switched telephone service, and secure government networks.

 

Denver, CO - Dash Carrier Services, provider of emergency services and wholesale carrier voice solutions, announced recently that transition operations related to its assets merger with VIXXI Solutions are progressing ahead of schedule. Dash Carrier Services not only offers its full suite of wholesale products and services, comprised of dash911, dashinfo, and dashconnect, but is now also a Tier One Emergency Services provider.

 

March 3-5, 2010 - Washington, DC. The National Emergency Management Summit is a forum on medical preparation and response to disasters, epidemics and terrorism. Issues to be addressed in 2010 include: H1N1 experience in the US and beyond, pandemic planning and readiness, hospital surge, supply chain management, patient evacuations, tsunami warning systems, use of health 2.0 tools, coordinating communitywide response and much more.