Communications & Response Issue: March 2010
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Managing a PR Disaster in the Internet Age
A corporate crisis and litigation expert says Toyota handled its 'Tylenol moment' poorly at first but is slowly figuring out the ins and outs of online damage control. Click HERE>>

U.S. Putting Up a Good Cyberfight
Despite ever-increasing cyberthreats the U.S. can rise to the challenge, national intelligence expert says. Click HERE>>

Explosion Allowed Hospital to Test its Disaster Response
A Connecticut hospital successfully put its disaster response plan in motion when the local power plant exploded on Sunday. Click HERE>>

Is Google a 'Critical Infrastructure?'
The world's largest Internet search engine company is reaching out to the National Security Agency for technical assistance. Google wants to learn the identity of its recent hackers. Click HERE>>

2010 Olympic Security a 'Binational' Responsibility
Vancouver is only 30 miles from the U.S. border. The proximity has prompted extensive security efforts from the Pacific Coast to the Cascade mountain range. Click HERE>>

Employers Can Now Monitor Employee Laptops
Forensic software allowed Bristol Myers Squibb to catch a trainee plotting to use company information for competing purposes. It tracks employee laptop activity. Click HERE>>

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AOK Rescue Chair
The safest and easiest way to transport a person down or up a flight of stairs in a high-rise building! The Americans with Disabilities Act requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations for disabled employees. Click HERE>>

World Conf. on Disaster Mgmt. June 6-9. Toronto, Can. Emergency Management & Business Continuity Working Together: the largest annual conference in the world that brings together professionals from these and other disciplines. Click HERE>>

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The Third National Emergency Management Summit
Washington, DC - An all-star line-up of government agency leaders, leading researchers, clinicians, and disaster planning and response professionals makes the National Emergency Management Summit a must for health care organizations. Pre-conference on improvised nuclear devices; lessons from H1N1 and Haiti; mini-Summits on scarce resources, surge and supply chain management, and evacuations/ACFs. Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, March 3-5, 2010. Click HERE>>

Join EMPOWER Mar. 4th: Dr. Enarson Discusses Women in Disaster Resilience
Dr. Elaine Enarson will lead a discussion on gender, vulnerability, and community resilience related to disasters. She will highlight leadership of women around the world in managing disaster risk while identifying sex and gender factors that place many girls and women, boys and men at increased risk. The implications of a gender-sensitive approach to building disaster resilience are explored, drawing from two decades of gender and disaster research. Click HERE>>

3rd International Swine Flu Conference (ISFC)
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