You Must Renew Every Year! Terrific editorial is slated for 2010. MARCH -- Communications & Response, JUNE - Facility Issues, SEPTEMBER - the Annual GUIDE, DECEMBER - Information Availability & Security. Get the GUIDE in print or digital version. Click HERE>>

Cost Constraints Threaten Florida Emergency Bill
Opponents to a bill that would improve Florida's emergency response - and minimize grave errors - say the state lacks the funds. Others say the situation is critical regardless. Click HERE>>

Worst CyberScenario Game Not Fun
Faced with a simulated but overwhelming cyberattack on U.S. infrastructure, former and current White House officials produced precious few solutions. Click HERE>>

If the Big Apple Crumbled
The New York City Insurance Department warns that the city is exposed to earthquake risk from a series of subtle but active faults. Click HERE>>

Did D.C. Snowstorms Merit Disaster Status?
Washington D.C.'s former head of emergency management says response to this month's storms would have run smoother if the mayor had declared a state of emergency. Click HERE>>

Google Attacks Traced to University in China
A university in China is making headlines, but not as administrators might want. Computers there have been linked to recent attacks on Google and other U.S. networks. Click HERE>>

UK Disaster Expert Tutors on Decision-Making
A man who's responded to over 20 disasters says most don't know the quick decisions responders have to make. Now health services students can learn through distance learning. Click HERE>>

Paradigm Solutions International Announces "Kick Start 2010" Promotion... You could be eligible for a very significant discount and no-risk terms, when you order the easy-to-use, OpsPlanner™ BCM software tool. Available now thru April 30, 2010. Click HERE>>

Principles and Practices of Business Continuity.
This book explores the subject of BC Management: from basic principles to best practices. Learn development, delivery, exercise and maintenance of an effective BC program. Click HERE>>

IAEM's Asia-Oceania Resilience conference will bring together public- and private-sector resilience professionals (BC, emergency management, crisis management, risk management, security, disaster relief) in Singapore on 5-6 October 2010. Read more...

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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>>

Spacenet and EchoStar Provide Service & Equipment to Amer. Red Cross for Haiti
The collaborative effort will deliver two-way satellite communications involving space and ground equipment. The donations include high speed commercial grade broadband data and digital voice capability and VSAT equipment for two-way communications supporting emergency personnel working in Haiti. The equipment arrived in Port au Prince last week and will support 4 Red Cross relief sites. Click HERE>>

RecoveryPlanner Receives US Dept. of Commerce Export Achievement Award
Trumbull, CT - The award is presented to companies that have successfully entered the international marketplace. The RecoveryPlanner RPX product is built as a web based application delivered Software as a Service (SaaS) or offered as a site license. The product has been designed from concept to easily accommodate international languages. International customers with web access simply access a secure web site, log in and utilize the RPX product. Click HERE>>

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