Comments on: Virginia Tax-Free Hurricane Preparedness Week Gets Private Sector Marketing Muscle Behind Citizen Readiness

By: Administration Should Use White House Official Sunstein’s Ideas To “Nudge” Citizen Preparedness

Sun, 16 May 2010 10:10:30 +0000

[...] long felt that changing public behavior on citizen preparedness requires the kind ofÂ smarter presentation, better integration, small incentives,Â and more rigorous attention to create effective and [...]

By: Upcoming Virginia Preparedness Tax Holiday Underscores Role Of Incentives To Gain Public, Business, Media Interest; Other States, Localities, Feds Should Take Note

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:57:48 +0000

[...] During the Holiday, citizens can purchase emergency preparedness-related supplies without paying the 5% state sales tax.Â According to the Virginia Department of Taxation, in 2009 consumers saved $2.3 million in taxes on preparedness products up 5% from the year before. [...]

By: New Book Offers State/Local Homeland Security Models, Asks ‘Would You Pay To Prepare Yourself & Your Family?’ (Almost One-Third Of Israelis Said ‘Yes’)

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:57:28 +0000

[...] way, as has been discussed on this blog, isÂ to bring the private sector into citizen preparedness in the same way they have been involved [...]