I attended a very interesting hearing on Capitol Hill late last week, “Preparedness: State of Citizen and Community Preparedness,” held by the House Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness, and Response which is chaired by Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX).
At the hearing, Bill Jenkins Jr. from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) presented a preliminary report, Emergency Management Preliminary Observations on FEMA’s Community Preparedness Programs Related to [...]
Entries from October 2009
At Hearing, House Homeland Security Subcommittee Chairman Cuellar Asks FEMA For New Preliminary Plan To Increase U.S. Community, Citizen Preparedness
October 5th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Congress · Preparedness Events · Preparedness Reports · Public Opinion · Research Studies
For Current Effort To Increase Citizen Role In Homeland Security & Nation’s Resilience, 2003 “Civil Security” Report Offers Useful Guidance
October 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment
After I posted DHS’s 2006 “Civil Defense And Homeland Security” report last month, Bill Cumming reminded me about another study, Amanda Dory’s “Civil Security: Americans And The Challenge Of Homeland Security,” published by the Center For Strategic & International Studies (CSIS).
I read Dory’s terrific report when it was released in 2003. And, six years later, as the [...]
Tags: Preparedness Ideas · Preparedness Reports
‘Just1Thing’ That People Did During National Preparedness Month To Get Prepared
October 3rd, 2009 · No Comments
During National Preparedness Month in September, the Red Cross Oregon Trail chapter ran a contest on Twitter called Just1Thing which asked twitterers to tweet just one thing they had done this month to become prepared.
Below is a list of the Just1Things that the twitterers did (I actually did just 2 things in an unsuccessful attempt to [...]
Tags: Preparedness Ideas · Preparedness Tips · Red Cross
‘Rap Doctor’ Credits Twitter, Other Social Media For Helping Him Win Flu.Gov Video H1N1 PSA Contest; Will Donate $2500 Prize To Shriners Hospital
October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments
In an interview this week, the winner of the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) H1N1 Flu Preparedness PSA Contest, Dr. Jon Clarke, says support on Twitter and other social media was crucial to him getting the highest number of votes. “H1N1 Rap By Dr Clarke.” was chosen from among the 10 finalists on YouTube [...]
Tags: Pandemic Flu · Preparedness 2.0
QHSR’s Final Online “Dialogue” Ends Sunday — Log On Now Or Forever (Or At Least For Four Years) Hold Your Piece Of Advice For The Department Of Homeland Security
October 1st, 2009 · 1 Comment
On October 4th, it will be 10/4 and out for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) interesting online experiment, A National Dialogue on the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review. The third and last round began this week and will run through Sunday.
The Dialogue tool was developed by DHS with the National Academy of Public Administration to help [...]
Tags: Department of Homeland Security · Media · Preparedness Events