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WWW.DisasterAssistance.Gov: One Stop Location For Citizens To Apply For Aid Whether It Be For Oil Spill, Weather Or Other Calamities

June 12th, 2010 · No Comments

CraigAtFEMA (a.k.a. FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate) tweeted a reminder this week: “www.DisasterAssistance.gov info how you might be able to get help from the US Gov’t before, during & after a disaster.” Though it mostly handles natural disaster aid, citizens can go there to file a claim with BP due to the oil spill.
The aim of the [...]

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Tags: Federal Emergency Management Administration · Government Web Sites

Summing Up The H1N1 Summit From Citizen POV: Start Preparing For Possible Severe Fall Outbreak; Federal, State, Local Officials Now ‘Working The Problems’ On Policies/Logistics For Schools, Workplaces, Vaccine Distribution & Risk Communications

July 12th, 2009 · 10 Comments

I had the opportunity to attend Thursday’s U.S. H1N1 Flu Preparedness Summit held at the campus of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland. The all-day event was organized by the Obama Administration to focus attention on preparation for and response to a possible more serious H1N1 outbreak in the Fall. Five hundred [...]

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Tags: Department of Homeland Security · Government Education Programs · Government Web Sites · Pandemic Flu · President Obama · Public Health Preparedness

Why Transportation Security Administration’s Blog Is A Model For Blogging.Gov

April 12th, 2009 · No Comments

Slate has a good article, “U.S. Department of Blogging: What The Rest of the Government Can Learn from the TSA” by Christopher Beam in which he argues that the Transportation Security Administration’s blog Evolution of Security is a model for governmental blogging, particularly in its interaction with the public. (As readers of this blog know, I agree. In [...]

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Tags: Government Web Sites · Preparedness 2.0 · Preparedness Lessons

Hurricane Season Begins Today: New Louisiana Preparedness Campaign Makes A Good Point

June 1st, 2008 · No Comments

With hurricane season beginning today, I thought I would highlight a new public awareness campaign from the State of Louisiana called Get A Game Plan (www.getagameplan.org).
In many ways, the Louisiana citizen preparedness campaign is like those of other states and localities — encouragement along with information. However, there is one aspect of it I wanted to mention. When you [...]

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Signing Up For A Helpful Email List — Minnesota’s CodeReady

May 12th, 2008 · No Comments

Every Monday morning like clockwork, I receive the “CodeReady Tip of the Week” email from the Minnesota Department of Health’s CodeReady website.
This morning’s tip was to: “Include copies of current medical records, prescriptions and dosages, allergies and information about chronic health conditions” in your emergency plan.  CodeReady is one of the best state public preparedness websites in the nation in [...]

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Homeland Security/Preparedness Government Blogs

April 1st, 2008 · 2 Comments

In recent months, federal government agencies involved in emergency preparedness have launched blogs. I have included three of them in my Resources section.
Transportation Security Administration’s The Evolution of Security Blog 
http://www.tsa.gov/blog/
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt’s Blog
http://www.secretarysblog.hhs.gov/
Department of Homeland Security’s Leadership Journal Blog               www.dhs.gov/journal/leadership As someone who just launched a blog this week and is still learning Blogging 101, it would [...]

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Tags: Government Web Sites · Preparedness 2.0

Government Preparedness Websites

April 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

I have added a number of government preparedness websites to my Resources section.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
www.ready.gov

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
www.hhs.gov/disasters/

U.S. Centers for Disease Control
www.bt.cdc.gov/
New York City Office of Emergency Management 
www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/ready/ready.shtml

 
I think that there is a lot of good information on these official sites, and they are worth looking at for citizens interested in preparing for emergencies. [...]

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