U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced last week that she was appointing a task force to examine the future of the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS) better known as the (much maligned and parodied) color-coded alerts.
Following a 60-day review period, the bipartisan task force will present its findings to Napolitano, who will in turn discuss them [...]
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Memo To ‘Color Alert’ Task Force: Put Your Citizen Hats On, Design With/For Public, Integrate Into Overall Citizen Preparedness Program, Consider All-Hazards Approach (Maybe Starting With H1N1), Replace Changing Colors With Consistent Communications, Advisory Should Be Two-Way, Let Public In ‘The Bubble’, Utilize Social Media
July 22nd, 2009 · 8 Comments
Tags: Preparedness Groups · Preparedness Ideas
Leading Homeland Security Public Communications Expert Appointed Executive Director Of WMD Commission
April 17th, 2009 · No Comments
Randy Larsen, a good friend of this blog and the national security advisor to the Center for Biosecurity of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, has just been appointed Executive Director of the Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism (WMD Commission). It’s a terrific choice for the Commission as [...]
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“Kennedy Serve America Act” Passes Senate; Would Increase National Service Participants Involved In Disaster Preparedness, Response
March 27th, 2009 · No Comments
The U.S Senate yesterday passed the “Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act”, which would significantly raise the number of Americans who can participate in national service programs, including those to help prepare for and respond to disasters. The legislation calls for tripling the size of the AmeriCorps to 750,000 and expanding incentives for students and seniors to give [...]
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Beverly Eckert
February 14th, 2009 · No Comments
Over the past several years, I have had the opportunity to work with the group, Voices of September 11th, on emergency preparedness issues. As you probably know by now, one the organization’s founders, Beverly Eckert, died this week with 49 other people in the crash of Flight 3407 outside of Buffalo, New York. She was [...]
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