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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Testimony to the House of Representatives Committee on Rules’ Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process for the Hearing: Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA. And that is just the federal programs.

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Navigating the Supply Chain Crisis

Risk Management Monitor

Such a program must focus on the detailed assessment of key risks to the supply chain and the creation of mitigation strategies that limit their impact on a company’s ability to satisfy its customers. For example, reductions in production capacity overseas due to government quarantines left many components in shorter supply.

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BCP vs. DR Plans: What Are the Key Differences?

Zerto

Over time, enterprises, institutions, and organizations will face disasters that could temporarily or permanently disrupt their operations. These events could be man-made (industrial sabotage, cyber-attacks, workplace violence) or natural disasters (pandemics, hurricanes, floods), etc.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

everbridge

But hospital crisis managers must also account for the unique care-dependent nature of hospital operations by taking these four disaster preparedness steps: Adjust staffing levels, supplies, and emergency medicine stores to accommodate patient-surge capacity.

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Domestic Violence Amid COVID-19: A Hidden Epidemic

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

As the world grapples with the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are catching sight of an additional public health emergency: domestic violence and child abuse. Rising rates of violence prompt the need for new approaches that not only mitigate the current crisis but also prepare for the widespread repercussions of the pandemic.