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Breakthrough Innovation to Help Overcome Today’s Public Safety Challenges

everbridge

According to the EM-DAT Emergency Event Database, there were 432 natural hazard-related incidents in 2021, compared to an average of 357 annual catastrophes for the period 2001-2020. Public warning technologies have been widely discussed, tested, and evaluated. billion in damages ( [link] ).

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SIA New Member Profile: The Homeland Security Consulting Group

Security Industry Association

11, 2001, I was working as a U.S. I was asked to lead the program, providing technical evaluations of the products and services submitted for evaluation, and after several years I left for the private sector to become a consultant to help the applicants through the SAFETY Act process. Tell us the story of your company.

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Internal Controls & Fraud Prevention

Reciprocity

These consequences came to pass when the Enron scandal broke in 2001. The collapse of Enron, along with several other corporate frauds circa 2001, led to enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in 2022. When news broke about a massive financial misstatement fraud at Enron, its share price quickly collapsed from around $90 to less than $1.

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Fire and Rain: Adapting to an Era of Global Instability 

MHA Consulting

September 11, 2001, was a terrible day—but for the most part we’ve had the luxury of treating foreign affairs as optional, at least compared to most other countries. I was repeatedly struck by how well-informed the people tended to be about global affairs, especially compared to their U.S. counterparts. America has been lucky.