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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. The Budget Control Act of 2011 (BCA; P.L. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA. 1] [link]. [2]

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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Foresight

Emergency Planning

Moreover, the Coronavirus pandemic has been widely used as a pretext for curtailing human rights. As an example, consider the impact of the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear release in Japan in 2011 on nuclear energy policy in other countries (Wittneben 2012,Kim et al. Conversely, local events can have repercussions around the world.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Emerald Publishing Ltd. He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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Business, Interrupted: Peeling Back the Layers of Supply Chain Resilience

Castellan

While the pandemic certainly has shone a light on supply chain resilience issues, it’s not a new problem for the industry. Take, for example, industry response after the devastating earthquake and tsunami affected Japan in 2011. The More Supply Chains Change, the Same Issues Pop Up. Materials and Movement.

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What Dave Komendat, Boeing CSO and ISC West Keynote Speaker, Says Was His Hardest Career Challenge

Security Industry Association

The challenge he faced was even more difficult than what he encountered after Japan’s Fukushima earthquake of 2011. There were several times throughout the pandemic where I had to do a personal “gut-check” and recalibrate my thought process and outlook to prepare for the long-game.

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World Backup Day is 3/31/2021

Managecast

World Backup Day originated in 2005 as World Backup month , but was changed to World Backup Day in 2011 on March 31st as a reference to April Fool’s Day. Data backup is also important in an event like a pandemic, which we are currently experiencing. Why Should You Backup Your Data?

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