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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. Using this data, we summed the enacted budget authority for supplemental appropriations by year.

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Feeling helpless at home? Try giving

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

This pandemic, so pervasive it seems dreamed up in Hollywood, can lead to a feeling of helplessness as we sit at home doing our best to practice social distancing. Traditional disaster relief organizations are less prepared for the long-term social effects of pandemics compared to natural disasters like hurricanes or floods.

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The 9 Best Books for Disaster Recovery Managers in 2022

Solutions Review

Book Title: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for InfoSec Managers. OUR TAKE: Authors John Rittinghouse and James F. Description: “This new edition of a bestseller book addresses the complexities of disaster preparedness and business continuity. ” GO TO BOOK. ” GO TO BOOK.

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

Security Industry Association

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. The effects of the pandemic will be with us for a long time and have changed the way many people will work going forward.

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Year in Review: Key Trends in Critical Event Management

everbridge

Climate-Fueled Severe Weather “Persistent climate change trends, with their escalating impact on severe weather events, have pushed climate change mitigation to the forefront of critical event management, underscoring the paramount importance of disaster preparedness.

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Executive Action Alone Won’t Save Us from Climate Change

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Section 201 of the NEA authorizes the president broad discretion to declare a national emergency, which gives access to presidential authorities embedded in existing statute. Alternatively, Biden could use the Stafford Act in much the same way Trump did for the COVID-19 pandemic. Biden also hinted at such unilateral action.