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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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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

3 …requires full harnessing of the communities transformative and adaptive capacity in order to reduce risks for the future…working to eliminate existing patterns of unequal distribution of risk. #4 4 …is not possible without equal access to resources and programs.

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Why prioritizing and investing in resilience matters 

everbridge

In addition to those events, add in the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic and its clear these situations have the potential to directly affect the well-being of employees and operations, but is enough being done to mitigate or prevent their impact? What does it mean to be resilient?

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4 Questions IT Managers Can Ask to Strengthen Data Backup and Resiliency

Solutions Review

The landscape of evolving digital threats, coupled with the pandemic-induced surge in remote and hybrid work, has exposed organizations to an increasing number of vulnerabilities. In this feature, Apricorn ‘s Kurt Markley offers four data backup and resilience questions to ask right now.

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4 Questions IT Managers Can Ask to Strengthen Data Backup and Resiliency

Solutions Review

The landscape of evolving digital threats, coupled with the pandemic-induced surge in remote and hybrid work, has exposed organizations to an increasing number of vulnerabilities. In this feature, Apricorn ‘s Kurt Markley offers four data backup and resilience questions to ask right now.

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Customer Value Story: Prevention is Better Than Cure

LogisManager

The pandemic has disrupted operating models of businesses across the globe. Innovation is no longer a competitive differentiator; hospitals, clinics and pharmacies now rely on the flexibility and capacity of their technology to continue providing services. Customer Value Story: Prevention is Better Than Cure.

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B.C.’s New Bill 31 – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

CCEM Strategies

Since then, the Province has been continually responding to large-scale disasters, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and the 2021 and 2023 floods and wildfires. The focus of agreements in the new legislation represents opportunities to find both efficiency and increased capacity through the development of strategic partnerships.