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Automata launches continuity trainers club
U.K. continuity training company wants to create a club of corporate continuity training officers
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Nuasis awarded patent for call center continuity solution
A call-center back up system is awarded a patent
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GemaTech offers telephone-recover business continuity solution
California company offers a way for businesses to retain records of all their calls in case a disaster destroys their communication networks
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Isonics to develop decontamination method for hospitals and bioterror attacks
Isonics, and energetic and innovative company, joins with others to develop a an effective decontamination solution for bioterror attacks; the good thing is that the solution will also help hospitals keep themselves free of infectious contamination, and give former Soviet weapon scientist a productive line of work
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OMB outlines risk assessment proposal
OMB circulates a proposal detailing how government agencies should assess risk to public security and welfare as they formulate policies and regulations; wouldn’t be a bad idea for the private sector to adopt a similar approach
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Insurance industry divided over federal backstop for disaster coverage
In the wake of 9/11 Congress created a federal backstop “Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA)” for disaster coverage. It was meant to be a temporary measure, but the insurance industry and developers became fond of it, and pushed for its extension last December; division now open among insurers on whether this was a good idea
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Big Blue acquires Classic Blue
IBM Australia acquires disaster recovery company with more than 300 corporate clients
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Disaster performance wins awards
Yes, virtue is its own reward, but it is good to know that there are other rewards as well
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Having business continuity plans is not enough
More and more enterprises develop business continuity plans, but very few of them test these plans in the field
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DHS pushes cities to develop regional disaster recovery plans
DHS insists that cities applying for urban security grants coordinate their disaster and recovery programs with neighboring cities so that they can present a regional disaster recovery plans in their application
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In post-Katrina shift, DHS to consider risk of natural disasters in grants to cities
When DHS absorbed FEMA in 2003, the agency was marginalized, the quality of its leadership declined, and its emphasis on natural disasters was eclipsed by the new emphasis on terrorism; DHS is now trying to recreate an agency with more balance between terrorism and natural disasters
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RAND, Gulf Coast schools to establish center to study long-term hurricane recovery issues
Most of the recovery and rebuilding activities along the Gulf Coast are addressing short-term needs. RAND and seven regional universities have created an institute to look into long-term recovery and rebuilding issues
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The long view
The Case for Climate-Resilient Infrastructure
By Renée Cho
Climate change is making weather harder to predict, and creating new risks in places that never faced them before. And as hurricanes, floods, extreme heat and wildfires intensify, most infrastructure will need to be retrofitted or designed and built anew for future climate resilience.
Quantifying Global Earthquake Risk to Mineral Supplies
Earthquakes could impact the supplies of mineral commodities like copper and rhenium around the world. A new scientific mechanism for assessing the potential risk to worldwide mineral commodity supplies from seismic activity has been developed by USGS scientists.
Nationwide Flood Models Poorly Reflect Risks to Households and Properties, Study Finds
Government agencies, insurance companies and disaster planners rely on national flood risk models from the private sector that aren’t reliable at smaller levels such as neighborhoods and individual properties.