Resilience & Emergency Management: All Hazards, All Phases, All Stakeholders
Kay C. Goss
August 1, 2012
Although there is no universally accepted definition of the term “Resilience,” there is no doubt that planners and responders throughout the world are working to achieve it. The residents of Greenburg, Kansas, are a typical example. After the city was hit in 2007 with an EF5 tornado broader in scope than the city itself, its response was to come back stronger, and more resilient, than ever before.
Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS Is Taking Action to Better Manage Its Chemical Security Program, But It Is Too Early to Assess Results
Domestic Preparedness
July 31, 2012
New study carried out by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) focuses on: (1) how the November 2011 memorandum on management of the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program was
Preparing for 21st Century Risks
Domestic Preparedness
July 30, 2012
A new report by former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and former Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security Robert B. Stephan sees the United States as too dependent on foreign suppliers
