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By: Chad Vander Veen
March 11, 2010

The digital transition opened new channels for public safety, but a failed FCC auction has put the future of public safety broadband in jeopardy.


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Emergency Management Blog - Gerald Baron: Crisis Comm Is it true that whoever owns the JIC website owns the JIC?
Mar 11 Way back in 1999, during the Olympic Pipeline disaster and my first major exposure to ICS…
Valerie Lucus: Campus Emergency Management Blog Wanna be an emergency manager in higher education?
Mar 10 I think I have the best job in the entire emergency management world.  It's…
Emergency Management Blog - Rick Wimberly & Lorin Bristow Alerting and Warning NEMA Plugs IPAWS to Congress
Mar 10 In Congressional testimony this week, a representative of the National Emergency Managers Association (NEMA) re-stated…

By: Eric Holdeman
March 10, 2010

MaryAnn Tierney, deputy managing director of the Philadelphia Office of Emergency Management, has overseen a transformation of the city’s emergency preparedness program.

Fire/Crisis Media Revolution/Photo copyright iStockphoto
By: Corey McKenna
March 9, 2010

Davenport, Iowa, sees system implemented to facilitate firefighter training as having potential to improve coordination during incidents.

Los Angeles Port Security
By: Russell Nichols
March 8, 2010

With new a screening vessel, a helicopter with a radiation-detecting module and a WMD-sniffing dog, port authorities bolster line of defense against terrorists.

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By: Elaine Pittman
March 4, 2010

The National Governors Association’s State Homeland Security Advisors Survey highlights priorities and issues.

By: Hilton Collins
March 3, 2010

Obama administration releases descriptions of 12 initiatives of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative.

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By: Corey McKenna
March 3, 2010

Inaccurate addresses cause potentially fatal delays in emergency response, but a proposed standard could improve the situation.

social media, Twitter
By: Karen Wilkinson
March 2, 2010

The Department of Defense's new policy for using social media comes as states and the Obama administration tackle the same issue.

Haiti earthquake
By: Eric Holdeman
March 1, 2010

Earthquake risks in the United States include some of the same that took a deadly toll in Haiti and Chile.

Harlin McEwen
By: Jim McKay
March 1, 2010

McEwen, chairman of the Public Safety Spectrum Trust Corp., was named one of the Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers of 2010.



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