Fast, tough, cost-effective laptops are a must.

By investing in innovative technologies to help improve planning, preparedness and response, you’re not only planning for today – you’re preparing for tomorrow.

The latest version of General Dynamics IT’s tactical instrumentation suite that serves as a portable integrated command and control system and includes training, security and surveillance capabilities.

Replacing legacy communications systems cuts costs and eases collaboration.

BlackBerry platform combined with partner applications can help improve situational awareness for law enforcement agencies.

LiveProcess and AHA Solutions recently sponsored an in-depth web seminar on Incident Action Planning for Hospitals: Response and Recovery. The IAP Tool Kit contains the presentation slides, a sample Incident Action Plan, and a short demo on using LiveProcess to help create your Incident Action Plan.

Do you know what you will say in the critical first minutes after receiving reports of an incident requiring an evacuation? How about six hours into the accident? What will you tell employees affected by inclement weather or the power in your building goes out at 10:00 a.m. on a Monday? This white paper dissects the various stages of a crisis and examines the intersection of communication with the crisis lifecycle.

Two law enforcement agencies use technology to better manage and share data.

A Florida county thinks ahead as it rolls out new 911 network.

Homeland security, justice and public safety agencies all face tough challenges. Fortunately today’s technologies provide robust capabilities to address these challenges.

Numerous challenges to public safety communication can be overcome with the right technologies.

Citizen-centric disaster benefits system puts Louisiana residents in the fast lane.

By the Center for Digital Government

Threats to personal safety and security, such as hurricanes, tornadoes, shooting sprees or terrorist activities, can have a disastrous impact. Communication during and after these threats is critical.

A Practical Guide to Protecting Your Information Assets and Ten Things You Wished You Knew Before the Disaster Struck

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The house of government is broken, and it needs a serious makeover from top to bottom. In his latest book, management expert Ken Miller discusses how the processes of state and local government became so complicated and inefficient – and how to start cleaning up the mess. This book reveals the tips, strategies and hiding-in-plain-sight secrets for making government work better.

Written for middle- and senior-level managers in state, city and county government, We Don’t Make Widgets: Overcoming the Myths That Keep Government from Radically Improving explodes the myths that prevent dramatic improvement in government operations. If you’re interested in a new way of thinking about what you do, who you do it for and why you do it, this book — part of the Governing Management Series — is for you. Read it and manage with the best!

Now available: a new, updated edition of the book that started it all — in government, anyway. Nearly a decade ago, the first edition of Measuring Up took an irreverent, entertaining approach to introducing public managers to a management tool with staying power: performance measurement. The new edition provides the same clear introduction to linking resources and results, while showing how managers, executives and policymakers at every level of government are putting the techniques to use to improve services across the board.

The latest book in the Governing Management Series is a roadmap for public officials who want to do a better job of dealing with the media in all its forms, from getting the word out when good things happen to avoiding becoming media roadkill when something bad happens. Author Jonathan Walters is in a unique position to help public officials understand how the press works and how to cope with it: In addition to being a veteran journalist, he is also a public official. And he brings the same irreverent approach to De-Pressed that made his Measuring Up books best-sellers.