August 1, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Activity Report
(1) BIO-TERRORISM:
CIDRAP News. "HHS Adds New Anthrax Drug To National Stockpile." July 31, 2006. Accessed at:
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/content/bt/anthrax/news/jul3106anthrax.html
(2) FEMA:
Koffler, Keith. "FEMA Chief Details Preparations For Hurricane Season."
Congress Daily, July 31, 2006. Accessed at:
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=34681&dcn=e_gvet
(3) HAZARDS MAPPING AND MODELING -- COLLEGE COURSE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT:
Forwarded a solicitation seeking volunteer course reviewers of this recently completed advanced upper division/graduate-level college course to the staff of the Hazards Center at the University of Colorado at Boulder -- for inclusion in the next edition of their electronic newsletter "Disaster Research." This team-developed course is led by Dr. John Pine, Director of the Disaster Science and Management Program at Louisiana State University.
(4) KATRINA:
Government Accountability Office. Coast Guard: Observations on the Preparation, Response, and Recovery Missions Related to Hurricane Katrina (GAO-06-903). Washington DC: GAO, July 31, 2006, 49 pages.
Accessed at: http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-06-903
[Excerpt: "Precisely identifying why the Coast Guard was able to respond as it did may be difficult, but underpinning these efforts were factors such as the agency's operational principles. These principles promote leadership, accountability, and enable personnel to take responsibility and action, based on relevant authorities and guidance.
Another key factor was the agency's reliance on standardized operations and maintenance practices that provided greater flexibility for using personnel and assets from any operational unit for the response. Up-to-date and regularly exercised hurricane plans were also key -- preserving Coast Guard personnel and resources first, so they could then respond to search and rescue, maritime environmental protection, and facilitation of commerce needs after the storm."]
Urban Institute. "After Katrina." Collection of policy issue papers/essays on such topical areas as education, health care, employment, arts and culture, well-being of children, hospitals in New Orleans, and other topics. Accessed at: http://www.urban.org/afterkatrina/
(5) MATERIALS RECEIVED:
Disaster Prevention and Management - An International Journal, Vol. 15, No. 2, 2006. MCB University Press North America 875 Massachusetts Ave., Suite 82, Cambridge, MA 02139. (888) 622-0075, (617) 354-6875 (fax), URL: http://www.mcb.co.uk, e-mail: .
B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM
Higher Education Project Manager
Emergency Management Institute
National Emergency Training Center
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Department of Homeland Security
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(301) 447-1598, fax
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