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  • Feds@Work: Fostering Leadership With Public-Private Partnerships

    Feds@Work: Fostering Leadership With Public-Private Partnerships
    The economic problems of the past few years have taken their toll on local governments, including police departments that have been forced to layoff or furlough law enforcement officers and cut back ...
    2012-03-27T13:00:00Z by Partnership for Public Service
  • Announcing the Creation of FEMA Corps

    Announcing the Creation of FEMA Corps
    Officials have announced the creation of FEMA Corps, which sets the foundation for a new generation of emergency managers and leverages a newly-created unit of 1,600 service corps members from ...
    2012-03-15T10:30:00Z by AOL Staff
  • Obama Gives First Responders More Broadband Spectrum

    Obama Gives First Responders More Broadband Spectrum
    President Barack Obama signed into law today a tax cut extension bill that includes long-awaited provisions for setting aside wireless communications spectrum to help build a nationwide public safety ...
    2012-02-24T15:58:00Z by Dan Verton
  • Four Ways Governments Use Social Media for Disaster Response

    Four Ways Governments Use Social Media for Disaster Response
    How are government agencies using social media to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters? The Federation of American Scientists recently posted on its Web site a CRS report, ...
    2011-10-18T09:02:00Z by Gadi Ben-Yehuda
  • Feds@Work: Transportation Program Thwarts Terrorism

    Feds@Work: Transportation Program Thwarts Terrorism
    In February 2011, a college student from Saudi Arabia was arrested in Texas for plotting to bomb U.S. targets after trucking company officials alerted authorities about a suspicious chemical they ...
    2011-10-14T13:30:00Z by Partnership for Public Service
  • The first ever nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System will occur on Nov 9 at 2 pm ET http://go.usa.gov/9nq (cc: @fema @FCC)

    via Twitter 2011-10-14T12:15:00Z
  • Current Technology Can Fix Emergency Communications

    Current Technology Can Fix Emergency Communications
    Tom Van Essen, New York City's fire commissioner on September 11, 2001, recently stated that emergency communications were no better today than in 2001. But the problem isn't a lack of advanced ...
    2011-09-22T13:25:00Z by Gerard Hallaren
  • Public Servants Recognized With National Public Service Awards

    Public Servants Recognized With National Public Service Awards
    Thirty four public servants were honored for their distinguished service, including nine individuals who were awarded Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals for their high-impact contributions to ...
    2011-09-15T17:00:00Z by Deanna Glick
  • The Three Core Challenges Still Facing Homeland Security Department

    The Department of Homeland Security has been the subject of more than 1,000 reports by the General Accountability Office. So its latest progress report, issued Sept. 7, covered familiar ground in ...
    Source: GAO
  • Ten Years After 9/11 - Three Perspectives On Homeland Security's Mission

    Ten Years After 9/11 - Three Perspectives On Homeland Security's Mission
    Roger Cressey can recall with great precision the moment, ten years ago, when the homeland security mission came to life out of the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York and the Pentagon. ...
    2011-09-07T12:15:00Z by Dan Verton
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