Category Archives: government information
Swine Flu Resources Round-up
It’s been interesting to watch publishers open up their H1N1 articles and resources to the general public. (Disclaimer: I know that part is only interesting to me as a librarian. But the question remains: Is the future of publishing a … Continue reading
Virginia Emergency Operations Plans link
From the VDEM newsletter: Gov. Tim Kaine has approved the Commonwealth of Virginia Emergency Operations Plan Pandemic Influenza Incident Annex VI, now available at http://www.vaemergency.com/library/plans/index.cfm. The annex represents nearly two years of collaboration with many state agencies and provides guidance … Continue reading
Swine Flu meta-pages
Between last year’s energy crisis, the bad economic news and the Tri-Delts walking into the library in their hippy-chick summer dresses, it’s like we’re back to the 70′s. And now, swine flu… Dr. Joe Bresee, CDC Influenza Division Several librarians have … Continue reading
Earthquake “Meta-”post
(One more, and then I’ll move on. I promise…) The USGS website is a gift that keeps on giving as far as historic information on earthquakes is concerned. Need a list (with descriptions) of the earthquakes which caused 1000 or … Continue reading
New FEMA Director Named
I know I’m a bit behind, but with the changeover in administrations in Washington comes a change over at FEMA. Craig Fugate, formerly Director of Florida’s Division of Emergency Management (a post he held for 8 years), has been named … Continue reading
PandemicFlu.gov
Pandemic flu hasn’t made the news much this winter (although the stock market seems to have caught a bad case of something), but the CDC has collected everything you might ever be interested in on the topic, and put it … Continue reading
Alaskan Volcano Watch
I have a six-year old son who is more than interested in any type of weather event – we use the term “obsessed”, and we don’t use it lightly. Second only to tornadoes in his world are volcanoes, and he … Continue reading
Report on States’ Pandemic Preparedness
With the change of administrations in Washington, it seems like a good time to do some evaluation. This report, released this month, gives an assessment of the operating plans the 50 states (as well as DC and the five U.S. … Continue reading
Great American Shakeout Follow-up
I’d almost forgotten about the Great Southern California Shakeout (the earthquake drill that happened November 13, 2008) until the USGS very helpfully sent me a link to the “Corecast” for the “Lessons Learned” from the largest-ever earthquake scenario exercise. (Download … Continue reading
Michael Chertoff on the Government’s Role in Managing Risk
I’ve mentioned before that I find the most interesting things when I read more broadly outside of my field. Knowledge@Wharton, for instance, the online business journal of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. One of the articles in … Continue reading