Toward More Resilient Futures: Putting Strategic Foresight Into Practice
David Kaufman, Associate Administrator for Policy, Program Analysis, & International Affairs, recently did a presentation to the War College.
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The website for the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) International is http://www.apcointl.org/. A few weeks ago, they created a repository for public safety and emergency response smart phone applications. The site is called AppComm, and you can find it at http://appcomm.org/. Read more @ hlswatch.com
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New insights into two factors that are creating a potentially volatile Southern California wildfire season come from an ongoing project using NASA and Indian satellite data by scientists at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.; and Chapman University, Orange, Calif. The scientists tracked the relationship between rainfall and the growth and drying-out of vegetation in [...]
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Vulnerabilities in critical infrastructure, particularly through cybersecurity gaps, are a top concern for government officials and lawmakers. Legislation to address those gaps so far has failed, and key partnerships are crucial to shoring up weaknesses as best as possible until a bill passes, officials say.
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