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Study Finds Organizations Lacking in Crisis Preparedness

Add to My GT: Aug 21, 2008 - Government, nonprofits and business are not as prepared as they would like an act of terror or other crisis.

Study Finds Organizations Lacking in Crisis Preparedness Add to My GT:

Aug 21, 2008 - Government, nonprofits and business are not as prepared as they would like an act of terror or other crisis.

Virginia Tech Implements New Multi-Media Emergency Notification System Add to My GT:

Aug 21, 2008 - Displays are powered by existing network connections using standard Power over Ethernet (POE) technology.

Fusion Centers May Strengthen Emergency Management Add to My GT:

Aug 20, 2008 - All-hazards focus by fusion centers improves emergency operations.

Texas "Blue Alert" System to Help Apprehend Suspects in Attacks on Officers Add to My GT:

Aug 18, 2008 - "A powerful tool that leverages the eyes and ears of many toward the apprehension of criminals who threaten our protectors."

Regional Law Enforcement Data Exchange System Expands Add to My GT:

Aug 18, 2008 - "Individually, none of our towns can afford the number of police needed to keep track of all the activities of an increasingly mobile population of offenders."

Alaska Department of Revenue Uses IP Geolocation to Detect Fraudulent Applications for Funds Add to My GT:

Aug 18, 2008 - In 2007 each Alaska resident received a dividend of $1,654.

Local Officials Move Toward Monitoring Nanotechnologies Add to My GT:

Aug 15, 2008 - Massachusetts city health officials urge adoption of unique voluntary program.

Washington and New York AG's Attacking Internet Fraud and Abuse, Says Report, Other States Ineffective Add to My GT:

Aug 14, 2008 - "In New York and Washington, attorneys general have equipped themselves to take on Internet fraud and abuse ... Other state attorneys general should follow their lead and provide online consumers the protection they deserve."    

Wildland Fire Courses Now Available Online Add to My GT:

Aug 13, 2008 - "Local fire departments realize they are going to be fighting more and more brush fires and forest fires, and they want to do that work safely and effectively."

Washington State Patrol Named Best U.S. Police Agency Add to My GT:

Aug 13, 2008 - National Law Enforcement Challenge Award winners.

Keep Your Shoes On, TSA Plans to Relax Screening Requirements for Laptops Add to My GT:

Aug 12, 2008 - The agency is working on solving the "biggest complaint about the security screening process."

Firearms Simulator Helps Police Prepare for Crisis Situations Add to My GT:

Aug 11, 2008 - Video training tool simulates scenarios that cops may face in real life.

Anthrax Investigation Blazes Trail for Forensic Science, Provides Plausible Answers Add to My GT:

Aug 8, 2008 - "We faced a weapon which we had never, ever faced before in our life, [and] an inability to trace that evidence such we do with either DNA or firearms or fingerprints."

Identity Theft Case Said to be the Largest and Most Complex Ever Charged in the U.S. Add to My GT:

Aug 7, 2008 - "With the cooperation of our law enforcement partners around the world, we can identify, charge and apprehend even the most sophisticated international computer hackers."

Hope of Answers in Mystery of Anthrax Attacks Add to My GT:

Aug 7, 2008 - Scientists track flipped DNA sequence to United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick.

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