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WMATA and MWCOG announce new joint transit initiative | Could a regional "transport association" be on the horizon, or just a transit bailout?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Louis regional transit planning process as a model for what needs to be done in the DC Metropolitan region " (2009) DC area transit planning and operations is an extreme example of gaps. The concept of a multi-regional and multi-state transit network is outlined in " The meta-regional transit network " (2009).

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The former has been in widespread use since about 1993, and the latter since around 2009. However, by the Haiti earthquake of 2010, a different picture had become to emerge and establish itself (Alexander 2010). The result is a communication process which has been termed chronic contagion (Pomerantsev 2019). Bird et al.

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Hear from civil servants who have fought workplace discrimination inside and outside of government

Partnership for Public Service

Bush in 2003, and then serving as acting chairman of the EEOC under President Obama from 2009 to 2010, Ishimaru is credited with rebuilding the agency , which had become underfunded and understaffed. Ma, a former senior advisor to Ishimaru, now serves as the EEOC’s director of the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs.

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Social Media for Social Good: What role does social media play in creation of and sustainability of social movements? A Social Movement Case Study Examining Occupy Wall Street and the Tea Party.

Public Policy Blog

As more of the world becomes connected online, revolutionaries across the globe are being empowered like never before although not all are successful as sustaining the movement the use of information communication technologies (ICT) are critical in developing and executing modern social movements. 2011; Aday, et al.,

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10 Awesome Repurposed Emergency Bunkers

Emergency Management Degree Guide

The bunker was in operation for around 30 years, with a multitude of staff handling tasks like managing telephone and telegraph communications and alerts. The hotel opened in 2009 and didn’t provide any luxury amenities such as flat-screen TVs. Bunker Wohnen (Apartments) – Bremen, Germany. Image Source. Image Source.

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