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Foresight

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

A principle of cascading disasters is that the world is ever more closely linked by networks on which we all depend for communications, commerce, enlightenment and entertainment. It can also mean communication over very long distances, leading to the adoption of common agendas among disparate groups of people. References Fukuyama, F.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The UK Government's 13 policy U-turns do not reflect adaptation to dynamic circumstances, but inability to conceive what to do, how to implement it and how to communicate. There were major exercises on pandemics in 2005, 2007 and 2016. The plans were not connected to anything.

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Accelerating digital transformation to revitalize local economy and improve lives in Japan

AWS Public Sector Blog

A 2021 white paper on information and communications by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications highlighted the gap between urban and local digital transformation initiatives in Japan, with urban areas making more progress and local areas lagging behind.

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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

inter-city) transit planning ," 2011). Second, when budget crisis hits services are cut. -- " Without the right transportation planning framework, metropolitan areas are screwed, and that includes the DC area ," 2011 2. Another related concept is intra-district versus inter-district transit (" Making the case for intra-city (vs.

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County Legal Authority to Fund Non-Mandated Social Services Programs

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

594, 607 (2011). However, activities that satisfy the North Carolina Constitution’s “public purpose” requirement are not exclusive emoluments. See Blinson v. State , 186 N.C. 328, 342 (2007); see also Saine v. State , 210 N.C. The North Carolina Constitution (Art.

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A behind-the-scenes look at the 2022 Sammies gala

Partnership for Public Service

Communications Director Jordan LaPier said that managing the Sammies meant shining a spotlight on all that federal employees do to better other people’s lives. Meet the people who worked behind the scenes to make the Sammies gala happen and hear what made the event special to them. Reflections from volunteers.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The result is a communication process which has been termed chronic contagion (Pomerantsev 2019). Arbitrary rule is, of course, nothing new, but what is new is the role of networked electronic communication. Bilham 2011. Property norms and looting: their patterns in community crisis. Ambraseys, N. Corruption kills.