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VDEM Region 4 receives ‘Response Program of the Year’ award at VEMS

VDEM (Virgina Department of Emergency Management)

The Virginia Department of Emergency Management (VDEM) Region 4 team and response partners received the Response Program of the Year award at the 2023 Virginia Emergency Management Symposium (VEMS). The Response Program of the Year award recognizes a program that has shown excellence in responding to an emergency or disaster situation.

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ARPA SLFRF Update: Interim Final Rule Expands Eligible Uses

Center for Community Progress

In December 2022, Congress passed an appropriations package that included statutory provisions allowing for additional eligible uses for the American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (ARPA SLFRF). To quote Treasury directly, “ (T)he existing eligible uses, as discussed in the 2022 final rule, remain unchanged.

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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Transportation accidents. In a 2022 review article published by Carmen et al in the journal Ambio on the role of social capital and community resilience in the context of climate change, the authors find strong evidence for appreciating the different forms of social capital and the role they play in resiliency. Earthquakes.

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Hurricane season 2023: Supporting hurricane response efforts with the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

Innovating in advance Throughout the year, AWS Disaster Response develops and tests new innovations that utilize cloud technology to enable more efficient disaster response capabilities for our customers and relief organizations. Pictured: A customized AWS Disaster Response Jeep in a field test exercise.

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What we learned at Amazon re:MARS 2022 for the public sector

AWS Public Sector Blog

The Amazon re:MARS 2022 conference brought together some of these thought leaders, technical experts, and groundbreaking companies and organizations that are transforming what’s possible in machine learning (ML), automation, robotics, and space. More from re:MARS 2022. However, there is still so much to discover.