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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

Natural Disaster Response and Mitigation: No expenditure limits. Surface Transportation and CDBG: Combined expenditure limits. Expenditure: For funds obligated to provide emergency relief from natural disasters, the expenditure deadline is December 31, 2026. What are the expenditure limits?

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How AI is improving constituent experiences in government

Google Public Sector

Improving climate resilience and sustainability The State of Hawaii Department of Transportation (HDOT) is using big data to implement an integrated approach to climate resilience, safety, and equity as it assesses risks, prioritizes investments, and protects residents.

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Google Cloud launches new sustainability offerings to help public sector agencies improve climate resilience

Google Public Sector

With these data-driven insights, public sector agencies and researchers can improve their response time to climate disasters, make more accurate predictions, and implement disaster-response plans with greater confidence.

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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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The Primacy of Social Capital for Community Resilience

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Transportation accidents. Earthquakes. Ice storms. Infectious disease outbreaks. Industrial accidents. Chemical spills. Structural collapse. Grid failure. Water contamination. Large-scale layoffs. Factory closures. Hyperinflation. Civil unrest. Mob violence. Mass shootings.

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Creating real-time flood alerts with the cloud

AWS Public Sector Blog

Learn more about disaster response with AWS The AWS Disaster Preparedness and Response Team helps organizations focus on mission-critical functions, while AWS provisions critical data and applications, transports hardware to the base of operations, and implements deployable infrastructure based on customer need.