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news headlines: 3rd January 2006

CBI tells UK organisations to make business continuity a priority
CBI Director General Digby Jones has urged firms to put a re-assessment of business risks at the top of their list of New Year resolutions.
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Date: 3rd Jan 2006• Region: UK Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Despite 2005’s disasters, the vast majority of Americans still believe that ‘it won’t happen to them’
Complacency still the prevailing attitude…
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Date: 3rd Jan 2006• Region: US Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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BCI appoints Technical Services Director
Lyndon Bird, FBCI, will focus on raising the profile of the Business Continuity Institute and on promoting business continuity management as an essential business discipline.
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Date: 3rd Jan 2006• Region: UK/World Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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SNIA survey examines state of storage management
Reliability and business continuity rated as top issues.
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Date: 3rd Jan 2006• Region: US/World Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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Final draft of US National Preparedness Goal released
The US Department of Homeland Security has released the final draft of the National Preparedness Goal.
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Date: 3rd Jan 2006• Region: US Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Updated NFPA 1600 standard out for consultation
The closing date to submit comments on the new version of NFPA 1600 is March 3rd 2006 and the final version is scheduled to be published during 2007.
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Date: 3rd Jan 2006• Region: US Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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• Microsoft Windows Metafile Handling Buffer Overflow
• NOAA warns of serious threat of wildfires
• ANSI-HSSP signs international cooperation treaty with Standards Australia

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