news headlines: 3rd March 2006

Civil Contingencies Act deadline looming for UK local authorities
From 15th May 2006 local authorities have a duty to provide business continuity advice to organisations in their area.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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Are local authorities ready to promote BCM to their communities?
Asks John Sharp, Policy and Development Director, Continuity Forum.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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Making the most of Business Continuity Awareness Week
13th – 19th March is this year’s UK and Europe Business Continuity Awareness Week; make the most of it say Chris Vale and Sarah Morgan.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006 • Region: UK/W.Europe • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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To gain a sense of perspective, it helps to take the blinders off: a rebuttal : UPDATED
Allen Johnson responds to reader comments about his recent article on pandemic planning.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006 • Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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Pandemic planning and preparation in the Caribbean
Julia Plumley provides advice for Caribbean businesses on how to prepare for the threat of an influenza pandemic.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006 • Region: Caribbean• Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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The International Private Sector Preparedness Summit
This informal gathering of senior international business and government leaders will be held on Thursday, April 27th and Friday, April 28th at NYU’s Villa La Pietra campus in Florence, Italy.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006• Region: World • Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Disaster recovery a top priority for New Zealand SMBs
An AMI-Partners study says that the need for enhancing data security and privacy is growing the DR market in New Zealand.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006• Region: New Zealand • Type: Article •Topic: BC markets
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RecoveryPlanner version 4.4 released
RecoveryPlanner.com has announced the release of a new version of the company’s RecoveryPlanner web-based BCP software platform.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006• Region: US/World • Type: Article •Topic: BC software
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Strohl user group conference to feature panel discussion on Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
Panel discussion will feature four business continuity professionals from organizations that were directly affected by the two storms.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Events
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Globalstar launches emergency satellite rate
New low cost rate plan targets government, business and private consumers who are looking for emergency preparedness and business continuity solutions.
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•Date: 3rd March 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Telecoms continuity
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Business continuity briefs
Today's issue includes:
• Japanese SMEs get business continuity guide
• SBA hurricane recovery loans reach $5.4 billion
• Terrorist attacks impact Karachi
• United Nations to establish international forum on Internet governance
• Kashya unveils synergy channel partner program
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