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US DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and members of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s (BPC) National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG) met recently to discuss the Department’s progress in implementing the recommendations outlined in the 9/11 Commission Final Report released five years ago.The National Security Preparedness Group is a bipartisan coalition of national security experts including former DHS Secretary Tom Ridge and co-chaired by former 9/11 Commission Chair Thomas H. Kean and Vice Chair Lee H. Hamilton. The group also discussed new policies, initiatives and grant opportunities. To view the Department’s full 9/11 Commission progress report, visit click here (PDF).
The number of human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 is still increasing substantially in many countries, even in countries that have already been affected for some time. Many countries with widespread community transmission have moved to testing only samples of ill persons and have shifted surveillance efforts to monitoring and reporting of trends. It remains a top priority to determine which groups of people are at highest risk of serious disease so steps to best to protect them can be taken. Read the note.
Guys Campus, Kings College London, 10th September
Early Bird deadline 14th August.
The BCI is developing a workshop programme that will contribute to the refinement and validation of pandemic plans by providing an update on the latest situation as understood by the central authorities and an exchange of planning assumptions amongst BC practitioners. www.bciworkshops.com
FEMA daily SITREP
World weather impacts
•Date: 28th July 2009• Region: Various |
