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•Date: 9th July 2009• Region:UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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Public sector risk management awards presented at annual conference.
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•Date: 26th June 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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'Eagle Horizon’ continuity of operations exercise took place on June 17.
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•Date: 18th June 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC test & exercising
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‘Business Continuity Management - Building resilience in public sector entities.’
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•Date:9th June 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector BC
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Awards honour public sector risk management excellence.
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•Date:28th May 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector BC
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James McAlister explains how his disruption management model is helping BCM within Merseyside Police.
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•Date: 21st May 2009• Region:UK/World •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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•Date:30th April 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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CPG 101 serves as the emergency plan foundation for both public and private sector planning in the United States.
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•Date:15th April 2009• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Alarm has released a new white paper ‘National Competencies for Risk Managers: A Discussion Document’ which sets out a definition of the role of the public risk manager.
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•Date:19th March 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector BC
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•Date:6th March 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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According to a survey conducted by Adam Continuity.
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•Date:3rd March 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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•Date:8th January 2009• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector BC
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•Date: 6th January 2009• Region: Australia •Type: Briefing •Topic: Public sector
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•Date:22nd Dec 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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•Date:17th Dec 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date:10th Dec 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Crisis management
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Includes specific guidance on business continuity competencies.
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•Date:10th Dec 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date:8th Dec 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date:8th Dec 2008• Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 13th Nov 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 6th Nov 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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•Date: 7th August 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public setor
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•Date: 5th August 2008• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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•Date: 5th August 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 15th July 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Events
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•Date: 9th July 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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•Date: 19th June 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector BC
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•Date: 4th June 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 30th May 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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•Date: 23rd May 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 22nd May 2008• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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•Date: 14th Dec 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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•Date: 22nd Nov 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 12th October 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: BC statistics
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Establishes a vision for national preparedness and provides a systematic approach for prioritizing preparedness efforts across the US.
Read article•Date: 14th Sept 2007• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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•Date: 31st Aug 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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•Date: 13th July 2007• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Operational risk
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•Date: 19th June 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: BC general
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A comprehensive study of Hertfordshire County Council's business continuity arrangements has found that the authority’s plans are ‘very good’. However, it called for further work with voluntary organisations to ensure they are better prepared should the worst occur. Read the story.
•Date: 17th May 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Briefing •Topic: Public sector BC
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•Date: 24th April 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector BC
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•Date: 30th March 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 23rd March 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 27th Feb 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 12th January 2007 • Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: CC Act
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US State and local governments are asked to make a voluntary adoption of the disaster/emergency management and business continuity standard.
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•Date: 12th January 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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A diverse group of homeland security and emergency preparedness experts gathered yesterday (January 11) in Washington, DC, for a workshop meeting of the American National Standards Institute’s Homeland Security Standards Panel (ANSI-HSSP) on the subject of lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina.
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•Date: 12th January 2007 • Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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•Date: 27th Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 8th Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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The UK Cabinet Offices’s Civil Contingencies Secretariat has released the first issue of its new publication ‘Civil Protection News’. The quarterly newsletter is aimed at civil protection practitioners and provides information related to practitioners’ duties under the Civil Contingencies Act. It includes articles and information on business continuity. Read the first edition
•Date: 8th Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 3rd Nov 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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•Date: 2nd Nov 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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•Date: 4th October 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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More details•Date: 22nd Sept 2006• Region: UK•Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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More details •Date: 12th Sept 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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•Date: 30th August 2006• Region: US •Type: Briefings •Topic: Public sector
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Local plans should be prepared or updated by the end of November and training and local table top exercises carried out in December and January.
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•Date: 15th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning UK
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CCS coordinating the identification of good business continuity practice.
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•Date: 11th August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Civil Contingencies Act
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Seeking comments on a draft revision of Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems (NIST Special Publication 800-53).
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•Date: 4th August 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: IT continuity
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NCD has released ‘The Impact of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on People with Disabilities: A Look Back and Remaining Challenges.’
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•Date: 4th August 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Responders’ performance will be assessed by existing mainstream frameworks.
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•Date: 2nd August 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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The Conference of Mayors has published the results of a survey investigating the current state of US disaster preparedness.
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•Date: 2nd August 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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Andy Pepper, senior emergency management officer, explains how Cardiff Council has set about developing BC plans to meet the requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act 2004.
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•Date: 14th July 2006 • Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Plan development
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‘A central gateway to improve the way that central government departments communicate with civil protection practitioners’.
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•Date: 6th July 2006• Region: UK •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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NIPP available for download; Sector-Specific Plans that complement it and detail the risk management framework will be released within 180 days. Read article •Date: 5th July 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Emergency planning
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Included a test of Federal continuity of operations plans.
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•Date: 23rd June 2006• Region: US •Type: Article •Topic: Testing and Exercising
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Claims Loughborough University's Charles Hancock, a leading expert in healthcare risk management.
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•Date: 13th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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The UK Government ‘has developed a sound and potentially useful framework for the assessment of risk. The key issue is whether this framework is applied properly.’
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•Date: 7th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Public sector
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•Date: 5th June 2006• Region: UK • Type: Article •Topic: Terrorism
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The US Department of Homeland Security has issued a notice of change to the National Response Plan (NRP), identifying items that have been recently amended. Go there
•Date: 26th May 2006• Region: US • Type: Briefing •Topic: Emergency planning
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According to the Cyber Security Industry Alliance.
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•Date: 17th May 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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"Hurricane Katrina: Better Plans and Exercises Needed to Guide the Military's Response to Catastrophic Natural Disasters."
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•Date: 17th May 2006• Region: US• Type: Article •Topic: DR general
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The US Federal Government has published a comprehensive document describing more than 300 critical actions to address the threat of pandemic influenza.
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•Date: 4th May 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning: US
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73 percent of respondents admit that they will not show up at their office.
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•Date: 12th May 2006• Region: US • Type: Article •Topic: Pandemic planning
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