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A Growing Threat of Violence Against Public Officials

Disaster Zone Podcast

He is co-author (along with Robert Futrell) of an award-winning book American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate. He is co-author (along with Robert Futrell) of an award-winning book American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement’s Hidden Spaces of Hate.

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Nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast, what policies have changed?

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Read more about some of the key policy developments since Hurricane Katrina made landfall below: Post-Katrina: Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (2006) – This act fundamentally re-vamped the role of a national emergency management agency, giving FEMA greater flexibility and clearer authority in a post-9/11 environment.

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Academic Publishing and Malpractice

Emergency Planning

Graff described malpractice among academic journal editors and called for a bill of rights to protect authors against such excesses. During that time I have encountered all sorts of behaviour, good and bad, by authors, reviewers and editors. Herein I am going to concentrate on malpractice by authors. Plagiarism.

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EP19: Dealing with the New Normal During a Crisis (Part 1) | Cyril Moulin-Fournier

The Failover Plan Podcast

Guest Bio: Cyril Moulin Fournier is a facilitator, consultant in management of change, keynote speaker and author. In 2013, he got through an extreme life changing experience (seized by Boko Haram during 2 months in Northern Nigeria).

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SIA New Member Profile: NATANLife Security

Security Industry Association

The NATAN Group was formed in 2013 to supplement the efforts of small business owners. The views and opinions expressed in guest posts and/or profiles are those of the authors or sources and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Security Industry Association.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Emergency Planning

In disaster risk reduction circles, there is an almost desperate reliance on 'community' and a strong growth in studies and plans to "involve the community" in facing up to risks and impacts (Berkes and Ross 2013). The intentions are laudable, as DRR needs to be democratised if it is to function. I need not repeat them here. Statler and R.

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2022 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards Profile: Gena Alexa

Security Industry Association

2022 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards winner Gena Alexa is the CEO of Dignari, LLC, which she founded in 2013 to provide program strategy, human-centered design, emerging technology and data analytics services to the federal government. The success of WHTI led to Alexa’s promotion as vice president responsible for all CBP solutions.

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