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New GAO Report on Pandemic Response

Recovery Diva

GAO’s Oversight of the Pandemic Response. In March 2020, Congress passed the CARES (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security) Act, a multi-trillion dollar stimulus bill, to respond to the economic downturn caused by the pandemic.

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The Year That Changed Security: How the Pandemic Shaped the Use of Technology in 2020 and Going Forward

Security Industry Association

To say that the year 2020 was challenging is a huge understatement. In March of last year, the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted life around the world. In 2020, we learned that adaptability is critical. Alan Stoddard, president, Cognyte Software North America. Regular business operations and the economy came to a halt.

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Business, Interrupted: Post-Pandemic Thinking Like a Risk Manager

Castellan

The Pandemic Pivot. As this team focuses on preparing for and responding to disruptions, it’s becoming clearer after the past year how much impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on planning and response, leading to, in some cases, a pivot in program focus. That started as early as January 2020. Get The Pandemic Reopening Toolkit.

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2020 Asia Pacific Futures Network Virtual Conference: REGEN Asia 2050

Engaged Foresight

Over a short span of time, our lives as we know it was suddenly changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our usual get-together with friends or family–whether in a mall or in a resort—were restricted during the height of the pandemic as new rules, such as social distancing, were enforced to contain the spread of the virus.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). About the same time, 2007, Dr Michael Leavitt of the US Department of Health and Human Services wrote: "We don't know when a pandemic will arrive. Major epidemics and pandemics (what is the difference?)

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How Secure is our Election System?

Disaster Zone Podcast

Recent Awards: · 2022 National Association of County Officials (NACO) Achievement Awards for Racially Restrictive Covenant Modification Outreach and Ballot Processing Observation Programs · 2020 Auditor of the Year award from the Office of Secretary of State. · 2020 Presidents Award for Outstanding Service from the Washington (..)

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Top IT Trends for 2022

BMC

After facing 2020, the year that upended life and business as we know it, 2021 was the year of pivoting and picking up the pieces of what the pandemic left behind. It wasn’t back to life as usual, however, as organizations and workers alike found that many pre-pandemic systems would never again be the same. […].

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