G&H Supports the NISC at White House Event
On July 29, oh behalf of the NISC, our team co-facilitated a workshop at the White House that explored how social media can be used to improve situational awareness and emergency response efforts.
On July 29, oh behalf of the NISC, our team co-facilitated a workshop at the White House that explored how social media can be used to improve situational awareness and emergency response efforts.
This bill, sponsored by Rep. Susan Brooks (R-IN), amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and legislates the existence of the Virtual Social Media Working Group
A paper by Sara Estes Cohen, MPP, examines the communication strategies leveraged by universities in emergency situations.
The much-anticipated Virtual Social Media Working Group (VSMWG) report, Using Social Media for Enhanced Situaitional Awareness and Decision Support, was released on July 1.
State governments are taking divergent approaches to planning and varied strategies for engaging with federal and local partners for the First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet), according to a report from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO).
While federal agencies haven’t yet reached a tipping point for the devices’ use, optimism for a future filled with wearables seems plentiful.
Current innovation in wearable technology may enable first responders to stream tactical data to someone in the field.
Adams County will be the first to demonstrate a new LTE system that will be part of the Public Safety Broadband Network
International Medical Corps (IMC), Concern Worldwide, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) have teamed up and developed a FREE online training for emergency responders with the help of 400 practitioners and is designed to work on low-bandwidth net connections.
On March 19-20, 2014, DHS S&T Office of University Programs and the National Center for Border Security and Immigration, a DHS S&T Center of Excellence (COE), co-hosted a workshop to ensure that "potential challenges with regard to data reliability, accessibility, and availability are reviewed and understood before approving Centers of Excellence R&D projects.”
Read about a new study that analyzes mobile communication behavior and its implications for the way information spreads during extraordinary events.
The U.S. H1N1 outbreak in 2009 gave the University of Oregon a chance implement a new approach to handle large scale incidents.