April 26, 2007 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project Report

(1) 10th ANNUAL FEMA ALL-HAZARDS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE, JUNE 4-7:

Admissions Office notes that 206 of the 240 dorm rooms allocated to support the conference have been assigned to individuals who have submitted conference application forms.

(2) CONTINUITY-OF-OPERATIONS:

Moore, John. "Disaster Pain Pills: 6 Technologies Are Transforming Government Continuity-of-Operations Plans - Can They Help You?" Federal Computer Week, April 23, 2007. Accessed at:

http://www.fcw.com/article102511-04-23-07-Print&hlsnewsletter=yes

(3) DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY:

House Committee on Homeland Security, Majority Staff. The State of Homeland Security 2007: An Annual Report Card on the Department of Homeland Security. Washington, DC: Prepared for Representative Bennie G. Thompson, Chairman of the Committee on Homeland Security, April 2007, 75 pages. Accessed at:

http://homeland.house.gov/SiteDocuments/20070413143439-12273.pdf

Lipowicz, Alice. "DHS' Performance Mostly Average." Federal Computer Week, April 16, 2007. Accessed at:

http://www.fcw.com/article98242-04-16-07-Web&hlsnewsletter=yes

(4) FEMA:

United Press International. "UPI Poll: FEMA Should Be Independent."

April 25, 2007. Accessed at:

http://www.washtimes.com/upi/20070425-072307-1432

[Excerpt: "A clear majority of respondents to a UPI-Zogby International poll want to see FEMA, the main U.S. emergency response agency, returned to independent status.... A total of 71 percent of the respondents to the April 13-16 Zogby interactive poll said FEMA should be returned to stand-alone status; 16.2 percent said it should remain in the Homeland Security Department. A second question asked participants to consider whether FEMA's linkage to Homeland Security "has hurt the government's ability to respond" to emergencies. Slightly less than two-thirds -- 66.3 percent -- agreed while 15.8 percent said emergency response is helped with FEMA being part of the larger department...."]

B.Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, K-011

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

(301) 447-1262, voice

(301) 447-1598, fax

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