Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Fuel barge and tug The U.S. Coast Guard on Nov. 1 opened the Port of New York on a limited basis to allow tug and barge traffic carrying petroleum products into the fuel-starved city, but the cargo facilities in the New York…
ICE deploys rapid response teams to help in storm recovery
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection Image Caption: ICE RRT member Rapid Response Teams from ICE have been deployed to areas of New York and New Jersey hard-hit by Hurricane Sandy to help assist other government agencies and the public in recovery efforts. ICE Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) sent 40…
Intelligence mapping agency aides FEMA in Sandy Recovery
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Katrina damage photo As with past catastrophic hurricanes, the little-known agency that supplies the U.S. intelligence community with mapping and other geospatial information is helping emergency management agencies assess the damage wrought by Hurricane Sandy across the middle Atlantic states and northeast….
DHS ‘moving heaven and earth’ in Sandy recovery effort
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: FEMA team loadsSandy aide The Department of Homeland Security and other emergency response agencies and groups are “moving heaven and earth” in efforts to get the northeastern U.S. back on its feet after Hurricane Sandy moved through the area, said DHS Secretary…
DHS ‘moving heaven and earth’ in Hurricane Sandy recovery effort
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: FEMA team loadsSandy aide The Department of Homeland Security and other emergency response agencies and groups are “moving heaven and earth” in efforts to get the northeastern U.S. back on its feet after Hurricane Sandy moved through the area, said DHS Secretary…
FEMA looking toward recovery operations as Sandy moves ashore
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: FEMA’s Craig Fugate As Hurricane Sandy moved closer to its New Jersey landfall, federal emergency management administrators are moving past the preparation stages for the storm and looking to support recovery efforts by states in the coming days. Federal Emergency Management Agency…
DoD sets health registry for personnel in Japanese nuclear accident recovery efforts
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection The U.S. Defense Department has set up a registry to monitor the health conditions of U.S. military personnel who served in Japan after the massive earthquake there last year that destroyed the Fukushima nuclear power plant. The March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in…
H-1B applications sign of economic recovery, or shift from other temporary visas
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security The 10 weeks it took U.S. employers to reach the cap on applications for temporary work visas for specialized foreign employees could be a sign the U.S. economy is picking up, said two researchers […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry… View full…
Why Mid-Sized Enterprises Need Enterprise Grade Disaster Recovery – Aberdeen Group Report
The analysts at Aberdeen Group took a look at the effect of data disaster events on mid-sized enterprises and found that the costs of downtime — $880600 per year and growing — has a proportionally larger impact than on small or large enterprises. Article source: http://video.hackerjournals.com/?p=7185&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-mid-sized-enterprises-need-enterprise-grade-disaster-recovery-aberdeen-group-report View full post on…
Disaster Recovery Planning – CoreLink Data Center
www.corelink.com Part 2 Disaster Recovery Planning. During this one-hour webinar, Mike Dillon, the Chief Technology Officer for Quest and Nav Ranajee, Director of Healthcare for CoreLink Data Centers will examine thebusiness objectives and drivers to determine the appropriate level of Disaster Recovery preparedness. Article source: http://video.hackerjournals.com/?p=7175&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=disaster-recovery-planning-corelink-data-center View full post on…