AWS Public Sector Blog
APRIL 13, 2023
This origin story traces back to the founding of the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud ( Amazon EC2 ) service in 2004, which is now regarded as one of the fundamental pieces of cloud computing technology.
Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
FEBRUARY 10, 2022
I end this set of reflections with two models that are intended to show how reality is created by the power of perceptions and their transformation into shared opinions through socialisation using the powerful new tools that are available in modern mass communication, particularly social media. Further reading Chomsky, N. Durkheim, E.
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Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
OCTOBER 23, 2020
No country other than the UK has spontaneously abandoned its basic law on emergency management (in this case the Civil Contingencies Act of 2004). The UK Government's 13 policy U-turns do not reflect adaptation to dynamic circumstances, but inability to conceive what to do, how to implement it and how to communicate.
Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
FEBRUARY 21, 2021
In the case of coronavirus, the medical profession has taken control of the agenda, yet most of the failings--and there are many--refer to civil protection issues: communications, logistics, coordination. The 2004 Civil Contingencies Act has been sidelined throughout the Coronavirus disaster.
Disaster Planning and Emergency Management
OCTOBER 21, 2022
In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. In Florence, a consortium of 29 volunteer organisations includes specialists in medicine, transportation, radio communications, fire-fighting, logistics and hazardous materials response. I can verify that is is not a mere boast, as I have seen it done.
Rebuilding Place in Urban Space
APRIL 29, 2024
I first heard this concept expressed by David Barth at a presentation in 2004. Unfortunately now both trees are gone--although I did let willow oaks reseed so we'll see what happens. Streets/street trees as linear parks. North Columbus Avenue, Galion, Ohio, c. 1920s Most cities have urban forestry units. Page 1 , Pages 2-3.
AWS Public Sector Blog
SEPTEMBER 20, 2022
Voterly explains each issue and sides of the argument, then collects data from relevant interest groups to calculate a score that communicates where a politician stands on various aspects of an issue. Since 2004 HeadCount has supported the registration of over one million voters. Register to vote this National Voter Registration Day.
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