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How Shall We Communicate Risk in an Era of ‘Manufactured Reality’?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The street is paved with flagstones and parking is forbidden by law. We have even pointed out that Pope Francis says that obeying minor laws is important, a Christian duty and an example to others. If the police fine her, then they are at fault and so is the law. I still believe in rational communication and objective reality.

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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

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.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Every country needs a law that specifies the nature of the civil protection system and the basic details of how it works. In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. He went on to promulgate a law, the Coronavirus Act of March 2020, that is perhaps even more 'extreme', although mitigated by its incomprehensibility.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

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.

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How AWS supports the 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day with digital tools for civic engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

Since the 2020 election, over half of the states in the US have changed election laws. 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.

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