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Driving people-centered digital transformation in public safety with AWS

AWS Public Sector Blog

After Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005, Davis recalled that their legacy communication system made it nearly impossible to coordinate rescue efforts. “We Bolster resource availability—particularly in times of crisis Louisiana has seen its share of natural disasters—in 2021 alone, seven hurricanes made landfall.

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OUR CHALLENGE

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

Since 2005 when the World Health Organisation started to advocate serious viral disease planning the United Kingdom ran or participated in nine major simulation exercises on pandemics, some of them pan-European initiatives. I taught pandemic preparedness on the basis of his example for the next 12 years. Then it came to pass.

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Market, Message, and Medium: A Library Marketer Shares How She Tackles Promotions in a Time Crunch

Super Library Marketing

Suzanne Macaulay began her career as a Children’s Librarian at Henry Waldinger Memorial Library in Valley Stream, New York in 2005. In her role, she coordinates outreach, consults on youth services, helps secure state aid for library construction, manages continuing education for her libraries, and does the marketing.

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

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

The same shortcomings were present in the 2005 London bombings, as were others (for example, the way in which 'major incident' as declared). This is because the concept of 'command' eclipses that of 'coordination' (and also because of the low status of this field). Modern emergency management is based on coordination and cooperation.

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Why You Can’t Kill Off Passwords

GovLoop

Cybersecurity Coordinator (Cyber Czar), once said, “One of my key goals in my job that I would really love to be able to do is to kill the password, dead.”. In 2005, he founded Access Smart LLC to provide logical access control solutions. Michael Daniel, former U.S. What would replace passwords? Certificates?

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To shift away some trips from the car, we need super robust transportation demand management processes

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

For the most park, transportation agencies don't do corridor management, where they coordinate all modes within a mobilty corridor, like I-15, which is paralleled by the Frontrunner commuter rail line, and has light rail transit too. I was talking with Suzanne about this and 1. Corridor management.

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Denver and Rio Grande Rail Trail in Davis County, Utah: a great foundation, full of (missed) opportunity

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

It's an old rail corridor that was acquired by the Utah Transit Authority (" From rails to trails ," Deseret News , 2005) and is a joint project with the communities it passes through. But I would argue it's dis-coordinated, and addressing these omissions should be a top priority of the MPO's Active Transportation Committee.