Training & Events
Public Health 101 – How US Public Health Works (S&S Forum) What you need to know about the US public health systems in normal times and in times of crises. This webinar explores the federal, state, and local public health infrastructure in the United States and explains the roles and responsibilities of public health agencies and their interactions with the hospital system and emergency medical services. Speakers will also discuss the 10 essential services of public health that all communities should undertake.
- Wednesday, Dec 16, 2020 1:15 PM – 2:45 PM EST
Re-Writing Development Rules for Prosperity, Sustainability & Equity (GWU) Participants will learn innovative and effective policy solutions that can promote economic recovery without additional public spending or loss of revenue. This class addresses the market forces responsible for sprawl, poor housing options and economic decline. Attendees will learn that HOW we collect public revenue is just as important as HOW MUCH revenue we collect.
- Tuesday, January 12, 2020 10 am to 4 PM EDT
- Cost: $150 – Receive a GWU School of Engineering and Applied Science Professional Education Certificate
Resources
How You Can Make the Air in Your Home Safer From SARS-CoV-2 (Johns Hopkins) Infograph
One Person In The Room With You Has COVID-19. Here’s How Long It Takes to Get Infected (Fast Company) MIT researchers have built a simple tool to give clear guidelines on indoor safety in the midst of a pandemic.
Major Management and Performance Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS OIG-21-07) The Office of Inspector General (OIG) says the Department of Homeland Security is facing several serious management and performance challenges. In its annual Major Management and Performance Challenges report, OIG underscores the need for consistent leadership. Many of the Department’s senior leadership positions still do not have permanent, Presidentially Appointed and Senate confirmed officials.
How Localities Continually Adapt Enterprise Strategies to Manage Natural Disasters (IBM: Business of Gov) This report delve into city-level surveys of hundreds of communities, conducted by the International City/County Managers Association, to learn firsthand what challenges face local leaders and how they prepare in advance to blunt the effects of natural disasters. This paper develops a local leadership framework includes two key strategic steps for local governments to adopt: (1) create a long-term, enterprise-wide approach to building resiliency in advance of any disaster in order to mitigate damage and speed recovery, and (2) grow a steady network of partners, horizontally and vertically, to manage as successfully as possible through disaster. Horizontal partners include community groups, private businesses, nonprofits, neighboring jurisdictions, and regional pacts. Vertical partners include their state and its agencies, and the federal government.
Articles
All-Hazards:
Of Course It Did: 2020 Officially Breaks Record for Wildest Hurricane Season (Intertia.com)
Migration to Wildfire-Prone Areas Continues Despite Risk: Study (Smart Cities Dive)
Texas is Changing How It Plans for Floods. What Does That Mean for Dallas-Fort Worth? (Star-Telegram)
OIG on the Six Biggest Challenges Facing DHS (HS Today)
Riskiest Spot for Rising Seas Is 50 Miles from the Ocean (Sci. American)
Canada: Ottawa Inches Toward Flood Insurance Program (Star)
Disasters Are Inevitable; Government’s Inadequate Response Is Not (Pew: Rt. Fifty)
Resilience:
NASA Has A Mind-Blowing Plan to Map Rising Sea Levels from Space (Fast Company) and House Bill Would Create NOAA-Led National Database to Help Coastal Communities Confront Rising Seas (Pew: Rt. Fifty)
Leaving The Shore: What Drives Decision-Making After Coastal Disasters (UN Prevention Web)
New Tree Equity Score Drives Home the Important Role of Trees in Creating Social Equity (UN Prevention Web)
Along the Crumbling Sonoma Coast, an Ambitious Project Paves the Way for ‘Managed Retreat’ (LA Times)
Public Health / Biosurveillance:
FDA authorization of COVID-19 vaccines would set off a scramble (CQ)
Biopharma Industry Works To Build Confidence In Covid-19 Vaccines (Stat)
New Global Group will Lead Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance (CIDRAP)
The Math Behind Epidemics (Physics Today)
Preventing COVID-19 from Causing an Antibiotic Resistance Catastrophe (UN Prevention Web)
We Need ‘Horizontal’ Trust to Overcome Vaccine Skepticism (Wired)
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