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- How Mass Media Use Crisis Communications for Political Gain: the Broadcast Industry, 9/11, and Hurricane Katrina
- It's a common observation that crises such as wars, recessions, stock market meltdowns, ethics scandals, and natural catastrophes often drive the public policymaking process. A crisis reveals a problem and then a public consensus emerges that policymakers must do something about it. The policy debate then centers on the best...
- White papers 2006-08-30
- Lessons From Hurricane Katrina for American Life - Rebuilding the Gulf: Case Study for the Future
- While there have been and will be much-needed investigations about specific failures in preparation and responses at local, state and national levels, the disaster raises a set of much deeper questions about how one addresses risk in the society. Could the current policies and infrastructure be as vulnerable in the...
- White papers 2005-12-01
- Hurricane Katrina: Analysis of the Impact on the Insurance Industry
- Towers Perrin estimates direct industry loss from Katrina at $40 to $55 billion as of September 30, 2005. This paper presents an analysis which includes line-of business estimates; how losses will be split among insurers, reinsurers and capital markets; a look at hurricane frequency and severity; risk management implications; and...
- White papers 2005-10-01
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- Workstream Offers Job Search Assistance to Hurricane Katrina and Rita Victims; Workstream Subsidiaries 6FigureJobs and Allen And Associates, Spearhead Effort to Help Local Job Seekers and Employers
- OTTAWA -- Workstream Inc.TM (NASDAQ: WSTM), a provider of On-Demand Enterprise Workforce Management software and services, today announced the launch of two job search assistance programs for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and Rita. The job search and recruitment programs are spearheaded by 6FigureJobs and Allen And Associates, which are...
- Research articles 2005-10-03
- Hurricane Katrina's second anniversary brings end to Corps debris
- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will stop removing hurricane debris in Orleans Parish on Wednesday, transferring remaining debris removal to city government. The Corps' debris removal program will end on the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and a month before the Corps' Louisiana Recovery Field Office in...
- Research articles 2007-08-28
- RehabCare Group Establishes Emergency Relief Fund for Employees Affected by Hurricane Katrina
- ST. LOUIS -- To aid its employees impacted by Hurricane Katrina and its devastation of the Gulf Coast region, RehabCare Group, Inc. (NYSE:RHB) has announced the establishment of the RehabCare Emergency Relief Fund. The St. Louis, MO-based company is a leading provider of physical rehabilitation management services with 10,000 employees...
- Research articles 2005-09-12
- Superior Energy Services, Inc. Provides Update on Hurricane Katrina Impact, Management To Present at Lehman Brothers CEO Energy/Power Conference on Wednesday, September 7
- BROUSSARD, La. -- Superior Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: SPN) issued the following update on the impact Hurricane Katrina has had to date on the company's employees, assets and operations. The company has temporarily moved its corporate headquarters to its Broussard, La. campus.
- Research articles 2005-09-06
- Modtech Holdings, Inc. Announces Changes in Southeast Management; Developing Cohesive Response to Hurricane Katrina
- PERRIS, Calif. -- Modtech Holdings, Inc. Company (NASDAQ:MODT) has named Brad Archer Vice President of Business Development and Jim Goulden as General Manager - Southeast Region as ongoing steps to develop a cohesive response to Hurricane Katrina and to continue developing the Company's long-term capacity requirements.
- Research articles 2005-09-19
- Disaster management done right: a disaster plan helped two NASA facilities prepare for the worst of Hurricane Katrina and provide support to communities in need.(Homeland Security)
- HURRICANE KATRINA might have caught most of the federal government flat-footed, but not its biggest contractor, Lockheed Martin. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The company's Space Systems division operates at two major sites on the Gulf Coast: NASA's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans...
- Research articles 2007-07-01
- FEMA, Katrina, and operations research: better operations management would have helped FEMA in preparedness and response work before Hurricane Katrina—and still could now
- In the wake of the poor government response to the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster, many questions have been asked about why the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA, along with a host of other federal, state, and local emergency management agencies, performed so ineffectively. What went wrong? What is the...
- Research articles 2008-03-22
- Three Lawton, Oklahoma Residents Indicted for Conspiring to Defraud FEMA of Hurricane Katrina Relief Funds
- OKLAHOMA CITY, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Three Oklahomans have been indicted for conspiring to defraud the United States of Hurricane Katrina disaster relief funds and stealing Federal Emergency Management funds, United States Attorney John C. Richter anOKLAHOMA CITY, March 1 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Three Oklahomans have been indicted for...
- Research articles 2006-03-01
- Hurricane Katrina: Insurers Prepared to Deliver on their Promises.
- Insurers sell promises, and after Hurricane Katrina, they certainly have a lot of promises to keep. At press time, the economic loss from what appears to be the worst hurricane in U.S. history-along with subsequent flooding of New Orleans-was expected to exceed $125...
- Research articles 2005-10-01
- CALIBRE Makes $25,000 Contribution to Aid Victims of Hurricane Katrina; Other Companies & Individuals are Encouraged to Respond
- ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- CALIBRE, an employee-owned management and technology services company, today announced that it has donated $25,000 to the American Red Cross 2005 Hurricane Relief Fund to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina. William E. DePuy, Jr., CALIBRE's President & Chief Executive Officer said, "As all Americans and the...
- Research articles 2005-08-31
- Solutions.(Hurricane Katrina Disaster recovery)(CARGO tracking device to reduce cargo theft)(RegEd Inc., introduces new product)
- DOC MANAGEMENT AIDS DISASTER RECOVERY Joseph Maiorana Insurance Agency Inc., a New Orleans, Louisiana-based firm, credits Cabinet NG Inc., Huntsville, Ala., with enabling the agency to remain in business in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Since 2003, the agency based its firm-wide document management...
- Research articles 2006-01-01
- National Organizations Expose Lack of Planning for ChildrenStruggling in Katrina's Aftermath; Call for FEMA Structural Change
- WASHINGTON, Feb. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, four national organizations held a press conference to expose the unmet needs of children affected by Hurricane Katrina and to call on the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA to establish an office whicWASHINGTON, Feb. 15 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Today, four national organizations held...
- Research articles 2006-02-15
- Four Oklahoma Residents Charged with Conspiracy to Fraudulently Obtain FEMA Hurricane Katrina Relief Funds
- OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A federal grand jury in Oklahoma has indicted four residents for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and theft of public funds related to Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA Hurricane Katrina disaster reOKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A federal grand...
- Research articles 2006-09-06
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers: Progress Continues for Hurricane Katrina Cleanup Efforts
- WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In support to the Federal Emergency Management Agency FEMA the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has been working with local, state and federal partners, to bring relief to the Gulf following Hurricane Katrina. Nearly WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 /U.S. Newswire/ -- In support to the...
- Research articles 2005-09-20
- HURRICANE KATRINA INCIDENT: AREAS OF CONCERN AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Editor's Note: This article is excerpted and edited from Incident Commander George Custer's After Action Review report on his Southern Area "Red" Incident Management Team's Hurricane Katrina assignment. Custer's entire original After Action Review report-along with other incident management teams' hurricane response reports-are available through the WildlandFire Lessons Learned Center...
- Research articles 2006-07-01
- Rensselaer researchers developing model to predict organizational response to extreme events; FEMA, Coast Guard responses to Hurricane Katrina help researchers simulate how organizational characteristics improve or impede emergency management.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-3 November 2006-Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute: Rensselaer researchers developing model to predict organizational response to extreme events; FEMA, Coast Guard responses to Hurricane Katrina help researchers simulate how organizational characteristics improve or impede emergency managementC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03112006 Troy,...
- Research articles 2006-11-03
- Coastal Family Health Center Rises From the Ashes of Hurricane Katrina
- Mississippi Community Health Center Honored as part of the Katrina Phoenix Project COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Biloxi, Mississippi based Coastal Family Health Center was honored today at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society HIMSS Annual Conference and Convention February 25 - March 1, 2007 in New Orleans. That organization's...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
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