The nation's largest gathering of legislators and legislative staff for more than 40 years. The Summit is the meeting where Republicans and Democrats come together to work on the nation’s pressing problems, share experiences and influence federal policy. You’ll be inspired—fired-up by inventive ideas, bold solutions, new connections. Take a “deep dive” into critical issues and come up with a roadmap to results. Ne...

THIS IS NOT A TACTICAL TRAINING COURSE Given today's ever-changing threat environement, preparing for and training employees to cope with workplace violence should be a key piece of an organization's incident response planning. A Unique Training Opportunity The University of Washington adn the National Protection and Programs Directorate Office of Infrastructure Protection within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are hosting a one-day S...

The 5th Annual HAZUS Conference will be held August 10-12, 2011 at the Henry M. Jackson Federal Building at 915 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA. The Hazus Conference, sponsored by FEMA Mitigation Division is the premier risk assessment conference for GIS specialists, emergency managers, geologists, state/local planners, educators and private entities that are using Hazus for decision-making and response planning. This year’s conference will include...

The face of emergency management today has never been more complex! The All-Hazards, All-Stakeholders Summit will address the natural and man-made hazards facing the Seattle area — fires, floods, terror events — and address best practices in preparing for and mitigating these crises. Prepared organizations must not only plan internally, but must reach out to their “silos” to integrate planning with divergent and multi-d...