"Organizations understand the need for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery in the face of natural, man-made and pandemic disasters. But what about Business Resiliency, which brings together multiple disciplines to ensure minimal disruption in the wake of a disaster? Business Resiliency is the combination of Crisis Management, Incident Response, Business Continuance and Disaster Recovery into one succinct set of processes and capabilities...

Washington Breakfast Club™ (WBC) is a monthly information exchange which features legislators, agency executives and officials from all branches of federal government presenting on relevant and timely information to interested industry participants.For the November 2009 WBC we are pleased to welcome our friend Mary Parks of the U.S.General Services Administration who was selected as Deputy Associate Administrator of GSA’s Office of...

Each year, NEMA's two national conferences provide a forum to discuss national and regional emergency management strategies with other emergency management professionals from around the country and experts in the field.The conferences focus on policy development, emergency management concerns, legislative issues and federal relations. They give attendees the opportunity to hear, first-hand, the latest on issues that impact your agency's progra...