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Securing Critical Sectors
From the HSDL, this account of a new report on critical infrastructure by MIT: Keeping America Safe: Toward More Secure Networks for Critical SectorsFiled under: Infrastructure
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U.S. Is Lagging in Infrastructure
The U.S. Has Forgotten How to Do Infrastructure. The nation once built things fast and cheaply. Now experts are puzzled why costs are higher and projects take longer than in other countries. A key...
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Climate Change and Its Effects on Infrastructure
From the WashPost: Phoenix heat, Tropical Storm Cindy show how climate change is a threat to our infrastructureFiled under: Climate Change, Infrastructure
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The Dirty Truth About Disasters
Cities Swimming in Raw Sewage as Hurricanes Overwhelm Systems. Treatment plants unable to cope with influx from Irma, Harvey. Human waste, chemicals sent to waterways by outmatched plantsFiled under:...
View ArticleNew Tool for Setting Recovery Priorities
Northeastern professor creates new way to help cities recover from disasters Northeastern Professor Ozlem Ergun has a new tool to prioritize recovery efforts after a city is hit by an earthquake,...
View ArticleNIST to Study PR Infrastructure Impacts
NIST Launches Study of Hurricane Maria’s Impact on Puerto Rico. The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced it will study the impacts of Hurricane...
View ArticleCatastrophic Power Outage Report
From the National Infrastructure Advisory Council, this report (92 pp.) titled Surviving a Catastrophic Power Outage; How to Strengthen the Capabilities of the Nation. Note that Appendix G addresses...
View ArticleInfrastructure Resilience Planning Framework Under Development
From Govtech: Pilot Will Look at Cascading Consequences During Disaster. The resiliency plan will focus on how critical infrastructure would continue to function post-disaster, e.g., the study could...
View ArticleNew GAO Report on Critical Infrastructure Protection
Critical Infrastructure Protection: Additional Actions Needed to Identify Framework Adoption and Resulting Improvements. GAO-20-299: Feb 25, 2020.
View ArticleHow COVID-19 Could Affect Critical Infrastructure
From HSToday: 1918 Flu Sheds Light on How COVID-19 Could Affect Critical Infrastructure
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