Popular Categories
Risk Communication Workgroup February Report
On Feb. 5, the Risk Communication Workgroup held a video meeting to hear from three guest speakers, Nidhi Bouri of UPMC Center for...
Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin
NACCHO Hosts George Washington University Students for Policy Scholars Program
Over the past several months, NACCHO staff have developed a Policy Scholars Program that provides graduate-level students with the...
Feb 11, 2014 | Sara Rubin
Georgetown Climate Center’s Workshop on Supporting State and Local Adaptation...
On Jan. 31, NACCHO staff attended the Supporting State and Local Adaptation through Existing Federal Programs: Water Infrastructure...
Feb 10, 2014 | Justin Snair
Incident Management Workgroup January Report
NACCHO’s Incident Management Workgroup held two calls this month. The first, on Jan. 6, was an abbreviated call to go over the...
Jan 31, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
ASTHO/NEMA EMAC Advisory Committee and Joint Policy Workgroup Meetings
Date: December 17-18, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher Member Representative: John Degnan (Dec 18) Highlights: The National...
Jan 10, 2014 | Scott Fisher
Informal Coalition on Biodefense
Date: December 12, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher Member Representative: N/A Highlights: NACCHO participated in a meeting of...
Jan 10, 2014 | Scott Fisher
Incident Management Workgroup December Report
The Incident Management Workgroup held its monthly call on Dec. 9. The National Emergency Management Association’s...
Jan 06, 2014 | Rachel Schulman
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement (PPOM) Workgroup December Report
Chairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel The PPOM held its monthly call on Dec. 10. The group discussed Public...
Jan 06, 2014 | Resham Patel
December Government Affairs Update
On Dec. 10, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced a...
Dec 24, 2013 | Guest Author
Risk Communication Workgroup February ReportOn Feb. 5, the Risk Communication Workgroup held a video meeting to hear from three guest speakers, Nidhi Bouri of UPMC Center for Health Security, Jenine Harris of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, and Jan Wilhoit of NACCHO to discuss newly released social media studies and […] Feb 19, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
NACCHO Hosts George Washington University Students for Policy Scholars ProgramOver the past several months, NACCHO staff have developed a Policy Scholars Program that provides graduate-level students with the opportunity to draft policy statements on behalf of NACCHO, work with staff members to receive feedback, and then present the statement to the appropriate NACCHO workgroup for review. Students have the opportunity to learn about a […] Feb 11, 2014 | Sara Rubin |
Georgetown Climate Center’s Workshop on Supporting State and Local Adaptation through Existing Federal Programs: Water InfrastructureOn Jan. 31, NACCHO staff attended the Supporting State and Local Adaptation through Existing Federal Programs: Water Infrastructure workshop hosted by Georgetown Climate Center (GCC). GCC is a nonpartisan organization that seeks to advance effective climate, energy, and transportation policies in the United States by supporting policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help communities... Feb 10, 2014 | Justin Snair |
Incident Management Workgroup January ReportNACCHO’s Incident Management Workgroup held two calls this month. The first, on Jan. 6, was an abbreviated call to go over the process and responsibilities for conducting reviews of applications submitted to NACCHO’s Model Practices program. Workgroup members were assigned one to two applications on incident management-related topics to review by the end of January. […] Jan 31, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
ASTHO/NEMA EMAC Advisory Committee and Joint Policy Workgroup MeetingsDate: December 17-18, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher Member Representative: John Degnan (Dec 18) Highlights: The National Emergency Management Association (NEMA) convened its Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC) Advisory Committee and Joint Policy Workgroup on consecutive days. The membership of these groups includes representatives from Federal agencies, national associations,... Jan 10, 2014 | Scott Fisher |
Informal Coalition on BiodefenseDate: December 12, 2013 Staff Representative: Scott Fisher Member Representative: N/A Highlights: NACCHO participated in a meeting of the Informal Coalition on Biodefense, which includes representatives from American Academy of Pediatrics, Alliance for Biosecurity, Trust for America’s Health, and several other organizations. The purpose of the meeting was to recap activities, such as joint... Jan 10, 2014 | Scott Fisher |
Incident Management Workgroup December ReportThe Incident Management Workgroup held its monthly call on Dec. 9. The National Emergency Management Association’s (NEMA’s) Executive Director joined the call to discuss the organization’s work in public health preparedness and response. NEMA also highlighted potential opportunities for collaboration with NACCHO, such as work on Emergency Management Assistance Compact... Jan 06, 2014 | Rachel Schulman |
Preparedness Planning, Outcomes, and Measurement (PPOM) Workgroup December ReportChairs: Steve Huleatt & Steve Englender; Staff: Resham Patel The PPOM held its monthly call on Dec. 10. The group discussed Public Health Emergency Preparedness (PHEP) Capability 1: Community Preparedness. The discussion focused on specific priorities and areas of concerns for LHDs, including jurisdiction risk assessments, vulnerable populations, and community engagement. NACCHO staff updated... Jan 06, 2014 | Resham Patel |
December Government Affairs UpdateOn Dec. 10, Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-WA) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) announced a deal had been reached to reduce the amount of budget cuts in FY2014 and FY2015 and extend government funding past the current deadline of Jan. 15. The bill, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, reduces […] Dec 24, 2013 | Guest Author |
Subscribe Today
Sign Up for the E-mail Digests
Create an account or login to MyNACCHO and go to "My Subscriptions."
SUBSCRIBE NOW
