Features Item : The Energy Industry Defends Itself We put plans in place to increase the monitoring of all our key facilities. This event had similarities to y2k preparation because we essentially were http://www.energyusernews.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Ite
Extractions: All BNP Media TheNEWS ASI Appliance Design Assembly CeramicIndustry CircuiTree CommercialFloorCare DairyFoods EDC EngineeredSystems FCI FoodEngineering ICS IndustrialHeating ISHN NationalDriller NationalFloorTrends NutraSolutions IPP PackagingStrategies PCI PMEngineer PlumbingMechanical PointOfBeginning PollutionEngineering PreparedFoods PCE ProcessHeating Quality ReevesJournal RoofingContractor SDM Security SNIPS StoneWorld-CSTD SupplyHouseTimes Tile WallsCeilings WorldTrade EUN: : On the morning of September 11, we all woke up to a terrible tragedy. Many of us soon started to think about some of the other vulnerable targets in America. I thought of some of the utility installations throughout the country. Is there a sense at TXU and at other utilities that we have entered a new era in how we look at the value of utility installations? FARELL: : Well, you know, Kevin, electric and gas service and all the services we provide are essential services. They're a key component of America's economic engine and our way of life, our economic well being. Security and service reliability have always been priorities for us. So, I think this incident underscores essentially what we already felt in terms of the importance of security and reliability to our industry.
July 1999 Observer, Part 4 The y2k event poses a unique opportunity to examine how perceptions of risk Most notably, it outlines a natural hazards lesson plan for grades five http://www.colorado.edu/hazards/o/julyo99/julyo99d.htm
Extractions: Decisions on alternative options often involve risks and uncertainties. Should we buy flood insurance or would we rather save the money? Do we prefer a high-risk or a low-risk stock market investment? Do we choose surgery or chemotherapy? This research project examines how people automatically search, select, and use social and communicational cues under real-world constraints to determine their risk behavior. Previous research has shown that people are sensitive to kinship, anonymity, group size and constitution, and phrasing of choice options. This study will test responses to choices between options, such as life versus money, with different expected values, different payoffs, different samples of participants, different task conditions, under both positive and negative framing, and cross-culturally. Public Perception of Risk and Risk Management.
Top Stories At The University Of Western Ontario Although no y2k problems were apparent at Western when the world welcomed emergency plan, said Specht, noting that the current strategy was last revised http://communications.uwo.ca/western_news/story.html?listing_id=1799
Looking Beyond The Millennium Bug - May 1999 Steve Henderson talked confidently about Nebraska s future plans for Despite ongoing worries, y2k has taught states valuable lessons that can be used in http://www.govtech.net/magazine/story.php?id=94592&issue=5:1999
EMI SIG 2003 Abstracts, Slides, And Photos How do we integrate planning from y2k, 9/11, and Homeland Security/SECONs with This session addressed improvements in emergency event classification and http://www.orau.gov/emi/events/2003 Meeting/Presentations.htm
Extractions: Jim Fairobent , DOE Office of Emergency Management, NA-41 [BACK TO TOP] Lessons Learned from Recent OA Assessments Much has transpired since the requirements base for DOE/NNSA emergency management was written. In an era when risk-informed planning is a key, how do we balance the theoretical, calculated, and empirical risks? How do we integrate planning from Y2K, 9/11, and Homeland Security/SECONs with our Work Smart Standards? What or who is the integration driver for this new era in EM/disaster recovery/business continuity? Who will measure readiness and against what standards? For LLNL, the codified program is just emerging.
Policy Projects Of The CMS The Arlington Institute, Global Action Plan, and Project Joseph; all groups at y2k Grass Roots Movements To hold a series of seminars and events http://www.mille.org/people/rlpages/y2katCMS.html
Extractions: Y2K and Millennialism The Approach of the CMS Richard Landes February 1999 Background: Y2K represents one of the most extraordinary phenomena in the history of recorded civilization: So far the two liveliest community responses to Y2K at the level of citizen-commoner (as opposed to the technical and managerial levels), have been from the evangelical-fundamentalist Christian and New Age communities. Each in its own way, has a millennial response to a perceived apocalyptic threat: Each sees Y2K as a looming threat of huge proportions (this, in opposition to the majority of people who see Y2K as a minor glitch) Each views the call as one that will galvanize a spiritualization of social relations along lines it has long wanted to see Each hopes to start a mass, global movement Within the ranks of each are those who feel that, among the ranks of the other group lie the forces of darkness and destruction that are responsible for our current predicament
NERCOMP Workshop: Disaster Recovery disaster recovery plan gained more notoriety as y2k approached and the events of The following five days of recovery provided critical lessons in http://www.nercomp.org/sigs/0506/100605Disaster/DisasterSched.html
Extractions: Creation and implementation of an effective disaster recovery plan gained more notoriety as Y2K approached and the events of 9/11/01 brought renewed focus on the need to protect information resources and provide alternative paths to continue the most critical of organizational functions. Recent federal regulations such as HIPAA and Gramm-Leach-Bliley require contingency plans to be in place for recovering business functions in the case of a security disaster. This workshop will present real world experiences in the risk analysis and planning process as well as how BCP differs from DRP and fits into the world of academe. Examples of testing existing plans and the experiences of one school who recently survived a disaster will also be presented.
Y2K Offers Wealth Of Lessons Making The Net Work y2k offers wealth of lessons By Tamara E. Holmes, 1 orthe hype fizzles into anonevent, y2k has proven from an economic standpoint http://www.usatoday.com/tech/columnist/cctam004.htm
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Post-y2k Mea Culpa Why was y2k a virtual nonevent? Why was there no pre-y2k crash? This was abattle bound to be lost, was not part of The Plan and became futile after http://www.angelfire.com/or/truthfinder/beyondy2k.html
Extractions: Home Page: http://www.angelfire.com/or/truthfinder Janurary 5, 2000 "Confidence comes from not always being right but from not fearing to be wrong" Peter McIntire "We credit scarcely any person with good sense except those who are of our opinion" La Roche Foucald "The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook" William James "It's a rash man who reaches a conclusion before he gets to it" Jacob Levin "We owe a debt of thanks to the people who sounded the early alarms on Y2K. Had there been no alarmists, the Y2K disaster would have been huge, because just 24 months ago there was widespread ignorance and denial of the problem." John Koskinen Y2K Czar (1/2/2000) It is an absolute, pleasant surprise to arrive on the other side of the millennium not only unscathed, but to experience the utter joy and satisfaction of the world-wide celebrations that seemed to pull all of humanity into a unified sense of collective euphoria! Heck, even the weather was perfect! To witness this once-in-a-lifetime event come to pass in such a positive manner is quite inspirational to say the least.
Solar Cycle Update On February 6 the brightest solar flare of the current cycle erupted. The Xclass event (10 times bigger than an M-class flare) caused radio blackouts for http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2000/ast22mar_1m.htm
Extractions: Science@NASA Home March 22, 2000 On New Years Day, 2000, technophiles breathed a sign of relief when the feared Y2K computer bug proved to be a dud. Cell phones still worked, bank accounts were balanced, airplanes took off and landed safely. But was the reprieve only temporary? The solar maximum dubbed the "real Y2K problem" by some pundits is due to arrive in mid-2000. By triggering power blackouts and communications disruptions, solar activity could cause some of the same problems that raised fears at the beginning of the year. Sign up for our EXPRESS SCIENCE NEWS delivery Above: This animation shows a coronal mass ejection (CME) erupting from the Sun on March 19-20, 2000. Around the time of the solar maximum, CMEs like these are observed nearly every day. When they are directed at Earth they can cause geomagnetic disturbances including beautiful auroras. These data were captured by the C3 coronagraph on the NASA/ESA Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) A 1996 panel of solar physicists reached the consensus that the peak sunspot number in 2000 would register 160, plus or minus 30. Currently at 130, the maximum is "clinging to the bottom side" of their predictions. The "day-to-day the numbers fluctuate wildly" and there is a slim possibility of an intensification in the next few months, says Hathaway.
Current Situation Analysis & Improvement Planning Continuous Improvement Plan for the US Department of Energy s Office of FossilEnergy, During this step, the current CH design was reviewed. http://www.icfconsulting.com/Services/Change_Management/cmt-assess-2.asp
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New Page 2 Peninsula Light Company Preparedness Plan Lessons learned from 96/97 winter storms Progress to date current efforts Lessons learned Future activities http://www.naem.com/connection/articles/washington.html
Extractions: Bellevue Fire Department, Bellevue Washington Two outstanding conferences are planned for Washington State. The "Partners in Preparedness" conference is sponsored by Western Washington Emergency Network, Washington State Department of Emergency Management, Washington State Emergency Managers Association, State Emergency Response Commission and Private Sector Sponsorship. This conference is the largest of its kind in the State, with an attendance of over 500 participants last year. The conference planning committee is made up of members of both public and private sector and provides conference training opportunities for business and industry and public, private and non-profit agencies. The conference provides 60 separate classes. Attendees can choose classes that cover a diverse range of topics such as disaster planning, employee training; disaster stress management; hazardous materials threats; communications; mutual aid contracts; media relations; the threats of terrorism; volcanoes; sheltering; emergency operations center development and management; and assisting people with disabilities. Hands on training modeled from the Community Emergency Response Team The "Partners in Preparedness" Conference will be held on March 30 through April 1, 1999 at the Bellevue Double Tree Hotel in Bellevue Washington. For more information, contact Shad Burcham at King County Emergency Management at (206) 205-8106.
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Transcript 5/26/99 Tech Arena Presentation Using this approach to developing your Lessons Learned, Plan AHEAD organizes Rick Tobin Leo, is your software ready for y2k? Leo Frishberg Plan AHEAD http://www.emforum.org/varena/lc990526.htm
Extractions: Cliffside Software, Inc The original unedited transcript of the May 26, 1999 Tech arena presentation is available in EIIP been edited for easier reading and comprehension. Typos were corrected, date/time/names attributed by the software to each input were deleted but the content of questions and responses are as stated by each participant. Answers from the participants to questions by the audience are grouped beneath the appropriate question to facilitate meaning. [Opening] Amy Sebring: Welcome to the EIIP Tech Arena! For the benefit of our first-timers, when you see a blue web address, you can click on it and the referenced Web page should appear in a browser window. After the first one, the browser window may not automatically come to the top, so you may need to bring it forward by clicking on a button at the status bar at the bottom of your screen. [Introduction] Today we are pleased to welcome Leo Frishberg, COO of Cliffside Software, Inc. assisted in the background by Michael, President. Both of these gentlemen have extensive experience with exercise design, and have taken the benefit of that experience to design a product to help others, Plan AHEAD.
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Extractions: In this section: EP Digest Archive EP Digest - Back Issues Feature Article April - June 1999 National contingency planning for Y2K Brad Mann In terms of complexity, scope and potential impact on virtually every aspect of Canadian society, the challenge facing the Year 2000 National Contingency Planning Group (NCPG) is unprecedented. Operating under the auspices of the Department of National Defence, the NCPG is responsible for developing national-level Y2K contingency plans relating to Canada's critical infrastructure electricity, hydro, gas and oil, transportation, security, essential services such as 911, ambulance, health care, financial institutions, the food industry and territorial integrity. Three critical phases As the NCPG Federal Coordinator, Paul Thibault readily admits that his organization has taken on a task for which there is no template or existing model. "What we have been focusing on, in the first instance, are three critical phases of activity, starting with the development of a national infrastructure risk assessment," states Mr. Thibault. In order to gain what Mr. Thibault terms the "first real snap shot" regarding Canada's national infrastructure, the NCPG had a questionnaire prepared using Gartner Group methodology, to ensure that the approach being used was both recognized and consistent. He notes that the questionnaire addresses two functions. "It looks at the criticality of the infrastructure as well as the probability of compliance, failure or something happening. Our next step is then to farm out this questionnaire a process that is really complex and complicated because, to get the information you need, you have to deal not only with the federal government but provincial governments, municipalities, industries and so forth. Everybody has a piece of the pie and everybody is cooperating in providing this information," he adds.
Focus On Patient Safety On-Line Journal Plan Now to Attend the NPSF Patient Safety Congress, Lets Get On With It! Lessons from the Sharp End Components of Successful Patient Safety Work http://www.npsf.org/html/Focus.html
