Pandemic Preparedness: The Driver for Most Suppliers
John F. Morton
January 31, 2007
Question: Is the United States prepared to deal with a biological-warfare attack? Answer: Not yet –
but the nation’s private-sector biotech labs are working closely with state, local, and federal
governments to detect, prevent, and/or deal with an attack.
Wicked Problems, Virtuous Solutions: How to Design a Risk-Based Medical Facility
Michael Allswede
January 24, 2007
The setting of national standards for the personal protective equipment worn and training received by first responders working in a hazardous-materials environment is a positive step forward.
Realities of the Conflict Between Islam and Unbelief, by Shaykh Ayman al-Zawahiri
Laura Mansfield
January 24, 2007
A manfesto. Reprinted as a reminder of the seriousness of the threat. Well worth the time to
read.
Rear Admiral W. Craig Vanderwagen, M.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response andChief Preparedness Officer, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
W. Craig Vanderwagen
January 24, 2007
His views on, among other topics, his department’s disaster-response missions, capabilities, and
accomplishment; the PHS’s team-orientation approach; IRCTs and the HHS “deployable force”; resiliency
& prepositioning; and tsunamis & other natural disasters
The Highway Watch Program: Homeland Security on the Open Road!
Joseph DiRenzo III and Christopher Doane
January 17, 2007
The innovative DHS/ATA “Highway Watch” program enlists tens of thousands of professional drivers as “Irregulars” in the homeland-security volunteer community and, as a bonus, makes the nation’s highways and byways safer for all Americans.
The EMS Community Looks to the Future
Joseph Cahill
January 10, 2007
The era of “us versus them” is over. In times of disasters affecting the entire local population, all private-sector as well as public agencies must pool their resources in a common effort.
Admiral John O. Agwunobi, MD, MBA, MPH, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Domestic Preparedness
January 10, 2007
Pandemic preparedness activities, the department’s Katrina/Rita response efforts, the need for an
“all-hazards” planning and operational mindset, and the planning assistance now available to local
health planners are among the numerous topics covered.
The Highest Priority on the National-Security Agenda
James D. Hessman
January 10, 2007
The early and well-publicized House approval of homeland-security “implementing” legislation is an
encouraging sign that the new Democratic majority has its priorities right. Many political and financial
obstacles must still be overcome, though.
