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Most of CEPP's previous news articles are the result of partnerships created to foster the inventive genius of America's citizens and industries. While the end result of any one accomplishment may be unclear, the result of all of them is crystal: it is progress.

Release Date: July 25, 2008 - The Department of Homeland Security announced approximately $1.8 billion in grants to bolster state, urban area and tribal government efforts to improve the nation’s readiness, response and recovery capabilities for both natural and man-made emergencies. The department will award approximately $3 billion in Fiscal Year 2008, and has provided roughly $25 billion in grants since Fiscal Year 2002 to state, local, and tribal governments, as well as non-profit organizations....read more.

July 3, 2008 - A broad coalition of Denver partners recently announced two new services to better prepare for possible disaster in Denver. The Colorado Emergency Preparedness Partnership (CEPP) now offers a free text or e-mail alerting system to citizens. CEPP Alert provides timely reports from public officials in the case of emergency...sign up now!

(CNN) -- June 2, 2008 - The recent series of disasters in the United States and around the world have resulted in the forced evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people from their homes and have again demonstrated with startling clarity that we are living in a new normal. Russel L. Honoré says Americans must embrace a culture of preparedness for a host of disasters...read more.

April 2, 2008 - BENS - The result? Over the past 25 years—ever since the creation of BENS by former mining executive Stanley Weiss—we’ve strengthened the nation’s security and helped save billions of taxpayer dollars. We’ve helped the Pentagon cut red tape and close old bases, helped the military find faster ways to equip troops with new technologies, and helped the Treasury Department better track terrorist funding. . . read more.

May 15, 2008 - To ensure a resilient homeland in a post-9/11 society, the United States must have a homeland security strategy and federal-state partnerships facilitating intelligence sharing and the continuity of society in the aftermath of an attack. “The Resilient Homeland: How DHS Intelligence Should Empower America. to Prepare for, Prevent, and Withstand Terrorist Attacks”Testimony of Prof. Amos N. Guiora, Professor of Law, S.J. Quinney College of Law, University of Utah. . . read more.

May 1, 2008 - Real Disaster Relief Likely To Come From Local Big-Box Stores, Study Says - May 1, 2008 a major disaster strikes, many rely upon the government for
assistance. A new study by St. Lawrence University Dana Professor of Economics Steven Horwitz suggests that real relief is likely to come from the local big-box chains. The study, from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, stresses that successful disaster relief depends upon responders having detailed knowledge of a local area  . .read more.

July 29, 2007 - Colorado must "make sure our response capability is going to save as many lives as possible," said retired Maj. Gen. Mason Whitney, who ran the Colorado National Guard for seven years. His duties included overseeing the Guard's responses to natural disasters. . .read more.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

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