http://www.gsnmagazine.com en http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/disaster-recovery/920.html August 1, 2008 Trade associations representing the nationâ€s chemical manufacturers, railroads, chlorine suppliers and rail tank-car builders have petitioned the Department of Transportation to issue new ™interim regulations™ that would allow newly-built rail tank cars that use todayâ€s existing safety technology to be ™grandfathered™ in for the next 25 years. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/disaster-recovery/917.html August 1, 2008 The Food and Drug Administration announced on July 23 a new program in which it will help state, local and tribal governments obtain the laboratory equipment they would need to test fruits, vegetables, juices, milk, fish and other foods for indications of a chemical terrorism event. More... http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/disaster-recovery/895.html July 15, 2008 The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP), a unit of FEMA that is based at the former Fort McClellan in Anniston, AL, wants to identify commercial contractors who can help it develop and manage a broad range of training courses it offers to the nationâ€s first responders. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/disaster-recovery/892.html July 15, 2008 The Coast Guard intends to extend the life of two temporary safety zones that surround the submerged turret-loading buoys about 18 miles offshore, east of Boston, MA, known as the Northeast Gateway Deepwater Port. The buoys enable liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers to unload their gas, so it can be transferred underwater and merged into New Englandâ€s gas pipeline network. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/disaster-recovery/873.html July 7, 2008 FEMA issued a one-sentence solicitation notice last week indicating that it needed to dispose of 478 pallets of ™contaminated food products™ sitting in a warehouse in Fort Worth, TX. But, when pressed by GSN for more details, FEMA eventually said its original description of the food as contaminated was ™inaccurate™ and that a large quantity of Gerber finger foods and snack packs originally intended for the children of Hurricane Katrina victims had been ™exposed to infestation hazards™ and would be ™destroyed through our normal GSA disposal process.™ FEMA said, ™No one consumed the food.™ http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/disaster-recovery/750.html May 12, 2008 There has been a debate for years as to whether an Electro Magnetic Pulse, also known as EMP, could blow out the electrical circuits and computer systems at the Mount Weather Emergency Operations Center in rural Virginia â€" a site to which the president and top government leaders might be relocated in case of a nuclear attack â€" but it now appears that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is actively worried about such a potential EMP threat. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/disaster-recovery/745.html May 12, 2008 President George Bush announced his intention to appoint Thomas Cairns as the Chief Human Capital Officer for the Department of Homeland Security. Prior to this DHS position, Cairns worked in the private sector, where he has more than 30 years of human resource management experience, mkost recently as a senior vice president with NBC Universal responsible for all human resource and labor relations practices, policies and programs within its Media Works â€" Media Technology and Operations unit. http://www.gsnmagazine.com/cms/market-segments/disaster-recovery/739.html May 5, 2008 Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced the appointment of Bradley Buswell to serve as the deputy under secretary for the agencyâ€s Science and Technology Directorate. Prior to joining the department, Buswell served for more than 24 years in the U.S. Navy as a nuclear submarine officer, and also worked as a manager for General Electric Global Research, GEâ€s corporate laboratory. Buswell most recently served as the S&T chief of staff, and was cited by Chertoff for having overseen its dramatic transformation in strategy and operations during the last 18 months.