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 Chicago Launches Extensive Video Surveillance System Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) will implement an advanced citywide intelligent security system as part of Chicago's Operation Virtual Shield Blind PreparationIf a family enters an emergency room with inflamed lesions covering their bodies, accompanied by fevers and debilitating weakness - symptoms of a chemical or biological attack - the admitting hospital should know who to call and how to treat each family member. That wouldn't always happen, however. Almost six years after 9/11 - after spending billions of tax dollars on disaster preparedness - many cities remain unprepared to respond to a biological or chemical attack, according to several leaders in the public health community. A lack of coherent national policy on biological and chemical weapons preparedness has produced a hodgepodge of ineffective initiatives at the local level, according to critics. Yet others say national standards frequently are ineffective at dictating local issues.
Upcoming Workshop on Credentialing
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Border states to test hybrid IDs
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Tagging, Tracking, Targeting & Mobility GIS in motion: Knowing where something is located can be worthwhile. Knowing where it is going can be really interesting and valuable. The ability to tag, track and target facilitates asset control, safety of personnel, resource distribution and other important functions. Tagging: identifying, labeling or affixing a device to objects in physical or virtual environments which then facilitates… Tracking: monitoring progress of objects or people through environments Targeting: focusing resources to meet requirements or goals in response to environmental factors or desired goals Meeting the requirements of mobility can mean enabling emergency responders remote workers or telecommuters. During an "avian flu" epidemic or hurricane it may mean enabling a workforce away from offices, productive and government operating.
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