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 The EMSE 232 Disaster Newsletter is produced by the students in the Fall 2002 class EMSE 232: Crisis and Emergency Management at The George Washington University in Washington, DC.  The purpose is to provide its readers with a current perspective of activities in the disaster management field in the United States and around the world.  The Newsletter includes information on current disaster management trends in the areas of research, funding, technologies and consulting.  This information is provided in brief summaries of current activities accompanied by computer link or reference to more detailed information.  

EDITOR’S NOTE:  In this newsletter, we have included two new regular features.  One is a weekly or semiweekly summary prepared by members of EMSE 232: Crisis and Emergency Management that provide a compilation of disaster events from around the world.  While this is not a complete listing of all events that have occurred but we hope that the summaries provided may be useful to our readers.  The second new feature is a series of briefs prepared by members of EMSE 292: Hazard Mitigation in Disaster Management that provide information and references concerning funding sources for local community mitigation efforts in selected Federal departments and agencies.  We hope you find these new features interesting and helpful.
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Table of contents...
Disaster Updates:
- September 2002
- October 2002
- November 2002
- January 2003

Mitigation Efforts Updates:
- Federal Funding for Mitigation
- Report on Mitigation Grants and Programs by the Department of Agriculture

Perspectives:
- Terrorism and the Homeland Security Advisory System (HSAS)
     By Sue Warner

- Personal Reflections on Terrorism By Douglass T. O'Neill

- Perspective by Kate Passow

- A PERSONAL PERCEPTION ON THE RISK OF TERRORISM By Nohemi Zerbi

- Fear, Risk and Reason By Tom Ryan

- My Thoughts on Terrorism By LT MA Then, USN

Business Continuity Planning:
- Disaster Recovery Journal, September 11th and Homeland Security by Andrew McBride

- Disaster Resource Guide By Bob Mellinger

Sept 11 Update:
- An Update of September 11th Assistance and Recovery Programs By Whit Chaiyabhat

Homeland Security:
- Corporation for National and Community Service: Activities in Homeland Security
     By Ann Norwood

- Update on Department of Homeland Security Activities and Schedule for Implementation
     By Ines de Pablo

- An Update on the Appointments for Homeland Security By John B. Delaney Jr.

- Update on Information Technology and Homeland Security by Lori Fagan

- DHS and Natural Hazard Mitigation:  Flood Mitigation Assistance funds transferred to new Department of Homeland Security
     By Jennifer Chang

- Public Safety Officials Await $3.5 Billion in Funding By Randall S. Poulin

Sniper Attacks Update:
- SNIPER AFTERMATH CO$T$ By Tania Brunn

Conferences:
- Upcoming conferences related to Homeland Security by Christine A. Dorr

- Upcoming Hurricane Conferences By Daniel Neal

Gujarat Earthquake:
- GUJARAT EARTHQUAKE – AN UPDATE TWO YEARS LATER By Jim Lane

MEER Project:
- Update on the Marmara Earthquake Emergency Reconstruction (MEER) Project By Tara Leweling

Flood Insurance:
- National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Reinstated after Two-Week Hiatus By Damon Paul Coppola

Terrorism Insurance:
- Report on the Terrorism Insurance Bill By Ana Lucia Hill

Mitigation:
- Recent Activities of the Multihazard Mitigation Council By Brandy Christine (Berker) Keippala

- City of Berkeley, California - Seismic Retrofit Program By David J. Rigby

- The Evolution of Flood Prevention Strategies in the Netherlands By Deana Byard

- The Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters in Central America By Jeff Miller

- HAZUS MULTI-HAZARDS By Joaquin Toro

- Towards A Unified Building Code-The International Code Council (ICC) By Lissa Westerman

- The 25th Anniversary of National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) by Sarp Yeletaysi

- Hazard Mitigation Grant Program By Molly Weber

Corps of Engineers:
- The US Army Corps of Engineering By Falah Al-Mahan

Foreign Disaster Agencies:
- Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) By Erdem Ergin

Guest Perspective:
- DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN HEALTH CARE by Prof. Nilgün SARP PhD (Turkey) Visiting Fulbright Scholar, The George Washington University, Institute for Crises, Disaster and Risk Management