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Table of contents...

Community Preparedness Issues:
- SAFE Conference 
By Adam Jachimowicz

Small Business Administration:
- Update By Andy Levinson
Preparedness:
- Updates to Chapter 7 in Introduction to Emergency Management
By Jessica Pulz
World Trade Center:
- Update of Costs of the Attack By Wyatt Ulrich
International Update:
- Documentation of the activities of the World Bank’s ProVention Consortium
By Laura Rabb
Mitigation:
- A Summary of the Napa Flood Control Project
By Uloaku Echebiri

Homeland Security:
- History of the Department of Homeland Security
By Junko SEKINE

- New legislation affecting the Emergency Management field
By Michael Garner

- Summary of Funding Programs to First Responders
By Anupa Gandhi

- Document the New National Response Plan
By Ulrich Myboto

 Public Health:
- New Plans for the Medical and Public Health Community Response System
By Ross Gartley

Response:
- National Incident Management System
By Larry Stemberger

Communications:
- The Disciplines of Emergency Management – Communications
By David Diec

- Summary of the recently published books and reports on the Anthrax scare
By John Rhodes