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S. Rept. 117-82: Good AI Act of 2021, Report to Accompany S. 3035, Including Cost Estimate of the Congressional Budget Office, February 28, 2022
From the Purpose and Summary: "S. 3035, the Government Ownership and Oversight of Data in Artificial Intelligence Act, or the 'GOOD AI Act,' requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in consultation with a newly established Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hygiene Working Group, to develop acquisition guidance to protect privacy and civil liberties, address data ownership, and secure AI systems against misuse. Such risk mitigation measures will allow the federal government to realize the benefits of these technologies in improving operations while better securing the United States' economy and national security and protecting Americans from harm."
United States. Government Publishing Office
2022-02-28
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Rapid COVID-19 State of Vaccine Confidence Insights Report: 'SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variant' (November 24 - 29, 2021)
From the Document: "This is a special rapid State of Vaccine Confidence Insights Report addressing public and media reactions to the discovery of a new SARS-CoV-2 [Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2] variant, B.1.1.529 [Omicron]. This report employs the same methods and inputs from the COVID-19 [Coronavirus Disease 2019] State of Vaccine Confidence Insights Report, yet specifically seeks to better understand consumers' perceptions and sentiments around the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant. The report details threats to COVID-19 vaccine confidence, content gaps and information voids, circulating mis- and disinformation, and relevant action steps. The information in this report is a snapshot from November 24, 2021, through November 29, 2021."
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2021-12-09
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March 18, 2022: COVID-19-associated Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron Variant Predominance, by Race/Ethnicity and Vaccination Status -- COVID-NET, 14 States, July 2021-January 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This Early Release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]-associated Hospitalizations Among Adults During SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] Delta and Omicron Variant Predominance, by Race/Ethnicity and Vaccination Status -- COVID-NET, 14 States." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-03-18
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Management Alert - Immediate Removal of All Detainees from the Torrance County Detention Facility
From the Background: "ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] is required to comply with detention standards and establish an environment that protects the health, safety, and rights of detainees. As mandated by Congress, we conduct unannounced inspections of ICE detention facilities to ensure compliance with detention standards. [...] From February 1, 2022, to February 3, 2022, we conducted an unannounced, in-person inspection of Torrance to determine whether it complied with the 2011 PBNDS ['Performance Based National Detention Standards']. [...] During our inspection, we found such egregious conditions in the facility that we are issuing this management alert to notify ICE. We have determined that ICE must take immediate steps to address the critical facility staffing shortages and unsanitary living conditions that have led to health and safety risks for detainees at Torrance."
United States. Department of Homeland Security. Office of Inspector General
2022-03-16
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EMR-ISAC: InfoGram, Volume 22 Issue 11, March 17, 2022
The Emergency Management and Response Information Sharing and Analysis Center's (EMR-ISAC) InfoGram is a weekly publication of information concerning the protection of critical infrastructures relevant to members of the Emergency Services Sector. This issue includes the following articles: "2022 Firefighter Safety Stand Down theme and educational resources now available"; "Updated Chemical Companion software provides decision support for hazardous chemical response"; "NIST [National Institute of Standards and Technology] releases Ransomware Profile and Quick Start Guide to help organizations manage ransomware risks"; "Talking TIM [traffic incident management] webinar: Outreach, tethered drones, and video analytics help ensure safe response to traffic incidents"; "Mitigating threats posed by Russian state-sponsored cyber actors' exploitation of default multifactor authentication protocol and 'PrintNightmare' vulnerability"; "What cyber incident reporting rules mean for critical infrastructure"; "SLTT [state, local, tribal, and territorial] perspectives to inform the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program"; and "The Kronos effect: Addressing mission-critical processes for healthcare continuity".
Emergency Management and Response-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (U.S.)
2022-03-17
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney [July 20, 2011]
In this July 20, 2011 Press Briefing, Secretary Jay Carney answers questions on President Obama's phone call to Senate Majority Leader Reid, Speaker Boehner, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and House Minority Leader Pelosi regarding the current deficit reduction negotiations; the U.S. position on Libya and Qaddafi; the Gang of Six plan for deficit reduction; and the approaching August 2nd deadline for the debt ceiling.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2011-07-20
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney [July 21, 2011]
In this July 21, 2011 Press Briefing, Secretary Jay Carney answers questions on current negotiations toward a deficit reduction solution, the various possible areas where spending cuts could be made to reach a budget solution, President Obama's opinion that the debit solution must be more permanent and long term for the overall good of the United States Economy, the approaching August 2nd deadline to raise the debt ceiling, recent developments in Syria, and the President's conversations with the Gang of Six in reference to reaching a debt reduction solution.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2011-07-21
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney [July 19, 2011]
In this July 19, 2011 press briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney answers questions on the current status of the debit and budget deficit talks; the Gang of Six/Seven debt resolution and its effect on the House Republican caucus at large; the importance of a bipartisan balanced approach to the debit issue; the McConnell backup plan for budget deficit reduction; possible changes to Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security; the current transition process to Syrian democracy; and Secretary Clinton's Libyan contact meeting.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2011-07-19
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Weekly Address: Working Together to Meet our Fiscal Challenges [July 9, 2011]
In his July 9, 2011 Weekly Address, "President Obama calls on both parties to come together during this unique moment to find a significant, balanced approach to deficit reduction that lets us live within our means without hurting investments our economy needs to grow and create jobs." Obama states that a bipartisan approach to the deficit problem is imperative to protecting the U.S. economy and job market.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
Obama, Barack
2011-07-09
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MMWR Early Release: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, March 18, 2022: Effectiveness of mRNA Vaccination in Preventing COVID-19-associated Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Death -- United States, March 2021-January 2022, March 18, 2022
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Series is prepared by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [It] is the agency's primary vehicle for scientific publication of timely, reliable, authoritative, accurate, objective, and useful public health information and recommendations. This Early Release issue of MMWR contains the following article: "Effectiveness of mRNA [Messenger Ribonucleic Acid] Vaccination in Preventing COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019]-Associated Invasive Mechanical Ventilation and Death -- United States, March 2021-January 2022." Notifiable Diseases and Mortality Tables from MMWR can be accessed at the following link [http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/index2022.html].
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
2022-03-18
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney [July 26, 2011]
In this July 26, 2011 Press Briefing Secretary Jay Carney answers questions on the current debt solution debate going on in Congress, the approaching August 2nd deadline, possible consequences of a Government default on debt, the variety of possible solutions to the debt ceiling issue from various Congress members, the current state of the United States Economy and job market, and the effects of a Governmental debt default on international relations.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2011-07-26
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney [July 18, 2011]
In this July 18, 2011 press briefing, Press Secretary Jay Carney provides information and takes questions on the current Congressional debt reduction talks, the consumer financial protection board, the deficit reduction package, and the payroll tax cut's effects on American Citizens.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2011-07-18
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Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney [August 2, 2011]
In his August 1, 2011 Press Briefing, Secretary Jay Carney announces that President Obama will participate in commemorative services for the 10 year anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in lower Manhattan, New York; Shanksville, Pennsylvania; and the Pentagon in Northern Virginia. Press Secretary Carney continues on to answers questions about the debt deficit debates on Capitol Hill.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2011-08-02
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Press Conference by the President [July 15, 2011]
In this July 15, 2011 press conference, President Obama speaks about the current budget crisis. He states that raising the debt ceiling will only address part of the problem and that active changes in spending policy are needed to fix the "underlying debt and deficits".
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
Obama, Barack
2011-07-15
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Press Gaggle by Press Secretary Jay Carney aboard Air Force One En Route San Diego, California [September 26, 2011]
In this September 26, 2011 press gaggle, Press Secretary Jay Carney answers questions regarding: the possible October 1, 2011 government shut down, the fact that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Disaster Relief Fund will be depleted by the end of the fiscal year, the shooting in the U.S. embassy in Kabul, current progress in the Presidential debates, the effects of climate change on severe weather patterns, the U.S. credit rating and deficit, and President Obama's feelings toward leadership changes in Russia.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2011-09-26
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Remarks by the President on the Status of Debt Ceiling Negotiations [July 29, 2011]
In his July 29, 2011 remarks President Obama speaks on the status of the negotiations regarding the debt ceiling crisis. Obama states that any solution to the urgent debt crisis must be a balanced bipartisan approach which involves both spending cuts and revenues. He continues to say that it is imperative both Democrats and Republicans work together to solve this issue for the good of the American people. Lastly, Obama urges citizens to contact their members of Congress to keep the "pressure on Washington".
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2011-07-29
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Remarks by the President [July 31, 2011]
In his July 31, 2011 remarks, President Obama announces that leaders of both the Democratic and Republican parties in the Senate and the House of Representatives have reached an agreement that will reduce the National budget deficit and avoid a default on credit. The first part of the deal involves cutting about $1 trillion in spending over the next 10 years. The second part of the deal designates that a bipartisan committee of Congress report back by November with a proposal to further reduce the deficit. The report will then be put before the entire Congress for an official vote.
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
Obama, Barack
2011-07-31
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Readout of President Obama's Video Teleconference with President Karzai [June 8, 2011]
In President Obama's video teleconference with Afghan President Karzai, the two discuss the influence of Osama Bin Laden's death on counter terrorism efforts and regional dynamics, the cooperative agreement on Afghan-led reconciliation, efforts to create a lasting partnership between the U.S. and Afghanistan; and the progress towards Afghan leadership for security. "Obama also expresses his sympathy over the civilian losses in the Helmand area of Afghanistan. Both leaders acknowledge that the Taliban are responsible for a great majority of civilian losses."
United States. Office of the White House Press Secretary
2011-06-08
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Suddenly Becoming a 'Virtual Doctor': Experiences of Psychiatrists Transitioning to Telemedicine During the COVID-19 Pandemic
From the Objective: "In response to the COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic, many psychiatrists have rapidly transitioned to telemedicine. A qualitative study was conducted to understand how this dramatic change in delivery has impacted care, including how telemedicine was provided by psychiatrists, barriers encountered, and plans for the future. The aim was o inform the ongoing COVID-19 response and pass on lessons learned to psychiatrists who are starting to offer telemedicine."
American Psychiatric Association
Uscher-Pines, Lori; Sousa, Jessica; Raja, Pushpa . . .
2020-05-05?
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Experiences of Community Health Centers in Expanding Telemedicine
From the Description: "'Telemedicine,' or the provision of health care services at a distance by means of telecommunications technology, can improve access to care by bringing medical care into communities with limited access to providers or facilities, reduce wait times, and improve convenience. However, when telemedicine is offered in safety-net settings, it tends to be a low-volume service. To explore this issue, the California Health Care Foundation invested in the Sustainable Models of Telehealth in the Safety Net (SMTSN) initiative, which was in place from 2017 to 2020 and provided funding for telemedicine staff for 24 months. RAND researchers evaluated the experiences of health centers that participated in the initiative. Although the SMTSN initiative and this evaluation occurred before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically altered the regulation, reimbursement, and use of telemedicine services across the health care system in spring 2020, the findings presented in this report are relevant to health centers that are trying to rapidly expand telemedicine in response to the pandemic. Also, the barriers and strategies identified in the evaluation are likely to have ongoing relevance once some of the changes in place for the duration of the emergency are rolled back."
RAND Corporation
Uscher-Pines, Lori; Sousa, Jessica; Palimaru, Alina I. (Alina Ionela) . . .
2020
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Case for a Telemedicine Coordinator: Lessons Learned from the Sustainable Models of Telemedicine in the Safety Net Initiative
From the Description: "This brief report offers lessons learned about telemedicine staffing and the coordinator role from the experience of nine community health centers in California that participated in the Sustainable Models of Telehealth in the Safety Net (SMTSN) initiative, which was funded by the California Health Care Foundation. As part of the SMTSN initiative, which aimed to support community health centers in increasing telemedicine volume, most participating health centers hired telemedicine coordinators or maintained someone in a coordinator role. The health centers tailored the coordinator role to what was needed based on each center's unique staffing and telemedicine models. Experiences with the coordinator role might be informative for health care settings that are planning for or currently implementing clinic-based telemedicine programs."
RAND Corporation
Sousa, Jessica; Palimaru, Alina I. (Alina Ionela); Ober, Allison J. . . .
2020
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Promising Practices for Telemedicine Implementation
From the Webpage: "As part of the Sustainable Models of Telehealth in the Safety Net initiative process evaluation, staff from health centers in California described numerous promising practices that facilitated telemedicine implementation. In the context of the initiative, a 'promising practice' was defined as a practice that shows potential to support the growth and sustainability of telemedicine programs in safety-net settings. Promising practices are associated with successful outcomes in certain circumstances. However, there is not yet sufficient evidence to prove that they will be effective across settings. The practices discussed in this report fall into the following categories: practices to reduce or manage no-shows, practices to facilitate communication between primary care providers and specialists, practices for negotiating favorable contracts with telemedicine providers, practices to reduce obligations for on-site staff, practices to improve patient buy-in for telemedicine, practices to improve provider buy-in for telemedicine, practices to improve sustainability, and miscellaneous practices."
RAND Corporation
Palimaru, Alina I. (Alina Ionela); Sousa, Jessica; Ober, Allison J. . . .
2020
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Climate-Related Extreme Weather Events and COVID-19: A First Look at the Number of People Affected by Intersecting Disasters
From the Summary: "The ongoing COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic is an unprecedented humanitarian crisis which intersects with the global climate emergency. Climate change has not stopped in the midst of the pandemic's global spread. In fact, COVID-19 is directly affecting and increasing the needs of persons affected by climate-related disasters. People in the path of extreme weather events are currently faced with overlapping disasters with compounding effects. [...] This paper aims to provide a preliminary analysis of the number of people jointly affected by COVID-19 and climate-related disasters - demonstrating the multi-layered nature of these crises and highlighting the compounded vulnerability faced by communities."
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies; Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre; Global Heat Health Information Network
Walton, Dan; Aalst, Maarten K. van
2020-09
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EU Development Policy as a Crisis-Response Tool? Prospects and Challenges for Linking the EU's COVID-19 Response to the Green Transition
From the Executive Summary: "The COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] pandemic hit the world at a time when the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss are becoming increasingly visible and require urgent action to prevent irreversible damage. The pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing socio-economic inequalities, with a particularly negative impact on developing countries. An effective European Union (EU) development policy response needs to go beyond an immediate response and confront the more complex challenge of having to balance short-term recovery and longer-term transformation towards global sustainable development. This paper assesses the preferences of EU institutions and member states in defining a development policy response to the pandemic and its implications. It focuses on two research questions: (1) What are the strategies of the EU and its member states to link the short-term recovery of the pandemic with longer-term socio-ecological transformations in their development policies? (2) How does the pandemic affect dynamics within and between the EU and the member states? The paper's analysis is based on a combination of a literature review, document analysis and semi-structured interviews."
German Development Institute
Koch, Svea; Friesen, Ina; Keijzer, Niels
2021
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Disaster Assistance: USDA and SBA Could Do More to Help Aquaculture and Nursery Producers, Report to the Chair, Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, U.S. Senate
From the Highlights: "Farmers and other agricultural producers are exposed to natural disasters, such as droughts, floods, hurricanes, and tornadoes. In the aftermath of such events, FSA [Farm Service Agency] and SBA [Small Business Administration] disaster assistance programs can provide an important safety net for these producers. However, after past natural disasters, industry groups and others have raised concerns that some small agricultural producers--particularly aquaculture (such as farmed fish and shellfish) and nursery (such as trees and plants) producers--reported being ineligible to obtain this assistance. GAO [Government Accountability Office] was asked to (1) examine FSA and SBA disaster assistance programs and the coverage they provide to small producers; (2) identify the main factors, if any, that may limit small aquaculture and nursery producers' participation in these disaster assistance programs; and (3) examine FSA and SBA efforts to collaborate in providing such assistance to these producers. GAO reviewed the 10 FSA and SBA disaster assistance programs that become available following a natural disaster and that provide direct financial assistance or loans to these producers, interviewed agency officials and industry representatives, and reviewed agency documents and regulations. GAO recommends that USDA [U.S. Department of Agriculture] and SBA [Small Business Administration] target outreach to small aquaculture and nursery producers, for example, by building on existing outreach, and develop a strategy to formally collaborate on disaster assistance for such producers. USDA and SBA generally concurred with GAO's recommendations."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2012-09
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Better Path Forward for Criminal Justice
From the Introduction: "U.S. criminal justice figures continue to make us numb, elected officials and citizens alike. Yes, we know the U.S. incarcerates more people per capita than any other country in the world. Yes, we know that when we rank the per capita rate of incarcerations, the U.S. is followed closely by countries like El Salvador and Turkmenistan. We know that our recidivism rates are too high, and that we police our racial/ethnic minority communities too much and too often with tragic results. We know our fellow citizens, mainly people of color, living in those communities continue to suffer from higher rates of crime and police violence. And, lastly, we know these conditions prevail even though U.S. crime rates have fallen to 50-year lows (even considering the recent COVID [coronavirus disease]-era surge) making America about as safe as it was in the 1950s. [...] The essays in this volume are intended to provide policymakers in Congress and the Biden Administration with research-grounded guidance and insight on core issues and strategies that can sustain bipartisan support for critically needed criminal justice reforms."
Brookings Institution; American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Ray, Rashawn; Orrell, Brent; Bushway, Shawn . . .
2021-04
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Maritime Security: Substantial Work Remains to Translate New Planning Requirements into Effective Port Security, Report to Congressional Requesters [Revised July 2, 2004]
The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002, as implemented by the Coast Guard, calls for owners and operators of about 3,150 port facilities (such as shipping terminals or factories with hazardous materials) and about 9,200 vessels (such as cargo ships, ferries, and tugs and barges) to develop and implement security plans by July 1, 2004. The Coast Guard intends to conduct on-site compliance inspections of all facilities by January 1, 2005, and all vessels by July 1, 2005, to ensure plans are adequately implemented. The Coast Guard estimated the act's security improvements would cost $7.3 billion over 10 years-most of it borne by facility and vessel owners and operators. GAO (General Accounting Office) was asked to assess (1) the progress towards developing, reviewing, and approving plans by July 1, 2004, (2) the Coast Guard's monitoring and oversight strategy for ensuring that plans are implemented, and (3) the accuracy of the Coast Guard's cost estimate. GAO recommends that the Coast Guard evaluate its initial compliance efforts and use them to strengthen the compliance process for its long-term strategy. As part of this strategy, the Coast Guard should clearly define inspector qualifications and consider including unscheduled and unannounced inspections and covert testing. The Coast Guard agreed.
United States. General Accounting Office
2004-06-30
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Contracting Strategies: Better Data and Management Needed to Leverage Value of Interagency and Enterprisewide Contracts, Statement of John K. Needham, Director Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate
From the GAO (Government Accountability Office) Highlights: "Agencies can use several different types of contracts to leverage the government's buying power for goods and services. These include interagency contracts--where one agency uses another's contract for its own needs--such as the General Services Administration (GSA) and the Department of Veterans Affairs multiple award schedule (MAS) contracts, multiagency contracts (MAC) for a wide range of goods and services, and governmentwide acquisition contracts (GWAC) for information technology. Agencies spent at least $60 billion in fiscal year 2008 through these contracts and similar single-agency enterprise-wide contracts. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to testify on the management and oversight of interagency contracts, and how the government can ensure that interagency contracting is efficient and transparent. GAO's testimony is based on its recent report, Contracting Strategies: Data and Oversight Problems Hamper Opportunities to Leverage Value of Interagency and Enterprise-wide Contracts (GAO-10-367, April 2010). In that report, GAO made recommendations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to strengthen policy, improve data, and better coordinate agencies' awards of MACs and enterprise-wide contracts, and to GSA to improve MAS program pricing and management. Both agencies concurred with GAO's recommendations."
United States. Government Accountability Office
2010-06-30
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Learning Loss and Student Dropouts During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Review of the Evidence Two Years After Schools Shut Down
From the Abstract: "Following the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019] in 2020, schools around the world closed for significant periods of time. Many scholars provided projections of the likely impacts on educational outcomes, with potentially dire impacts on learning loss and--especially in low-income contexts-dropout rates. Now, two years after schools began shutting down, we identify 40 empirical studies directly estimating student learning loss (29 studies) or dropout rates (15 studies) for students in pre-primary, primary, or secondary school in countries at any income level. Most estimates of average learning loss are negative, although-especially in low- and middle-income countries-this is not always the case, and average losses are not as significant as some models predicted. Furthermore, learning loss was consistently much higher among students with lower socioeconomic status in high-, middle-, and low-income countries, even in contexts with little or no average learning loss. In other words, the pandemic consistently boosted learning inequality. Dropout rates ranged dramatically, from under 1 percent to more than 35 percent, with much higher rates for older students, suggesting that pandemic school closures-together with other pandemic-related shocks-may have curtailed many adolescents' schooling careers. In some countries (e.g., Kenya and Nigeria), girls are at higher risk of dropping out. The vast majority of studies report results for students of primary school age (83 percent of studies), with fewer reporting results for students of secondary school age (45 percent) and even fewer studies (8 percent) for younger students."
Center for Global Development
Moscoviz, Laura; Evans, David K.
2022-03
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Longitudinal Study of Complex Event Resilience of Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises: Natural Disaster Planning and Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Wave 2)
From the Executive Summary: "Researchers at NIST [National Institute of Standards and Technology] and NOAA [National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association] and launched a longitudinal effort to assess Complex Event Resilience of Small-and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in May 2020. Initial data collection took place during summer 2020. This publication reports upon initial findings from the second wave of data collection, which took place between December 2020 and February 2021. This effort addresses the gap in research on the experiences of SMEs dealing with complex events generally and those that arise during a pandemic, specifically. Initial findings from the panel of respondents who responded to the Wave 2 survey, which covers self-reported experiences during the period August 1, 2020 to February 1, 2021, include: [1] 31.6 % of respondents experienced at least one natural disaster during this period. [2] 68.8 % of respondents implemented some adaptation/coping strategies for COVID-19 [coronavirus disease 2019], with 26 % reporting the use of natural hazard mitigation strategies. [3] 28.7 % of respondents plan to adopt practices used during the COVID-19 pandemic in anticipation of future natural hazards. [4] 75.3 % of businesses are concerned about future complex events, of which 45.2 % identify their concern as arising from natural disaster(s) and a subsequent wave of COVID-19 associated restrictions."
National Institute of Standards and Technology (U.S.); Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments
Helgeson, Jennifer F.; Fung, Juan F.; Roa-Henriquez, Alfredo . . .
2021-05
