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Tag Archives: disaster
Sharing Data to Improve Disaster Response and Recovery Programs
Since 2013, our Government Data Sharing Community of Practice has hosted a series of public discussions on challenges and opportunities related to sharing data in government. Read on for the findings of our latest forum on how government can use … Continue reading
Posted in Information Management, Information Technology
Tagged community of practice, data analytics, data sharing community of practice, data sharing cop, Department of Defense, disaster, disaster response, DOD, FAIS, HUD, innovation for disaster response and recovery initiative, minutes, mitre, OPM, Recovery, Steve Lord, white house
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Reconstruction Efforts in Haiti 5 Years after the Earthquake
Five years ago today, on January 12, 2010, a powerful earthquake struck Haiti. The earthquake killed an estimated 230,000 people, displaced about 2 million more, and destroyed many homes, roads, and other buildings. In addition to immediate relief efforts, the … Continue reading
Podcast on Disaster Loans to Small Businesses Following Hurricane Sandy
On October 29th, 2012, Hurricane Sandy made landfall, causing an estimated $65 billion in property damage. In the wake of the storm, the Small Business Administration (SBA) provided physical and economic injury disaster loans to help businesses and individual homeowners … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Markets and Institutions, Podcast
Tagged delays, disaster, disaster assistance, Disaster Loan Program, FMCI, GAO, government accountability office, Hurricane Sandy, loans, New Jersey, New York, podcast, SBA, small business, Small Business Administration, Superstorm Sandy, timeliness, usgao
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Addressing Global Hunger
In 1979, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) designated October 16th as World Food Day to bring attention to the crisis of global hunger. According to FAO, there are more than 800 million people around the … Continue reading
It’s Hurricane Season—Informing Federal Disaster Management
Hurricane season is well under way, and we’re highlighting some of our reports and resources that can help inform federal disaster management in events such as hurricanes. 2014’s first named storm, Hurricane Arthur, has already found a place in the … Continue reading
Podcast on Freshwater Supply Concerns
The nation’s bodies of water have long supplied Americans with abundant freshwater, but recent events, such as the ongoing California drought, have focused attention on competing demands for this limited resource. Hear our podcast with Anne-Marie Fennell, a director in … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture and Food, Natural Resources and Environment, Podcast
Tagged Department of the Interior, disaster, drought, fresh water, freshwater, interior, National Drought Resilience Partnership, National Water Census, NRE, projection, state water manager, U.S. Geological Survey, USGS, water
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