July 06, 2010 - by Frank Weil, John Donahue, Richard Zeckhauser
New Yorks Central Park hit bottom in the late 1970s. Graffiti marred nearly every man-made surface. Litter blew across desiccated lawns. The city government, burdened by burgeoning costs and dwindling resources, had no plausible... More »
July 06, 2010 - by Joseph Reed, Scott Robinson
Local emergency management organizations (LEMOs) provide a wide variety of services to their communitiesmany of which are relatively unknown to the people they serve. The unheralded nature of LEMOs work can have a significant ne... More »
July 04, 2010 - by Richard Sylves
Both Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the British Petroleum (BP) oil spill in 2010 impelled Americans to demand that the president take extraordinary and vigorous actions. Both disasters also have major implications for Americas pu... More »
July 03, 2010 - by Christine Gibbs Springer
Improving disaster response capabilities within this country requires better coordination not only within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), but also across the federal government, within state and local governments... More »
July 03, 2010 - by Carol Jurkiewicz
On par with football, Laissez Les Bon Temps, Roulez, and crawfish, one of the defining characteristics and great motivators in Louisiana is getting something over on someone. Variously termed hoodwinking, bamboozling, leading as... More »
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