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Federal Agencies Influencing Resilience Policy

Similar to the ‘Alerts’ page, this page helps to ground resilience theory and concepts with news and current events related to some of the Federal agencies influencing resilience policy. Short excerpts from RSS news feeds are updated every two hours. The following agencies are included:

  • NSF: National Science Foundation
  • CDC: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • DHS: Department of Homeland Security
  • DoT: Department of Transportation
  • FEMA: Federal Emergency Management Agency
  • NIEH: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
  • NIST: National Institute of Standards and Technology

Click the tabs and scroll the pages to review the excerpts. Click on the ‘Read More’ link for more detailed information and to access a link to the source website. Please contact us to recommend other agencies influencing resilience policy.

NSF

National Science Foundation

Microbes from Brooklyn could help mitigate industrial contamination

Microbes from Brooklyn could help mitigate industrial contamination

Microorganisms with extreme abilities have laid the groundwork for decades of biotechnologies from the PCR technique that enables amplification of DNA for ...
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/ National Science Foundation
NSF ZEUS becomes the most powerful laser in the U.S.

NSF ZEUS becomes the most powerful laser in the U.S.

The U.S. National Science Foundation Zettawatt-Equivalent Ultrashort pulse laser System (NSF ZEUS) laser facility at the University of Michigan now has the ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Sparking curiosity in the future semiconductor workforce

Sparking curiosity in the future semiconductor workforce

The United States semiconductor industry is projected to have between 60,000 and 100,000 unfilled jobs by 2030. As the need for semiconductor ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Training AI to see more like humans

Training AI to see more like humans

At Brown University, an innovative new project is revealing that teaching artificial intelligence to perceive things more like people may begin with ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Researchers discover microplastics at all ocean depths

Researchers discover microplastics at all ocean depths

Researchers with support from the U.S. National Science Foundation published a global benchmark of microplastic distribution in the ocean, revealing thousands of ...
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/ National Science Foundation
Cholesterol crystal formation captured on video for first time, may lead to more effective treatments for high cholesterol

Cholesterol crystal formation captured on video for first time, may lead to more effective treatments for high cholesterol

With support from the U.S. National Science Foundation, researchers at the University of Houston have captured the dynamics of microscopic cholesterol crystal ...
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/ National Science Foundation

CDC

Center for Disease Control–Emergency Preparedness & Response

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News

Statement from CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control on Provisional 2024 Overdose Death Data

The data from CDC's National Vital Statistics System shows a 27% decrease in drug overdose deaths ...
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/ CDC Newsroom, cdc-emergency-preparedness-response, What's New
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention News

CDC announces Salmonella outbreak linked to backyard poultry

A CDC investigation notice regarding a multistate outbreak of Salmonella infections has been posted ...
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DHS

Department of Homeland Security

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CDC Travel

US Department of Transportation

Department of Transportation

Level 1 – Global Measles

Many international destinations are reporting increased numbers of cases of measles. Country List : Afghanistan, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, ...
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/ DoT, Public Health
Department of Transportation

Level 2 – Chikungunya in Réunion

There is an outbreak of chikungunya in Réunion. Mosquitoes spread the virus that causes chikungunya ...
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/ DoT, Public Health
Department of Transportation

Level 1 – Malaria in Ethiopia

There is an outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia. An increased number of cases have been reported from all 14 regions ...
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/ DoT, Public Health

FEMA

Federal Emergency Management Agency

FEMA news

Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers Open in Davidson, Dyer and Wilson Counties

Mobile Disaster Recovery Centers are now open in Davidson, Dyer and Wilson counties to assist Tennesseans who experienced damage or loss from ...
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FEMA news

Disaster Recovery Centers and SBA Centers in South Texas Closed for Fourth of July Holiday

AUSTIN, Texas – FEMA and the U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that the Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) and Business Recovery Centers (BRCs) ...
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FEMA news

Disaster Recovery Center Opening in Clayton

A Disaster Recovery Center with FEMA Individual Assistance staff is opening  Tuesday, July 1 in Clayton to help people affected by the ...
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/ FEMA News
FEMA news

March Storm Survivors Have Two Weeks to Apply for FEMA Assistance

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Homeowners and renters, including students, who had uninsured damage or losses from the March outbreak of severe storms and ...
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/ FEMA News
FEMA news

Disaster Recovery Center Opening in Scott County

A Disaster Recovery Center with FEMA Individual Assistance staff is opening Tuesday, July 1 in Scott County to help people affected by ...
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/ FEMA News
FEMA news

Disaster Recovery Center in Calloway County To Close Permanently; Help is Still Available

FRANKFORT, Ky. –The Disaster Recovery Center in Calloway County is scheduled to close permanently June 30 at 7 p.m. Kentucky survivors who ...
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/ FEMA News

NIEH

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

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NIST

National Institute of Standards & Technology–Resilience

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