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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will host a webinar on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at 1 p.m. EDT, Leveraging Survey Data for Collaborative Initiatives and National Planning. This webinar is part of CISA’s National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP) webinar series.

This webinar will introduce participants to the SAFECOM Nationwide Survey (SNS), a valuable tool for shaping national emergency communications planning. The SNS provides a comprehensive view of the current state of emergency communications across the nation and identifies areas for improvement. By leveraging insights from large national surveys like the SNS, public safety and emergency communications entities can better understand the changing dynamics of emergency communications and align their strategies with broader national goals.

The NECP emphasizes the critical role of strategic teambuilding in achieving resilient, secure, and interoperable emergency communications. This webinar will highlight the vital importance of stakeholder involvement in this teambuilding effort by exploring how the SNS was designed and how its findings inform national planning and support evidence-based decision-making for public safety leaders across the nation.

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Great Day SCC Members and Sector Management Leadership,
Please mark your calendars for the CF Fall Summit 2024! We are excited to bring together our SCC and GCC for a pivotal event at Hudson Yards in New York City. This summit will be a key opportunity for collaboration and innovation in our sector.
More details, including the agenda and logistics, will follow soon. Stay tuned for updates! Please save these dates and be on the lookout for further communications.
We look forward to your participation!

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Cultural and historic resources are held in the public trust by a range of cultural institutions that include, but are not limited to, libraries, museums, archives, historical societies, municipal offices, and historic and archeological sites and properties. These institutions hold the collective history of our communities, our states, and our nation. Ensuring that these institutions are prepared for emergencies and disasters contributes to a community’s resilience. When disaster strikes, the recovery of these institutions and their collections is essential for the successful recovery of the Whole Community.

Founded in 1995, HENTF was co-sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the private nonprofit Heritage Preservation until Heritage Preservation was dissolved in June 2015. During those two decades, under the leadership of Heritage Preservation, HENTF exemplified the very best in public-private partnerships to ensure that museums, libraries, archives, historic sites, and the public at large have the tools and resources to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

Today, HENTF is co-sponsored by FEMA and the Smithsonian Institution, an original member of the Task Force. The partnership of more than 60 national service organizations and federal agencies continues to address cultural heritage concerns across all five FEMA mission areas – prevention, protection, response, recovery, and mitigation.

HENTF’s Mission

HENTF’s mission is to protect cultural heritage in our nation’s states, tribes, territories, and local communities from the damaging effects of natural disasters and other emergencies.

• Provides a framework to enhance coordination among cultural stewards and emergency managers at the federal, state, tribal, local, and institutional level;
• Promotes a unified approach to the delivery of technical assistance to cultural institutions and the public to create a more extensive response capability throughout the nation;
• Highlights courses of action that may be taken to improve delivery of technical assistance for the protection of cultural heritage across the nation;
• Provides five strategic objectives to increase capabilities and capacities of the Whole Community to respond to a vast range of emergencies and disasters; 
• Supports Emergency Support Function (ESF) #11 Protection of Natural and Cultural Resources and Historic Properties (NCH) of the National Response Framework; and
• Supports the Natural & Cultural Resources Recovery Support Function (NCR RSF) of the National Disaster Recovery Framework.

HENTF’s Objectives

HENTF focuses on these five strategic objectives:

• Provide education and training to cultural stewards, first responders, and emergency managers to better prepare them to work together to address emergencies and disasters affecting cultural institutions and historic sites;
• Provide technical assistance, guidance, and/or resources to cultural stewards, first responders, and emergency managers to address disaster-related impacts to cultural and historic resources;
• Coordinate the collection and sharing of incident-specific information with cultural stewards, first responders, and emergency managers in order to protect cultural and historic resources before, during, and after an event;
• Increase the incorporation of cultural and historic resources into disaster planning and mitigation efforts at all levels of government;
• Provide information and guidance to the public to help individuals and families protect, stabilize, and recover treasured possessions before, during, and after an event.

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The U.S. Senate first designated June as National Internet Safety Month in 2005, primarily to raise awareness of internet dangers and highlight the need for education about online safety, especially among young people. In the years since then, with the rise of smartphones, social media and other new technologies, the amount of time people spend online has grown enormously—as have the risks.

Most of the time, cyberattacks occur due to poor cyber hygiene. Fortunately, there are four simple things we can all do to help protect ourselves and, by extension, others:

1. Use strong passwords.
2. Turn on multifactor authentication (MFA).
3. Update software.
4. Recognize and report phishing.

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On May 20, the Department of Labor announced a final rule to implement a major update to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) Hazard Communication Standard. Chemicals in the workplace should carry clear labels and easy-to-understand information about their hazards. OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard provides a standardized approach to workplace hazard communications associated with exposure to hazardous chemicals. It was established in 1983 and was last updated in 2012 to align with the third revision of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The changes will improve the amount and quality of information on labels, safety data sheets, and small packaging. This will allow workers and first responders to react more quickly in an emergency. The update will also help ensure trade secrets no longer prevent workers and first responders from receiving critical hazard information on safety data sheets. The 2024 update is aligned primarily with the seventh revision of the GHS. It addresses issues that arose since the implementation of the 2012 standard and improves alignment with other federal agencies and Canada. 

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This report contains information about incidents that occurred in 2023 in which law enforcement officers were feloniously or accidentally killed or assaulted in the line of duty. This data was voluntarily submitted to the Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted (LEOKA) Data Collection by the FBI's law enforcement partners. To create this report, LEOKA staff analyzed details from the incidents—such as the types of offenses, locations, and weapon types—to identify potential trends in the past 5 to 10 years. The goal of the LEOKA Data Collection is to compile and publish information about the nation's officers who were killed or assaulted in the line of duty for the benefit of officer safety and public awareness.

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I found an extra day this week. I had traveled to the Midwest to give a presentation. Normally, I try to get home relatively quickly after my work is done. I technically could have made it back the day of my presentation, but it would have been rushed as it would have been midnight when I arrived home, so I took an “extra day”. The extra day gave me time to spend time individually with audience members who heard me speak. My extra day allowed me time to evaluate my presentation and get immediate feedback from my client. The extra day gave me the opportunity to see audience members in action implementing what they learned and reinforcing my important message. But that’s not all. My extra day gave me time to have a nice and relaxing dinner and a long walk afterward. I was able to think through my time there, the good and the bad. I had several moments of pausing to be quiet and still, thinking about my recent birthday and what the next year will bring. As I watched nightfall unfold, listening to its sounds and capturing the beauty of the changing skyline I thought about my grandparents’ front porch. There, my grandparents practiced extra day living every day. They were purposeful in fully embracing moments hurried people would miss.

During my extra day, I didn’t work on a chapter of my next book. I didn’t work on an upcoming speech. I didn’t work on a pending proposal. I didn’t get lost in my email. But that doesn’t mean I wasn’t productive. I would guess that most professionals resist regular extra days because of the demands of their career. They equate busyness with productivity. Stop doing that. Focus on the work that matters, do it quickly, and then give yourself margin to be creative, introspective, and grateful. Following that course will show you the obvious value of finding extra days in your schedule.

Find an extra day.

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