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Daycare programs are not regulated to have a relocation, or emergency plan in the event of a natural, or man-made disaster.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Daycare, before\after school care, and School Emergency Plans
If your child is in a daycare, or before\after school program request a copy of their emergency plan also.
Daycare programs are not regulated to have a relocation, or emergency plan in the event of a natural, or man-made disaster.
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Bill would give veteran-owned companies a boost
By Rick Maze - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday Feb 21, 2012 16:29:12 EST
Posted : Tuesday Feb 21, 2012 16:29:12 EST
An Ohio congressman has introduced legislation that would move veteran-owned businesses closer to the front of the line when seeking contracts from the Veterans Affairs Department.
Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, chairman of the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s oversight and investigations panel, is pushing a bill that would make veteran-owned small businesses more competitive for contracts to supply goods and services on the federal supply schedule for purchase by VA. It would not apply to other federal agencies.
If enacted, HR 4048 would open a wide range of contracts to veteran-owned and disabled veteran-owned businesses that are now exempt from veterans’ preference rules. General Schedule vendors provide a variety of goods and services, from food, cleaning equipment and supplies to furniture, medical and dental equipment and supplies, shipping and packing supplies, security systems and a variety of professional services.
The bill was referred to the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee for consideration, joining a pile of other employment-related legislation that the committee could package together into an election-year initiative aimed at reducing the unemployment rate among veterans.
Johnson’s bill would help veterans, but would still not make them No. 1 on the list of preferred contractors. Under the government’s complicated contracting procedures, if VA needs something, the top priority is to search its current inventory, then search the inventory of other federal agencies, before buying anything.
If VA does buy goods, priority goes to Federal Prison Industries, then to the blind, then to wholesale suppliers as the third, fourth and fifth choices. Purchasing from the federal supply schedule ranks sixth and seventh in priority, first for a mandatory schedule and then for a supplemental purchasing schedule.
Under current procedures, veteran-owned businesses rank eighth in priority for contracts. They would rise to sixth under Johnson’s bill.
Veterans’ preference in contracts was the subject of a November hearing of Johnson’s subcommittee, with the veterans who owned small businesses complaining that purchasing rules were limiting their opportunities.
One disabled veteran, Bob Hesser, a retired Navy master chief and owner of Vetrepreneur, a Virginia-based company, recommended the change in law as a way to improve chances for a veteran-owned business to receive a contract. He said the current policy seems to be “vets last.”
Steve Gonzalez, assistant director of the American Legion’s national economic commission, shared Hesser’s concerns about the contracting practices. Veteran-owned businesses “have been relegated to last in VA’s procurement hierarchy,” he said. “The irony and greatest insult is that this agency, which was created to help veterans, appears to be actively and knowingly shutting them out when it’s time to award government contracts.”
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Monday, February 27, 2012
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Rx Response Emergency Preparedness Seminar April 12, 2012. Washington, D.C.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
K&L Gates • 1601 K Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
K&L Gates • 1601 K Street N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
Seminar Overview
For the third year, this interactive educational forum will bring together public and private sector professionals focused on protecting the pharmaceutical supply chain in the event of a severe emergency. Interact with public health and emergency management officials at the local, state and federal government levels to broaden the discussion of strategies that will improve public and private sector communication around surge capability, countermeasure deployment and other key response issues. Senior representatives from HHS, CDC and FEMA are confirmed to attend.
Participate in role-playing activities exploring real-world examples of emergency events that require coordination between public and private sector professionals and discuss collaborative opportunities in business continuity planning that can bridge the gaps in communications. Increase your knowledge of emergency preparedness issues and trends in the pharmaceutical industry.
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At this seminar you will:
- Learn about current company preparedness efforts on the federal level from HHS, CDC and FEMA officials;
- Participate in a realistic emergency exercise to identify challenge areas and discuss potential solutions;
- Understand the external forces that could impact private sector planning and response, including policy initiatives, communications and technology advancements and more;
- Continue discussions around credentialing for facility or logistical access, critical infrastructure protection and other timely topics;
- Gain practical insights through case studies and learn about preparedness in the commercial supply chain; and,
- Meet other private and public sector professionals with unique expertise and knowledge.
Target Audience
This seminar is specifically focused on the distribution and dispensing of pharmaceutical and medical supplies in the event of a severe public health emergency at a local, regional or national level. Content is designed for pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers, healthcare distributors, retailers, hospital executives and government officials responsible for:
- Business continuity;
- Risk management;
- Logistics and inventory management;
- Warehouse operations;
- Crisis communication; and,
- Preparedness and response for public health emergencies.
DRI International Certification
Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII), the premier business continuity certification board has approved this program for 7 Continuing Education Activity Points (CEAPs).
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| Wednesday, April 11 | ||
| 6:00 PM–7:00 PM | Networking Reception | |
| 7:00 PM | Open Evening | |
| Thursday, April 12 | ||
| 7:00 AM–8:00 AM | Continental Breakfast and Registration | |
| 8:00 AM–8:15 AM | Welcome and Seminar Overview Perry Fri,Senior Vice President, Industry Relations, Membership & Education, HDMA Erin Mullen, RPh, PhD, CEM, Associate Vice President, Rx Response | |
| 8:15 AM–9:15 AM | Emergency Preparedness and Response: Public Health Initiatives Recent public health responses, including the H1N1 influenza pandemic, have highlighted the extraordinary importance of the healthcare supply chain to ensuring our health and safety. Hear from federal government leaders on how the government is engaged with the private sector in a broad array of initiatives, including Medical Countermeasure stockpiling, distribution and dispensing and protection of healthcare as an essential piece of the Critical Infrastructure of the nation. Facilitator: Erin Mullen, RPh, PhD, CEM, Associate Vice President, Rx Response Speakers: Greg Burel, Director, Strategic National Stockpile, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nitin Natarajan, Coordinating Director, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Lisa Koonin, Senior Advisor, Influenza Coordination Unit/Office of Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | |
| 9:15 AM–10:15 AM | Private Sector Panel Panelists will share supply chain perspectives on what they’ve learned from past disaster events and how they’ve incorporated additional resilience into their business continuity plans. Panelists: Lenny Sharpe, Manager, Business Continuity Management, Target Chris Wright, Senior Manager of Worldwide Business Continuity & Crisis Management, Amgen, Inc. Additional panelists invited | |
| 10:15 AM–10:30 AM | Networking Break | |
| 10:30 AM–11:15 AM | Roundtable Discussions Roundtable discussions provide attendees the opportunity to select a topic to learn and discuss key issues, obstacles and identify potential solutions in small groups. Learn from your peers and come ready to share your comments, questions and insights. Topics include:
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| 11:15 AM–11:45 AM | Partnerships at the Local Level | |
| 11:45 PM–12:30 PM | Networking Luncheon | |
| 12:30 PM–1:00 PM | FEMA Private Sector Program Update FEMA has been pursuing many paths to private sector engagement in emergency management. This session will provide a brief overview of current initiatives, such as the Private Sector Representative position in the National Response Coordination Center, as well as recent efforts to include the private sector in creative brainstorming and dialogue to identify innovative response solutions for a "Maximum of Maximum" catastrophe. Speaker: Jeanie Moore, Senior Advisor, Private Sector Division, Office of External Affairs, Federal Emergency Management Agency | |
| 1:00 PM–1:15 PM | Certifying Preparedness Learn more about the American Red Cross Ready Rating Program and how organizations can use it to measure their current level of preparedness and then take steps to improve it. Hear how this program has benefited many by providing the building blocks for crafting a comprehensive emergency response plan. Speaker: Thomas Heneghan, Manager- Preparedness, American Red Cross- National Headquarters | |
| 1:45 PM–3:00 PM | Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Drill Participate in a business continuity exercise simulating a real-world emergency that severely impacts the pharmaceutical supply system while requiring close coordination between public and private sector professionals. Rx Response will divide seminar attendees into groups and facilitate a discussion as the emergency scenario evolves. Drill participants will learn how robust industry coordination can help recover their business operations quicker and more effectively, and take away strategies for improving their own preparedness programs. Speakers: Nadav Davidai, Consultant, Crisis & Resilience Consulting, Control Risks Jeroen Meijer, Vice President & Practice Lead, Crisis & Resilience Consulting, Control Risks | |
| 3:00 PM–3:45 PM | Closing Keynote Presentation | |
| 3:45 PM–4:00 PM | Wrap-up and Adjournment This final discussion will summarize key seminar themes to strengthen and improve your preparedness programs. | |
*Agenda subject to change.
Registration Information
The registration fee includes all seminar materials and conference functions.
For more information, please contact the Meetings & Conferences Department at (703) 885-0278.
| Association Member* | Government, Non-Profit, Academia, (ID Required) ** | Non-Member | |
| Registration Fee: | $ 495 | $ 195 | $ 895 |
* Rx Response Members and Seminar Partners: AHA, BIO, GPhA, HDMA,
HIDA, NACDS, NCPA and PhRMA
** To receive this special rate, download the PDF form.
Cancellations
Cancellations must be postmarked, faxed or emailed to the HDMA Meetings & Conferences Department at HDMA by Thursday, March 29, 2012, for a refund, less a $200 processing fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received or postmarked after Thursday, March 29, 2012. Registrations are transferable among individuals within the same company.
Cancellations must be postmarked, faxed or emailed to the HDMA Meetings & Conferences Department at HDMA by Thursday, March 29, 2012, for a refund, less a $200 processing fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received or postmarked after Thursday, March 29, 2012. Registrations are transferable among individuals within the same company.
K & L Gates
1601 K Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
(704) 248-4000
1601 K Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20006
(704) 248-4000
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Directions
From Ronald Reagan National Airport – Virginia (4 miles)
Start out going South on Abingdon Drive towards VA-233. Turn slight left onto VA-233. Turn slight right. Turn slight right onto Airport Exit. Turn slight right onto terminals. Take the ramp towards Washington (I-
395). Merge onto George Washington Memorial Parkway North (GW PKWY N). Take the I-395 North/US-1 exit towards Washington (crossing into Washington, D.C.). Merge onto I-395 N/US-1 N. Take the US-1 North exit on the left. Merge onto US-1 N. Merge onto US-1 N which becomes 14th Street, NW. Stay straight on 14th Street and turn left onto K Street. The main entrance is on 16th Street, bear slight right on to the K Street service road for Monument Parking.
**The service road to K Street will be immediately following the traffic light on your right.
395). Merge onto George Washington Memorial Parkway North (GW PKWY N). Take the I-395 North/US-1 exit towards Washington (crossing into Washington, D.C.). Merge onto I-395 N/US-1 N. Take the US-1 North exit on the left. Merge onto US-1 N. Merge onto US-1 N which becomes 14th Street, NW. Stay straight on 14th Street and turn left onto K Street. The main entrance is on 16th Street, bear slight right on to the K Street service road for Monument Parking.
**The service road to K Street will be immediately following the traffic light on your right.
From Washington Dulles International Airport – Virginia (27 miles)
Take Dulles Airport Access Road which becomes VA-267 E. Take I-66 E to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge Rt. 50 (crossing into Washington, D.C.).
Merge onto Constitution Ave Rt. 50. Turn left onto 18th Street; Turn right onto L Street; Turn right onto 16th Street. The main entrance is on 16th Street, turn right onto the K Street service road for Monument Parking.
Take Dulles Airport Access Road which becomes VA-267 E. Take I-66 E to the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge Rt. 50 (crossing into Washington, D.C.).
Merge onto Constitution Ave Rt. 50. Turn left onto 18th Street; Turn right onto L Street; Turn right onto 16th Street. The main entrance is on 16th Street, turn right onto the K Street service road for Monument Parking.
From Baltimore-Washington International Airport – Maryland (33 miles)
Take I-95 South to Washington, D.C. Approx 25 mi South, I-95 will merge with I-495. Stay right, following signs to 495 West, College Park/Silver Spring. Take exit 31 Georgia Ave/Silver Spring. Stay in right hand lane – bear right on 16th .The main entrance is on 16th Street, bear slight right on to the K Street service road for Monument Parking.
Take I-95 South to Washington, D.C. Approx 25 mi South, I-95 will merge with I-495. Stay right, following signs to 495 West, College Park/Silver Spring. Take exit 31 Georgia Ave/Silver Spring. Stay in right hand lane – bear right on 16th .The main entrance is on 16th Street, bear slight right on to the K Street service road for Monument Parking.
Metro
The nearest metro station to the K & L Gates is Farragut West on the Blue and Orange lines.
Sunday, February 26, 2012
BP oil spill trial delayed
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- As settlement talks continue, the high-profile legal battle over the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that was scheduled to begin Monday has been delayed a week.
The trial, which is scheduled to take place in Louisiana federal court, is to determine civil liability for the April 2010 oil spill, the worst in U.S. history. Among the defendants are BP (BP), the well operator and majority shareholder in the venture, rig-owner Transocean (RIG), construction contractor Halliburton (HAL, Fortune 500) and other firms associated with the project. Among the thousands of plaintiffs are fishermen, hotel owners and other Gulf Coast residents.
Initially set for Monday, the trial has been postponed until March 5 in order to continue settlement talks, according to a joint statement from BP and the Plaintiff's Steering Committee. Although the parties said there "can be no assurance that these discussions will lead to a settlement agreement."
An order by U.S. District Court Judge Barbier says he issued the delay "to allow the parties to make further progress in their settlement discussions." The Justice Department had no comment on the delay Sunday.
Even with trial proceedings looming, settlement negotiations among the various parties have been proceeding "fast and furious," said Edward Sherman, a professor at Tulane Law School in Louisiana.
BP CEO Bob Dudley told CNN this month that the company was still open to settling the matter out of court, but was "vigorously preparing for the trial." BP has roughly $37 billion set aside for costs associated with the spill following its own settlement with Anadarko Petroleum Co. last year, Dudley added.
In October, Anadarko (APC, Fortune 500) agreed to pay BP $4 billion to settle claims related to the spill. Anadarko owned a 25% stake in the ill-fated well, and as such was responsible for a quarter of all associated costs.
In October, Anadarko (APC, Fortune 500) agreed to pay BP $4 billion to settle claims related to the spill. Anadarko owned a 25% stake in the ill-fated well, and as such was responsible for a quarter of all associated costs.
In 2010, BP set up a fund known as the Gulf Coast Claims Facility for which it earmarked $20 billion in settlement money to be distributed to victims of the spill. The GCCF has dealt with over 570,000 claimants thus far, but has paid out just $6 billion, with many victims still holding out for the trial.
Should the case go to trial, the final payouts that BP and the other firms involved will owe in civil penalties and to the victims are still largely an open question. BP could end up paying roughly $17 billion in civil penalties alone, to go along with the tens of billions more that it will likely owe the victims, said Sherman.
"It's a very complex case, because it involves not only so much money but so many parties and so many different legal theories," said Sherman.
Hundreds of pre-trial motions have already been filed, and Judge Carl Barbier has ordered that the case be broken down into three phases.
The first phase will focus on responsibility for the accident itself, while the second will address efforts to contain the spill and the exact quantity of oil released, which plays a role in determining the civil penalties owed by the companies involved. The third phase will address the response to the disaster and the clean-up effort.
How long the case will take to resolve is anybody's guess; Pavel Molchanov, an energy analyst at Raymond James, said the case could stretch into 2014 before any appeals are taken into account.
With the sheer numbers of parties involved, Molchanov said reaching a single, over arching settlement was unlikely. No criminal charges have yet been filed, though that too could change.
"It's going to be a very long process," Molchanov said. 