Is your community being served? NEWLY RELEASED! Semiannual Report to the Congress (10.1.17 - 3.31.18)

Are you and your community being served by your city, county, State?

Every State, Territory, County, City, jurisdictions, and organizations may be obtaining DHS funding.  Know who, and what those funds are allocated for during the funding phases, before, during, and after a disaster.

      The adage "follow the money" holds true in every community.
       Follow the money as it's requested at the local level.
       Follow the money as it's allocated when approved.

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NEWLY RELEASED! Semiannual Report to the Congress (10.1.17 - 3.31.18)

DHS Office of Inspector General sent this bulletin at 06/04/2018 07:56 PM EDT

News from the Department of Homeland Security OIG Having trouble viewing this email? View it as a Web page. Semiannual Report to the Congress (SAR) is now available on our website. Our newly released Semiannual Report to the Congress (SAR)highlights the audit, inspection, and investigative activities we have undertaken during the first half of Fiscal Year 2018. In the six month reporting period, October 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018, we issued 59 reports, including management alerts and reports on Disaster Relief Fund spending. We issued 202 unique recommendations to the Department and closed 130 recommendations, issued in this and prior periods, because of the Department’s actions. Our audits resulted in questioned costs of $129,898,737. The Department recovered or deobligated from audits $439,807. We issued 3 reports identifying $72,692,524 in funds put to better use. Additionally, we reported $3,459,877 in recoveries, fines, and restitution from Investigations.   We initiated 577 and closed 423 investigations. Our investigations resulted in 62 arrests,68 indictments, 30 convictions, and 13 personnel actions.   Learn more about these activities and others in our SAR: View our SAR Archives Office of Public Affairs E: dhs-oig.officepublicaffairs@oig.dhs.gov                         OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL l DHS WWW.OIG.DHS.GOV  l TWITTER: @DHSOIG DHS OIG Reports by Category Fiscal Year   2018 DHS Agency     CBP    ICE    FEMA    Management    TSA    USCG    USCIS    USSS  OTHERS    Semiannual Report (SAR)

SURVEY....Take it. Violence and Trauma in our Communities. June 4, 2018

BEMA International members, friends, and associates:

Confidential and anonymous.

Recommend that all (globally) participate in this survey on violence and trauma, specifically violence encountered in the U.S. thru crime, or law enforcement violence in communities.

Review FAQs

CDS

CEO, BEMA International

FAQ What is this study investigating?  We seek to understand the health effects of police violence, particularly when there is no justice for that violence. Who is doing this study? The health researchers are from UCSF and Santa Clara University with the Do No Harm Coalition who have been directly caring for communities affected by police violence. They were requested to do this research by the Justice 4 Mario Woods Coalition and Mario Woods’ mother. To take the survey   https://scu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1XERkLvYPGtY4W9   Who can participate in this study?  Anyone over the age of 18 who has been affected or knows someone who has been affected by U.S. law enforcement violence (including police, ICE, FBI, private security guards, border patrol, etc).  Are you targeting specific people?  Data shows that indigenous, Black, Latinx, disabled, mentally ill and poor people are disproportionately targeted by police violence. We hope to amplify these voices. How do I participate?  The study is online here and takes 20-40 minutes to complete. Will I be identified if I take it? Am I safe if I take it?  The survey is confidential and anonymous. We cannot know who you are or where you are. The data is stored behind the university’s firewall.  Is anyone making money off of this study?  This study is entirely unfunded. What will you do with the findings?  We will publish the findings in the medical literature and in the media.  Our aim is to shape policy and public understanding of police violence in order to ensure greater safety and health for all communities. To add your event to our calendar or to work with The Justice Study Street Team, a group of volunteers who attend local events to promote the study, please email: thejusticestudy@gmail.com

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New Orleans Mayor Cantrell to Hold Hurricane Preparedness Press Conference. June 1, 2018 at 11:15 a.m.

Having trouble reading this email? View it in your browser. FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY May 31, 2018 Contact: LaTonya Norton For Media Inquiries Only communications@nola.gov (504) 658-4962 MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayor Cantrell to Hold Hurricane Preparedness Press Conference NEW ORLEANS — Tomorrow, June 1, 2018, Mayor LaToya Cantrell, joined by several local and state public safety officials, will hold a hurricane preparedness press conference at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Hall B) at 11:15 a.m.  WHO :   Mayor LaToya Cantrell               Collin Arnold, Director of New Orleans Homeland Security and               Emergency Preparedness                Michael Harrison, Superintendent of New Orleans Police Department               Tim McConnell, Superintendent of New Orleans Fire Department               Dr. Emily Nichols, Director of Emergency Medical Services               Gilbert Montano, Chief Administrative Officer               New Orleans City Council               Maj. Gen. Glenn Curtis, Adjutant General of Louisiana National Guard               Other public safety and public utilities leaders  WHAT:   Hurricane Preparedness Press Conference WHEN:  Friday, June 1, 2018               11:15 a.m. WHERE:  Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (Hall B)                 900 Convention Center Blvd.                 New Orleans, LA 70130    # # #

Puerto Rico Building Code Enforcement. Past, Current, future. 11 Staff Members?

11 Building Code Enforcement Staff for the entire island?

Hmmmmmmmm.

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To read about Building Safety Month https://www.iccsafe.org/about-icc/building-safety-month/2018-building-safety-month/

May 29, 2018. ‘People just give up’: Low-income hurricane victims slam federal relief programs. POLITICO

As the 2018 Hurricane season begins this is a MUST READ for everyone in low income, Black, Brown, and disenfranchised communities with the U.S. and globally.

CDS.  CEO BEMA International


https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/29/houston-hurricane-harvey-fema-597912

POLITICS ARTICLE

‘People just give up’: Low-income hurricane victims slam federal relief programs

05/29/18 05:08 AM EDT

...bureaucratic disaster-response system built up over decades that experts nearly universally agree is failing to provide critical support to low-income, minority communities when catastrophe strikes. “People just give up,” said Keith Downey, president of a local organization called Kashmere Gardens Super Neighborhood, which has been helping local residents recover. A POLITICO investigation found that...

Ph.D. Scholarship opportunities on urban resilience. May 2018

Ph.D. Scholarship opportunities on urban resilience

Any inquiry, please contact directly to Prof. David Sanderson david.sanderson@unsw.edu.au 

More at: https://www.2025.unsw.edu.au/apply/scientia-phd-scholarships/building-resilience-urban-disasters-low-income-pacific-neighbourhoods

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Pacific Island countries are fast-urbanisation, with unplanned, informal low-income settlements rapidly growing in size. Such growth increases the risk of disaster from natural hazards, which is worsened by climate change. To combat this, resilience has been widely adopted across the world, not least in Sustainable Development Goal 11 (‘the urban SDG’). 

This PhD concerns the practical application of resilience, including its policy implications, in low-income settlements in the Pacific. The work will link with current activities at UNSW. Key to the PhD will be employing multi-disciplinary approaches, such as social enterprise, urban design, social science and development.

 The ideal candidate will possess a combination of research and practical experience. They will need experience of qualitative data collection and analysis and of conducting research in different cultural contexts to enable the collection of data in a culturally sensitive and respectful manner. A good first degree in a relevant subject is needed. Ideally, they will also have had some practical experience of working in urban low-income settlements in the Pacific region.

UNSW Sydney NSW 2052 Australia
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Next Generation Leaders. STE(A)M: Electrical Engineering. Explain 4 Major Components of this device. May 2018

Next Generation Leaders (Middle or High School, College\University Level):

1.  Describe and tell the function of four (4) major components of  from
          the photos of the attached device?

2.  Resiliency and Environmental points
    a.  Step-up or Step-down transformer?
    b.  How would you properly dispose of this device?
    c.  Can any components be recycled back into a production\manufacturing system for reuse?
    d.  Of the four (4) major components from Question 1 above, on average what elements are
          these components comprised of, and  from where (location, Nation, etc.) on average are
          are they mined from?

Points:
   Question 1.................50 points
   Question 2.................50 points
                     (a)  ...10
                     (b) ....10
                     (c) ....15
                     (d) ....15
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                Total............100 points


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