Training Opportunity: SBA Texas. Looking for Small Business Capital or Counseling

Houston District Office Looking For Small Business Capital or Counseling? Learn How to Access SBA Loan Programs and Services SBA offers a variety of loan programs.  Understanding how SBA works is the first step towards receiving assistance.   Whether you are just getting started or you are an existing business looking to expand, you will learn about our loan programs and how our resource partners, SCORE, SBDC, and WBC can help.   When:    Wednesday, August 22, 2012                 3:00pm to 5:00pm Where:   8701 South Gessner                 12 Flr. Conference Room                 Houston, TX  77074  RSVP:    Sonia Maldonado                  SBA Lender Relations Specialist                 713-773-6554 The workshop is free and registration is required.  Limited seating is available, register now. Houston District Office 8701 South Gessner, Ste. 1200 Houston, TX 77074 713-773-6500 www.sba.gov/tx/houston

DHS Case Study. Hurricane Irene

OEC Case Study:  Hurricane Irene Response in North Carolina

As part of our efforts to share the progress made by the Nation’s emergency response community in enhancing interoperable communications, the DHS Office of Emergency Communications is developing a series of case studies using real-world examples on how training and planning have made a difference in responding to natural disasters and other emergencies.  Attached is a case study about how emergency communications training helped North Carolina emergency responders keep communication systems operational during Hurricane Irene in August 2011. 

This is only one of several case studies under development, and we welcome your suggestions on other topics.  If you have a real-world example that you would like to share, please contact OEC External Affairs at: OECExternalAffairs@hq.dhs.gov.

We appreciate all of the work you do to ensure our emergency communications capabilities help keep our country safe.

DHS Office of Emergency Communications 

• Case Study_Hurricane Irene_Final-2012.pdf