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Identifying which elevator to make a pitch in

andifsohow — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 08:30:30 -0800

I need to identify resources that provide updates on municipal spending habits and intentions, particularly around disaster management scenarios. Specifically, I am researching the market opportunity for mobile hospitals (think MASH-like tents), and so I need to find sources for state, county and local agencies, such as health departments and local emergency managers, that might provide insight into their spending practices, purchasing processes, etc. I'm thinking of things like meetings minutes or prepublished agendas, intents to purchase tents or mobile hospital theaters, etc.

Why would one snipe a medical convoy?

goodnewsfortheinsane — Thu, 01 Sep 2005 14:09:45 -0800

KatrinaFilter: I don't understand most kinds of violence, but seldom am I as baffled as in this case: why would one fire at a medical convoy performing rescue work, as has reportedly happened in New Orleans? The report gets copied everywhere, but I haven't seen any news source offer some kind of background as to the motivation of the shooter(s). Discussion is fine, links are welcome too.

How would you protect a city from terrorism?

pracowity — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 09:33:43 -0800

If you ran a city, what would you do, in a practical and local sense, to help protect your city from terrorist attacks?