**January 31, 2006 FEMA Emergency Management Higher Education Project
Activity Report**

\(1\) DISASTER PREPAREDNESS:

Anderson, Ed. \"Storm-Prep Official Faces Grilling - Lawmakers Say State
Not Ready For Crisis.\" New Orleans Times-Picayune, January 31, 2006.

Accessed at:
<http://www.nola.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news-3/113869307679000.xml?nola>

Johnson, Mark. \"Report: State \[NY\] Vulnerable to Terrorist Attack or
Natural Disaster.\" Associated Press, January 30, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--homelandsecurity0130jan30,0,2199704,print.story?coll=ny-region-apnewyork>

\(2\) EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE, JUNE 5-8, 2006:

January 31, 2006 \-- Amongst those communicated with today on conference
topics, or potential conference topics, were:

Dr. Bob Schwartz, Head of Department of Emergency Administration and
Management, Arkansas Tech University, about possibility of moderating
and assisting in the development of the Breakout Session on
\"Maintaining and Growing Existing Emergency Management and Homeland
Security Programs at the Bachelor Level.\"

Patrick Newman, United States Coast Guard Academy, on USCG participation
in the conference.

Dr. Sharon Stanley, Program Director, Center for Public Health
Preparedness, School of Public Health, Ohio State University \-- on a
possible Breakout Session along the lines of Surging Volunteers,
Equipment, Materials in Catastrophe, as well as another on Integrating
Public Health Competencies into Emergency Management.

\(3\) HOMELAND SECURITY:

Phillips, Ty. \"Homeland Insecurity.\" Modesto Bee CA), January 29,
2006. Accessed at:

[[http://www.modbee.com/local/story/11744851p-12466827c.html]{.underline}](http://www.modbee.com/local/story/11744851p-12466827c.html)

Reinhardt, Thomas T. \"Forum: DHS Disaster Management Solutions.

Washington Times (Op Ed), January 29, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID=20060128-091431-7276r>

\(4\) HURRICANE KATRINA:

Hsu, Spenser S. \"Pre-Katrina Emergency Plan for Elderly Faulted.\"

Washington Post, January 31, 2006. Accessed at:
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/30/AR2006013001339_pf.html>

Jakes, Laura. \"FEMA Acknowledges Blunders During Katrina.\" Associated
Press, January 31, 2006. Accessed at:
[[http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=1559493]{.underline}](http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/print?id=1559493)

Lipton, Eric. \"Hurricane Investigators See \'Fog of War\' at White
House\"

\[Katrina\]. New York Times, January 28, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/28/national/nationalspecial/28katrina.html?_r=1&hp&ex=1138424400&en=b14394046082b86e&ei=5094&partner=homepage&oref=slogin>

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Hearing

On: Hurricane Katrina: Urban Search and Rescue in a Catastrophe, January
30, 2006. Statements for the record on the Committee website

at:

<http://hsgac.senate.gov/index.cfm?Fuseaction=Hearings.Detail&HearingID=311>

William M. Lokey, Operations Branch Chief, Response Division, Federal
Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Brigadier General Brod Veillon, Assistant Adjutant General, Louisiana
National Guard

Lieutenant Colonel Keith Lacaze, Assistant Law Enforcement Division
Administrator, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries

Captain Tim Bayard, Commander, Vice Crimes and Narcotics Section, New
Orleans Police Department

The statement of Capt. Bayard, as well as his televised testimony is
notable in its condemnation of New Orleans Emergency Management.

Walsh, Bill. \"Squabbles Hindered Rescue Efforts.\" New Orleans
Times-Picayune, January 31, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-5/113869157379000.xml>

\(5\) PANDEMIC:

Paulson, Tom. \"Response Key To Pandemic Flu, Experts Say.\" Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, January 31, 2006. Accessed at:
[[http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/257624_flu31.html]{.underline}](http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/257624_flu31.html)

Roser, Mary Ann. \"If Pandemic Flu Strikes, Will Austin Be Ready?\"

Austin American-Statesman, January 29, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/01/29pandemic.html>

\(6\) PIMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE \-- INVESTIGATING DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM:

January 31, 2006 \-- Communicated with Caroline Lee, Advanced Program
Coordinator, Pima Community College, Tucson AZ, concerning her
investigation into the development of an emergency management program.

Told her about the EM HiEd Project website, and then \"surfed\" through
a few of the features so that she could start getting an impression of
the types of materials and information that can be found there. For
additional information, Ms. Lee can be reached at:
<Caroline.lee@pima.edu>

\(7\) SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE \-- DEVELOPING HOMELAND
SECURITY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM:

January 31, 2006 \-- Communicated with Mr. Tracy DeWitt, adjunct faculty
at Southwest Tennessee Community College, who notes that STCC is in the
process of developing a 4-5 course Homeland Security Certificate
Program, scheduled to begin Fall 2006. Provided information on how to
tap into the experience others have had in developing similar programs.
For additional information, Mr. DeWitt can be reached at:
<TGDewitt@aol.com>

\(8\) WAR ON TERROR:

Carroll, James. \"Is America Actually At War?\" The Boston Globe,
January 30, 2006. Accessed at:

<http://www.iht.com/bin/print_ipub.php?file=/articles/2006/01/30/opinion/edcarroll.php>

B. Wayne Blanchard, Ph.D., CEM

Higher Education Project Manager

Emergency Management Institute

National Emergency Training Center

Federal Emergency Management Agency

Department of Homeland Security

16825 S. Seton, N-430

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

\(301\) 447-1262, voice

\(301\) 447-1598, fax

wayne.blanchard@dhs.gov

[[http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu]{.underline}](http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/edu)

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