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That's a good analysis, Mary Jo. And, it highlights what I was trying to point to, which is identifying "What is the underlying strategic challenge we are trying to solve?" I think the issue we need to be focused on is how to incentivize participation of stakeholders at the community level in their ...

I think the intent of this legislation is noble, but there are several very significant issues that IAEM should bring up with the sponsors: 1. Emergency management is not incident management. The current language states: "A State shall require local emergency management directors to successfully complete ...

Justin, I concur with you that this is a significant and strategic sea change for emergency management. Due to our close relationship with FEMA, EM's may be missing a view of the "larger landscape"--nearly every federal agency and department is now in the resilience business, with numerous federal grant ...

Thad, this looks good to me -- very professional. What do the other GAC members think about hosting a Zoom workshop for all of the state association leaders (e.g., the state association caucus) to introduce this document and provide some additional info (3-5 bullet, brief talking points) for each of ...