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The new volume of Journal of Business Continuity & Emergency Planning is now available. Published in association with ACP, the major professional journal in our industry publishes peer-reviewed articles and case studies authored by highly experienced business continuity and emergency managers.

Guided by an expert Editorial Board, each quarterly 100-page issue publishes in-depth articles on new thinking and practice in key business issues – not technical minutiae – showing how plans have been designed, deployed, tested and updated, as well as how interruptions, emergencies and exercises have been managed in practice. It does not publish advertising, but rather actionable advice and ‘lessons learned’ from industry peers with the aim of exploring our industry in greater depth.

Just a selection of articles scheduled for publication in Volume 4, consisting of four 100-page issues, includes:

Taking your business continuity program to a corporate leadership role
Ira Messer, Manager, Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery, Verizon Wireless
Managing business continuity integration during mergers and acquisitions
Brad Horvath, Business Continuity Consultant, Wachovia Securities, A Wells Fargo Company
Comparing military and civilian critical thinking and information processes in operational risk management: What can we learn?
Tony Gill, Business Continuity Management Specialist, Bank of Montreal and Jerry VanVactor, Chief of Logistics, Medical Service Corps, US Army
Evaluating and reorganizing an industrial HazMat emergency response team
Shelly Stephens, EH&S Supervisor, Amway
How to conduct a mission-critical inventory to establish an employee cross-training program
Jim Rosenbluth, Managing Director, Crisis Management, Cushman & Wakefield
Public-private collaboration around distribution of medications during a public health emergency
Roberta LaRocca, Associate Director, Business Continuity Program Office, Wyeth
Decomposing the crisis/incident management timeline
Eric Staffin and Douglas Weldon, VP, Product & Infrastructure Risk Management, Thomson Reuters
Resolving cultural challenges of applying US business continuity/emergency management practices in multinational organizations
Marc Levesque, Project Manager, Emergency Management/Business Continuity and Carolyn Castillo, Business Operations Specialist, The Boeing Company
‘Exercise headcount’: What do you do with 800 scientists when they can’t go back into the building they have just been evacuated from?
Roraigh Ainslie, Director of Business Resilience, Global Operations and Nick Berry, Business Resilience Operations and Planning, Pfizer
How can emergency programs fit better with corporate strategic objectives? What changes can result from them being regarded as a continued value-added function?
Deane Johanis, Manager, Emergency Management Systems, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
Applying lessons learned from the swine flu outbreak
Mike Mastrangelo, Business Continuity Coordinator, University of Texas System
Large scale sudden disasters: Mitigating their impact by using risk and impact assessment
Dovev Viess, EH&S Construction Manager, Intel
Applying performance management in business continuity programs
Stanley Weinrich, Business Continuity Planning, International Paper Group
Capturing and applying lessons from table-top exercises
Mary Lasky, Program Manager, Business Continuity, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
How to build a comprehensive business continuity program for a healthcare organization
Angela Devlen, former Director of Emergency Management, Caritas Christi Healthcare

Just a selection of the 107 peer-reviewed articles and case studies published in Volumes 1, 2 and 3, also still available, includes:

How to access your Board/C-suite and make an effective case for business continuity investments
Chris Kite, VP, Finance & Gino Zucca, Business Resiliency Group, Cisco Systems
Developing a risk assessment program for vendors’ BCM capabilities and their potential impact on your organization
Michael Marshall, AVP, Business Continuity, Wells Fargo
Business impact analysis: Keeping critical impact in perspective
Barry Cardoza, VP/Manager of Business Continuity, Union Bank of California
Participating in a regional public-private emergency partnership: Why do it and how do you make it work?
Brian Tishuk, Executive Director, ChicagoFIRST

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Business Resources

Business Insurance - www.businessinsurance.com

CFO magazine - www.cfo.com

CSO Magazine - www.csoonline.com/read/

Chief Executive magazine - www.chiefexecutive.net

Compliance Week - www.complianceweek.com

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) - www.issproxy.com

OSHA (Pandemic Guidelines) - www.osha.gov/Publications/influenza_pandemic.html

Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) - www.rims.org

DelValle Institute for Emergency Preparedness - www.bphc.org/delvalle

Standards

BS25999 - www.thebci.org/pas56.htm

Basel Accord - www.bis.org/publ/bcbsca.htm

FEMA 141 - www.fema.gov/business/guide/index.shtm

HIPPA - www.hhs.gov/ocr/hippa

ISO 122399 - http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_catalogue/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=50295**Updated

NFPA 1600 - http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/CodesStandards/1600-2007.pdf

Sarbanes Oxley - www.sarbanes-oxley.com/section.php

TL9000 - http://tl9000.org

FFIEC - http://www.ffiec.gov/about.htm

U.S. Homeland Security Proposes Standards for Use in New Private Sector Preparedness Certification Program (PS-Prep)
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY NAPOLITANO MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT ADVANCING NEW CERTIFICATION PROGRAM

WASHINGTON- U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced proposed standards for a new program for the private sector to improve preparedness for disasters and emergencies: the Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation & Certification Program (PS-Prep). These existing private sector developed standards will be used as the criteria for certifiying private sector organizations.

The program was called for in recent U.S. legislation and will allow private sector organizations to choose which standard(s) will be used to certify their individual organization. InterCEP's research indicates initial activity may focus on the application of this new program in confirming the resilience of critical supply chain partners and the Center is currently identifying organizations interested in exploring this potential.

"Preparedness is a shared responsibility and everyone-including businesses, universities and non-profit organizations-has a role to play," said Secretary Napolitano. "Ensuring our private sector partners have the information and training they need to respond to disasters will strengthen our efforts to build a culture of preparedness nationwide."

DHS published a notice in the Federal Register today seeking public comment on three new standards identified for adoption under the PS-Prep Program. PS-Prep is a partnership between DHS and the private sector that enables private entities-including businesses, non-profit organizations and universities-to receive emergency preparedness certification from a DHS accreditation system created in coordination with the private sector.

The notice proposes the designation of PS-Prep standards to enhance operational resilience, business continuity management, and disaster and emergency management among participating private sector partners.

The proposed standards, developed by the National Fire Protection Association, the British Standards Institution and the ASIS International, were selected based on their scalability, balance of interest and relevance to PS-Prep from a group of 25 standards proposed for consideration following the publication of a Federal Register notice in December 2008 announcing the program.

In addition to the standards in the notice posted today, DHS is establishing classifications and methods of certifications that recognize the unique needs and characteristics of small businesses.

Individuals wishing to submit comments on the proposed standards, recommend additional standards for consideration or comment on other programmatic aspects of PS-Prep may obtain a comment form and instructions for submission online at www.regulations.gov, in Docket ID: FEMA-2008-0017. DHS requests comments by Nov. 15, though it will accept submissions at any time thereafter.

For more information, visit http://www.fema.gov/privatesectorpreparedness/ .

Additional information is available on the InterCEP website at http://www.nyu.edu/intercep/document-clearinghouse/

»PS-Prep Public Meetings Information

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced today a series of public meetings that will be held to discuss the DHS Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and Certification Program (PS-Prep).

PS-Prep is a partnership between DHS and the private sector that will enable private entities—including businesses, non-profit organizations and universities—to receive emergency preparedness certification from a system DHS created in coordination with the private sector.

The purpose of these meetings is to provide the public with an opportunity to engage in dialogue with DHS staff and program managers regarding an October 16, 2009, Federal Register Notice (74 FR 53286) announcing DHS’ intent to select three standards for adoption in the PS-Prep program.

The dates, times (local time) and locations of the public meetings are listed below. Meeting participants are requested to be seated no later than 12:50 p.m. (local time).

Date	Time	Location
November 17	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Holiday Inn Chicago O’Hare. 5615 North Cumberland Avenue Chicago, IL 60631 www.hiohare.com
November 18	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Holiday Inn Kansas City Airport 11728 NW Ambassador Drive Kansas City, MO 64153 www.holidayinn.com/kciairport
November 19	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Hotel & Golf Club at Champions Circle 3300 Championship Parkway Fort Worth, Texas 76177 www.marriott.com/dfwmc
December 1	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Oakland Marriott City Center 1001 Broadway Oakland, CA 94607 www.oaklandmarriott.com
December 2	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Holiday Inn SEATAC International Airport 17338 International Boulevard Seattle, WA 98188 www.holidayinn.com
December 3	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Marriott Denver City Center 1701 California Street Denver, CO 80202 www.marriott.com
December 8	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Marriott Philadelphia Airport. One Arrivals Road Philadelphia, PA 19153 www.marriott.com
December 9	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Sheraton Boston Hotel 39 Dalton Street Boston, MA 02199 www.sheratonboston.com
December 10	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	LaGuardia Marriott 102-05 Ditmars Boulevard East Elmhurst, NY 11369 www.marriott.com
December 14	1 p.m. – 5 p.m.	Sheraton Gateway Hotel 1900 Sullivan Road Atlanta, GA 30337 www.sheraton.com

Service Providers

Software - Continuity Insights published a perspective on BCP software in a March/April 2006 special supplement. www.continuityinsights.com

Emergency Notifications - Continuity Insights published a perspective on emergency notifications in a July/August 2006 special supplement. www.continuityinsights.com