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		<title>Social Media as a Sensor – Leveraging Crowd-Sourced Data for Early Warning and Response</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2011/01/24/social-media-as-a-sensor-%e2%80%93-leveraging-crowd-sourced-data-for-early-warning-and-response/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 22:11:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Estes Cohen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Citizens as sensors]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Co-authored with Bill Hyjek
A recent story published on Wired.com discussed the findings of group of researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing who developed a method for predicting changes in the Dow Jones Industrial Average through the analysis of Twitter updates. The research team leveraged open-source mood-tracking tools like OpenFinder to sort [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons on the Use of Social Media</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/04/lessons-on-the-use-of-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/10/04/lessons-on-the-use-of-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 18:01:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Moore</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=611</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Emergency managers and public safety practitioners across the globe are beginning to recognize the benefits of using social media to connect with citizens (and each other) to better prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters. The American Red Cross hosted the Emergency Social Data Summit in August 2010 to bring together government agencies, emergency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part 2: Hybrid 2.0 – Leveraging Citizen Engagement for Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Recovery</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/07/13/part-2-hybrid-2-0-%e2%80%93-leveraging-citizen-engagement-for-emergency-preparedness-response-and-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/07/13/part-2-hybrid-2-0-%e2%80%93-leveraging-citizen-engagement-for-emergency-preparedness-response-and-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Estes Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Safety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=541</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my previous blog post, Hybrid 2.0 – How to leverage social media for emergency management and response, I discussed two existing models for the use of social media in open government:
- For use in public communication and collaboration: communication among citizens and with the public, leveraged by government agencies and non-profit organizations like Crisis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media and Emergency Management:  Hybrid 2.0?</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/06/23/social-media-and-emergency-management-hybrid-2-0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/06/23/social-media-and-emergency-management-hybrid-2-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Estes Cohen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Public Safety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency Management]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=510</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Below is a blog first posted by Sara Estes Cohen, MPP, ABCP, on GovLoop.
For the past three years, I&#8217;ve been working in emergency management and social media. As I&#8217;ve been focused on leveraging social media tools and technology for use in emergency management and response, the world of Gov 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0 has grown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perspectives from the Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness (TCIP) Conference and Expo in Philly</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/02/05/perspectives-from-the-technologies-for-critical-incident-preparedness-tcip-conference-and-expo-in-philly/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/02/05/perspectives-from-the-technologies-for-critical-incident-preparedness-tcip-conference-and-expo-in-philly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlee Hess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[State and Local]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sahana]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=383</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2010 TCIP Conference was a whirlwind week of catching up with old friends, meeting new ones and advancing life saving emergency response technologies.  The theme for this year’s conference was critical connections and the dual purpose of that theme was not lost on this crowd. The sessions focused on connecting emergency responders with technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web 2.0 Tools in Times of Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/01/15/web-2-0-tools-in-times-of-crisis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/01/15/web-2-0-tools-in-times-of-crisis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Neil Canfield</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haitian earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0 tools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=329</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The magnitude 7.0 earthquake that struck the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday evening has highlighted the usefulness of Web 2.0 tools as a means of sharing information in times of crisis. Few phone calls have been reaching the Caribbean nation following Tuesday’s quake, however, a flurry of texts, twitters, photos, status updates, and other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can We Create an Intelligence Alert System?</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/01/07/can-we-create-an-intelligence-alert-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/01/07/can-we-create-an-intelligence-alert-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:28:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas bombing incident]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligence community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national security]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me state from the outset that I’m out of my depth here. Other than being a dedicated and passionate observer and admirer of the intelligence community, I have no background in intelligence matters.  But, after reading countless articles, editorials, blogs and commentaries on the foiled Christmas day bombing incident I feel that I have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ambulance Theft- A Valid Concern</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/06/23/ambulance-theft-a-valid-concern/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/06/23/ambulance-theft-a-valid-concern/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Troy Hagen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9/11 Commission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[first responders]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=239</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A piece of advice that has stuck with me through all my years in the Emergency Medical Services industry is this; “An ambulance is like a billboard, drive and act as though everyone can see you.”  I still completely agree with this philosophy.  And it is also important to remember that some are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>First Responders Could Gain From Soldiers&#8217; Use of iPhones</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/05/04/first-responders-could-gain-from-soldiers-use-of-iphones/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/05/04/first-responders-could-gain-from-soldiers-use-of-iphones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 01:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first responders]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[NCIC]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=206</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The following Newsweek article discusses how the military is now using iPhones in the field as a mobile platform to do everything from receiving real-time information in the field (including from drones and sensors), to helping them communicate better with locals (through translation software and using graphics and video) to – well its uses are [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Google Earth As An Investigative Tool</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/04/27/google-earth-as-an-investigative-tool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/04/27/google-earth-as-an-investigative-tool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geospatial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virtual]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My March 10th blog entry discussed how geospatial-based Web 2.0 technologies are being used to improve situational awareness for emergency preparedness and response. Related to this, Tech Crunch, one of the leading blogs that focuses on new Internet technologies and products, has reported on how one such technology &#8211; Google Earth &#8211; has helped solve [...]]]></description>
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