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Give the public a role in disaster response -- FCW. Give the public a role in disaster response By W. David StephensonJul 05, 2011 W. David Stephenson is the principal at Stephenson Strategies in Medfield, Mass., and a Government/Enterprise 2.0 consultant. After this spring’s tornadoes in the Southeast and Midwest and given the heightened concern about a possible new round of terrorist attacks, it’s time the Homeland Security Department made the public full partners in disaster and terrorism preparedness and response.
Through creative use of social media and portable electronic devices, we’ve shown that we can provide important, actionable information. It’s been two years since DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the department would emulate the World War II strategy of involving the public in planning and response. The department uses Twitter and Facebook to alert us during a disaster but only as an alternative broadcast medium. DHS should look to the National Weather Service for an effective model. RAVEN: Using Smartphones For Collaborative Disaster Data Collection. Refugees United - connecting families | Refugees United. Seven ways mobile phones have changed lives in Africa.
Mobile phone technology has grown significantly over the past decadeNigeria has close to 100M mobile phone lines, making it Africa's largest telecoms marketWe look at ways that mobile phones have changed lives in Africa Mobile phones have become an essential part of our everyday life. Through a special month-long series, "Our Mobile Society," we examine how phones and tablets are changing the way we live. Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- A little over a decade ago there were about 100,000 phone lines in Nigeria, mostly landlines run by the state-owned telecoms behemoth, NITEL. Today NITEL is dead, and Nigeria has close to 100 million mobile phone lines, making it Africa's largest telecoms market, according to statistics by the Nigerian Communications Commission.
Across the rest of the continent the trends are similar: between 2000 and 2010, Kenyan mobile phone firm Safaricom saw its subscriber base increase in excess of 500-fold. Open Mic: Mobile devices in Kenya Gallery created by Stina Backer.