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Case 5.1: The Boston Marathon Bombing: Effective Coordinated Response

Audio:

• NPR – Boston tests the limits of emergency planning
  This story from NPR in 2006 highlights emergency management improvements that occurred in Boston following Hurricane Katrina.
   

Video:

• Boston.com—Boston EMS radio traffic offers inside look at response to Boston Marathon bombings 
  This video and audio mix lets viewers hear how emergency personnel responded to the Boston Marathon bombing.
   
• MIT Video—Edward Davis – Boston Police Commissioner, Remarks at MIT Crisis Management and Business Continuity Panel
  Boston’s Police Commissioner describes the events that occurred during the bombing and how his department responded.
   
• YouTube—HBO History Makers with Thad W. Allen
  This one hour discussion with Admiral Thad Allen provides insight into emergency management challenges including the Allen’s experience after Hurricane Katrina.  Compare Allen’s comments on emergency management to those of Boston Police Commission in the link provided above.
   

Case 5.2: Which Way for Cheese? Conflicting Policies at the U.S. Department of Agriculture

Audio:

• NPR – U.S. pushes cheese – and warns against it.
  NPR offers an interview with the New York Times reporter who identified the tension over cheese at the USDA discussed in the case study.

Infographic:

• The Pew Charitable Trusts— Five facts you should know about school meals
  The Pew Charitable Trusts Health Initiative presents facts about school meals.
   

Video:

• The Daily Show – Starved by the bell: Kids protest school lunch calorie limits 
  Comedian John Stewart explains the controversy over new healthier school lunch guidelines.
   
• The Colbert Report – Thought for food: School potato guidelines and fast food stamps
  Comedy Central’s coverage of school lunch continues with sharp commentary from Steven Colbert on the limitation of tater tots in school lunches.
   

Case 5.3: Partly Cloudy? Wyoming Moves to Google Apps for Government

Audio:

• NPR – Migrating to e-mail in the cloud
  This report details challenges that government agencies have experienced when moving e-mail and data to the cloud.

Video:

• YouTube—Cloud computing explained
  The General Services Administration, the federal government’s property management arm, explains cloud computing.
   
• YouTube—Government Technology – Colorado goes Google Apps for government 
  The Chief Information Officer for the State of Colorado explains why state agencies moved to google applications.
   

Web Resources:

• IBM Center for The Business of Government—Moving to the cloud: An introduction to cloud computing in government
  This report from the IBM Center for the Business of Government outlines basic information about how government is moving toward cloud computing.