Public Accountability Requires Citizen Action (disasteraccountability.org)
Since last month, an outbreak of cholera has killed over 1,300 survivors of the Haiti earthquake—and the outbreak is reaching a tipping point. Haiti is facing its first epidemic in living memory. People have begun rioting. The World Health Organization is projecting 200,000 will become ill within 3 months, and 10,000 could die. But there [...]
With a weak economy forcing many state and local governments to cut back on services, the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s web-based information on disaster preparedness is more needed than ever. But, for individuals with disabilities, that information is difficult to access, according to guests who appeared recently on WAMU to discuss “Designing Accessible Technology.” The [...]