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What about the Continuity of Operations (COOP) plans, required of all federal agencies? Advocates of COOP, and telework, have continually been ignored when trying to prepare agencies for the kind of widespread and extended devastation from events like Katrina, or the singular damage to critical systems suffered in 2001.
Not until managers and emergency planners work together to make these programs a part of the fabric of government, will we achieve a more acceptable level of preparedness. We cannot stop the forces of nature. We are working hard to stop terrorist attacks. What we can be sure of, is that we can do a better job preparing for whatever comes next, by building redundant infrastructures, training and enabling a more mobile work force, and increasing cooperation between agencies and levels of government.
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