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Food storage supplier Blue Chip Group, Inc. has seen an increase in demand for bulk foods that can be used for current consumption and for storage, along with many requests for information on how to plan for emergencies.

“People are concerned, and they are looking for help. Our phone rings constantly all day, and we had to find a way to help people more effectively and efficiently. We decided to create a series of disaster preparedness tips and suggestions to help our customers overcome the problems associated with preparing for emergencies and disasters,” explained Jeff Augason of Blue Chip Group, Inc.

Augason said the series of tips can be received one at a time by E-mail by going to the company web site at http://FoodStorageIdeas.com.

“We wanted to make it easy to learn, and easy to implement, and we do not want to send so much information all at once that it intimidates people who are new to food storage. We also want to offer suggestions to help people make emergency and disaster plans in all aspects of their lives, not just food issues. So our tips deal with many topics and are not just a sales pitch for buying our food products. We just want to be helpful,” said Augason.

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Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS) announced that Hennepin County, Minnesota, the largest county in Minnesota with 1.1 million residents, has chosen ScheduleAnywhere® to schedule nearly 7,500 of its employees. Hennepin County will use ScheduleAnywhere to manage the day-to-day work schedules of its employees and gain real-time visibility of schedules and staffing needs across multiple departments, including health services, public health, libraries, public safety, and public works.

Managing Employee Work Schedules Online

ScheduleAnywhere will ensure proper staffing levels are achieved throughout Hennepin County. Departments will enter their staffing requirements and instantly see coverage gaps, as well as be able to identify available and qualified employees to help fill those gaps. ScheduleAnywhere will also be used to track time off and availability, as well as employee skills and certifications.

“It’s the most effective way for Hennepin County to schedules its employees, share personnel, and ensure the right people are scheduled where and when they’re needed,” said Jon Forknell, ABS vice president and general manager. “Hennepin County will use ScheduleAnywhere to schedule employees by shift, department and location, as well as allow managers to share schedules and personnel across multiple departments.”

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Prepared Response, Inc., the leading provider of emergency preparedness and response solutions announced it is now a reseller of Veratect Corporation’s VeraSight™ Global (VSG) pandemic data reporting system through the federal government’s General Services Administration (GSA). This particular contract program also allows state and local governments to acquire Veratect’s solutions through the GSA under the Local Preparedness Acquisition Act.

VeraSight Global is a web-based data reporting system that provides access to a real-time display of disease events worldwide together with analytical reporting, event histories, regional summaries, and situational awareness of other events in the vicinity from any other event of interest. This service provides current information for early indications and warnings of disease threats to humans, animals, and plants. Users can filter the output by data range, location, severity, disease and disease type. Prepared Response has conducted pandemic influenza and bio-emergency awareness and planning courses at facilities across the country.

“VeraSight Global was used to help detect the worldwide outbreak of the H1N1 influenza otherwise known as swine flu,” said Bob Hart, president and CEO of Veratect. “We are committed to providing early detection of potential threats to human, animal and plant life while empowering corporations, government organizations, NGOs and global citizens with trusted and actionable information. The GSA provides an easy way for clients to access VeraSight Global.”

Veratect’s public health experts and regional analysts incorporate data from more than 40,000 original sources in more than 30 languages for the company’s unique 24-hour tracking and comprehensive reporting services. The company’s exclusive methodology targets local sources, which often report the signs of disease outbreaks before being officially diagnosed. Read the rest of this entry »