This Week! U.S. Department of Education's OSDFS Releases Action Guide for Emergency Management at Institutions of Higher Education

This Week!
Friday, February 13, 2009

- U.S. Department of Education's OSDFS Releases "Action Guide for
Emergency Management at Institutions of Higher Education" -

The U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) Office of Safe and Drug-Free
Schools (OSDFS), in collaboration with ED's Readiness and Emergency
Management for Schools (REMS) Technical Assistance Center (TA Center),
is pleased to announce the release of the "Action Guide for Emergency
Management at Institutions of Higher Education."

The "Action Guide" aims to offer institutions of higher education a
useful resource in the field of emergency management. It is intended to
serve as a resource for all types of institutions of higher education.

For more details, please visit the This Week! section of the Center's
Web site: http://www.higheredcenter.org/.

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Received on Fri Feb 20 2009 - 09:23:10 EST