Call For Comments
Unmanned Aerial Systems for Disaster Response
Federal Communications Commission
Deadline: February 28, 2011
The Federal Communications Commission is seeking input on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles or balloons that could be deployed to disaster sites to assist in situation assessments. The Commission is particularly seeking comments regarding coordination and management of deployments, adverse effects of deployment, classes of equipment to be used, and coordination with satellite and communication infrastructure.
Call for Nominations
Blanchard Award for Academic Excellence in Emergency Management Higher Education
North Dakota State University
Deadline: March 5, 2011
North Dakota State University is calling for nominations for the 2011 Dr. B. Wayne Blanchard Award for Academic Excellence in Emergency Management Higher Education. The award recognizes emergency management community members that have advanced higher education in the field. Nominations should be one page and explain what the nominee has contributed. Self-nominations are acceptable.
Call for Submissions
Social Media and Collaborative Systems for Crisis Management
Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
Deadline: March 15, 2011
The editors of Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction are accepting submissions of research papers for a special issue on social media and collaborative systems in crisis management. Papers should focus on the description or evaluation of collaborative systems used for emergency management, including studies of virtual communities and social software, issues in using information technology in disaster response, or behavioral studies of Web and networking technology in emergency management.