The September Business Continuity Committee meeting featured a presentation by Nils P. Ekberg, Information Security Consultant at the New York State Technology Enterprise Corporation (NYSTEC). The presentation, titled “Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Overview,” covered a number of topics, including: lessons learned from other universities’ educational experiences (e.g., a study of colleges’ experiences recovering [...]

The City has established its strategy for protecting New Yorkers during the upcoming flu season and CUNY wants to make sure you are aware of it. Please visit the Flu webpage for more information and updates.

Are you prepared for an emergency situation? Ready.gov suggests that emergency preparedness consists of getting an emergency preparedness kit, making a plan, staying informed and getting involved to prepare your community. An emergency preparedness kit should store supplies for you and everyone in your household for three days. The kit should include [...]

The Business Continuity Committee’s July meeting featured a presentation by Rachel Stein Dickinson, Deputy Commissioner for Finance, Policy and Administration at the NYC Office of Emergency Management (OEM), who oversees OEM’s Continuity of Operations Planning (COOP). Ms. Dickinson discussed creating, upholding and regulating business continuity plans and addressed ways in which OEM has assisted [...]

July’s Risk Management Council meeting featured a presentation by Jim Kerr, Director of Emergency Management and Business Continuity at New York University, titled “Emergency Management and Global Travel in an Academic Environment: The NYU Model.” Mr. Kerr discussed some of the tools and policies implemented by NYU that provide intelligence on risks in particular [...]

In the throes of hurricane season, the Office of Environmental, Health, Safety and Risk Management wanted to impart some information on precautions that may be taken to ensure each student, faculty and staff member’s safety. New York City’s Office of Emergency Management has developed brochures to prepare New Yorkers for hurricanes and flooding [...]

The June 30, 2009 Risk Management Council Meeting featured Nancy Clark, Assistant Commissioner of New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) Bureau of Environmental Disease Prevention Program. Ms. Clark briefed the Council on the DOHMH response to the H1N1 outbreak and fielded questions from Council members. Discussion topics included flu [...]

“Business Continuity” is the process of continuing critical functions during a sustained disruption. Although already done throughout CUNY, a recent initiative centralized this process into a University-wide Committee. The Business Continuity Committee composed of senior university officials and senior staff at each campus held its inaugural meeting on June 5, 2009. Executive [...]

CUNY has been part of the New York City Office of Emergency Management’s efforts to coordinate a citywide response to the ongoing concern regarding Swine Flu. According to the New York City Commissioner of Health, symptoms of all confirmed and probable Swine Flu cases in New York City have been mild and they have been [...]

Cornell University recently completed its Laboratory Safety Manual and Chemical Hygiene Plan. The manual was created to comply with the basic requirements of the OSHA Laboratory Standard to develop a Chemical Hygiene Plan. The manual offers guidelines for compliance with the OSHA Lab Standard and Cornell University requirements, and provides recommendations for best [...]