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Planning for Disaster

By Mark A. Konkel
November 28, 2005

The events of September 11, 2001 in New York and Washington, DC, caught many unprepared for the psychological effects of a terrorist attack carried out on a previously unimagined scale. The attacks also caused many businesses to consider or reconsider their own preparedness in the event of a major catastrophe: how could a business ensure continuity in the event of a significant business disruption? How would it locate its employees? How could an employer and employees communicate?

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