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The interconnected nature of modern business means that your vendors’ operational resilience can, and frequently does, have an outsized impact on business operations. Case in point: 61% of companies ...

Business continuity is becoming a source of competitive advantage as firms invest in resilience, faster recovery, stronger ...

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Patrick Seward, left, campus mission continuity planner, and Rhonda Oates, associate vice chancellor for the Research and Teaching Animal Care Program and the campus attending veterinarian, flank ...

What will you do if the building you operate in is damaged to the point where it is unsafe to work? Or if utilities won’t be available for weeks or longer following a disaster? Disasters happen. They ...

The largest single-employer strike in U.S. history was averted. Reaching a tentative agreement just six days before the deadline, United Parcel Service and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters ...

One of the most vivid lessons from my Public Buildings Service career came from a building manager responsible for a federal courthouse in downtown New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina. As floodwaters ...