This message was sent to ##Email## February 6, 2020   |   Home  |   About  |   Membership  |   Education & Training  |   Resources  |        TOP NEWS Senate acquits Trump, ending historic trial The New York Times The Senate acquitted President Trump on Wednesday of charges that he abused his power and obstructed Congress, as Republicans turned back an election-year attempt by House Democrats to remove him from office for pressuring a foreign power to incriminate his political rivals. The tally for conviction fell far below the 67-vote threshold necessary for removal and neither article of impeachment garnered even a simple majority.  READ MORE How coronaviruses cause infection — from colds to deadly pneumonia Scientific American The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) behind the ongoing outbreak—which the World Health Organization has declared an international public health emergency—was named after the family of viruses it belongs to. The term “coronavirus” may have initially been unfamiliar to many, but most everyone has encountered milder forms of such viruses, of which four strains cause about a fifth of common cold cases.  READ MORE 911 cost-sharing agreement among Maine cities gets review Emergency Management The City Council agreed recently to begin negotiations with Auburn over how to fund L-A 911, the shared emergency communications department of the two cities. While an agreement between the two cities has been in place largely unchanged since 1978, the Auburn City, Maine, Council passed a resolve in December authorizing City Manager Peter Crichton to “enter into discussions with the Lewiston City Administrator to establish a funding formula for L-A 911,” which is shared evenly between the two cities.  READ MORE    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Insurance Program Managers Group The most effective way to protect public safety employees How to use predictive data to reduce workers’ compensation claims Don’t fear your workers’ compensation audit — here’s what you need to know Minimizing claims costs by tackling core issues affecting workforce health The tools public entities need to mitigate risk and manage claims   Gov tech lessons learned from Iowa's caucus app debacle Government Technology The 2020 election season kicked off Monday in Iowa, and many are hoping it’s not a harbinger of things to come. Despite the widely held opinion of election security experts that Internet-connected devices should be avoided where possible — to say nothing of repeated warnings from federal officials about cybersecurity threats — the Iowa Democratic Party used a brand-new mobile app to tally and transmit primary election results. It didn’t go well.  READ MORE NV Energy seeks input on disaster plan KSNV - TV NV Energy held its second and final public outreach session for Clark County, Nevada, to seek input on its draft Natural Disaster Preparedness Plan. According to NV Energy Fire Mitigation Specialist, Mark Regan, the topics cover several areas. “We’re going to be hearing about how we're hardening our infrastructure,” said Regan. “We're going to be talking about the partnerships that we're forming with the fire agencies and emergency managers,” he says.  READ MORE West Virginia congressional delegation urges cost-share increase for disaster relief West Virginia's News West Virginia’s congressional delegation has sent a letter to the White House asking President Donald Trump to approve a federal cost-share increase for disaster recovery projects. Sens. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., and Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Reps. David McKinley, Alex Mooney and Carol Miller, all R-W.Va., asked for the increase, which would apply to projects related to a bout of flooding that devastated the southern region of the state in June 2016.  READ MORE Friendly fire: The no. 1 threat to America's election cybersecurity Governing What if the greatest threat to our election security isn't Russian hackers? What if it's actually well-intentioned Americans? Phishing attacks account for more than 90 percent of data breaches. Imagine a scenario in which a campaign operative opens a seemingly harmless email, supposedly from her email provider, asking her to change her password.  READ MORE States move to protect anesthetized women from non-consensual pelvic exams Route Fifty When going in for surgery, most women don’t expect that they might be subjected to a pelvic exam under anesthesia—especially one to which they didn’t consent. Yet the stories of this happening—sometimes during gynecological surgeries and sometimes during completely unrelated ones—are common. Performing pelvic exams on anesthetized women without prior consent is legal in forty states. Now, state lawmakers across the country are taking up the issue.  READ MORE PRIMA Risk Watch Connect with PRIMA Recent Issues | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Advertise | Web Version  Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469-420-2601 | Download media kit Bethanney Standerfer, Content Editor, 469-420-2688  | Contribute news Public Risk Management Association 700 S. Washington St., Suite 218 | Alexandria, VA, 22314 | 703-528-7701 | Contact Us  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063