MAGIC 2010 Symposium

MAGIC 2010 Symposium

The 2010 Symposium will be held at the Westin Crown Center April 18 - 22, 2010 in Kansas City, Missouri. MORE INFO

The HEARTLAND HUG will hold its April meeting by conference call and a live and in-person meeting at 5:00 pm CDT on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at the MAGIC 2010 Symposium. The HEARTLAND HUG meeting will be held at the Westin Crown Center Hotel. FEMA will have the HAZUS-MH exhibit and materials at the MAGIC 2010 Symposium.

California lawmaker wants to blur Internet imagery

California lawmaker Assemblyman Joel Anderson has introduced AB 255, a bill targeting Internet mapping sites, fearing their detailed images of public buildings provide a blueprint for terrorists. The bill would restrict the images sites could post online. Clear, detailed images of schools, hospitals, churches and all government buildings — what he calls soft terrorism targets — would not be allowed. Assemblyman Anderson decided to introduce his bill after reading that terrorists who plotted attacks in Israel and India used popular sites such as Google Earth and Microsoft's Virtual Earth. READ MORE