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Articles by Mark Ray
PERSPECTIVE: A Regional Response to Protecting Critical Infrastructure from Civil Unrest
In 2020, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Metropolitan area experienced a significant amount of civil unrest in response to the murder of George Floyd that resulted in looting, property damage, injuries, mental health impacts, and community trauma. More than 250 buildings were burned in Minneapolis and St. Paul, including the Minneapolis Police Department 3rd Precinct. The 3rd Precinct was destroyed and is currently still boarded up and fenced off.
Continuing the Work of the 2021 National Resource Management Summit Action Plan
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District Commander Col. Eric Crispino discusses debris removal with Kevin Jasper, Marty Wahking and Mark Cardwell Dec. 30, 2021 in Mayfield, Kentucky. USACE began removing debris in the city of Mayfield Dec. 23 after receiving a mission assignment from FEMA to provide debris removal and cleanup in Graves County.
PERSPECTIVE: Protect and Maintain Investments in Infrastructure
President Joe Biden meets virtually with governors, mayors, county officials and tribal leaders to discuss infrastructure Aug. 11, 2021, in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House.
State of Resilience: Critical Infrastructure and the 9/11 Commission Report
View of one of the entrances to 5 World Trade Center at Ground Zero, New York City, N.Y., Sept. 14, 2001. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Mark C. Olsen) September 11, 2001, changed everything. I have the honor of working with homeland security professionals who felt a calling to serve as a result of that tragic day.
FEMA Updates Public Works Resource Typing Documents for Efficient Mutual Aid Response
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reached out to the American Public Works Association (APWA) to aid in updating public works resource typing documents that are part of the online Resource Typing Library Tool (RTLT). The RTLT documents, as they relates to positions (as compared to equipment), help to establish the minimum qualifications for someone filling this role.
Reducing Environmental Harm and Regulatory Penalties as Hurricane Season Nears its End
Disruption and innovation are common themes for 2020. America’s retailers and their workers have been on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, with grocers, pharmacies and other retailers working hard to make sure families have access to food, medicine and other needed goods and services. Adding to the stress of this year is a hurricane season that has been exceptionally busy. In late October, Hurricane Zeta became the 27th named storm of the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season.
Communities Must Focus on Infrastructure Resiliency to Weather Uncertainty
2020 has been challenging for the entire world in a wide variety of ways. But while the news cycles are full of stories about the election, COVID-19, economic challenges and major weather events, communities’ efforts across the United States are still underway to design, operate, maintain, and replace critical infrastructure and improve resiliency.
How One Public Works Department Puts Mitigation Investment into Action
Recently, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) released the National Mitigation Investment Strategy (NMIS) outlining the framework for a coordinated, federal and national investment strategy for mitigation. The three goals of NMIS are to: (1) show how mitigation investments reduce risk, (2) coordinate mitigation investments to reduce risk, and (3) make mitigation investment standard practice. Now that the strategy is in place, the next planned phase is implementation.
Atlanta Lawyer, Investigator Offer Lessons from the FBI’s Disruption of North Korea’s Botnet
Kamal Ghali, of Bondurant Mixson & Elmore (left) and Mark Ray, of Nardello & Co. (Photos: ALM/Courtesy) On Jan. 30, the U.S. Department of Justice revealed a secret operation to disrupt and uncover the Joanap botnet—one of North Korea’s tools for inflicting technological mayhem around the world.
The reassuring CT scan with a lethal diagnosis
Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury The reassuring CT scan with a lethal diagnosis Ian Y Goh1, Shuangli Wang1, Mark Ray2 and Joy Chakraborty1 1 General Surgery, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia 2 Vascular Surgery, Greenslopes Private Hospital, Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Dr Ian Y Goh, ian.goh{at}uqconnect.edu.au, coracilian{at}gmail.com Abstract We discuss an interesting case of a patient who presented with symptoms of...
The Critical Role of Cybersecurity in Keeping Public Works Operational
The American Public Works Association (APWA) is a professional association of more 30,000 members across the United States and Canada, responsible for “making normal happen” in the communities they serve. While the structures may vary from area to area, all communities have public works at some level.
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