National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program

• FEMA Advances Efforts to Reduce Earthquake Losses Through Performance-Based Seismic Design
  Methodologies to determine the seismic performance of a building's structural or nonstructural components. Visit the entire collection of Success Stories.
• WSSPC 2008 National Awards in Excellence
  ACEHR member Walter J. Arabasz has been awarded the 2008 Western States Seismic Policy Council (WSSPC) Lifetime Achievement Award in Earthquake Risk Reduction. Visit WSSPC 2008 National Awards in Excellence.
• 2008 Public Review and Comment on the Draft Strategic Plan
  All comments must be received by 5 p.m. EDT on Friday, May 9, 2008. For more information, visit 2008 Public Review and Comment on the Draft Strategic Plan.
• 2008 Annual Report
  The 2008 Annual Report (PDF 1.8MB) to Congress describes the activities and achievements of the NEHRP agencies and their partners during 2007 in building on past results and advancing earthquake safety nationwide.
• Establishing and Maintaining a National Post-Earthquake Information Management System
  Learn about the Opportunity for Input and visit the PIMS Community Portal.
• 2008 SSA Annual Meeting
  The Program and Abstract Database for the April 16-18, 2008 Seismological Society of America (SSA) annual meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico is available online.
• 2008 National Earthquake Conference
  Many of the Conference Materials, including the brochure and agenda, for the April 22-26, 2008 National Earthquake Conference in Seattle, Washington are available online.
• Request for Nominations for Members to Serve on the Advisory Committee on Earthquake Hazards Reduction
  Nominations will be accepted on an ongoing basis and will be considered as vacancies arise. Visit the July 20, 2007 Federal Register Notice.
• NEHRP Management Plan
  As required by Public Law 108-360, the NEHRP agencies will also develop the NEHRP Management Plan that will complement the 2006-2010 Strategic Plan.
• 2008 NEHRP Budget
  NEHRP is about synergy. The motivation for NEHRP has been the observation that the four diverse but complementary NEHRP agencies can accomplish more for reducing earthquake hazards in the U.S. by working together than they can by working separately. As the program agencies develop the proposed 2008 NEHRP budget, the agencies will work in partnership to fulfill the Congressional directive for the Interagency Coordinating Committee (ICC) that the budget be "a coordinated interagency budget that ensures balance among NEHRP activities."

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