APWA’s Emergency Management policy priority underscores how, as first responders, public works professionals serve a vital role in ensuring national critical infrastructure functions during emergencies. Its priorities include:

Mitigation

  • Supporting the Safeguarding Tomorrow Through Ongoing Risk Mitigation (STORM) Act
  • Enacting a five-year National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) authorization

Communication & Coordination

  • Including public works in the development, funding, and execution of telecommunication policies, programs, congressional and federal regulatory actions

Streamlining

Cybersecurity

  • Including public works professionals – who have responsibility or direct oversight of systems that operate and protect assets, systems, and networks of the country’s critical infrastructure sectors – in the establishment, implementation of national cybersecurity guidelines.