map for the courts for continuing operations in the event of a worldwide bird flu pandemic. quote, while it may be difficult for court managers to invision operations and plan for such a scenario, itsu is important ter plan take place before it occurs to see if a pandemic occurs is to risk the future operation of the court at a time it would be most needed. should a pandemic like old government agencies will be seriously affected. it s estimated 40% of the work force will be unable or unwilling to lereport to work. such a reduction of available human resources could be catastrophic to the continuation of court services and courts need to develop mechanisms in a manner that doesn t jeopardize the health and safety of the judicial work force or members of the public appearing before the court.g
this is what they were contending with. this is what they were trying to plan wefor. a 40% of everyone has the bird flu how did they imagine in 2007 that the federal court system would be able to still stay open if forta no other reason they would have to be ruling on the inevitable orders and emergency actions the government would to take with the dealing of the gigantic bird flu pandemic. what did they think they could do? they could fax quote the courts pandemic emergency c plan shoul consider alternative methods of accessing em plo i yeahs ployee expertise and computers with fao machines and tell lacomecommuni. public officials or the court may deem it necessary to restrict public access to prevent the spread of disease. the court should consider the
among the strategies they are employing to administering the justice system while nobody is being paid,e among the things they are starting to do is that they have dusted off the old bird flu plan from the george w. bush administration. bush gave that uncomfortable speech november 2005, it did in fact set in motion planning across various agencies and elements of the government to be ready to have contingency plans in place in the event that there was a worldwide and nationwide bird flu pandemic that was going to bring the united states and maybe even the whole world to its knees. ao little bit over a year afte the bush administration presented that plan or a ordere that plan after bush gave that speech, the justice department and its burro of justice assistance in fact rolled out this nuts and bolts plan. they called it an emergency road
and elements of the government to be ready, to have contingency plans in place in the event there was a worldwide and nationwide bird flu pandemic that was going to bring the united states and maybe even the whole world to its knees. a little bit over a year after the bush administration presented that plan or ordered that plan, after bush gave that speech, the justice department and its bureau of justice assistants, in fact, rolled out this nuts and bolts plan. they called it an emergency roadmap for the courts for continuing operations in the event of a worldwide bird flu pandemic. while it may be difficult for court managers to envision the impact of a pandemic on court operations and to plan for such a scenario, it is imperative planning takes place before such an event occurs. to wait and see if such an pandemic will occur is to risk
the future of the court if it is needed. all government agencies will be seriously affected. it s estimated that some 40% of the workforce will be unable or unwilling to report to work. such a reduction of available human resources could be catastrophic to the continuation of court services. courts will need to develop mechanisms to ensure the continuity of vital court operations in a manner that doesn t jeopardize the health and safety of the judicial workforce or members of the public appearing before the court. this is what they were contending with. this is what they were trying to plan for. i mean, if 40% of everyone has the bird flu, how did they imagine in 2007 that the federal court system would be able to still stay open if for no other reason they d have to be ruling on all the draconian quarantine orders and emergency actions the government would have to take to deal with the gigantic bird flu