"Ready," the preparedness effort sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, was the runaway winner, with $225.7 million in donated time and space.

In addition to this, FEMA provides funds for training of response personnel throughout the United States and its territories as part of the agency's preparedness effort.

We will continue to post information regarding the most common questions about this subject as well as the latest information on our preparedness efforts.

PublicHeathEmergency.gov provides detailed information on a wide variety of preparedness efforts, including federal support for basic and advanced research and development of medical countermeasures for public health threats.

But such organizers have been building links to local officials in some communities that could lead to broad preparedness efforts.

Pandemic preparedness efforts were largely based on a scenario of severe human illness caused by other influenza strains.

By the end of the Truman administration, the Defense Department had met successfully the challenges of the Korean War mobilization and embarked on a long-term preparedness effort.

The funds were allocated based on risk analysis, effectiveness, and integration with broader state and local preparedness efforts.

Khan used these preparedness efforts during the first anthrax attack in 2001, during which he directed the CDC operational response in Washington, D.C.

So far there's been more preparedness efforts at this time, but I think we're going to see the damage [reports] come out later today and tomorrow.