GlobalOptions Group's JLWA Releases Corporate Preparedness Guide Online
 GlobalOptions Group's James Lee Witt Associates Releases Corporate
Preparedness Guide Online Helps Clients Prepare and Respond to H1N1 Flu Virus
Readiness Guide For You and Your Family
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May. 1, 2009-- GlobalOptions Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLOI), a leading provider of domestic and international risk management services and its Management and Preparedness Services consulting division, James Lee Witt Associates have made their Pandemic Business and Family Preparedness Guide available online. The turnkey product can be used to implement some key actions and considerations that should be taken to assist clients as they prepare their employees, students and citizens for potential infection of the H1N1 flu virus. The guide can be accessed by logging on to <http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wittassociates.com&esheet=5953880&lan=en_US&anchor=www.wittassociates.com&index=1>
The U.S. Center for Disease Control advises companies and governments to take an abundance of caution and begin educating their employees and citizens about actions that should be taken to identify and prevent this flu.
Five days ago, James Lee Witt Associates (JLWA) activated the disaster preparedness consulting firm's crisis management team and has distributed this online guide template to their clients and partners so that companies can help prevent wide distribution of the flu symptoms. Witt Associates employs 70 full-time staff and several hundred subject matter experts in crisis management to assist their corporate and government clients to review their pandemic preparedness plans so that they are prepared if the outbreak spreads.
As a preparedness measure over the past several years, JLWA has developed the following services for their clients that could be quickly implemented as the situation warrants:
* Development of a Pandemic Influenza Emergency and Business Continuity and Sustainability Plan
* Standardization of a Corporate Crisis Communication and Rapid Information Dissemination Capability
* Development and Facilitation of Comprehensive Preparedness Training, Education and Exercises
* Crisis/Emergency Management Response Advisory Services
* Development of a Corporate Preparedness Campaign to include:
* Employee/Family Preparedness Guide
* Key Executive Preparedness Messaging
* Sample Press Releases
Given the severity and rapidly changing nature of this situation, entities that have not completed their pandemic planning process can take these key actions and consideration to assist their organizations with their planning and preparedness efforts. Planning is the key to reducing the spread of this flu to entire corporate and organization entities and therefore this template can provide an instant jumpstart to get organizations who may not have their planning complete to take action.
James Lee Witt Associates builds on James Lee Witt's more than 30 years of experience in emergency management, including eight years as the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). JLWA employs over 70 full-time staff and several hundred subject matter experts in crisis management to assist businesses and governments in preparing for, responding to, recovering from and mitigating against all types of crises. More information is available at
James Lee Witt Associates will continue to monitor the situation and update its clients as warranted.
About GlobalOptions Group
GlobalOptions Group, with headquarters in New York City and offices in 16 cities, is a provider of high-end risk assessment and mitigation services to Fortune 1000 corporations, governmental organizations and high-profile individuals throughout the world. GlobalOptions Group's services currently include risk management and security, investigations and litigation support, and crisis management. These engagements take GlobalOptions Group staff around the world and are typically highly-sensitive engagements where GlobalOptions Group is interacting with senior leaders in corporations and governments. Its overall mission is to identify, evaluate, assess, prevent and correct issues that may threaten people, organizations or strategic initiatives for corporations or governments. Additional information can be found at
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