PERI-Sponsored Study on Major Terrorism Events during 1988-2005 Featured in Online Bookstore

Report Highlights U.S. Responses Following Major Terrorism Events

Fairfax, Virginia (September 18, 2006) – The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit risk management training and educational organization, has partnered with Claire B. Rubin and Associates to produce a comprehensive narrative covering 18 years of significant terrorist acts and how the U.S. responded. The report entitled Major Terrorism Events and Their U.S. Outcomes (1988-2005) is available in the PERI online Bookstore at www.riskinstitute.org.

“This detailed perspective provides tremendous insight into how terrorist events have affected U.S. policy,” said Gerard J. Hoetmer, Executive Director of PERI. “The report presents a factual accounting of major terrorist occurrences since 1988 and describes how emergency management has evolved in response to each event.”

Researched by Claire B. Rubin and Associates with grant funding from PERI, Major Terrorism Events and Their U.S. Outcomes (1988-2005), is a 65-page perspective on 18 years of major terrorism events and the resulting changes to laws, regulations and organizational structures. To learn more about development of the report and the Terrorism Time Line chart (2001-2005) that complements the report, go to www.disaster-timeline.com. The report is available on CD-Rom or in hard copy and can be purchased for $25 in PERI’s Bookstore at www.riskinstitute.org.

About the Public Entity Risk Institute

The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) is a nonprofit, non-membership organization that provides risk management education and training resources for local governments, school districts, small businesses, nonprofits, and others. PERI’s Website serves as a clearinghouse and library with information on a wide range of topics including emergency/disaster management and hazard mitigation, environmental liability, risk financing and insurance, safety and health protection, workers’ compensation, and technology risks. PERI also operates a national performance measurement and benchmarking database known as the PERI Data Exchange, which allows local governments to compare liability and workers’ compensation data with their peers and identify strategies to reduce losses and control costs. To learn more about the extensive services available from PERI, go to www.riskinstitute.org.