The PDNA processes will result in a government-owned report outlining the impact of the disaster, response to the disaster, a Recovery Result Framework and lessons-learnt.
Social media sites like Twitter are being monitored for real-time, location-specific impact to individuals and communities to deliver situational intelligence to emergency response teams as quickly as possible.
They also have an indirect impact via the wealth effect, as consumers increase their spending in response to improvement in their balance-sheets (see article).
Further, high persistent unemployment levels have had an adverse impact on the number of employer-sponsored health insurance enrollments as many employers have cut healthcare benefits in response to market conditions.
The commitment came in response to a question from a cross-party group of MEPs on 15 February 2012 on the impact of third country legislation on EU data protection laws.