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Policy makers and scientists think of nuclear weapons stockpiles as complex political and technical problems, as James Fuller explains in Arms Control Today. But stores of nuclear weapons are also organizing systems. The people designing these vital systems face many of the same questions and issues information scientists do.

Immediately following a natural disaster, government representatives and Red Cross volunteers arrive on the scene en-masse. They bring not only supplies, shelters and expertise, but also information systems that facilitate disaster recovery. But when they disappear 3-5 days later, communities are left with no long-term systems to aid disaster recovery.