Enter Code “HOLIDAY” to Receive 20% Off Your Order in the PERI Online Bookstore

FAIRFAX, Virginia. December 16, 2008— Through December 31, 2008, receive 20% off everything in the PERI Online Bookstore—from publications to CDs, DVDs, and training. Simply enter code “HOLIDAY” during checkout to receive the discount.

PERI offers a wide range of resources on topics such as benchmarking and performance measurement; general risk management; emergency management; disaster preparedness; disaster recovery; benchmarking and performance measurement; and workers’ compensation for public entities, nonprofits, and small businesses.

Here are a few titles you may want to check out:

• Benchmarking Motor Vehicle and Fleet Operations Within a Municipal Government
• Risk Identification and Analysis: A Guide for Small Public Entities
• Risk Management for Small Business
• PERI Day of Injury Resource Manual
• Emergency Management: The American Experience 1900-2005 (Winner of 2008 SENRA Book Prize)
• Emergency Management in Higher Education: Current Practices and Conversations
• Are You Ready? What Lawyers Need to Know About Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Recovery
• Characteristics of Effective Emergency Management Organizational Structures
• Open for Business: A Disaster Planning Toolkit for the Small Business Owner
• Surviving Extreme Events: A Guide to Help Small Businesses and Not-for-Profit Organizations Prepare for and Recover from Extreme Events
• The Water's Edge: Profits and Policy Behind the Rising Catastrophe of Floods
• Holistic Disaster Recovery: Ideas for Building Local Sustainability After a Natural Disaster

Visit the PERI Online Bookstore at www.riskinstitute.org/bookstore today through December 31 to receive 20% off your entire order. Remember to enter the code “HOLIDAY” during the checkout process.

About the Public Entity Risk Institute

The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI) is a nonprofit research institute that develops 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 disaster preparedness, response, and recovery; public health and safety; land use and planning; environmental liability; risk financing and insurance; technology risks; and workers’ compensation. 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 publications and services available from PERI, go to www.riskinstitute.org.