Moving Beyond the Disaster Readiness Plateau: The Mandate for Integrating
Government Capabilities
This is a free, one-hour webinar presented by AJ Briding,
(CEM, PMP, CMQ/OE), Emergency Management Consultant, CIBER, Inc., and Jerry
Sneed, USMC (Ret.), Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness, City of
New Orleans.
The disaster scenarios governments and their constituents
are facing are becoming more complex and potentially more destructive. To
be truly ready for these threats, you must integrate multiple disciplines
and activities that are often spread across several government agencies:
- Homeland Security
- Emergency Management
- Continuity of Operations / Continuity of Government
Add to this the fact that federal grant funding is essential,
but the compliance requirements for federal funding are quite disparate.
This, in turn, creates another layer of difficulty when attempting to integrate
activities.
Consider requirements such as:
- NIMS and ICS
- National Preparedness Goal and the Target Capabilities List
- DHS and HHS grant requirements
- Federal Preparedness Circular 65 (Continuity of Operations)
- Critical Infrastructure Protection Plan
Readiness can no longer depend on segmented, stovepiped
operations
Planning, preparation, coordination and response activities
within and among government agencies are essential to developing
an effective emergency management program. Unfortunately, the bureaucratic
complexity that must be negotiated to accomplish this can be one of the
biggest obstacles you will face.
That said, how can your agencies work together to build
stronger, in-depth readiness and response capabilities?
How can you develop a program that ensures coverage
of common yet crucial support functions, especially when industry-wide standards
and business models are hard to find?
How can you leverage and prioritize information technology
(IT) solutions to build the resilient infrastructure upon which all of this
depends?
Learn How You Can Coordinate Activities Between Agencies
During this informative webinar you will learn:
- About an enterprise model that can serve as a basis for building and
coordinating activities between agencies
- How your IT systems can provide the foundation for a robust, comprehensive,
and efficient emergency management plan
- Learn about an enterprise model for integrating Emergency Management,
Homeland Security, and COOP/COG that can take State and Local Government
readiness to the next level.
- Learn how the City of New Orleans has re-invented their disaster preparedness
approach in the wake of Katrina, leveraging strategic IT investments and
new organizational techniques to build robust emergency services in preparation
for future crises.
Presented By:
 AJ
Briding
(CEM, PMP, CMQ/OE)
Emergency Management Consultant
CIBER, Inc. |
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 Jerry
Sneed
USMC (Ret.)
Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness
City of New Orleans |
Get the related articles by CIBER's AJ Briding:
Local
Government Emergency Services: Partnering With Your IT Department
Originally appeared in IAEM Bulletin August 2007
Local
Government Emergency Services: The Necessity for Thoroughness
Originally appeared in IAEM Bulletin February 2007
Local
Government Emergency Services: Setting Yourself Up for Success
Originally appeared in IAEM Bulletin October 2006
Additional information:
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more about CIBER’s security solutions, including business continuity
/ disaster recovery and emergency management »
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our related case study, CIBER and the City of New Orleans Collaborate
on Major Initiatives »
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