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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.

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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