“ geoconops : what it means for state and local officials”
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“ GeoCONOPS : What It Means for State and Local Officials” David Alexander, Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Geospatial Management Office November 14, 2013. OVERVIEW. Presentation and discussion on GeoCONOPS : - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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“GeoCONOPS: What It Means for State and Local Officials”
David Alexander, Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Geospatial Management Office
November 14, 2013
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Presentation and discussion on GeoCONOPS:
GeoCONOPS defines federal geospatial capabilities in support of state, local, and tribal authorities across the entire emergency management cycle.
• What are its benefits to state, local, and private organizations?• What activities, best practices, and technical resources does it offer?• What are future training and technological plans?
Information about the NISC:
• Mission, strategic goals, and activities; and• Diverse member community and how to join.
OVERVIEW
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• Launched June 2012• Founding Members
State of Oregon; Commonwealth of Virginia; State of California; City of Charlottesville, VA; City of Charlotte, NC
• Community Building Interest in bringing together emergency management, IT, GIS first responder,
and public safety communities across federal, regional, tribal, state, and local government
• Voluntary Information Sharing Governance documents, information sharing plans, standard operating
procedures, and software code/documentation, etc.
ABOUT THE NISC
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ABOUT THE NISC(cont.)
MISSIONBring together data owners, custodians, and users involved in the fields of homeland security, public safety, and emergency management and response to leverage efforts related to governance, development, and sharing of technology, data processes, and best practices.
VISION• Common, shared situational awareness capabilities will exist in every state,
territory, and the District of Columbia.• Information will be found, discovered, and shared effortlessly across all
levels of government.• Every community across the nation will be resilient in the face of disaster
or emergency.
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ABOUT THE NISC(cont.)
STRATEGIC GOALS1. Enhance national situational awareness capabilities2. Enhance and standardize national
information sharing capabilities by maximizing access to and the use of available data
3. Provide support to EMAC and mutual aid efforts across the nation
4. Sustain the NISC as an independent consortiumDownload the 2013-2017 NISC Strategic Plan at www.nisconsortium.org
6For a complete list of NISC member organizations, go to www.nisconsortium.org
ELIGIBLE MEMBERS • First responders• GIS practitioners• State/local/tribal
emergency management information & communications officers
• Mission-critical NGOs
• Private partners• Civic leaders• Federal agencies
ABOUT THE NISC(cont.)
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Education & Training
• Events— Monthly Webinars— Educational Seminars— NISC Annual Summit
• Technical Assistance— Brokerage of subject
matter expertise
Collaboration Space
• Initiative-focused Work Groups
• Member Working Groups— Discipline focused— Topic focused— Solutions focused
• Practitioner-developed Resources— Sample MOAs/templates— Trainings— Policy/guidance documents— Lessons learned
• NISC-curated Resources— Best practices analyses, fact
sheets, tip sheets— Case studies— Aggregated information
• Technology Store and Data Pipeline— Application code— Data sets— Downloadable
applications
(limited or unlimited sharing; unlimited publish or limited publish)
Resource Exchange
Three major areas of activity:
WHAT THE NISC BRINGS TO YOU
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• PERSPECTIVE—as a practitioner, no one is better positioned to convey the needs, experiences, and priorities of our sector. You are the voice of the NISC.
• KNOWLEDGE—as a practitioner, no one is better positioned to provide lessons learned, case studies, and best practices to other stakeholders. You are the subject matter experts.
• SENSE OF COMMUNITY—as a practitioner, no one is better positioned to support other stakeholders who are vested in a universal, shared interest. You comprise the culture.
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE NISC
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VIRTUAL USA® Governance in partnership with DHS FRG Pilot of ArcGIS Online as an information sharing platform through
the Central U.S. Earthquake Consortium’s CAPSTONE-14 exercise Exploration of a public safety cloud computing environment
CURRENT NISC ACTIVITIES
Contact [email protected] for more information
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CAPACITY BUILDING Incident Management Information Sharing (IMIS) Committee
• Sub-committee of the White House Information Sharing and Access Interagency Policy Committee
• IMIS Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
MEMBER ACTIVITIES Information sharing webinars
Tools and Technologies for School Safety—Dec. 12 Data and technology code sharing
Member sharing portal in progress
CURRENT NISC ACTIVITIES(cont)
Contact [email protected] to submit webinar ideas or find out about how to share data and technology through the NISC
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• Members join on behalf of their organization• Members are required to sign the NISC Memorandum of
Agreement• Sharing of any resource, data set, or technology code is
completely voluntary
TO JOIN Review membership categories at www.nisconsortium.org Request MOA: e-mail [email protected] or use on
website Sign and submit MOA to [email protected]
JOIN US!