US Army Corps of Engineers

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Army Corps of Engineers – Information Technology (ACE-IT)

Enterprise Emergency Response Team (EERT) Briefing

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EERT Mission & Functions Provides IM/IT support to affected District EOCs and ESF#3 missions.

Provides rapid and necessary mobilization of ACE-IT personnel and IT resources before, during and after an emergency or disaster contingency occurs.

Utilizes and maintains cached equipment to establish IT infrastructure (Recovery Field Office, Emergency Field Office, COOP site, etc.) and meet mission requirements.

Maintains IT operations throughout the duration of an emergency or disaster event.

Provides dashboard status and briefings of IT capabilities during events.

Assists Corps Commands in preparation and exercise of COOP.

Provides temporary fill of Regional Management Directorate vacancies.

Provides support of unique ACE-IT unsupported Corps operations as required and as available.

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Consists of 10 members Located around the US (CONUS/OCONUS)

Portland, OR New Orleans, LA Anchorage, AK Rock Island, IL Washington, DC Atlanta, GA

Organized in 3 rotating response teams (Red, White & Blue)

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Capabilities Common set of tools the EERT brings to a site during an event.

Networking Equipmento Routers o Switcheso WAPso VoIP Phoneso MiFi/Air Cardso VSAT

Output Deviceso Printerso Plotters

Laptops Servers IT Related Tools

o Satellite Phoneso Cellular Booster

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EERT Benefits Operational Readiness to rapidly respond when needed

Standard processes and equipment

Divisions/Districts assistance with COOP planning

IT related After Action Review

Emergency exercise participation

Flexibility to successfully support constantly changing mission requirements

Dedicated core team committed to constantly improving IT services for emergency events

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Communications Current State Gaps in emergency: cellular, VHF radio and HF SSB radio coverage

Previously discussed that gaps and requirements (i.e., Who needs to talk to whom over what areas) were to be developed and provided to ACE-IT Radio Engineering for discussion

VHF radios (10k units) have been refreshed to established standard

National Interoperability Field Operations Guide (NIFOG) frequency criteria programmed into many VHF handheld radios, mobiles, base stations & repeaters

Interoperability with localized elements can be readily flashed into radios if within the same frequency band (typically VHF)

No lifecycle replacement for radio resources

Limited HF SSB deployment

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Path Forward

Appoint champion and establish customer requirements

Submit requirements to ACE-IT Radio Engineering for options and ROM estimate

Select best affordable option(s) for consideration to include contract resources & deployable assets

Enter selected option into Capital Planning process

Establish lifecycle and replace as required

Test routinely

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