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Emergency Management Standards EM- XML Consortium & EM Technical Committee

Emergency Management Standards EM- XML Consortium & EM Technical Committee Presentation to Steve Cooper March 18,2003. The Interoperability Imperative. “State-sponsored terrorists and al Qaeda are not going to wait until we have our act together.” Steve Cooper CIO, DHS. Agenda.

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Emergency Management Standards EM- XML Consortium & EM Technical Committee

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  1. Emergency Management Standards EM- XML Consortium & EM Technical Committee Presentation to Steve Cooper March 18,2003

  2. The Interoperability Imperative “State-sponsored terrorists and al Qaeda are not going to wait until we have our act together.” Steve Cooper CIO, DHS

  3. Agenda • EM Objectives & HSPD 5 • EM XML Consortium • EM Technical Committee (TC) • EM-XML and DHS

  4. Need for Interoperable EM Standards • Interoperability challenge: • Within agencies and corporations • Between agencies and corporations • With existing legacy systems • With the next “new new thing” • Incorporate best business practices for emergency and incident management • 80% of emergency resources come from the private sector

  5. EM-XML Consortium Objectives • Industry/Government consortium • Rapid XML interoperability standards development • Insure every American has appropriate access to the information they require when and how they need it (eGov, NRP and NIMS)

  6. HSPD 5 - Interoperability Requirements • Paragraph 15 • “To provide for interoperability and compatibility among Federal, State and local capabilities, the NIMS will include a core set of concepts, principles, terminology, and technologies covering the incident command system; multi-agency coordination systems; unified command; training; identification and management of resources (including systems for classifying types of resources); qualifications and certification; and the collection, tracking and reporting of incident information and incident resources.”

  7. Industry initiated in October, 2002 Now includes over 40 entities: Software vendors System Integrators Corporations Government Agencies Not-for-Profit Organizations EM-XML Consortium

  8. Comprised of two committees Executive Committee Technical Committee EM-XML Consortium

  9. EM-XML Executive Committee • “Big Tent” • Mission • Facilitate collaboration • Provide guidance and direction • Outreach and education

  10. EM Technical Committee • OASIS selected • Mission: Define standards that enable vital information exchange between local, state and federal agencies, private and not-for-profit organizations • Researched and evaluated existing standards to enhance and fill gaps

  11. Scope of Technical Charter • Design, develop and release XML schema-based standards • Framework for data exchange, functionality and service accessibility • Seamless application and data interoperability

  12. EM TC Deliverables and Schedule Schedule is virtually identical to HSPD 5 By 4/1/03 develop and publish initial version of NRP with plan for completion By 6/1/03 develop standards, guidelines and protocols to implement NIMS By 9/1/03 prepare recommendations to fully implement NRP Commence rollout of NRP/NIMS standards, guidelines and protocols

  13. EM TC Work Completed to Date • Weekly Meetings starting 2/11/03 • 30 active members • Draft Requirement Document • Formation of Sub-Committees • Collection of existing schema, data dictionaries, etc.

  14. Deployment Strategy • Interoperability becomes critical buying decision criteria • Economic incentive/imperative drives commercial proliferation • Metcalf’s Law promotes both adoption and competition within the emerging standard’s framework

  15. EM-XML and The e-Gov Initiative • Share a common goal to ensure every American has appropriate access to whatever information they require when and how they need it • Need to take a non-traditional approach to solving emergency management interoperability • Disaster management not just a portal

  16. EM-XML and The NRP/NIMS • HSPD #5 Schedule and the EM TC Schedule are virtually identical • Use as basis for common, interoperability standards • Insure effective interface with other related disciplines (health, legal, financial, etc.) • Leverage off the work already under way • Significantly increase stake-holder buy-in and reduce adoption resistance/complexity

  17. DHS/EM-XML Recommendations • Formally incorporate EM-XML as part of the NRP development plan for NIMS • Utilize EM-TC output for elements of the NIMS (Requirements, schema, DTD’s, etc.) • Fund and provide oversight for validation/verification exercises • Publish and proliferate standards

  18. DHS/EM-XML Collaboration Benefits • Accomplish HSPD #5 objectives faster, better and cheaper • Truly support “all hazards” mission • Leverage value of installed base • Foster and benefit from innovation • Remove the stove-pipes • Accelerate adoption/proliferation

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