“ GeoCONOPS : What It Means for State and Local Officials”

1. “GeoCONOPS: What It Means for State and Local Officials” David Alexander, Director, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Geospatial Management Office  November 14, 2013

2. OVERVIEW • 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.

3. ABOUT THE NISC • 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.

4. ABOUT THE NISC(cont.) • MISSION • Bring 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.

5. ABOUT THE NISC(cont.) • STRATEGIC GOALS • Enhance national situational awareness capabilities • Enhance and standardize national information sharing capabilities by maximizing access to and the use of available data • Provide support to EMAC and mutual aid efforts across the nation • Sustain the NISC as an independent consortium • Download the 2013-2017 NISC Strategic Plan atwww.nisconsortium.org

6. ABOUT THE NISC(cont.) • ELIGIBLE MEMBERS • First responders • GIS practitioners • State/local/tribal emergency management information & communications officers • Mission-critical NGOs • Private partners • Civic leaders • Federal agencies For a complete list of NISC member organizations, go to www.nisconsortium.org

7. WHAT THE NISC BRINGS TO YOU Three major areas of activity: Resource Exchange Collaboration Space Education & Training • 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) • Events • Monthly Webinars • Educational Seminars • NISC Annual Summit • Technical Assistance • Brokerage of subject matter expertise • Initiative-focused Work Groups • Member Working Groups • Discipline focused • Topic focused • Solutions focused

8. WHAT YOU BRING TO THE NISC • 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.

9. CURRENT NISC ACTIVITIES • 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 Contact virtualusa@nisconsortium.orgfor more information

10. CURRENT NISC ACTIVITIES(cont) • 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 webinarsTools and Technologies for School Safety—Dec. 12 • Data and technology code sharingMember sharing portal in progress Contact info@nisconsortium.org to submit webinar ideas or find out about how to share data and technology through the NISC

11. JOIN US! • 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 info@nisconsortium.org or use on website • Sign and submit MOA to info@nisconsortium.org