Emergency Management Magazine has an article on Fusion Centers, Information Sharing Top State Homeland Security Priorities, Survey Says which comes from Elaine Pittman, a technology writer who I respect greatly. She has good insights into what is going on in technology.
While it is sounds like Fusion Centers were the states' priority, they have also been the Federal Government's priority and have gotten preferential treatment in grant funding.
I did note with interest the references to Web 2.0 which I do not think is as pervasive as the interviewee alludes to. We are talking about law enforcement and intelligence activities and they are a very reticent group to have anything happening outside of closely controlled communications pathways.
Tomorrow I hope to attend a social media workshop. It will be interesting to see what people and agencies are saying there on the topic.
Another factoid from the survey that was taken included the following statement about citizen preparedness information:
Lastly, the "Emergency Manager's Curse" is about to strike all the Homeland Security Advisers as elected officials and their appointees rotate with the upcoming 2010 elections. Rebuilding the relationships will take a little time to accomplish. Maybe social media tools can help with that task.
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While it is sounds like Fusion Centers were the states' priority, they have also been the Federal Government's priority and have gotten preferential treatment in grant funding.
I did note with interest the references to Web 2.0 which I do not think is as pervasive as the interviewee alludes to. We are talking about law enforcement and intelligence activities and they are a very reticent group to have anything happening outside of closely controlled communications pathways.
Tomorrow I hope to attend a social media workshop. It will be interesting to see what people and agencies are saying there on the topic.
Another factoid from the survey that was taken included the following statement about citizen preparedness information:
- 90 percent post the information on their agency's Web site.
Lastly, the "Emergency Manager's Curse" is about to strike all the Homeland Security Advisers as elected officials and their appointees rotate with the upcoming 2010 elections. Rebuilding the relationships will take a little time to accomplish. Maybe social media tools can help with that task.
