Information Sharing Program at 9-1-1 Center Recognized for Innovation in Homeland Security.WASHINGTON -- Harvard University's JFK School Names Portland (OR) Connect & Protect Program as Finalist for National Award Mitretek Systems and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard's prestigious JFK School of Government have selected the City of Portland
Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States . Connect & Protect is a secure, automated, trusted information-sharing program, a joint venture by the City of Portland's Bureau of Emergency Communications (BOEC BOEC Breckenridge Outdoor Education Center BOEC Bureau of Emergency Communications ) and Regional Alliances for Infrastructure and Network Security (RAINS), a private/public partnership promoting the development and adoption of technology for homeland security. (NOTE: For additional RAINS news, visit http://www.rainsnet.org and reference "RAINS Wins Homeland Security Funding; Expands Emergency Alert Notification, Secure Information Sharing See data conferencing. Network in Oregon," 9-8-04) The Connect & Protect program enables the sending of targeted alerts, and the real-time sharing of critical information between emergency management operations, first responders, homeland defenders, critical infrastructure providers and other public safety stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. . The ultimate goal of the program is to help save lives or protect property through the use of information sharing. Connect & Protect distributes targeted, local emergency information, in real time, direct from the local emergency management offices and 9-1-1 centers. Other information sources can be quickly linked into the system to the public safety stakeholder stakeholder n. a person having in his/her possession (holding) money or property in which he/she has no interest, right or title, awaiting the outcome of a dispute between two or more claimants to the money or property. community. The program has linked more than 60 local organizations, ranging from schools, hospitals, hotels, and banks, with information provided by BOEC, the local 9-1-1 Dispatch Center (http://www.portlandonline.com/911). This information comes directly from BOEC's Computer-Aided Dispatch system and is automatically sent to the Connect & Protect users, without any extra effort by the dispatchers. BOEC was the first 9-1-1 Dispatch Center in the country to participate in this program. The Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security This award is the first major national award program of its kind created since 9/11, to discover, recognize, and honor the most effective programs designed to address homeland security. Through this national award program, Mitretek, a nonprofit scientific research and systems engineering company that operates solely in the public interest, and the John F. Kennedy School of Government The John F. Kennedy School of Government, colloquially known as the Kennedy School of Government (KSG) or simply the Kennedy School, is a public policy school and one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. , seek to identify, and highlight creative and effective government solutions -- and the leaders behind them -- to the nation's homeland security concerns. The Mitretek-Harvard partnership is also bolstered by a panel of highly credentialed leaders and experts in the field that will select a winner from among the finalists. Representatives from the selection panel conducted a two-day site visit to each of the five finalist programs and prepared a report for the selection committee, chaired by former CIA CIA: see Central Intelligence Agency. (1) (Confidentiality Integrity Authentication) The three important concerns with regards to information security. Encryption is used to provide confidentiality (privacy, secrecy). and FBI Director, William Webster William Webster is the name of a number of notable people:
Award finalists include: Connect & Protect -- City of Portland, Ore. 9-1-1 Center and RAINS; Hospital Disaster Preparedness -- Dept. of Defense, U.S. Navy; Laboratory Response Network -- Dept. of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Department of Health and Human Services, HHS , Centers for Disease Control; State Weapons of Mass Destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or Teams -- State of Illinois, State Police; and Terrorism Early Warning Group -- Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County, CA Sheriff's Dept. The announcement of the winner of the Award will be made early in Fall 2004 at a forum in Washington, DC. The Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security represents an important collaboration between Mitretek Systems (http://www.mitretek.org) and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation (http://www.ashinstitute.harvard.edu) at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government -- sponsor of the Innovations in American Government Awards. Commissioner Randy Leonard, who oversees the Bureau of Emergency Communications, is very pleased with BOEC's role in bringing this new innovation forward. "As a retired Portland Firefighter, I understand how valuable accurate, real-time information is during an emergency. This innovative approach to dispatching information will save lives." About RAINS RAINS is a private/public partnership dedicated to accelerating development and deployment of innovative technology for homeland security and public safety. Incorporated as a not-for-profit 501 (c) (6) organization in 2002, RAINS is a unique partnership between the state of Oregon, more than 60 technology companies, Oregon University System The Oregon University System (OUS) consists of seven public, four-year universities in the State of Oregon administered by the Chancellor of the OUS, who serves at the will and pleasure of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education. , critical infrastructure providers, public agencies and first responders. RAINS' Connect & Protect(TM) highly secure information sharing programs utilize RAINS-Net technologies and services from multiple vendors. For more information, visit www.rainsnet.org. |
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