1. Coalition CBRN Information Inter-Operability Study (CCIIS)
June 2007

2. Overview Purpose Background Goals Study Process Study Phases
Today’s Objectives

3. Study’s Purpose
Investigate U.S. Combatant Command (COCOM) needs for coalition forces collaborative situational assessment (SA), incident response (IR) and consequence management (CM) in response to CBRN incidents (and ‘all hazards’).
Identify specific data and information exchange and interoperability user needs and expectations to enable successful development materiel and/or non-materiel capabilities to support enhanced SA, IR and CM.

4. Background
Increasing need for CONUS and OCONUS preparation for CBRN CM operations
Increasing likelihood that CM operations will involve interfacing with coalition organizations
Joint Task Force (JTF)
Alliances (NATO)
Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA)
Joint Task Force Civil Support
WMD-Civil Support Teams
Chemical, Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF)
Joint Operations Centers, Emergency Operations Centers, etc
Foreign consequence management operations
Domestic Civilian/ Non Government Organizations

5. Study Goals
Characterize the U.S. Military’s ability to swiftly provide U.S. Military source information that:
Has operational relevance to non-U.S. Military organizations
Considers U.S. Military operational and information security requirements
Understand and capture specific user information needs and expectations for CM that they cannot generate internally
Identify effective and consistent methods for U.S. Military forces to rapidly assess CBRN events and share meaningful information with relevant organizations involved in the operation
Materiel solutions (e.g., automated tools)
Non-materiel solutions (e.g., procedures)

6. Study Process
Collect data from COCOMs, coalition representatives, international organizations, and NGOs that operate in the COCOM Areas of Operation (AORs), including:
Non-U.S. Military in CONUS
Host Nation reps / first responders / etc.
Leverage existing and planned allied/coalition/joint exercises, experiments, conferences, etc.
Analyze data in order to identify specific user needs and expectations for CM operations, as well as information interoperability shortfalls.

7. Study Phases 1 – Initial Data Collection (5 months)
2 – Data Analysis and Preliminary Report (“Quick Look”) (2 months)
3 – Final Data Collection (3 months)
4 – Final Analysis and Reporting (2 months)

8. Today’s Objectives Complete CCIIS Questionnaire
View, Identify, obtain copies of
Policies
Directives
Procedural Documents (SOPs, CONOPs, etc.)
Exercise After Action Reports
Data Exchange Tools
Identify additional POCs (Govt/NGO/Non-U.S. Military)
Obtain dates of future Exercises (Tabletops, Field Training, Command Post, etc)

9. Questions, Comments?

10. Study Team Christopher Harmel Cubic Task Lead Chris.harmel@cubic.com
Dr. Tom Stark
Cubic Scientific / IT Analysis
ext. 5123
Kate Elliott
CUBRC IT Analysis
Steve Carey
Cubic CBRNE Analysis
ext. 5101
Sam Love
Cubic CBRNE Operational Analysis