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 1

2. 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. 2 OVERVIEW

3. 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. 3 ABOUT THE NISC

4. 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. 5 ABOUT THE NISC (cont.) STRATEGIC GOALS 1.Enhance national situational awareness capabilities 2.Enhance and standardize national information sharing capabilities by maximizing access to and the use of available data 3.Provide support to EMAC and mutual aid efforts across the nation 4.Sustain the NISC as an independent consortium Download the 2013-2017 NISC Strategic Plan at www.nisconsortium.orgwww.nisconsortium.org

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

7. 7 Three major areas of activity: WHAT THE NISC BRINGS TO YOU

8. 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. 8 WHAT YOU BRING TO THE NISC

9. 9 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 CURRENT NISC ACTIVITIES Contact virtualusa@nisconsortium.org for more informationvirtualusa@nisconsortium.org

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

11. 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.orgwww.nisconsortium.org  Request MOA: e-mail info@nisconsortium.org or use on websiteinfo@nisconsortium.org  Sign and submit MOA to info@nisconsortium.orginfo@nisconsortium.org 11 JOIN US!