State and Local Homeland Security Practices Pilot

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State and Local Homeland Security Practices Pilot

• James Mackison
• Office of Intergovernmental Solutions
• May 14, 2003

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Background

• Began in Fall of 02
• Proposed at meeting of Homeland Security
  officials and reps from State and Local
  Associations
• Identified a need to share homeland security
  practices across governments
• Similar Resource State and Local Actions in
  Homeland Security

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Data

• Started by collecting Best Practices
• 100 Best Practices
• Collected from State and Local Orgs, including
  NASCIO, NACO, and NLC.
• Initiative Info
• Name, description, and contact info
• Homeland Security Business Lines
• Benefits and success factors of initiative

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The Pilot Application

• Database developed in Filemaker 6.0
• Hosted on http//web-services.gov
• Low Cost
• Practices are searchable by Business Line and
  Keyword
• Password protected for sensitive information
• Shared among small group of association reps and
  federal homeland security officials for now

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The Pilot Application
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Possible Next Steps

• Expand number of the initiatives and users
• Expand to include other relevant homeland
  security info
• Potential cooperation with NASCIO work
• Develop mechanism to share information securely
  among appropriate officials

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Thank you

• James Mackison
• Office of Intergovernmental Solutions
• Office of Citizen Services and Communications
• U.S. General Services Administration
• 202-501-1135
• james.mackison_at_gsa.gov