Re: DMIS, Disasters And IT Issues

From: traveller (noreply_at_nym.alias.net)
Date: 09/10/05 

Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 18:41:01 -0700

On Fri, 9 Sep 2005 19:18:22 -0400, Ari Silversteinn wrote:

> DMI-Services is part of the Disaster Management E-Gov initiative that is
> lead by DHS/FEMA with the support of the 27 Federal agencies involved in
> disaster management. DMI-Services (DMIS) is intended to provide an
> interoperability capability to the Response Community such that information
> can be shared among the multiple organizations that could be involved in
> Incident Management. DMIS also provides a basic set of capabilities for use
> by Responders.
>
> The DMIS Interoperability Backbone is a web service that provides
> responders with communication tools that allow them to share information
> with other responder organizations. Responder groups receive and transmit
> information over the web, enabling them to rapidly develop and exchange
> incident information with other responder organizations. This capability of
> sharing incident information gives all responders greater knowledge of a
> particular disaster event by leveraging technology to gain efficiency.
>
> The DMIS Desktop Application uses an embedded McKoi SQL datastore for data
> caching. Mckoi SQL Database is released under the GNU General Public
> License (GPL).
>
> http://www.dmi-services.org/
>
> Here is the problem we are having with this setup as we are First
> Responders in the Katrina-NOLA disaster.
>
> What questions should I be asking (to ensure that these fine folks are):
>
> 1) Not installing "phone home" or other "malware"?
> 2) That commo between Responders is not monitored or censored
> 3) The security of the system
> 4) The authenication standards
>
> etc etc
>
> We would like to be involved but there's not much info and we have
> sensitive, confidential databases of our own.
>
> Comments appreciated.

It sounds interesting Ari, but over tech for me, what kind of a company do
you have?

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