{"97321":{"#nid":"97321","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Tech\u0027s Homeland Security Forum Seeks To Remove Communication Barriers","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EExperts from federal, state and local governments plus the private sector will meet at the Georgia Institute of Technology beginning Wednesday to examine communication and technology problems facing the nation\u0027s homeland security officials.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Information Sharing and Integration Forum begins 10:30 a.m. Oct. 16 with an introduction by Georgia Tech President Wayne Clough. Steve Cooper, special assistant to President George Bush and senior director for information integration at the White House, then will discuss challenges faced by the proposed Office of Homeland Security.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe event runs through 3:30 p.m. Oct. 17 and is sponsored by the White House and by Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Emergency Response Technology, Instruction and Policy (CERTIP). All meetings will be held in the auditorium of the Institute of Paper Science and Technology Engineering Center, 575 14th St.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EDuring the two-day event, organizers intend to help members of the nation\u0027s first-response community identify what they need and what\u0027s available to them in the way of information-technology networks that might help prevent future terrorist attacks or minimize loss of life and property in the event of an attack or other disaster.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EForum participants also will examine lessons learned and best practices developed during previous emergency response situations; identify reusable initiatives and solutions that could bolster the nation\u0027s homeland security initiatives; and develop a plan for creating prototype, emergency-response systems on a regional basis.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Panel moderators will facilitate discussions among all participants to the end of identifying reusable initiatives and solutions that can be incorporated into a regional model,\u0022 said CERTIP Director Tom Bevan. \u0022In addition to the panel presentations, representatives from the Dallas Emergency Response Network will describe this network\u0027s operation for possible application to a Georgia regional-pilot project.\u0022   \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAttendees of the Georgia Information Sharing and Integration Forum primarily will be officials from CERTIP\u0027s partners in the Southeast who specialize in information technology issues. These specialists represent agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Hartsfield International Airport and the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, among others. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBevan founded CERTIP in 1999 to examine and apply emerging technologies that might counter the threat of chemical and biological warfare agents and aid the nation\u0027s first-response community in its efforts to protect lives and property. The center\u0027s partners include more than 35 regional and national government and private organizations.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFor more information, contact Tom Bevan, director of Georgia Tech\u0027s Center for Emergency Response Technology, Instruction and Policy, (404) 375-6845 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tom.bevan@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etom.bevan@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E .\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAlso contact Leigh Fitzpatrick McCook, senior research associate for the Georgia Tech Research Institute, (404) 894-7898 or \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:leigh.mccook@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Eleigh.mccook@gtri.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Experts will meet at Georgia Tech Oct. 16-17 to examine communication and technology problems affecting the nation\u0027s homeland security. Among the speakers will be Steve Cooper, special assistant to President George Bush and senior director for information integration at the White House, who will discuss challenges faced by the proposed Office of Homeland Security.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2002-10-29 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2022-05-26 17:09:36","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2002-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2002-10-16T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"97331":{"id":"97331","type":"image","title":"Tom Bevan","body":null,"created":"1449178133","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:53","changed":"1475894709","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:09"}},"media_ids":["97331"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/visitorinfo\/ipstdriving.html","title":"Driving Directions to Event Location"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/deptofhomeland\/","title":"White House Proposal for a U.S. Department of Homeland Security"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.gtri.gatech.edu\/","title":"Georgia Tech Research Institute"},{"url":"http:\/\/www.certip.org\/","title":"Center for Emergency Response Technology, Instruction and Policy"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations - Laura Diamond\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["matthew.nagel@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}