Creating a safer nation, one community at a time
Published: April 3, 2006
This 8-page strategy paper from the Center for Digital Government examines the complex challenge of securing the United States and responding to a variety of events -- whether they're natural disasters, local crime, or terrorist activities.
Microsoft, along with a broad partner ecosystem of industry experts, is helping communities use existing technology investments to respond to this challenge and reach across organizational boundaries in order to share information. The result is that Public Sector organizations are better able to prepare, prevent, and respond to a variety of events.
This white paper summarizes ongoing government challenges and offers guidance on how agencies can use open, standards-based technology to build out effective solutions that address the operational complexities of information-sharing across multiple agencies and jurisdictions.
Topics include:
| • | How a technology roadmap is an essential part of a successful plan to secure the homeland. |
| • | How technology can scale across discrete jurisdictions, helping governments create regional and jurisdiction-specific solutions that can be connected in a building-block approach. |
| • | How local governments are using technology to integrate data in ways that increase safety. |
