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GDIN 2.0:
UA-805 Spring 2011
May 9th 2011
Stacy FoxIndhira MercedesMike PayneSpring Payne
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Harnessing a New Era of the Information Age in
Disaster Management
What is a Compounded Disaster?
A clear failure of emergency preparedness and management;
the inability to respond quickly and adapt to changes and unforeseen circumstances
…as seen in the reaction to natural or manmade disasters
Information
How can we make the best decisions with…
What needs to be fixed?
Too Slow
The Problem: Indecision
The Results: Compounded Disasters
1. indecision - doubt concerning two or more
possible alternatives or courses of action;
2. indecision - the trait of irresolution; a lack of
firmness of character or purpose
in·de·ci·sion \ˌin-di- s̩i-zhən\
Poor information is a root of indecision
Actions
Event
Information
Decisions
Mitigation Preparedness
Recovery Response
When is a solution needed?
Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN 1.0)• 1997 Federal Initiative to create a “Fusion
Center” for disaster related information
• Disaster Information Task Force (DITF) led by Al Gore and Leon Fuerth
• Early warning systems for disaster managers
Better information is…
…the RIGHT info in the RIGHTformat, to the RIGHT people, in time to
make the RIGHT decisions
Know-ledge
InfoData
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Users: Policy makers, general public, & practitioners
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Providers: Private/Public sector, NGOs, & Academics
Hurricane Mitch
What we need today…
GDIN 2.0
GDIN 1.0 GDIN 2.0
“Those responsible for emergency management learned long ago that their performance in such times of duress often was contingent upon being able to deal with critical and useful information, which in turn was dependent upon communication between key analysts utilizing the best ‘systems’ available including those drawing upon computer and communications technologies.”
-U.S. Senator 1988 (responsible for the internet)
“…harness technology to confront the biggest challenges that America faces…”
-Barack Obama 2008
GDIN 2.0 (2011)
Reactivate the GDIN to take advantage of the last 14 years of new technology for Disaster Managers
SAME mission, NEW leaders, NEW tools
New Leaders
Executive Leadership
• Barack Obama
Congressional Leadership• House Committee on Homeland Security
• Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications
New Tools
What we have today…
HardwareMobile computing devices: smart phones, laptops, & tablets
Software Free open source software, GIS
Imagery, Information Databases, Web indexing
InfrastructureIncreased network capacity and redundancy
User CultureInternet Interface Trends
User CultureSocial Media, Video Chat, Connectivity, Accessibility
Recent Initiatives
Recent Examples of ICT in Disasters
Images courtesy of John Crowley
Major Challenges as identified by John Crowley co-author of the UN’s ‘Disaster Relief 2.0’
Volume, Velocity and Heterogeneity of information increasing exponentially (faster than we can handle)
Organizations are using new technology with old methods
Little to no integration across organizations
Action PlanPolicy: Executive Order to implement GDIN 2.0
»Creating a policy environment that fosters interagency cooperation and data sharing
» Improving state and local utilization of federal capabilities
»Building consensus among public and private stakeholders at all levels of government
» Incorporating user driven design features
Questions?
Definitions
• ICT: Information and Communication Technology
• Data: a piece or pieces of raw and unorganized information, present
everywhere in the universe
• Information: a set of data organized in both time and space
• Knowledge: pre-existing information that helps to inform decision
making in the disaster management process