1:45 p.m.
Panel Discussion: An Inside Look At Establishing Interoperability Between Federal, State And Local Emergency Response Officials
The Command, Control and Interoperability (CCI) Division within the Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate, the FEMA Office of National Capital Region Coordination (NCRC), the FEMA Office of the Chief Security Officer (OCSO), and the FEMA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) have partnered to create the PIV-I/FRAC Technology Transition Working Group (TTWG). The TTWG is composed of State and Local government emergency management representatives, many of whom have already implemented innovative and secure identity-management solutions in their own jurisdictions.
The goal of the working group is to:
- Provide Federal policy makers with a unified State emergency manager
perspective on Federal/Emergency Response Official (F/ERO) attributes
- Baseline current identity infrastructure and best practices to share with stakeholders
- Identify technological gaps where CCI can provide test bed research
and development support
- Share information: State-to-State, State-to-Federal, and Federal-to-State
The working group is focused on exploring PIV-I credentials as the standard that enables interoperability between local and State emergency response officials. PIV-I is a trusted identity and credentialing standard developed by the Federal Government for non-Federal issuers. Non-Federal entities that elect to conform to the PIV-I standard will be trusted by and interoperable with Federal agencies at assurance level 4. These authentication assurance levels are described fully by OMB M-04-04.
Through the efforts of the TTWG, your state and local emergency response partners will be equipped to provide seamless and secure interactions that ensure public safety.
Learn from the experiences of this innovative Federal, state and local government partnership how you can incorporate best practices to help transform your own identity management efforts.
Moderated By:
Craig Wilson, Sr. Consultant, NCRC
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Panelists:
Karyn Higa-Smith, Program Manager, Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate,
Command, Control and Interoperability (CCI) Division
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Charles Luddeke, Chief of Physical Security, Office of the Chief Security Officer
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Elisa Cruz, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of the Chief Information Officer
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
Mike McAllister, Deputy Assistant to the Governor for Commonwealth Preparedness
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA
Pamela Holstein-Wallace, West Virginia Region III Coordinator
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA |