RE: [emergency] Fwd: OASIS EM TC Category for EDXL standards

["Tom Merkle" <TMerkle@capwin.org>]

Some suggestions:

Current Document Wording:

The Contractor may be required to join the Emergency Interoperability Consortium (EIC) (www.eic.org) which DHS has a Memorandum of Understanding with and communicates to the vendor community concerning the EDXL standards.

 

Suggested Change:

The Contractor is encouraged to join the Emergency Interoperability Consortium (EIC) (www.eic.org) which DHS has a Memorandum of Understanding with and communicates to the vendor community concerning the EDXL standards.

 

Questions:

 

Should the version numbers of DMIS, CAP, and EDXL be included in the document? I believe they should be included.

 

Who is responsible for checking the vendor for compliance with EDXL? Will there be an independent certifying group (such as Wi-Fi) to ensure functional compliance?

 

 

 

 

Regards,

 

Tom Merkle

 

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From: Elysa Jones [mailto:ejones@warningsystems.com]
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 6:25 PM
To: emergency@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [emergency] Fwd: OASIS EM TC Category for EDXL standards

TC Members,  I received the following email from Bill Kalin 
representing the DHS/DM program.  There is specific grant guidance language 
proposed for our review.  I would prefer discussion begin on the list and 
then we can take it up at the next regular TC call 9/20.  Elysa

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> Cc: Matt Walton 
>   <mwalton3@gmail.com>, "Hines, Chip" 
>   <Chip.Hines@dhs.gov>,
>         
>   "Baker, Ashley" 
>   <Ashley.Baker@associates.dhs.gov>,
>         
>   "McIntyre, Robert" 
>   <Robert.Mcintyre@associates.dhs.gov>,
>         
>   "Wood, Mark" <Mark.Wood@associates.dhs.gov>
> Subject: OASIS EM TC 
>   Category for EDXL standards
> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 10:11:51 -0400 
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> Elysa - 
>   We have been asked by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to create 
>   standardized RFI/RFP language that federal agencies would required to use when 
>   seeking to purchase an incident management software application.  We want 
>   to be able to refer to EDXL as a single set of standards as opposed to listing 
>   them all individually, including CAP.  This is the first step in creating 
>   common grant guidance language that will be required when local, tribal and 
>   state governments are seeking to purchase incident management tools with DHS 
>   grant money.  We believe this will strongly facilitate the adoption of 
>   standards within the vendor community and further develop this emerging 
>   market.
>  
> What can be done via OASIS to help create this single 
>   type of category under the OASIS TC?  I am attaching a draft of proposed 
>   language for the RFI/RFP's which includes a desired reference to the OASIS web 
>   site.
>  
>
> Bill Kalin 
>   
> Disaster Management eGov Initiative 
> Office of the Chief Information 
>   Officer 
> Emergency Preparedness and Response/FEMA 
> Department of 
>   Homeland Security 
> (202) 646-4347 
> bill.kalin@associates.dhs.gov 
>