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Subject: FW: Partnership success
Elysa Jones, Chair of OASIS Emergency Management TC, It is my distinct pleasure to pass along to you the hearty thanks from Chip Hines, Disaster Management Program Manager, US Department of Homeland Security, for the contribution of OASIS and the OASIS Emergency Management TC in helping his Disaster Management eGov Initiative win an excellence.gov award. Let me also add my thanks for the excellent leadership you have provided to the OASIS EM TC and for expending your time to work with OASIS staff and help us understand the support needs of this important work at OASIS. I also send a big thanks to all of the members of the OASIS EM TC! As we prepare to move forward with the Emergency Interoperability Member Section, please let me know what else the OASIS staff can be doing to support the efforts of all of the volunteers working on this effort, not only to support the goals and programs within the USA, but also in extending this important work to help our fellow citizens of the world. Warmest regards, Patrick Gannon President & CEO OASIS +1.978.667.5115 x201 - office +1.978.761.3546 - mobile Skype: pgannon www.oasis-open.org ________________________________ From: Hines, Chip [mailto:chip.hines@dhs.gov] Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 1:33 PM To: patrick.gannon@oasis-open.org Subject: Partnership success Patrick: Earlier this week I learned that the Disaster Management eGov Initiative had won an excellence.gov award for "excellence in leveraging technology to enhance collaboration". I am very proud of this accomplishment, but I recognize that our program is merely a representative of a larger partnership that actually achieved the successes by working together. This note is to thank you for the role OASIS, particularly the Emergency Management Technical Committee, has played in this effort. I have been extremely pleased with our partnership with OASIS. The end result has been the delivery of thorough, professional standards that are already working to make the emergency management related fields more able to share information and improve results. When we started the partnership I was concerned about the ability to provide capabilities quickly - I was aware of the lengthy process that standards development and publication can be, and didn't think this approach was acceptable. Our experience in working with OASIS has pretty much put that to rest. I have found that the representatives of your organization were willing and anxious to help accelerate the process, with the result being a much improved standard that is also thoroughly vetted and valuable. Ive also found that working with OASIS has helped us speed the implementation of the standards into end products. Our goal isn't just to have standards available, but to get to the bottom line - the practical, real time ability to exchange information where needed. If a standard isn't being used, it isn't meeting our underlying need, and the work we've done with OASIS has helped address that issue. Please accept my thanks for your work as it helps our program and thus the nation. Just as importantly, I hope you will share my pride in the award we just received because I believe that it is the full partnership that we have with a few organizations like OASIS that earned the award. I hope you will also pass on my thanks to your Chair of the Emergency Management Technical Committee, Elysa Jones. Elysa is a natural leader, and a real driving force behind the standards work that needs to be done. She has consistently been an outstanding performer technically, professionally and in her interactions with the many people who participate in this effort. Chip Hines, PMP Disaster Management Program Manager Command, Control and Interoperability Science and Technology Department of Homeland Security (202) 254-6742 chip.hines@dhs.gov
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