PARTICIPATION IN IT-STANDARDS ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTS MULTI-AGENCY FIRST-RESPONDER COMMAND-AND-CONTROL SYSTEM

摘要

This paper explains how to participate in Information-Technology (IT) standards organizations for employees of the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Homeland Security (DHS). When these commercial tools are acquired or developed for first responders or war fighter, these tools will interoperate with other tools and will meet the requirements if the tools are designed according to industry, national, and international standards. An example of how to apply standards is described as a case study in integration and interoperability. It describes first-responders' requirements for a net-centric, integrated, interoperable command and control system that organizations at multiple levels can use while operating in conceit during disaster-relief efforts.