OASIS eGov Member Section

Emergency Standards Round-up

jharnad — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:43:58 -0400

Emergency Standards Round-up

OASIS plans to organize an “Emergency Standards Round-up” on the exhibit floor of the Emergency Management & Homeland Security Expo (EMEX), held in conjunction with the annual conference of the International Association of Emergency Managers IAEM. This round-up is designed to provide companies showcasing applications and tools in support of the Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) suite of standards more visibility during the event.

EI Reception at the NIEM Training Event

jharnad — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 12:05:00 -0400

Our Emergency Interoperability (EI) Member Section plans to host a reception on Wednesday, 24 August, following the spotlight session featuring our work. The reception is free of charge and is scheduled to be held from 4:00-6:00 PM in Salon J (at the Philadelphia Marriott). During this reception, OASIS members are invited to participate in a solution showcase. This showcase will be integrated into the reception and will provide our members with an opportunity to demonstrate their use of the EM standards.

Recorded presentation now available for EDXL Technical Best Practices Webinar

deeschur — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:11:50 -0400

The OASIS Emergency Interoperability (EI) Member Section is pleased to announce the completion of the third webinar in the series, 'OASIS Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) Technical Best Practices.'

This webinar as well as the other two in the series are available for complimentary download.

FEMA Announces Adoption of Common Alerting Protocol for Emergency Alerts Staff, FEMA Announcement

deeschur — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 10:35:04 -0400

"The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) today announced the adoption of a new digital message format for the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), the nation's next generation emergency alert and warning network.
The new digital message format being adopted by FEMA is the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards

Download new EDXL data sheet

cgeyer — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 14:11:52 -0400

This data sheet was produced by the OASIS Emergency Management Adoption Committee.