Virtual Small Business Emergency Operations Center (VSBEOC): Shared Awareness and Decision Making for Small Business
Abstract
The Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated "Ensuring America's small businesses have the critical information and training they need to better respond to disasters will strengthen the entire nation's preparedness and resilience." To address this need DHS created the Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Accreditation and Certification Program (PS-Prep)(Napolitano, 2010). PS-Prep is designed to provide business continuity guidelines to small business owners. The program does little to provide shared awareness across that community. This research utilizes the PS-Prep, and the established framework of a Business Emergency Operations Center (BEOC) to establish a model for a Virtual Small Business Emergency Operations Center (VSBEOC) (New Jersey Institute of Technology, 2009) (New Jersey Business Force, 2010). The VSBEOC will provide the small business community with access to a collaborative environment where critical information can be shared and processed thereby improving the community's situational awareness and enabling a more efficient and effective recovery from business interruption.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 2011
- Accession Number
- ADA546954
Entities
People
- Michael Chumer
- Robert Bell
Organizations
- New Jersey Institute of Technology