Event Management Framework (EMF)
Abstract
The Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC) validated the capability need for the EMF ACTD in FY 2006. The goal of EMF is to demonstrate the ground breaking capability of vertical and horizontal sharing of heretofore stove-piped information among organizations within and outside of DOD by emphasizing EMF policies; operational concepts; and tactics, techniques and procedures. In handling a terrorist event or incident, a horizontal information focus among Federal agencies is necessary during the interdiction phase of an incident. During response and recovery phases, a vertical information sharing focus among Federal, state, and local agencies is needed. A coherent interoperable information sharing mechanism is needed to: (1) Discover and share information resources throughout the incident based coalition domain; (2) Recognize the changing value of temporal information; and (3) Analyze and synchronize the large amounts of data relative to an event. All CoComs, as well as their non-DoD partners, have made large investments in command and control (C2) and collaboration coordination tools. But, to date, effective integration of those investments has been sub-optimal. The event management framework consists of policies, operational concepts and technologies to ensure decision makers can build a situational picture of an event with all relevant facts. The primary outputs and efficiencies to be demonstrated in the ACTD Military Utility Assessment (MUA) are: 1) Integrated EMF policies; operational concepts; and tactics, techniques and procedures; 2) Improved and more timely incident and information correlation to "connect the dots"; 3) Faster visualization of analytic results to aid decision makers in event assessment; 3) Addition of EMF databases and engine servers to cache data; 4) Capability to share information and analytical results across CoComs, Coalitions, Services, and its interagency partners; 5) Reduced time required for event based decision making. EMF is a three-year project under the sponsorship of the United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM). The lead agency is the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2011
- Source ID
- d09480515e42e568a18afb1ceedb3d00