Summary of a Workshop on Information Technology Research for Crisis Management

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Publication Year:1999

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Committee on Computing and Communications Research to Enable Better Use of Information Technology in Government, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council
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This workshop summary was produced in the course of a broader study that is exploring how information technology research can foster new and improved government services, operations, and interactions with citizens. This workshop summary examines how this technology can contribute ...
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Front Matter	i-xvi
1 Introduction	1-12	(skim)
2 Information Technology Trends Relevant to Crisis Management	13-24	(skim)
3 Information Technology Research Opportunities	25-47	(skim)
4 Achieving an Impact in the Crisis Management Community	48-53	(skim)
5 The Broader Context: Information Technology in Government	54-62	(skim)
Appendix A: Detailed Workshop Agenda and Participants	63-70	(skim)
Appendix B: Brief Case Studies of Crises	71-81	(skim)
Appendix C: Synopsis of the CSTB Report: Computing and Communications in the Extreme	82-85	(skim)

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This workshop summary was produced in the course of a broader study that is exploring how information technology research can foster new and improved government services, operations, and interactions with citizens. This workshop summary examines how this technology can contribute to more-effective response and recovery efforts to crises such as natural disasters or terrorist attacks, as well as to mitigation and preparedness in order to reduce the impact of these events.

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