Top Programs that Keep America Safer Five Finalists for Prestigious Homeland Security Award Announced

Noblis and Harvard University announce the five finalists for the prestigious Noblis Innovations Award in Homeland Security.

2007-05-30, Edna Davis

Posted by edavis@noblis.org 589 days ago (1)
Category: Technology | Tags: noblis homeland security harvard

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Edna Davis 703.610.1953

Top Programs that Keep America Safer
Five Finalists for Prestigious Homeland Security Award Announced

Washington, DC—Noblis (formerly Mitretek Systems) and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government announce the five top programs as finalists for the prestigious Noblis Innovations Award in Homeland Security (formerly the Mitretek Innovations Award in Homeland Security). The nominees and programs are as follows:

Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Coast Guard – Citizen’s Action Network: Waterfront citizens, businesses and tribal members are matched to tactical maritime commanders through a national interactive, computer and web-based maritime network to provide critical information on demand.

Department of Homeland Security, Preparedness Directorate – Integrated Common Analytical Viewer: Web-based geospatial platform capable of integrating and fusing mission-critical data to provide one consolidated view to determine critical infrastructure threats.

Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance – Terrorism Modeling and Analysis Program: Real-time synthesis of open source information collected and stored in a relational database and used by the law enforcement community to analyze terrorist and extremist activities.

State of Michigan – Emergency Drug Delivery Resource Utilization Network: Statewide rapid delivery network utilizing ground and air ambulance services for distribution of medications and supplies during major disasters.

State of Washington – Critical Incident Planning and Mapping System: Statewide mapping program that provides first responders with access to facility information on schools and critical infrastructure during emergencies.

The Noblis Innovations Award in Homeland Security seeks to identify, explore, and highlight creative and effective government and public-private partnership solutions—and the leaders behind them—to the nation’s homeland security concerns. The criteria for this award assume that the "best practices" to be adopted in the future are emerging from practitioners operating in the field today.

The recipient of the Noblis Innovations Award in Homeland Security is determined by a distinguished national panel of experts in the field of homeland security, chaired by Judge William H. Webster. From a broad field of national applicants, five finalists for the Award are selected by a panel of experts and subjected to a site evaluation. Representatives of each finalist program will make presentations to the national selection committee at Harvard on May 30, 2007. The announcement of the winner of the Award will be made in the Summer of 2007.

The Noblis Innovations Award in Homeland Security represents an important collaboration between Noblis, a nonprofit organization that uses the best of science, technology and strategy to ensure a better quality of life, and the Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, sponsor of the Innovations in American Government Awards.

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About Noblis
Noblis is a nonprofit science, technology and strategy organization that helps clients solve complex scientific, systems, process and infrastructure problems in ways that benefit the public. Noblis brings the best of scientific thought, management and engineering know-how to find solutions that are practical, efficient and effective. You will find Noblis at work in many fields, including national and homeland security; transportation; healthcare; criminal justice; energy and the environment; oceans, atmosphere and space; and public safety.

About The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government
The Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government fosters excellence in government around the world in order to generate and strengthen democracy. Through its awards program, research, publications, curriculum support, and global network, the Institute champions critical milestones and effective governance and democratic practice.

Links:
www.nobis.org
www.ksg.harvard.edu/
www.HomelandSecurityInnovations.org

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