Poster

Information architecture and the dissemination of emergency information: Visualizing the integration of policy and technology

Anthony Turko

The tragic events of 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, and Virginia Tech have forced professionals at the federal, state and local levels to examine the way information resources are organized and then distributed to the public. While FEMA is currently working on ways to develop and implement a plan for an integrated national Emergency Alerting System (EAS), there has been a lack of coordination between state and local government resources. The coordination and cooperation of government policy and technical resources is crucial in achieving the goal of effective emergency message dissemination. Stakeholders involved can benefit from understanding the information architecture of a new proposed EAS. The current work focuses on the information architecture of both policy and technical resources. This poster presents a visual model representing the importance of resource coordination in order to achieve the goal of effective emergency message dissemination.