5th Annual Virginia Interoperable Communications Conference

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5th Annual Virginia Interoperable Communications
Conference
September 30-October 1, 2008 Norfolk, VA
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• The Future of Interoperability
• A discussion of the options available for
  communications build-out in the Commonwealth
• October 1, 2008
• 215pm
• Moderator Constance McGeorge, Commonwealth
  Interoperability Coordinator
• Panelists Chris McIntosh, Virginia Department of
  Emergency Management
• Karen Jackson, Office of Telework Promotion and
  Broadband Assistance
• Lynn Hadden, Fairfax County

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Chris McIntosh

• Virginia Department of Emergency Management

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Current Challenges

• No ability to carry voice data on a
  state/locality isolated backbone.  Currently
  reliant on commercial pathways that could become
  easily overloaded.
• No secure communications for sensitive
  information outside of telephone/fax
• No common link to bring local/state/federal
  communications together in an event
• No link to provide COOP/COG in the event of major
  facility evacuation and loss of infrastructure
• STARS available to a very limited degree for
  voice only
• VCIN - Text only data exchange with localities
• All reliant upon fixed infrastructure!

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Satellite Communications

• Commonwealth Systems Management (System of
  Systems)
• Map current/future communications system
  availability
• Develop a long haul, voice and data backbone
• Independent of fixed infrastructure
• Satellite Communications (Voice/Data)
• HF Communications

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Satellite Network
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Fixed Site SatCom
Fixed VSAT (Basic) 1.8 Meter 8 Watt Antenna,
Feed, Ballast and Roof Mount Frame 8 Watt Power
Amplifier (SSPA) Low Noise Block Down Converter
(LNB) Infinity 7350 Modem Cables, Connectors, and
Integration Materials
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Mobile Voice
Designed for use on the MSAT Network, the MSAT-G2
supports continent-wide Push-to-Talk (PTT)
Two-Way Radio and Circuit Switched Voice
communications. In addition, the MSAT-G2 provides
flexible interconnectivity to a variety of 3rd
party interoperability interfaces, extending the
reach of traditional Land Mobile Radio technology.
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Transportable Terminals
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Lynn Hadden

• Fairfax County
• Information Architect

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The Challenge - NCR and Data Interoperability

• Challenges
• Difficult to define requirements when response
  depends on access to any data, at any level of
  government, at any point in time
• ( Examples 9-11 Pentagon Fire, DC Sniper
  Attacks, Daily Ambulance Dispatch)
• Difficult to define the information domain
• Difficult to calculate ROI which is more
  qualitative than quantitative
• Requirements
• Real-time cross-agency information sharing that
  facilitates integration between operational
  systems
• Awareness of the overlap between processes
  performed across Emergency Support Functions
  (ESFs)
• Just-in-time access to the data that supports
  processes
• A common vocabulary to describe emergency
  resources
• Secure access to heterogeneous data stores held
  around the region

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Solution in Laymans Terms
ESF-1..N USERS
FEDERAL/State USERS
EXECUTIVE USERS
EXECUTIVE ADMIN
PUBLIC USERS
ARCHITECTURE REVIEW BOARD
C R E D E N T I A L I N G
D A T A E X C H A N G E H U B
DATA EXCHANGE
DATA SEARCH
APPLICATION ACCESS
ADMIN UI
FEDERAL SOURCES
FEDERAL INFORMATION
NCRNet
ESF-2
ESF-1
ESF-1
ESF-2
ESF-2
ESF-1
ESF-1
ESF-2
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The Tracks NCRNet
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NCRnet Technical Overview

• A Network of Networks - NCRnet router is the
  point of demarcation to jurisdiction networks
• Firewall provided to jurisdictions to control
  traffic passing between their networks and NCRnet
• Hardware components monitored end-to-end
• Jurisdictions able to control security and
  performance end-to-end for network and
  application traffic

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NCRnet Site Configuration
Current IP Network
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NCRnet Operational Framework

• NCRnet operates as carrier providing IP transport
  service for part of the path of application
  traffic between jurisdictions
• NCRnet Operational Demarcation and User guide
  drafted
• In process of drafting network management policy
• NOC support for NCRnet links provided by vendor
• Operational and policy management support to be
  migrated during PSIC period
• CIOs currently discussing governance and cost
  sharing models of NCRnet including possibly
  application usage fees to non-jurisdictional
  partners
• NOC support currently provided in regular
  business hours
• 24x7 operational support would be driven by
  business case for application needs

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The Train Switching Station - DEH

• Establish a Data Exchange Hub (DEH) architecture
  using middleware to facilitate information
  sharing between ESFs to improve emergency
  response, reduce response times, and enable
  appropriate deployment of resources

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Data Interoperability Continuum
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Data Interoperability Continuum - Examples in in
the NCR
Two Way Standards Based Sharing
Custom Interfaced Applications
One Way Standards Based Sharing
Common Applications
Data Elements
Swap Files
Exiting CAD Interfaces
CAD 2 CAD
GIS MEDS
WebEOC
NCR Fire Incident Map
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Data Integration Standards

• National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) v 1.0

• Emergency Data
• Exchange Language
• (EDXL)

• Common Alerting Protocol (CAP)

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Challenge - Actual Implementation of Standards
NIEM IEPD Life Cycle
Mapping
Schema
WSDL
User Manual
NCR Implementation
NIEM CAP EDXL NIST
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Where to start? www.ncrnet.us
Implementation of National Standards
Staff Training and Support
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NCR DEH Project - Deliverables to Date

• Exchanges
• NCR CIMS Data Exchange IEPD
• http//www.ncrnet.us/deh/iepd/cims-exchange.htm
• NCR Fire Incident Mapping Data Exchange IEPD
• http//http//www.ncrnet.us/deh/iepd/rms-exchange.h
  tm
• NCR Resource Typing Data Exchange IEPD
• http//www.ncrnet.us/deh/IEPD/index.htm
• Policies
• NCR-IS Security Policy
• NCR-IS Information Management Policy
• NCR Technical Standards
• NCR Developer Tool Kit

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Data Interoperability
How Do I Get from Here to There?
Standards Technologies
Web Services Interoperability Specification Enterprise Service Bus
Extensible Mark Up Language Service Oriented Architecture
XML Vocabularies (GJXDM, EDXL, NIEM) Web Service Registry Repository
NIST Security Standards Metadata Management Software
Know where you are on the data interoperability
continuum Know the technical standards that
apply Know what technology is currently
available to help you Have a roadmap
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Karen Jackson

• Community Broadband in Virginia
• Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband
  Assistance

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Ambitious Goal Focused on Last-Mile Broadband
Challenge
Governor Kaines Economic Development Strategic
Plan Focused on Broadband
Kaine Administration Approach

• Economic Development Strategic Plan Enhance
  Virginias strong business climate to expand
  economic opportunities and job growth
• Broadband Ensure that every business in the
  Commonwealth has access to broadband services
  anywhere and anytime by 2010
• Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband
  Assistance Established by Executive Order to
  coordinate strategy

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Address Coverage Gaps Through Local, Regional
Policymakers through Public-Private Partnerships
County Signs Public-Private Partnership to
Address Underserved Areas
Capital Investment Private Partner, 000s
Cash Flow Customer Distribution
County Economics By Source
Public safety grant covers 50 of County
investment, funds tower
County participates as a customer, pre-pays
five-years of service at 24K
Residential (220) 43
County Spend 14
500
Waived Lease Revenue 18
Business (104) 57
Capital Savings
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Access to Public Infrastructure (Non-Cash) - 69
Actual
Build-out Estimate
Cash flow generated from wireless operations
(260k) exceeds initial capital investment,
accelerates further build-out
Capital spend covers 70 of geographic region
Publicly-owned towers support 6 of 7
infrastructure locations
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Private Providers Voluntarily Signing NDA to
ProvideNeeded Data
Need Address-Level Coverage Gap Detail to
Prioritize Public Investments
VA Mapping Initiative In Brief
Goal Establish a baseline of broadband service
availability across the Commonwealth Voluntary
Reporting Carriers voluntarily agreed to
participate in the process Broad Stakeholder
Support Initiative receiving extraordinary
support from industry associations VTIA and
VCTA No-Cost Partnership Virginia able to
execute data capture at no additional cost to the
taxpayer Respecting Market Privacy Through
Virginias CIT, carriers protected against risk
of competitive disadvantage due to data
loss Results Initial returns promising 12
NDAs signed, five data sets mapped completed map
expected by end of 2008
SAMPLE
Technical Advantages
Standard Definition Virginia now recognizes
the new FCC definition of at least 768Kbps
download speed and at least 200Kbps upload speed
as the minimum definition of broadband
service Address-Level Data Virginia has a
process in place to collect and map geo-coded
address-level broadband availability data and
geo-spatial and demographic information displayed
at the County level - at no additional cost
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Coordinated Effort to Attract Needed Broadband
Capital
Roundtable Tool-Kit To Support Community
Policy-Makers
www.otpba.vi.virginia.gov
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Questions?
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5th Annual Virginia Interoperable Communications
Conference
September 30-October 1, 2008 Norfolk, VA