This is an important collection of resources about tech and disaster response and recovery from the White House OSTP:
Blog: http://bit.ly/disastertechblog Fact Sheet: http://bit.ly/disastertechfactsheet Event Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8eiXjbhfOc On a related note, I asked around about a widely used online community of practice that goes in-depth the #disastertech and #emsm (emergency management social media) Twitter hashtags. Apparently, there isn't a general space like that where the over 1500 people mentioned connect, but ... 1. This useful e-newsletter from Brandon Greenberg was recommended by Beth Noveck with GovLab (fmr WH): http://bit.ly/disasternetenews 2. Rebecca Williams mentioned these apps tagged crisis response: http://commons.codeforamerica.org/tags/crisis-response and this spreadsheet: http://bit.ly/nychurricanecivtechresponses 3. Steve Spiker mentioned Crisis Mappers - http://crisismappers.net/ - and as I recalled, the Crisis Commons google group is out there too with nearly 600 members - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/crisiscommons 4. I also invite people to check out my article in this space inspired by H. Sandy - http://bit.ly/localrecovery and the number one lesson linked from here - local Facebook Groups are the response of choice by everyday folks who *to this day* keep online exchange alive for community recovery - http://bit.ly/sandygroups 5. Lastly, I am curious how the openness in open gov and loose creativity in civic tech can mix it up more with the serious world of emergency preparedness, disaster response, and community recovery. In my neighbors online work, the already e-social neighborhoods are far better positioned to communicate than those that have to get connected after disaster hits. (Officialdom loathes the potential liability to people talking two-way on their gov systems so they stick with one to many and have a hard time engaging in many to many spaces.) I'll bring that up here: http://facebook.com/groups/opengovgroup Read on below from the White House. Steven Clift E-Democracy.org From: "Forde, Brian" Date: Aug 8, 2014 3:00 PM Subject: See Video from the White House Innovation for Disaster Response and Recovery Demo Day Friends and Colleagues, We’re thrilled to let you know more than 1,500 people participated online and in-person at the White House Innovation for Disaster Response and Recovery Demo Day. We wanted to thank you for your interest and respond to the many requests for information on the event. Below are links to the blog post summarizing the event, the video of the event, and a link to the White House Fact Sheet highlighting commitments from Federal and local departments and agencies, organizations and tech companies. · Blog Post: More than 1,500 people participate in the White House Innovation for Disaster Response and Recovery Demo Day <http://bit.ly/disastertechblog> · Video: White House Innovation for Disaster Response and Recovery Demo Day <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8eiXjbhfOc> · Fact Sheet: White House Innovation for Disaster Response and Recovery Demo Day <http://bit.ly/disastertechfactsheet> Additionally, with National Preparedness Month and America’s PrepareAthon! quickly approaching in September, you can learn more about how to contribute to disaster preparedness by visiting www.ready.gov. Lastly, we look forward to your continued feedback and encourage you to share your progress at [email protected]. Best, Brian, Meredith, and Heather Brian Forde Senior Advisor to the U.S. Chief Technology Officer White House Office of Science and Technology Policy [email protected] | T (202) 456-6131 | M (202) 384-4186 ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/6vsLXCkpeBm6aaJnRu3mRE For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
