Government Computer Week has some details on Homeland Security Sec. Chertoff's pledges to beef up FEMA technology. Yesterday he said:
“Within the immediate future, we will significantly enhance and strengthen FEMA’s disaster registration and processing systems, its Web site and its 1-800 call-in number so that we build the capacity in FEMA to handle up to 200,000 disaster registrations a day. That is our objective,” Chertoff said in prepared remarks. “We will also begin the process of upgrading FEMA’s outdated information technology and computer systems.”
In a little more detail, here's the fix-it list:
- A more sophisticated and specialized logistics management system to better track materiel, inventories, distribution and delivery of supplies to disaster areas
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