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	<title>The Homeland Security Blog &#187; interoperability</title>
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		<title>Reflections on Haiti: Part III, Can&#8217;t We All Just Get Along?</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/03/23/reflections-on-haiti-part-iii-cant-we-all-just-get-along/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joel Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Planning and Communications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nope. That is why there is a need for courageous leaders to break down the silos and agree to discover how to better share information amongst stakeholders and identify ways to work together and improve coordination efforts. There is a subsequent need for pre-negotiated memoranda of understanding to manage the interaction of all key players [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual USA In Action</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/02/25/virtual-usa-in-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2010/02/25/virtual-usa-in-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Martilotta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ROPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual USA]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=426</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How many real-life examples does it take to prove an initiative’s value?  Some would say one.  And some would pontificate for years to try to determine this number.  I like the former answer, because it means you actually get out there and start working toward that one tangible proof-of-concept.  In the following blog, I will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual USA is Officially Announced</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/12/16/virtual-usa-is-officially-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/12/16/virtual-usa-is-officially-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlee Hess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[State and Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Government Directive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vUSA]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=294</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a big week for Virtual USA.  First, the White House announced vUSA  as part of Obama’s Open Government Directive and then Secretary Napolitano followed that up with a press release  officially launching the vUSA initiative. Try Googling “Virtual USA,” and you will see a lot of new hits.
The White House’s Open Government Directive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Officials from Across Government Laud vUSA at Regional Pilot Demonstration</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/11/06/officials-from-across-government-laud-vusa-at-regional-pilot-demonstration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/11/06/officials-from-across-government-laud-vusa-at-regional-pilot-demonstration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlee Hess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[data interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FEMA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ROPP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Virtual USA]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Southeast Regional Operation Platform Pilot’s  capstone demonstration was a success! In fact, success is probably an understatement; the excitement surrounding Virtual USA since Wednesday’s demonstration has not only grown but has gone viral as well.
The pilot demonstration was the first major milestone for Virtual USA  (vUSA). During the event, six states and FEMA shared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making Strides in Emergency Data Interoperability</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/11/03/making-strides-in-emergency-data-interoperability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/11/03/making-strides-in-emergency-data-interoperability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:43:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlee Hess</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DHS S&T]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[governance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[information sharing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This Wednesday, November 4, DHS S&#38;T and seven states are demonstrating the work they have done over the past nine months to address the technical and governance issues associated with sharing information across state boundaries as part of the Regional Operations Platform Pilot (ROPP). The ROPP demonstration is an important milestone for the Virtual USA [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Modest Proposal to Advance Communications Interoperability</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/04/24/a-modest-proposal-to-advance-communications-interoperability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/04/24/a-modest-proposal-to-advance-communications-interoperability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 14:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[9/11 Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Napolitano]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=182</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a great deal of impatience when it comes to communications interoperability. We are constantly reminded that it is a critical issue facing the nation’s first responders &#8211; and rightfully so. Since the events of September 11, 2001 (and actually well before then) the issue has been repeatedly called out in studies,  after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Web 2.0 and Homeland Security:  States/DHS Launch Virtual USA</title>
		<link>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/03/10/web-20-and-homeland-security-statesdhs-launch-virtual-usa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/2009/03/10/web-20-and-homeland-security-statesdhs-launch-virtual-usa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 15:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Greenberg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Homeland Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State and Local]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web 2.0]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interoperability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geospatial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thehomelandsecurityblog.com/?p=164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an article entitled &#8220;Officials Eye a Geospatial &#8216;Virtual USA&#8217;&#8221;, Federal Computer Week reported on a very exciting and possibly game-changing initiative that was inaugurated in early February in Mobile Alabama.  To quote from the beginning of the article:
&#8221; Federal and state authorities are collaborating on a project that would allow state and local [...]]]></description>
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