Client: Department of Energy
Contractor
Dilemma:
A U.S. Department of Energy institute focusing on scientific initiatives and national
security has the responsibility of managing the United States’ vital first responders
and associated organizations. The responsibility includes team preparedness, planning
and emergency response. This process includes managing internationally distributed
organizations, time-sensitive training requirements and a policy-driven readiness
scoring system.
Design:
A relational architecture was designed to include key components such as staff,
training, equipment, maintenance, event management, emergency response and lessons
learned. In addition, the design needed to allow the system to dynamically score
key program elements.
Implementation:
The nature of the mission dictated that a solution be deployed within 90 days. Chainbridge
Technologies, utilizing the SQLDBI Solution Server and its automated development
capabilities, was able to successfully meet this delivery timeframe. A full suite
of custom reports were concurrently developed and seamlessly integrated into the
system. SQLDBI’s SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture) enabled the solution to be
deployed within the client’s Net-Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) framework, meeting
required security mandates.
Benefits:
The current version of this solution manages all response teams, personnel, equipment,
meetings, training, exercises, responses, lessons learned and all other pre- and
post-event activities for a worldwide response organization. Furthermore, it accurately
quantifies readiness levels of the response organizations. Stakeholders, from executive
management to individual team leaders, receive automated notifications of readiness
statuses.