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.