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State Emergency Support Function (ESF) #12 needs a way to deliver emergency power requiring minimal sustainment to isolated communities in order to reduce risk to locals until emergency management teams can reach them.
Determine a way for TSA officers to review and identify images processed at security checkpoints from geographically dispersed locations in near real-time.
Combat the spread of COVID-19 mis- and dis-information, particularly among Chinese diasporas.
CISA
CISA needs to identify a digestible/incentivized approach to promote small business cybersecurity principles since many small businesses are failing to adopt the proper practices.
Combat the spread of COVID-19 mis- and dis-information, particularly among Chinese diasporas.
FEMA
National preparedness teams need improved coordination between emergency response stakeholders in order to reunite families quickly after a natural disaster.
Find a way for FEMA personnel to quantify the economic and environmental benefits of their property buy-out risk mitigation program.
Responding American Red Cross teams and Emergency Managers need a way to safely accommodate evacuated individuals when neighboring towns and standard practices are not an option in order to avoid the spread of COVID-19 and save people from natural disasters.
The National Preparedness Division needs a safe and interactive way to run large-scale emergency simulations in order to improve crisis management skills and validate the response capabilities of the various communities.
Emergency managers at all levels of government and cyber incident responders need an incident command system that facilitates their communication.
The Montana Forest Action Advisory Council needs recommendations to offer to agencies and other partners on how to best work together across ownership boundaries to address wildfire risk and forest health issues while representing the values of a diverse array of interests.
State Emergency Support Function (ESF) #12 needs a way to deliver emergency power requiring minimal sustainment to isolated communities in order to reduce risk to locals until emergency management teams can reach them.
TSA
Identify a more efficient way for Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) to quickly identify obscure and threatening objects (TSA prohibited items) during baggage check.
Find a streamlined way for TSA to prioritize cybersecurity information to inform industry partners and prevent cybersecurity incidents promptly.
Determine a way for TSA officers to review and identify images processed at security checkpoints from geographically dispersed locations in near real-time.
Determine a way for TSA officers to review and identify images processed at security checkpoints from geographically dispersed locations in near real-time.
HSI
HSI’s Parole and Law Enforcements Program Unit (PLEPU) needs a way to more efficiently record and process temporary parole data to expedite the temporary entry of non-U.S. citizens into the United States.
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