Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity
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NALIT Newsletter, Summer 2007
The Certainty of Pandemics: Why We Must Overcome Pandemic Fatigue and Prepare
By Scott McPherson, Florida House of Representatives
Scott McPherson is a former state legislator and the current chief information officer of the Florida House of Representatives. He is a nationally-recognized expert on pandemic planning and disaster recovery. His presentation on IT preparations for pandemic influenza, as well as other planning materials for IT professionals, can be downloaded at the Florida CIO Council Pandemic website at http://www.bpr.state.fl.us/pandemic/.
2006 NCSL Annual Meeting
Nashville, Tennessee, August 14-18, 2006
Picking Up the Pieces After Katrina and Rita
This session focuses on how a major disaster affects state legislatures, even if the disaster doesn't strike the capitol. Topics include: offering resources to citizens through web sites, suspending laws, conducting elections, establishing new operation sites, and communication issues.
NALIT 2005 Professional Development Seminar
Rapid City, South Dakota,October 5-8, 2005
Disaster Preparedness
Recent natural disasters have again raised awareness of the need to prepare for events that can take down mission- critical legislative systems. This session will look at how states can gain support for and implement disaster preparedness and recovery plans.
NALIT 2004 Professional Development Seminar
Burlington, Vermont, Sept. 8-11, 2004
Contingency Planning and Business Continuity
Most IT shops have plans in place to replace critical IT infrastructure in case of emergency. The scale of possible disasters has increased enormously over the last few years. How quickly can you rebuild your IT infrastructure offsite? Do your House and Senate have alternative meeting sites? Are they anywhere near your alternate IT site? Can you replace critical knowledge locked in the heads of your staff should they be unavailable? With luck, we’ll never have to find out the answers to these questions, but…
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity in State Legislatures: A Roundtable Discussion
A roundtable discussion with four legislative information technology directors about preparedness efforts in Minnesota, Kansas, North Carolina, and Washington. (August 2003)
2002 Professional Development Seminar
Sparks, Nevada, October 16-19, 2002
Disaster Recovery and Continuance
Recent world events have states reevaluating business continuity and recovery plans. This session reviews the critical points to include in plans and looks at options such as hot site facilities and other ways to ensure that the legislative process will continue in the face of disaster.
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