Homeland Security Subcommittee Activities
While the State of Missouri is more likely to experience a natural or technological disaster, the threat of terrorism remains a possibility. Timely, accurate information is fundamental to the decision making capability of those tasked with the homeland security mission. This data must be easily accessed and capable of being shared across jurisdictions and users. Spatial technology, which includes Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Global Positioning Systems (GPS), specific spatial application software, and geospatial data sets, provides an excellent infrastructure to support many emergency response and homeland security initiatives. A strong spatial capability is essential to facilitate geographic coordination and can greatly improve interagency communications. These technologies can provide decision-makers the data they need to confidently confront a wide variety of threats including natural disasters, terrorist attacks, sabotage, and similar crises.
The development, use, and maintenance of geospatial information and technologies across a statewide enterprise are critical components of the State Homeland Security Plan (SHSP). Implementation of this geospatial strategy fosters more effective access to geospatial information maintained statewide by municipalities, counties, state, and federal agencies. This strategy complements federal homeland security and geospatial programs of the Department of Homeland Security, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense, and the USGS National Geospatial Programs Office.
Meeting Schedule:
Meetings are normally being held the 2nd Tuesday of each month from 10:00 am to noon. The meetings are hosted by the Missouri National Guard and are held in Room 153 of the MNG Military Education Facility located behind the State Emergency Management Agency building. The dates for this years meetings are:
- August 12, 2008 - minutes (pdf, 19Kb)
- July 8, 2008 - minutes (pdf, 22Kb)
- May 15, 2008 - minutes (pdf, 25Kb)
- January 8, 2008 - minutes (word doc, 55Kb)
- June 12, 2007 - minutes (Word doc, 48Kb)
- May 15, 2007- minutes (Word doc, 40Kb)
- April 10, 2007 - minutes (Word doc, 40Kb)
- March 13, 2007 - minutes (Word doc, 36Kb)
- December 12, 2006 - minutes (Word doc, 48Kb)
- November 14, 2006 - Cancelled - GeoInt 2006 Conference, Orlando, FL
- October 12, 2006 - report to MGISAC Regional HS meetings in October
- October 10, 2006 - minutes
- September 5, 2006 - minutes (Word doc, 60Kb)
Links:
- Regionalization website for Missouri Homeland Security
- FGDC Homeland Security Data Model
- Geospatial Data Model Review Page
Downloads
- ESRI's Homeland Data Model brief
- USGS Structures (Excel file, 17MB)
- FY07-Geospatial-MERIS 2-page Summary (Word doc, 164Kb)
Posters
Past Activities
2004-05 Homeland Security Subcommittee Workplan Report
Missouri Priority Spatial Layers for Homeland Security (.pdf)
