Points: 150 Assignment 1: Stakeholders Criteria Unacceptable Below 60% F Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A 1. Specify the nature of the interrelationships between the federal, state, and local government, the private sector, and nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the National Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness mission areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article. Weight: 30% Did not submit or incompletely specified the nature of the interrelationships between the federal, state, and local government; the private sector; and nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the National Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness mission areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article. Insufficiently specified the nature of the interrelationships between the federal, state, and local government; the private sector; and nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the National Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness mission areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article. Partially specified the nature of the interrelationships between the federal, state, and local government; the private sector; and nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the National Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness mission areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article. Satisfactorily specified the nature of the interrelationships between the federal, state, and local government; the private sector; and nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the National Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness mission areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article. Thoroughly specified the nature of the interrelationships between the federal, state, and local government; the private sector; and nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the National Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness mission areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article. 2. Analyze the specific requirements that the government must meet in order to declare a federal disaster and provide federal assistance, as outlined in the “Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288) as amended” article. Evaluate the importance of each requirement. Weight: 30% Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the specific requirements that the government must meet in order to declare a federal disaster and provide federal assistance, as outlined in the “Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288) as amended” article. Did not submit or incompletely evaluated the importance of each requirement. Insufficiently analyzed the specific requirements that the government must meet in order to declare a federal disaster and provide federal assistance, as outlined in the “Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288) as amended” article. Insufficiently evaluated the.

1. Points: 150
Assignment 1: Stakeholders
Criteria
Unacceptable
Below 60% F
Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Specify the nature of the interrelationships between the
federal, state, and local government, the private sector, and
nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the National
Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness mission
areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely specified the nature of the
interrelationships between the federal, state, and local
government; the private sector; and nongovernmental
organizations as outlined in the National Planning Frameworks
and the five (5) preparedness mission areas in the “National
Planning Frameworks” article.
Insufficiently specified the nature of the interrelationships
between the federal, state, and local government; the private
sector; and nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the
National Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness
mission areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article.

2. Partially specified the nature of the interrelationships between
the federal, state, and local government; the private sector; and
nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the National
Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness mission
areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article.
Satisfactorily specified the nature of the interrelationships
between the federal, state, and local government; the private
sector; and nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the
National Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness
mission areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article.
Thoroughly specified the nature of the interrelationships
between the federal, state, and local government; the private
sector; and nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the
National Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness
mission areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article.
2. Analyze the specific requirements that the government must
meet in order to declare a federal disaster and provide federal
assistance, as outlined in the “Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288) as
amended” article. Evaluate the importance of each requirement.
Weight: 30%
Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the specific
requirements that the government must meet in order to declare
a federal disaster and provide federal assistance, as outlined in
the “Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288) as amended” article. Did
not submit or incompletely evaluated the importance of each
requirement.
Insufficiently analyzed the specific requirements that the
government must meet in order to declare a federal disaster and
provide federal assistance, as outlined in the “Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public
Law 93-288) as amended” article. Insufficiently evaluated the
importance of each requirement.
Partially analyzed the specific requirements that the government
must meet in order to declare a federal disaster and provide

3. federal assistance, as outlined in the “Robert T. Stafford
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-
288) as amended” article. Partially evaluated the importance of
each requirement.
Satisfactorily analyzed the specific requirements that the
government must meet in order to declare a federal disaster and
provide federal assistance, as outlined in the “Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public
Law 93-288) as amended” article. Satisfactorily evaluated the
importance of each requirement.
Thoroughly analyzed the specific requirements that the
government must meet in order to declare a federal disaster and
provide federal assistance, as outlined in the “Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (Public
Law 93-288) as amended” article. Thoroughly evaluated the
importance of each requirement.
3. Suggest two (2) requirements (not listed in the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) that
you believe the government should follow in order to declare a
federal disaster and provide federal assistance. Provide a
rationale to support your suggestion.
Weight: 25%
Did not submit or incompletely suggested two (2) requirements
(not listed in the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
Emergency Assistance Act) that you believe the government
should follow in order to declare a federal disaster and provide
federal assistance. Did not submit or incompletely provided a
rationale to support your suggestion.
Insufficiently suggested two (2) requirements (not listed in the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act) that you believe the government should follow in order to
declare a federal disaster and provide federal assistance.
Insufficiently provided a rationale to support your suggestion.
Partially suggested two (2) requirements (not listed in the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act) that you believe the government should follow in order to

4. declare a federal disaster and provide federal assistance.
Partially provided a rationale to support your suggestion.
Satisfactorily suggested two (2) requirements (not listed in the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act) that you believe the government should follow in order to
declare a federal disaster and provide federal assistance.
Satisfactorily provided a rationale to support your suggestion.
Thoroughly suggested two (2) requirements (not listed in the
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act) that you believe the government should follow in order to
declare a federal disaster and provide federal assistance.
Thoroughly provided a rationale to support your suggestion.
4. Support your views with at least three (3) relevant and
credible references, documented according to APA.
Weight: 5%
No references provided
Does not meet the required number of references; all references
poor quality choices.
Does not meet the required number of references; some
references poor quality choices.
Meets number of required references; all references high quality
choices.
Exceeds number of required references; all references high
quality choices.
5. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%
More than 8 errors present
7-8 errors present
5-6 errors present
3-4 errors present
0-2 errors present
Case Study 2 Florida Department of Management Services Part
One
By the early 1990s, the Florida Department of

5. Management Service (DMS) had built up a large information
systems network that served state government agencies in 10
regional sites and connected these to the data center in
Tallahassee. The network was based on the use of the
proprietary Systems Network Architecture (SNA) from IBM and
a mainframe at the data center that housed most of the
applications.
Although relatively happy with the SNA operation, DMS saw a
need to expand applications and services by providing TCP/IP
capability and Internet access. The goal was met in a
remarkably short time. Over the course of 30 months, DMS built
a statewide TCP/IP network, began offering Internet services to
local and state agencies, and created a suite of Internet
applications that will ultimately move personnel, accounting,
and billing systems online [JOHN96]. To complete the success
story, DMS managed to accomplish all that while saving the
state of Floridamore than $4 million. The breakdown is shown
in Table II.1.
The aim of this upgrade was to exploit the Internet. Internet
connectivity, together with key Internet applications such as the
Web, could make it easier for agencies across the state to
communicate with each other, with suppliers, and with users,
thereby improving employee productivity.
The IP Infrastructure
The first step was to build an IP infrastructure. The then-current
configuration, based on SNA, made heavy use oftelephone
company (telco)–supplied equipment and services. DMS
considered the possibility of outsourcing the IP capability but
rejected this for the following reasons:
1. None of the telcos had a router-based service at that time,
which meant DMS would have to wait for the carrier to build its
own network.
2. DMS wanted to select the routers. The telcos wouldn’t
purchase the products picked by DMS because they did not fit
in with their plans. Finally, a regulatory prohibition against
colocation meant that user-owned equipment couldn’t be

6. installed at telco central offices.
3. The existing SNA network could easily be adapted to TCP/IP.
Table II.1 DMS Cost Breakdown
What Was Spent
Personnel
$450,000
Application development
$300,000
Software (including Web software, databases, and development
tools)
$850,000
Hardware (servers, routers, telco services)
$1,525,000
Maintenance
$450,000
TOTAL
$3,575,000
What Was Not Spent
Terminal upgrades
$150,000
Mainframe application development
$1,000,000
Mainframe hardware upgrades
$6,000,000
Mainframe software upgrades
$600,000
TOTAL
$7,750,000
The existing configuration had been put in place to allow some
6000 users throughout the state to access mainframe application
in Tallahassee. SNA network control processors (NCPs) in 10
cities were linked via T-1 (1.544 Mbps) and T-3 (45 Mbps) lines
to a communications controller on a token ring LAN in the DMS
data center. The communications controller handled SNA traffic
into and out of the mainframe. The token ring also supported

7. SNA terminals, personal computers, and other equipment.
To transform the SNA backbone into a router network, all DMS
had to do, in essence, was deploy routers at each site, connect
the boxes, and link them to a central-site router at the data
center (Figure II.1). Put that way, it sounds easy, and in fact the
installation and startup went remarkably smoothly.
DMS chose the Cisco 7000 as its backbone router, with one
deployed at each of the 10 regional sites. The Cisco gear came
with strong network management and could be booted and
configured centrally. At each site the Cisco router and the NCP
are hooked to a digital access cross-connect switch (DACS).
This switch segregates SNA from TCP/IP traffic and directs it
accordingly. The DACS now provides the T-1/T-3 link to the
SNA communications controller at the data center. In addition,
each DACS is connected to the DACS at each of the nine other
regional centers to create a mesh for IP traffic. Finally, there is
a link from each DACS to a router at the data center.
At the regional center, SNA traffic is handled as before from
IBM 3270 terminals. This traffic only goes from the regional
center to the mainframe at the data center. For connection to the
IP backbone and the Internet applications, each regional center
is equipped with Cisco 2000 routers to connect workstations,
personal computers, and servers via LANs.
At the data center, there is a high-capacity Cisco 2000 router
that has a direct leased link to each of the 10 regional centers.
This router is also connected to the Internet and provides the
entry point for the entire far-flung DMS network into the
Internet. Finally, there are several Network Systems Corp.
routers that connect the data center to the Tallahassee MAN,
which is an FDDI ring owned and operated by Sprint
Corporation. The MAN gives agencies located throughout
Tallahassee access to the data center and to each other.
Figure II.1 Network Configurations for Florida Department of

8. Management Services
The Applications
Once the IP infrastructure was in place, DMS began to add
applications. The first, and still the most popular, application
was a client/server employment system. The original system
stored information about some 125,000 state employees on the
mainframe. About 1200 users throughout the state accessed it
over the SNA network. Although the system was secure and
reliable, services were slow and the interface clumsy. The
applications around the database had been developed and
installed in the early 1980s and were batch-mode with fixed-
transaction access. Users couldn’t configure their own requests
and searches on the fly. If they wanted anything out of the
ordinary, they had to contact mainframe programmers, who
might take days or weeks to develop what was needed. The new
application makes use of a UNIX server at the data center that
is hooked to the mainframe and downloads the employee
database at least weekly to store in its own server database.
Users at workstations at the various agencies and centers access
the server over the IP network running an application called
Copesview.
Another client/server application that generates a lot of traffic
over the IP network is Spursview, a purchasing application.
Like Copesview, it was adapted from a mainframe application,
SPURS (Statewide Purchasing System). SPURS, which was used
by roughly 4000 employees, stored information on the
mainframe about products purchased by the site, including
vendor, model number, and price. Here again, users were
limited as to the type ofsearches they could perform. With
Spursview, users gained a variety of new capabilities, such as
wild-card searches on any parameters (data of purchase, vendor,
type of product, etc.). They also can create graphs and bar
charts and import data directly into PC-based spreadsheets.
Intranet and Internet Applications
The data center maintains a link to the Internet through which
all traffic between the data center’s IP network and the Internet

9. pass. This link is equipped with a firewall that prevents
unauthorized access.
With the Internet link and the IP network up, DMS was in a
position to offer Internet access to state employees as well as to
set up Web services for both intranet and Internet access. Like
the servers in the client/server configuration, the Web server
has a link to the mainframe and is able to construct databases
accessible from Web browsers.
One of the most popular Web-based applications is a job-
posting service that lets users search for vacancies within the
state system by location, salary ranges, and type of work. The
state has about 8000 job vacancies on any given day. Applicants
can fill out an online job application and store it for multiple
submissions. This application averages about 100,000 hits per
week.
Another well-used site eliminates the need for state employees
to process information regarding government contracts and
suppliers. Previously, when a vendor won a bid, it submitted
pricing and product data on floppy discs. The DMS employed
several people full time just to review that information, format
it, and enter it onto the mainframe. That information is now
available on the Web. Users can access this information on the
DMS Web server and on Web servers at vendor sites. For
example, users can search for contracted suppliers that offer
computers priced below $2000. The search generates a
list of names, each of which is a Web link. Because the data
reside on the vendors’ Web servers, it is up to the suppliers, not
the DMS, to make sure all data are accurate and up to date.
DMS is also working on an online purchasing system running
over the Web. Users not only would be able to view vendor
information but also could order products online. This
application will take a lot of coordination, because it involves
the purchasing department, comptroller’s office, and
accounting. It also involves authenticating users to ensure they
are authorized to make purchases.
DMS has not neglected those who pay state employees’ salaries:

10. the citizens of Florida. The Web service available to the public
is called the Florida Community Network (FCN), and it has
been a success story and a model for other states [REGE96].
The FCN is currently averaging a million hits per month. Online
access to information can in many cases eliminate two or three
layers of bureaucracy and provide a self-service connection to
the government. For example, one of the projects under
development is automatic fishing and gaming licensing. Mrs. X
in Palm Beach wants to go fishing but knows she needs a
license. She logs on to the FCN site, chooses the search option,
and types “fishing.” Within seconds, a form appears that lets
Mrs. X apply and pay for a license from the comfort of her
home. She fills out the form, submits it, and moments later a
license is e-mailed to her. No clerks, no lines, no trips to the
Office of the Tax Collector or a sporting goods store.
Yet another popular Web service is the Statewide Telephone
Directory, which includes listings for state and local
government, universities, community colleges, and school
boards. DMS has also worked with the state Board ofRegents to
set up a distance learning service, which makes use of the DMS
networking facilities [MADA98].
In 2007, the DMS network went through another major overhaul
and was renamed MyFloridaNet. This new network retains the
fundamental TCP/IP and networking architecture with many
upgrades. We examine MyFloridaNet in Case Study VI.
The DMS Web site is undergoing constant evolution and
refinement. It is located at http://dms.myflorida.com.
Assignment 1: Stakeholders
Due Week 3 and worth 150 points
Per the text, the federal, state, and local governments of a
disaster-stricken area must work together in many ways. The
federal government may declare a federal disaster and provide
federal assistance to the area if certain requirements are met.
Read the following two (2) FEMA articles:

11. “National Planning Frameworks”
“Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance
Act (Public Law 93-288) as amended”, Section 401, page 25
Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:
0. Specify the nature of the interrelationships between the
federal, state, and local government, the private sector, and
nongovernmental organizations as outlined in the National
Planning Frameworks and the five (5) preparedness mission
areas in the “National Planning Frameworks” article.
0. Analyze the specific requirements that the government must
meet in order to declare a federal disaster and provide federal
assistance, as outlined in the “Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief
and Emergency Assistance Act (Public Law 93-288) as
amended” article. Evaluate the importance of each requirement.
0. Suggest two (2) requirements (not listed in the Robert T.
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act) that
you believe the government should follow in order to declare a
federal disaster and provide federal assistance. Provide a
rationale to support your suggestion.
0. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and
other related websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references
must follow 6th edition APA or school-specific format. Check
with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the
date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in
the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Assess how emergency management personnel respond to the
major forms of natural, technological, and man-made disasters.

12. Determine how the major forms of emergency management work
– mitigation, response, recovery, preparedness, and
communications – are interrelated.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
emergency management.
Write clearly and concisely about emergency management using
proper writing mechanics.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality,
logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills,
using the following rubric.