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Business Continuity Committee Initiatives and Accomplishments

2007-2008 Committee Accomplishments

2008-2009 Committee Projected Initiatives

Items in italics under "2008-2009 Projected Initiatives" for each committee are those suggested at the Annual NYS Forum Planning Session held on July 11, 2008. Any initiatives receiving priority votes cast by participants on July 11th are bolded and in blue and the number of votes cast is shown in parenthesis.

The objective of the Business Continuity committee is to work in collaboration with state and local agencies and representatives of the IT Corporate Roundtable to develop education and training opportunities and tools that address business continuance planning needs of New York's state and local government entities.

2007-2008 Accomplishments

Presentations

  • Co-chairs co-presented at the Fall 2007 NYS Internal Control Association Conference: topic was "Emergency Response, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning".

Training/How To Sessions Conducted at Committee Meetings

  • Provided multiple sessions on how to develop and conduct emergency exercises.
  • A mock "How to" session was conducted to demonstrate how a Business Impact Analysis is conducted.
  • NYAlert - SEMO presentation on their electronic notification system for emergency related information
  • Presentation on how to establish and Awareness and Training program for Business Continuity within and organization.

Tool Development

  • Completed substantial revisions to the original Business Continuity Health Check and re-issued the on-line application.
  • Issued announcements about the availability of the Health Check to hundreds of State Agency members.

Information Sharing

  • Committee meetings have proven to be a valuable opportunity for practitioners to share and discuss common challenges and potential solutions.
  • The Forum sponsored Listserv is a very useful vehicle for announcing meetings, distributing meeting minutes and sharing resource material.
  • Meetings always involve a go-around where members discuss current and planned Business Continuity related initiatives.

Forging New Alliances

  • Committee members have found the meetings and evolving relationships valuable.

2008-2009 Projected Initiatives

Education Tool (13)

  • Continue to work, in partnership with SEMO (State Emergency Management Office), on the "How to" of Business Continuity planning.
  • Work with Forum Executive Committee and GOER to develop Business Continuity Training Program for practitioners.
  • Catalog/define elements and components of a BC Plan. (2)
  • Catalog co-location availability for IT sites. (1)
  • Develop templates and methodology related resources to assist practitioners.

Education

  • Plan for a day-long conference for State agency personnel on emergency planning and business continuity. (4)

Policy

  • Develop a partnership with SEMO (State Emergency Management Office) and NYS Office of Homeland Security to improve information exchange and knowledge sharing among agencies that are not part of the Disaster Preparedness Commission.
  • Recommend components for pending SEMO legislation (4)