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The Webmaster's Guild of the NYS Forum for Information Resource Management (The Forum) is hosting a special, brown bag session on disaster recovery at the Empire State Plaza on November 2nd. Gregory M. Benson, Jr., Executive Director of The Forum, indicated that "the events of September 11th have significantly heightened state and local public sector concerns related to our ability to maintain government business continuity in the face of disaster. This is particularly true for those responsible for administering and operating New York state and local information systems and telecommunications networks. The Forum has scheduled this special session to provide useful information and guidance related to government business continuity planning and to provide the opportunity to learn from the experiences of some of the state agencies whose information systems and communications were directly affected by the September 11th disaster. This session will surely be a first in a series of events focused on enhancing our preparedness for dealing with disasters and making our overall systems more secure."
The brown bag program on November 2nd is in Meeting Room #6 of the Empire State Plaza in Albany, NY from noon to 3 p.m.. The three hour agenda includes a presentation entitled Practices in Business Continuity Planning. Roberta Witty, Gartner Research Director will be giving the presentation. Prior to joining Gartner, Ms. Witty managed the Corporate Trust global technology risk management function for Chase Manhattan Bank.
Presentation summary: Most state and local governments will experience a business process interruption for some period of time, which if unprepared, could potentially threaten the ability to deliver vital government services. The events of September 11, 2001 have changed forever the way the public and private sectors think about business continuity planning; and the speed of e-Commerce/e-Government changes the very definition of a disaster, and requires a more comprehensive planning approach than ever to maintain enterprise confidence despite business interruption. This presentation focuses on best practices in business continuity planning, including scope and approach, technologies and services.
Key issues to be addressed in this presentation include:
Following the presentation, a panel of agency representatives will share their experiences related to how they were impacted, how they responded, and the lessons learned. These brief presentations will provide invaluable insight regarding the implications for future e-Government business continuity planning.
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