As directed by National Security Presidential Directive – 51 / Homeland Security Presidential Directive – 20, all recipients share in the responsibility of ensuring integration of COOP, COG, ECG plans and operations with emergency plans and capabilities and “…prioritized goals and objectives, a concept of operations, performance metrics by which to measure continuity readiness, procedures for continuity and incident management activities, and clear direction to executive department and agency continuity coordinators, as well as guidance to promote interoperability of Federal Government continuity programs and procedures with State, local, territorial, and tribal governments, and private sector owners and operations of critical infrastructure, as appropriate…”

This year’s conference theme encompasses these requirements and provides an opportunity for continuity and crisis management professionals within the Department and Interagency to exchange information, ideas, best practices and perspectives on current and future Defense and National continuity strategies, trends and challenges in these areas.

Presentations include speakers from across Federal, State and local government organizations, industry, and academia in panel discussion and focus group sessions. This year, we continue our effort to showcase continuity and crisis management solutions, with demonstrations and exhibits from various information technology, Continuity and Crisis Management product vendors.