Enhancing private sector engagement: Louisiana's business emergency operations centre.
Public sector emergency management is more effective when it coordinates its efforts with private sector companies that can provide useful capabilities faster, cheaper and better than government agencies. A business emergency operations centre (EOC) provides a space for private sector and non-governmental organisations to gather together in support of government efforts. This paper reviews business-related EOC practices in multiple US states and details the development of a new business EOC by the State of Louisiana, including lessons learned in response to the May 2010 oil spill.
Day
Jamison M
JM
Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences, Louisana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA. jamisonday@lsu.edu
Strother
Shannon
S
Kolluru
Ramesh
R
Booth
Joseph
J
Rawls
Jason
J
Calderon
Andres
A
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