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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri>International Journal of Information Systems for Crisis Response
and Management (IJISCRAM)<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Official Publication of the Information Resources Management
Association</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Volume
2, Issue 3, July-September 2010</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>ISSN:
1937-9390 EISSN: 1937-9420</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri>Published by IGI Publishing, Hershey-<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">New York</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place></FONT></FONT></P>
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face=Calibri>Editors-in-Chief: </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri><st1:City w:st="on">Murray</st1:City> E. Jennex, <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">San Diego State University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place></FONT></FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Bartel
Van de Walle, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on">Tilburg</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, The Netherlands</FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>PAPER
ONE<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT size=3
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Lessons
Learned on the Operation of the LoST Protocol for <st1:place
w:st="on">Mobile</st1:place> IP-Based Emergency Calls</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri>Ana Goulart (<st1:City w:st="on">Texas A&M
University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>)
<BR>Anna Zacchi (<st1:City w:st="on">Texas A&M University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>) <BR>Bharath Chintapatla
(<st1:City w:st="on">Texas A&M University</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>) <BR>Walt Magnussen (<st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Texas A&M University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>The
technology used in citizen-to-authority emergency calls is based on traditional
telephony, that is, circuit-switched systems. However, new standards and
protocols are being developed by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to
allow emergency communications over packet switched networks, such as the
Internet. This architecture is known as Next Generation-9-1-1 (NG-911). In this
paper, the authors present lessons learned from experiments on the IETF standard
called Location to Service Translation protocol (LoST). LoST maps the user’s
location to the address of the emergency call center that serves that location.
After implementing the standards in a test-bed with real-world systems, spatial
databases, and communication networks, the authors observed performance issues
that users may experience. Based on their observations, the authors propose
practical ideas to improve the performance of the NG-911 system and LoST
protocol operation for mobile users.</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>To
obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.</FONT></P>
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href="http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=47309"><FONT
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face=Calibri>http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/TitleDetails.aspx?TitleId=47309</FONT></A><FONT
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>PAPER
TWO<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT size=3
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Factors
that Influence Crisis Managers and their Decision-Making Ability during Extreme
Events</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Connie
White (<st1:City w:st="on">Jacksonville State University</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region>) <BR><st1:City
w:st="on">Murray</st1:City> Turoff (New Jersey Institute of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Technology</st1:City>, <st1:country-region
w:st="on">USA</st1:country-region></st1:place>)</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>This
paper reviews crisis literature, identifying factors that most challenge
decision makers during extreme events. The objectives are to understand the
environment in which the emergency manager is working; isolate factors that
hinder the decision maker’s ability to implement optimum solutions; and identify
structures that best fit the problem type. These objectives are important
because extreme events are not well managed. Extreme events are best
characterized as wicked problems. Stress, information overload, bias, and
uncertainty create an environment that challenges even the best decision makers.
Factors must be better understood so that policies, systems, and technologies
can be created to better fit the needs of the decision maker. The authors
discuss ongoing research efforts and describe systems being designed and
implemented that provide a variety of web based collaborative tools, as well as
solutions to these wicked problems.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>To
obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><A
href="http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=47325"><FONT
size=3
face=Calibri>http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=47325</FONT></A><FONT
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>PAPER
THREE<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><o:p><FONT size=3
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></B></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Achieving Electric Restoration Logistical Efficiencies During
Critical Infrastructure Crisis Response: A Knowledge Management
Analysis</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Teresa
Durbin (San Diego Gas and Electric, USA) <BR>Murray Jennex (San Diego State
University, USA) <BR>Eric Frost (San Diego State University, USA) <BR>Robert
Judge (San Diego State University, USA)</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>After
the 2007 <st1:place w:st="on">Southern California</st1:place> wildfire events,
event-assessment of the efficacy of spreadsheets and paper forms raised the
question of whether alternative tools could have achieved greater efficiencies
in the logistical support of command centers, the sites from which the local
utility’s electric restoration personnel were deployed. In this paper, the
authors examine what approach would have enabled personnel working on the
logistics of the command center effort to have easier-to-use, faster-to-access,
command center data stored in, and provided via, a catastrophe resilient
platform other than the traditional company computer network. Additionally, the
capability to store basic command center requirements from previous emergency
responses, thereby saving time during the next emergency, was
examined.</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>To
obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><A
href="http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=47326"><FONT
size=3
face=Calibri>http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=47326</FONT></A><FONT
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>PAPER
FOUR<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Curriculum Design and Development at the Nexus of International
Crisis Management and Information Systems</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Keith
Clement (<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">California</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType
w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType> <st1:City w:st="on">Fresno</st1:City>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">USA</st1:place></st1:country-region>)</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>This
case study discusses the role of education, curriculum development, research,
and service in supporting information systems for crisis response management.
The study describes the Council for Emergency Management and Homeland Security
(CEMHS) organization that designs and develops academic programs and courses in
these specialized areas. CEMHS combines all levels of education in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> (from K-12 and
postsecondary education) into a “state-wide solution” and network of
academicians and professionals in emergency and disaster management, crisis
response, and homeland security education and training. The organizational
purpose is constructing a “vertical track” of academic programs and specialized
programs to benefit and enhance information resource and crisis management. The
implications and lessons learned from building collaborative partnerships
between the crisis and disaster response academic and professional communities
in academic program development and research initiatives are also
discussed.</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>To
obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><A
href="http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=47327"><FONT
size=3
face=Calibri>http://www.igi-global.com/Bookstore/Article.aspx?TitleId=47327</FONT></A><FONT
size=3 face=Calibri> </FONT></P>
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face=Calibri>****************************************************</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>For
full copies of the above articles, check for this issue of the <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">International Journal of Information
Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM) </B>in your institution's
library.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>This journal is also
included in the IGI Global aggregated "<B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">InfoSci-Journals</B>" database:<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>www.infosci-journals.com.</FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri>CALL FOR
PAPERS<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3><FONT
face=Calibri><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Mission</st1:place></st1:City> of IJISCRAM: </FONT></FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>The
mission of the <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">International Journal of
Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management (IJISCRAM)</B> is to
provide an outlet for innovative research in the area of information systems for
crisis response and management. Research is expected to be rigorous but can
utilize any accepted methodology and may be qualitative or quantitative in
nature. The journal will provide a comprehensive cross disciplinary forum for
advancing the understanding of the organizational, technical, human, and
cognitive issues associated with the use of information systems in responding
and managing crises of all kinds.</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Coverage of IJISCRAM:</FONT></P>
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face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>The
journal will strive to cover all aspects of the crisis management information
systems discipline, from organizational issues to technology support to decision
support and knowledge representation. High quality submissions are encouraged
using any qualitative or quantitative research methodology, focusing on the
design, development, implementation, use and evaluation of such systems.
Submissions are especially encouraged covering the following topics in this
discipline:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Decision making and judgment </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Command
and control </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Virtual
teams and organizations </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Collaborative and intelligent systems </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Human-Computer interaction </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Healthcare and health information systems </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Case
studies, research methods, and modeling approaches </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Disaster risk reduction and risk management ad-hoc and sensor
networks </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Geographical information systems </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Early
warning systems </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Knowledge management and systems </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Emergency response systems </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Data
fusion, representation, and visualization </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Systems
interoperability information systems infrastructures </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Communication technologies </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>Crisis
planning, training, exercising, and gaming </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Globalization and development issues </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Information systems strategy </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Humanitarian operations </FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><o:p><FONT size=3
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript
submission guidelines at www.igi-global.com/ijiscram.</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><o:p><FONT size=3
face=Calibri> </FONT></o:p></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3 face=Calibri>All
inquiries and submissions should be sent to:</FONT></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=NoSpacing><FONT size=3
face=Calibri>Editor-in-Chief: <st1:City w:st="on">Murray</st1:City> <st1:place
w:st="on">E. Jennex</st1:place> at
murphjen@aol.com</FONT></P></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>