NATIONAL VA CIO CONFERENCE

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NATIONAL VA CIO CONFERENCE

• Action Plan
• Office of CIO and New Office of EMP
• Establish Tiger Team, establish and exercise
• command chain communications. Adopt the new
• Cyber-Security Command Communications Chain,
• until when/if a new one is needed.
• Tiger Team - inventory and analyze existing
• plans/models/field reports, and define a common
• model/plan, as well as identify and secure any
  additional
• funding/resources/agreements needed.
• Office of CIO/ New Office of EMP and Command
  Chain
• rollout, exercise, and maintain the national EMP
  plan.

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NATIONAL VA CIO CONFERENCE

• Timetable for Success
• 2-4 weeks establish list of Command Chain
  contacts, as well as establish and exercise the
  Command Chain communication procedures based on
  best case, medium case, and worst case scenarios.
• 1-4 weeks - to establish a EMP/DR Tiger Team
• 3-6 months - to inventory and analyze existing
  plans/models/field reports, and define a common
  model/plan
• 3-6 months - to establish and exercise and
  common/national plan.

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• Updates
• Initial Tiger Team Formed
• Ed Meagher - VACO Team Leader
• Carl Nielsen - VHA
• Kathleen Kardell - VBA
• Steve Christie - VBA
• Claire Kinderman - OIT
• Art Hunt OIT (CIO 006)
• Sam Georgeson OIT/Austin
• Kevin Causley VBA
• Ray Sullivan VHA
• Don Charapich OGC
• Vacant NCA
• Vacant - BVA
• Other Volunteers

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NATIONAL VA CIO CONFERENCE

• Updates
• Tiger Team/Leader meeting with Gen. Kickligher to
  present Workgroup findings and begin the
  inventory/analysis process. 2-4 weeks
• Team resources and time are based on the
  assumption
• Teams members existing work will be
  re-prioritized by management to enable the team
  members to focus on the tasks/actions identified.

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• Critical Success Factors
• Tiger Team
• EMP/DR plan inventory
• Individual cooperation/ownership/commitment
• Communications
• Resource Allocation Assumption
• Security/Emergency Credentials
• 2 Rolls of Duct Tape
• 1 Case of Yellow Tape
• Grade/step/salary increases for those involved,
• and a medal of commendation (starting with
• Break-out Session members)