State of Vermont Achieves COOP Success with Bold Planning
The State of Vermont has selected Bold Planning Solutions and their Continuity of Operations Planning system, EMplans.com as the foundation for their state-wide continuity planning initiative. The goal of the project is to assist planners in meeting the state's mandate which requires all Vermont state agencies to create and maintain viable Continuity of Operation Plans (COOP) by November 1, 2008.
Using the EMplans.com system as a base, Bold Planning Solutions created a customized planning system designed to match the State of Vermont’s specific continuity planning needs and requirements. Vermont’s customized planning system has been deployed online at www.VermontCOOP.com and is available to all Vermont state agencies for continuity plan development and ongoing maintenance.
As part of the process, Bold Planning Solutions has hosted dozens of on-site COOP trainings to agency planners over the past few months. To date, over 30 state agencies in Vermont have participated in these trainings to develop their COOPs. Participating agencies include the Department of Education, Department of Buildings and General Services, Department of Labor, Department of Human Services, Agency of Transportation, and the Office of the Governor.
The major benefits of using the web-based COOP planning system are:
COOP plans developed by Vermont state agencies are developed in a standardized and structured layout.
COOP data is live and online at all times; accessible by emergency officials and key personnel as needed during times of COOP activation and relocation.
COOP data can be easily updated online at anytime to ensure continual plan accuracy and development.
Senior level planners can grade plans online in real time and provide constructive feedback to COOP planners for continual plan enhancement.
The State of Vermont is the latest of many projects to use the EMplans.com approach to standardizing and achieving the COOP planning process.
Bold Planning Solutions congratulates the State of Vermont on its efforts and continued success towards continuity planning and is proud to be a part of this state-wide continuity planning effort.
For more information about EMplans.com and COOP planning, please contact us at (615) 469-5558 or info@BoldPlanning.com
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