The ChallengeThe “whole-of-government” approach to homeland security requires agencies to adapt cultural, organizational, operational, and technical processes to integrate the mission among government partners at all levels. Stakeholders need a comprehensive database of geospatial information about the U.S. domestic infrastructure. Booz Allen Hamilton was chosen to support and facilitate the multi-agency Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) working group, assisting cross-government partnerships and information-sharing processes.
Federal defense, intelligence and civilian agencies have independent control over their geospatial datasets for our nation's infrastructure, but in the event of a terrorist attack, natural disaster or other crisis, the agencies responsible for homeland defense and security need a common operating picture, and confidence that the data are consistent and complete. The HIFLD working group creates the framework for a shared foundation-level database and allows the agencies to compare, refine, and standardize the information among the mission partners.
Booz Allen worked with the Department of Homeland Security, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey to create a shared geospatial infrastructure database. A team of Booz Allen experts in mission assurance, geospatial technology, and infrastructure protection supports the working group, drafting recommendations and standards for acquiring, sharing and using geospatial data, and working with HIFLD on a long-term strategy for maintaining an authoritative infrastructure database.
Today HIFLD is an interagency community of interest, with more than 2,600 contributing participants working on continuous improvement of the Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) Gold and HSIP Freedom, a common database used by all federal agencies and decision makers. The database includes more than 341 data layers and all 18 natural hazard Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources Sectors and base map layers.
Download a PDF version of the case study entitled, "Fostering Federal Partnerships for Homeland Defense and Security."
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