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Project: Hurricane Damage Asset Tracker (HDAT)
Client:GSA/PBS
Launch Date: September 6, 2005
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Solution Summary
In 2005, 3H Technology implemented a Web solution for the General Services Administration (GSA) providing them with a central location to share and track all of the Agency’s assets, such as associates, buildings, vehicles, and other equipment affected by Hurricane Katrina. Because of the urgency of the situation, the information and data on people, leased and owned spaces, equipments, square footage, etc. are to be made accessible to the GSA/PBS senior management. Upon assessing the situation, managers are able to make informed decisions and take immediate actions.
3H Technology developed and deployed the Hurricane Damage Asset Tracker (HDAT) solution within 24 hours of receiving the request from GSA.
Using HDAT, the GSA/PBS senior executives are able to securely post and download all the essential information necessary to make decisions in order to respond to the most tragic natural disaster to ever hit the United States – Hurricane Katrina, and the other hurricanes such as Ophelia, and Rita.
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ENVIRONMENT
The HDAT solution provides GSA/PBS senior management and executive level users with an up-to-date repository of crucial information about the impact of the disaster on the Federal Government human capital, leased and owned properties, and equipments.
With the HDAT, primary users such as the PBS Commissioner and all the PBS Assistant Commissioners have the ability to share information and make decisions regarding the mission of the Agency in the wake of the hurricane.
CHALLENGE
After Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, GSA and PBS managers had to assess and respond quickly to the situation. Consequently, they needed a secured, centralized location for sharing all information within hours of the disaster.
The solution would have to be developed rapidly while maintaining the integrity of the information included. Thus, to protect and secure the content of the HDAT, access to the site would be limited to users with the adequate credentials by providing their user IDs and passwords. In addition, the solution provided was to be flexible enough to allow frequent updates.
SOLUTION
The HDAT Web-based application is built on a Microsoft IIS Web server using SQL Server to track and record access through user IDs and passwords.
With HDAT’s real time postings, users can access such information as:
- Daily Building Damage Assessment
- Situational Reports
- Associates Deployed
- Statistics
- Success Stories
- Map of Space
- PBS Affected Buildings
- Closed Buildings
- Agency Correspondence
- Finance
The solution enables the following functions:
- Posting and downloading of files
- Viewing and sharing of data
- Adding, deleting and editing of information
The security of the system only allows access to users who are granted the proper privilege through their user IDs and passwords in order to protect the information and data contained in the HDAT.
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Hurricane Damage Asset Tracker (HDAT)