The GSN 2015 Digital Yearbook of Awards
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<strong>GSN</strong> <strong>2015</strong> DIGITAL YEARBOOK OF HOMELAND SECURITY AWARDS RECIPIENTS<br />
Most Notable State Government Program, Project or Initiative<br />
New York State Division Of Homeland Security<br />
and Emergency Services (DHSES)<br />
<strong>2015</strong> Winner<br />
<strong>Awards</strong> Category:<br />
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Most Notable State Government Security Program/<br />
Project or Initiative<br />
Name <strong>of</strong> Nominated Product, Service,<br />
or Program:<br />
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County Emergency Preparedness Assessment (CEPA)<br />
Initiative<br />
Reason this entry deserves to win:<br />
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<strong>The</strong> County Emergency Preparedness Assessment<br />
(CEPA) is a statewide initiative to better understand how<br />
the State and local governments are prepared to deal<br />
with various threats and hazards facing New York. As<br />
the number one target <strong>of</strong> terrorism in the Country, and<br />
a State with numerous natural disasters (4th most in<br />
the nation), CEPA is a critical component <strong>of</strong> our overall<br />
homeland security strategy. <strong>The</strong> CEPA process was<br />
developed in collaboration with State and local subject<br />
matter experts and involves facilitated workshops with<br />
each <strong>of</strong> New York’s 58 counties (including NYC) to capture<br />
risk, capability and resource information using an<br />
intuitive, standardized and repeatable process. Through<br />
the CEPA process, DHSES is able to better understand<br />
local capabilities and resource gaps across the entire<br />
homeland security spectrum (e.g., counter-terrorism,<br />
critical infrastructure, communications, cyber-security,<br />
emergency management, public health, etc.), and CEPA<br />
has identified a series <strong>of</strong> common gaps and trends than<br />
can now be better addressed. This information from<br />
CEPA is helping both the State and our local partners<br />
make more informed resource decisions and increasing<br />
our efficiency and effectiveness by focusing our<br />
collective efforts to where they are most needed. CEPA<br />
has also helped us identify and promote best practices<br />
across the State, and the highly collaborative nature<br />
<strong>of</strong> the process has served to strengthen relationships<br />
with our partners. To date, more than 1,300 public<br />
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