Congressional Budget Justification

Disaster Management
Description of Item: The Disaster Management (DM) program’s intent is to offer “one-stop shopping” in delivering information and
services related to disasters for citizens and members of the emergency management community at the local, tribal, state, and Federal
levels.
Currently, the DM program is jointly managed by the DHS OCIO and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), through
the WCF. Total funding for the program is $11.170 million annually, with $4.797 million allocated to DHS OCIO and $6.373 million
to FEMA.
Justification: Per decision by the DHS Working Capital Fund Governance Board (WCFGB), DHS is requesting to remove the DM
activity from the WCF beginning in FY 2017. Instead of administering the program through the WCF, Disaster Management will be
funded through a direct appropriation and a collections-based model to DHS OCIO and through a funding realignment within FEMA.
There will be no net increase in funding and no change in the day-to-day operations of the program.
This shift in funding is requested because the DM program no longer aligns with the WCF business model, as program activities are
primarily focused on development rather than operations and maintenance. Additionally, the current funding mechanism is inefficient
as FEMA pays in $5.229 million as a customer and receives $6.373 million back as a managing partner.
FEMA Initiatives Include:
Digital Imagery and Media On Demand (DIAMOND) - Enterprise digital imagery to share digital assets including photos,
videos, audio, and documents across multiple agencies and organizations with asset naming convention based on DoD imagery
standards ($1.60M).
Enterprise Customer Relationship Management (Customer Relationship Management as a Service) - tools for tracking,
managing, and routing public correspondence. Includes knowledge base that allows citizens to find answers and reduces
overall volume of correspondence ($1.3M).
Mobile App and Text Messaging Platforms - to provide citizens access to critical disaster information on their mobile devices
including multiple languages on Apple, Android, and Blackberry. Includes real-time, crowd-sourced disaster related images
located on a map and National Weather Service alerts ($1.38M).
Additional initiatives include Social Media and Reporting including IT Dashboards, social media monitoring and reporting,
and enterprise survey solution ($1.07M), GovDelivery Enterprise email ($.570M), and FEMA FTE costs ($.480M).
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