PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON INFORMATION MANA

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 ISLAMABAD 000147

SIPDIS

STATE ALSO PASS TO USAID
USAID/W FOR A/AID ANDREW NATSIOS, JBRAUSE
DCHA/OFDA GGOTTLIEB, MMARX, RTHAYER, BDEEMER
AID/W FOR DCHA/OFDA
SOUTH ASIA RESPONSE MANAGEMENT TEAM
SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE TASK FORCE
DCHA/FFP FOR JONATHAN DWORKEN
ANE DEPUTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR MARK WARD
BANGKOK FOR OFDA SENIOR REGIONAL ADVISOR TOM DOLAN
KATHMANDU FOR OFDA REGIONAL ADVISOR WILLIAM BERGER
ROME PASS FODAG
GENEVA FOR RMA AND NKYLOH
NSC FOR JMELINE
EUCOM FOR POLA/J3/J4/J5
BRUSSELS FOR USAID PLERNER
NEW YORK FOR TMALY
SECDEF FOR SOLIC/PKHA, USDP/J3
JOINT STAFF WASH DC FOR J3/J4/J5
HQ USEUCOM VAIHINGEN GE FOR J3/J5

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: EAID AEMR ASEC MASS ECON KMDR KPAO OIIP OPRC PGOV PRE
SUBJECT: PAKISTAN - EARTHQUAKE: USAID/DART UPDATE ON INFORMATION MANA

REF: 05 Islamabad 17853

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Summary
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1. Effective information management, implemented from the earliest st

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Importance of Information Management
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2. Effective information management during disasters is achieved by u


3. One essential component of information management, particularly in

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Agencies and Organizations Managing Information
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4. Presently, several agencies are primarily involved with informatio

a) The UN Humanitarian Information Center (HIC) - The HIC is a common

b) UN Cluster Heads - As reported reftel, the UN Cluster system was i

c) The UN Joint Logistics Center (UNJLC) - UNJLC is a common service

d) ACTED - A USAID-funded international NGO, ACTED set up and managed

e) US Military - The US Military Disaster Assistance Center (DAC) inf

f) USAID/DART - The USAID/DART GIS Coordinator, from the U.S. Departm

h) The GOP Federal Relief Commission (FRC) - The FRC hired an informa

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Information Management Gaps and Shortfalls
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5. In early December, the head of the Emergency Shelter Cluster sugge


6. Several agencies are working to identify and analyze gaps in the s


7. On December 10, UNJLC asked donors to share emergency relief item


8. Poor information management leads to multiple and non-coordinated

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Recommendations
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9. There continue to be urgent information management needs to effect

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