Business Continuity Planning (COOP)

iPass White Paper - Ensuring Enterprise Workforce Continuity:  

A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) without Telework is not a BCP
By Chuck Wilsker and John Edwards, The Telework Coalition
(Originally published in Association of Contingency Planners Newsletter, November 2005)

Click here to read the article:

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Click here for articles on and about the
possibility of an Avian Flu Pandemic:
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For good articles on COOP in the Federal Government from
Federal Computer Week, click here:

Continuity of Operations
         Selected Agencies Could Improve Planning for Use
            of Alternate Facilities and Telework during Disruptions
                This is the report from the Government Accountability
                Office to the Houes Committee on Government Refrorm
                       Click here for the Full Report:

Planning for pandemic influenza is critical.To assist you
in your efforts, the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) have developed the following checklist
for large businesses. It identifies important,specific activities
large businesses can do now to prepare, many of which will
also help you in other emergencies.

Click here to see the checklist:

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News Articles:

Employers Not Prepared for Avian Flu, Survey Finds
   Work at home agreements among top two concerns
       Press Release, Thompsom Publishing Group. June 14, 2005


Planning for the next disaster
    After Katrina, recovery plans focus on finding, housing employees
      By Mollie  Ziegler, FederalTimes.com, March 27, 2006

Telework seen aiding COOP, but barriers remain
     Wilson P Dizard III, Government Computer News, February 16, 2006

Preparing your business for the effects of an avian flu pandemic
    Experts have advice for dealing with widespread absenteeism
         By Erin Moore, NewsDurhamRegion.com,  Jan 27, 2006


Route1 Announces Participation in Pandemic
Preparedness Conference at the National Press Club

Shelter from the storm
       Continuity-of-operations plans can protect vital functions in a crisis,
       but only if agencies have done the groundwork   
            Government Computer News, November 21, 2005

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Click here for Working Solutions' Disaster Recovery Flyer:
    Disaster_Recovery_Flyer.pdf

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inContact
Hosting for business
continuity in times of
interruption:
A Datamonitor whitepaper
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Following is a series of white papers provided by our Strategic Partner
The Association of Contingency Planners (ACP).

Web-Based Continuity Planning
a report by
Chris  Alvord
Founder, COOP Systems
 

Choosing BCP Software: One
Organization’s Story
by
Brenda E. Brown-Paul

Modeling Events To Affect a Recovery
by
Garry Bond  
Principal Consultant
Sage Business Associates, Inc.,