Collaborations
PNWER Public-Private Partnership for Infrastructure Interdependencies
The Pacific NorthWest Economic Region (PNWER) is the only regional planning and facilitation organization set up in statute by the border states and provinces to deal with trans-boundary policy and planning in the Pacific Northwest.
Washington State Fusion Center Support
The NWRTC supports the Washington State Fusion Center by providing support to a "technology desk". This support identifies operational and analysts’ needs and conducts testing and evolution of innovative technologies. The NWRTC is also deploying the Scalable Reasoning System that provides a mobile collaborative environment by using smart phones to collect and share data in the field. This Web-based system also possesses analytical tools to expedite information collection, analysis and sharing.
2010 Olympics Security Planning Committee
The purpose of this effort is to ensure seamless mutual response and interoperability for responders cross-border and regionally for the 2010 Olympics to be held in Vancouver, B.C. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory is supporting security planning by supplying subject matter expertise to the intelligence, exercise planning, and public affairs sub-committees—tying technology to the needs of end-users.
King County/Seattle Public Health Pan Flu Business Leadership member
The Northwest Regional Technology Center conducted a workshop with local, state and federal public health officials working in surveillance, epidemiological modeling, and IT communities from the Seattle/Tacoma area and state of Washington to discuss the current state of disease surveillance and gaps and needs to improve the current systems.
Area Maritime Security Committee for Puget Sound
The NWRTC is a member of the Area Maritime Security Committee for Puget Sound that helps coordinate planning, information sharing, and other activities to aid the security of the marine transportation system. Members of this committee include port tenants; port labor organizations, carriers, and shippers whose vessels, vehicles, cargoes, and passengers use the port; vessel and port tenant servicing organizations and agents; federal, state, and local law enforcement; and regulatory compliance agencies that have jurisdiction within the maritime environment. Specifically, the NWRTC is on the Technology Subcommittee.
Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory established the Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security (PNWCGS) in 1998. A central purpose of the PNWCGS is to develop a better understanding of the threats posed by environmental, energy, and human security issues and to reduce those threats—especially in regions where the stakes of tension and instability are raised by the presence of weapons of mass destruction. A corollary purpose is to help minimize the conditions under which nations or people proliferate weapons of mass destruction. The PNWCGS focuses on innovative approaches and programs in education and outreach. For more information visit the Pacific Northwest Center for Global Security website.
National Visualization Analytics Center
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provides leadership for the National Visualization and Analytics Center (NVAC), a national and international resource that provides strategic leadership and R&D coordination for visual analytics technologies and tools to support the Department of Homeland Security mission to secure our homeland and protect the American people. NVAC comprises partnerships with academia, through Regional Visualization and Analytics Centers (RVACs); partnerships with industry, through the VAC Consortium and Industrial Visualization and Analytics Centers (IVACs); and partnerships with other government agencies, such as the National Science Foundation, and members of the intelligence community. International partners, such as Canada, encourage commerce and address joint security issues. For more information, visit the National Visualization and Analytics Center website.