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The information technology role in disaster recovery and business continuity: governments, and particularly IT departments, need detailed disaster recovery plans and business continuity plans in order to ensure the continuity of government services during critical disaster times.(Solutions)

Government Finance Review

| December 01, 2007 | Biddinger, Nadeen | COPYRIGHT 2007 Government Finance Officers Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

When disaster happens, who is in charge in your city, county, or school? Depending on the severity of a disaster, different areas and groups of employees are affected; however, the information technology department should be among a government's first responders, because it must be ready on a moment's notice to activate a pre-determined alternate site if normal facilities become unavailable.

Disasters can be as small as a few flooded offices, a fire that destroys a room or building, or even a labor dispute, or they can be as extensive as hurricanes or tornadoes. Disasters that shut down a government's mission critical applications for any length of time could ...

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