Agencies that oversee complex, multi-stakeholder programs need efficient, secure ways to link people and knowledge within and across organizations. The Common Operating Response Environment (CORE), a software suite developed by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, does just that. In short, CORE assists users in getting the right information to the right people, both when and how they need it to relay data and make decisions that are critical to their organizations.

The CORE tool, which is customizable for a multitude of uses, facilitates situational awareness by integrating diverse data streams without the need to reformat them, summarizing that information, and providing users with the information they need to rapidly understand and appropriately respond to situations. It is mobile device-ready, has a straightforward interface for ease of use across organizations and skill sets, and is incredibly configurable to the needs of each specific user, whether they require data summaries for high-level decision makers or tactical maps, operational data, or weather information for responders in the field.  Information can be input into CORE and queried in a variety of ways using customized forms, reports, visuals, or other organizational templates according to the needs of each user’s organization, teams, and business processes.