Journal of Critical Infrastructure Policy
Figure 1 . Maryland Business Emergency Operations Center Organizational Structure Source : Maryland Emergency Management Disaster Risk Reduction Directorate .
Partnerships
The MBEOC ’ s goal was to ensure open and transparent information to assist with effective coordination between the private and public actors and promote an operational response with PSIP members . Inputs included MBEOC ’ s responsibility for collecting information , coordinating operational processes , and mediating incoming requests from private sector organizations . MBEOC coordinated private sector donations , answered inquiries related to state and county executive orders / actions , accepted offers to provide services through the Maryland Department of Commerce ’ s emergency vendor list , coordinated private sector PPE requests , and organized the public-private partnerships information sharing call . The MBEOC matched the needs of the public sector with the capabilities of the private sector through an ongoing information exchange .
On the output side , a critical role of the MBEOC was to push information to partners and to relay operational needs to them . These responsibilities involved disseminating resource needs , capabilities , and information to MEMA ’ s PSIP members . The MBEOC accomplished this information exchange and dialogue through constant updates from its virtual platform , daily situation reports , and bi-weekly conference calls with the private sector .
State Agency Partners
MBEOC assembled numerous partners across Maryland State government during the response . These included : the Departments of Commerce , General Services ,
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