2024 Board Release Notes

Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP) 2.0

Features and Enhancements

• Introduced an Employee table, enabling easy import of employee data and providing autofill functionality for selected appendices to streamline employee data entry.

• Added the option to import data into each appendix.

• Automated the creation and updates of system-wide information services and vital records for all plans.

• Updated the rich text library to include new HTML styling options.

• Improved the look and feel of the dashboard.

• Added ability to include only specific appendices in published plans.

• Added an optional workflow for Manager and Auditor plan approval.

Resolutions

• Resolved styling issues in exported PDFs.

• Resolved styling issues on printed pages.

• Resolved filtering issues across the board.

• Resolved numerous issues to improve overall performance.

You must import this board as a new board; it cannot be used to upgrade a previous version of the COOP Board.

File Library 1.2

• Added the option to add a file by linking to it via URL instead of uploading it.

• Resolved an issue where the folder icon occasionally failed to render on board attachments, displaying the text "folder_open" instead.

Incident Action Plan 4.2.1

• Resolved an issue where the Support Branch Director's name was added to the ICS-203 form but failed to appear in the form view.

Incident Documentation 1.2

• Added the option to add a file by linking to it via URL instead of uploading it.

• Resolved an issue where the folder icon occasionally failed to render on board attachments, displaying the text "folder_open" instead.

Simulation Deck 1.1.1

Enhancements

• Improved the Persona search tool by enabling you to search using partial usernames.

• Modified the content sorting list so that the latest content appears at the top.

• Added a "For Exercise Purposes Only" banner on participant-facing views to minimize potential confusion during training exercises.

Resolutions

• Resolved an issue where the board was auto-refreshing too frequently, making it difficult to enter new content.

• Resolved an issue that caused date and time values to display incorrectly for users in different time zones.

• Resolved an issue where content types did not display in the proper order on the dashboard.

• Resolved an issue on the dashboard where older records of certain content types were displayed instead of the most recent ones.

• Resolved an issue where lengthy text and video content in posts exceeded container boundaries, resulting in display problems.

Business Continuity Management 1.1

Features and Enhancements

• Introduced the Operational Impact Analysis to support informed decision-making during disruptions by assessing the impact of various scenarios on systems, vendors, and locations.

• Added three new reports:

  • The System Dependency report maps Business Impact Analysis (BIA) activities to the system technologies they depend on.

  • The Vendor Dependency report breaks down organizational activities by the vendors they depend on.

  • The Location Dependency report details organizational activities, including their criticality, frequency, and Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs), by the locations they depend on.

• Added a Locations option to the Setup menu to facilitate the configuration and management of an organization’s locations, including their names, addresses, and other details.

• On the Activity Location section of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Board, added a new location feature that automatically pulls data from the Facility Status Board and populates the location fields (such as Location Type and Site Address) when you select an activity location.

Resolutions

• Resolved an issue with the BCM Board calendar where the calendar footer remained hidden after navigating away from the Calendar tab.

• Resolved an issue where the BCM Board calendar opened to the wrong month in time zones east of GMT.

Project Management 1.1.2

• Resolved an issue where comments were not saved when editing projects or tasks from the side panel.

• Resolved an issue that prevented downloading and deleting attachments in the Project and Task input views.

• Resolved an issue that prevented people from exporting project data to Excel on the Projects List View.

Event Reporting DS 1.0

The Event Reporting DS Board is a new DesignStudio-compatible board for documenting incidents and actions by personnel in the Emergency Operations Center (EOC) or field. You can use it immediately in WebEOC Nexus and then import it into DesignStudio for customization.

You must import the DesignStudio version of this board as a new board instead of overwriting the non-DS version.

Road Closures DS 1.0

The Road Closures DS Board is a new DesignStudio-compatible board that helps you track road closures. You can use it immediately in WebEOC Nexus and then import it into DesignStudio for customization if needed.

You must import the DesignStudio version of this board as a new board instead of overwriting the non-DS version.

Shelters DS 1.0

The Shelters DS Board is a new DesignStudio-compatible board that helps you monitor shelters and shelter statuses. You can use it immediately in WebEOC Nexus and then import it into DesignStudio for customization if needed.

You must import the DesignStudio version of this board as a new board instead of overwriting the non-DS version.

After Action Review

• Updated the colors for Pending and Open Status AARs on the Dashboard to reflect the appropriate colors for the After Action Review 1.2.2 and After Action Review (HC) 1.1.2.

• Updated the Capability Element chart for the After Action Review 1.2.2 and After Action Review (HC) 1.1.2 by adding a chart legend and correcting the chart title.

• Improved sorting behavior on After Action Review DS 1.0.1, ensuring records display in the expected order.

• Updated the Dashboard view for After Action Review DS 1.0.1 to reflect accurate data in the Capability Element chart.

Incident Action Plan 4.2

With the most significant update in recent years, this version of the Incident Action Plan (IAP) introduces a range of new features, enhancements, and resolutions.

Features and Enhancements

• Increased the font size on the IAP for improved readability.

• Added data automation, allowing you to send data from ICS 201 to ICS 203, ICS 203/204 to ICS 205A, and ICS 215 to ICS 203/204.

• Introduced a toggle option on worksheets and forms, allowing you to decide whether or not to include them in the IAP.

• Added a message on the ICS 204, informing you when branches and divisions have not been configured.

• Enabled drag-and-drop reordering of tables on ICS 201, 204, 205, 205A, 206, 211e-OS, 211p-OS, 215A, 220, 230, 232, and 233.

• Added the ability to edit objectives on the ICS 201 and ICS 202.

• Added an option to replace the org chart on the ICS 201 and ICS 207 with an image.

• Added the Operations Section Chief phone number to the ICS 204.

• Introduced several formatting improvements, especially on the ICS Forms, for consistency and ease of use.

• Updated the details and PDF views on ICS 203 to hide fields that do not contain data.

• Added time stamps that indicate when a form was last viewed or modified.

Resolutions

• Resolved an issue that caused some images and graphics to display incorrectly on ICS 200 and 201.

• Resolved an issue with the numbering format of objectives when printing ICS 202 or the IAP.

• Resolved an issue where assigned positions were not retained when copying and editing groups and divisions on ICS 204.

• Resolved an issue with inserting hyperlinks into text areas on ICS 204, 209, and 232.

• Resolved an issue with landscape orientation formatting for printing on ICS 205.

• Resolved an issue where lines between positions were not connecting as expected in the org chart on ICS 207.

• Resolved numerous minor defects to further improve performance.

Elections Management 1.0.4

Introduced the option to add more than one assigned position to a precinct.

Event Calendar 1.1.2

Resolved an issue for people using the day/month/year date format that prevented events from displaying on the calendar.

Situation Report with Community Lifelines 1.0.1

Updated the Food, Hydration, and Shelter icon on the Situation Report.

Utilities Board Set 1.1

Enhanced the dashboard view to include full-screen charts and improved search and filter capabilities on the following boards.

• Infrastructure Status v1.1.0

• Plan Management v1.1.0

• Public Safety Outage v1.1.0

• Support Services v1.1.0

Situation Report with Community Lifelines 1.0

A new board called Situation Report with Community Lifelines is now available to support the continuous operation of critical government and business functions. Key features of the Situation Report Board were adapted to help organizations respond according to the FEMA Community Lifelines, facilitating the analysis, documentation, and communication necessary to restore community services after a disaster.

Key Capabilities

• Displays the status of all lifelines to enhance the overall resilience of communities.

• Streamlines the stabilization of lifelines and minimizes downtime for more effective and coordinated emergency responses.

• Helps you maintain operational efficiency and reduce the risk of service disruptions through continuous monitoring and real-time alerts.

• Allows for customizable status labels, definitions, and lifeline component instructions.

• Enables you to assign individual lifeline components to one or more positions as needed.

• Allows you to include community lifeline statuses and details in your situation report.

For more information on FEMA Community Lifelines, visit: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/lifelines.

After Action Review DS 1.0

The After Action Review DS Board is a new DesignStudio-compatible board that helps you document comments and suggestions as you work through an incident. This board can be used immediately in WebEOC Nexus and then imported into DesignStudio for customization if needed.

You must import the DesignStudio version of this board as a new board instead of overwriting the previous one.

Facility Status DS 1.0

The Facility Status DS Board is a new DesignStudio-compatible map-enabled board that helps you capture the status of various facilities in the community. This board can be used immediately in WebEOC Nexus and then imported into DesignStudio for customization if needed.

You must import the DesignStudio version of this board as a new board instead of overwriting the previous one.

Elections Management 1.0.3

• Resolved an issue on the dashboard view related to an expression not calculating as expected for precincts reporting issues.

• Resolved an issue where some users could not create event log entries.

Event Reporting 1.1.1

Resolved an issue where the map appeared above the navigation bar on mobile devices for the following boards.

• Event Reporting v1.1.1

• Education Event Reporting v1.1.1

• Event Reporting (Healthcare) v1.1.1

Sign In/Out 1.0.3

• Added help text to the red exclamation mark icon on the Current Staffing list to inform users when someone has been logged in for over 24 hours.

• Added a label to inform users that the Date/Time In and Date/Time Out fields are required.

• Resolved a map zoom issue on the Current Staffing list.

• Corrected a grammatical issue on the History tab that appeared when selecting Export to Excel.

SimulationDeck 1.1.0

• Added the ability for users to choose between uploading a profile image or linking one using an external URL.

• Enhanced the Exercise Participant role by allowing users to switch between assigned simulated profiles.

• Added the ability for users to choose between uploading image, video, or audio files directly to the site, or by using a URL to link to an external hosting service.

• Added the ability for users to embed videos hosted on Vimeo and YouTube.

• Added the ability to add hyperlinks to Bleater and Simbook records.

• Added the ability to export comments directly within the board view to alleviate the need to navigate through the Admin Area.

• Added the ability to link records to personas after they are imported.

• Added the ability for permissioned users to select which profile is authoring a comment directly within the Input view.

• Enhanced the text search fields within the Content List view to allow users to search based on parts of a record instead of the full text.

• Enhanced how the status of scheduled records is displayed within the Content List views.

• Added minor enhancements and resolutions.

Requests and Tasks

Enhancements and resolutions on the Requests and Tasks 1.3.0, Requests and Tasks (Education) 1.2.0, and Requests and Tasks (Healthcare) 1.2.0 Boards include:

• Added a deployment status field as a way to complete deployments.

• Added the deployment status to the Deployments List view.

• Added an Active and Closed deployments filter to the Deployments List view.

• Added an Active Deployments card to the Dashboard view.

• Added minor enhancements and resolutions.

Requests, Inventory, and Deployments (RID) 2.0.2

Resolved an issue where inventory images did not print when they were exported to PDF.

Airline Board Set

Enhanced the Dashboard view with user interface updates that use full-screen charts and enhanced search and filter capabilities for the following boards: Airport Operations (Airlines) v1.1.0, Plan Management (Airlines) v1.1.0, and Support Services (Airlines) v1.1.0.

Airport Operations (Airlines) v1.1.0

• Added a validation parameter to the Email field to ensure that email addresses are entered correctly.

• Added an Expand/Collapse button to the expandable sections.

Airport Facility Status 1.1.0

• Enhanced the Dashboard view with user interface updates that use full-screen charts and enhanced search and filter capabilities.

• Added a new Details panel and Clear All filter.

Distribution Sites 1.1.1

• Resolved an issue where deleting commodities would change the Details panel to a mobile view.

• Added minor enhancements and resolutions.

Event Calendar 1.1.1

• In response to a client-suggested idea, added the ability to attach files to the Event Calendar by adding three attachment fields.

• Added the ability to export to PDF when on the mobile Details view.

• Resolved a scrolling issue on the Calendar list that occurred in FireFox browsers.

• Resolved a printing issue on the Calendar view.

• Resolved a page count issue that occurred when changing views.

• Resolved an issue where the incorrect month was displayed when a user returned to the Calendar view from the List view.

Facility Status with WeatherOptics 1.0.0

Offering a direct integration with Juvare solutions, the Facility Status with WeatherOptics Board provides critical insight to better prepare people, property, and businesses for severe weather.

Using machine learning, the WeatherOptics JX Connector analyzes geospatial, business, and historical and developing weather data in relation to facilities, resources, and other locations in Juvare solutions. After analyzing the data, the WeatherOptics board models the impact of weather and natural disasters to facilitate faster, more coordinated responses.

Continuous weather monitoring and configurable notifications allow Juvare solutions to automatically alert stakeholders when risk thresholds elevate.

Features include:

• Immediate analysis of geospatial, business, and weather data that spans decades.

• Machine learning-driven models of the predicted impact of severe weather events.

• Configurable notifications that can automatically alert stakeholders based on risk thresholds.

Requests, Inventory, and Deployments (RID) 2.0.1

• Resolved an issue on Inventory pages that prevented scrolling after adding a maintenance record.

• Resolved an issue on Agency list views that caused the Agency filter to populate incorrectly.

• Resolved an issue that occurred when creating requests that prevented the Date/Time Due field from automatically populating after selecting the Priority.

• Resolved an issue on the Deployment Input view that occurred when selecting inventory records on multiple pages.

• Resolved an issue on the Category Configuration page that caused inventory categories on the WebEOC Nexus list to display after deletion.

Elections Management 1.0.2

Resolved an issue on the Dashboard view where data displayed incorrectly when no settings were entered.

Elections Management 1.0.1

• Resolved an issue related to extra columns on the Wait Times list view that resulted from the removal of specific hours on the Settings page.

• Resolved an issue with the Search on the Requests list view.

• Removed default values from the Elections Management - Requests - Assignments list.

Business Continuity Management Program (BCMP) Solution Set

The new Business Continuity Management Program (BCMP) Solution Set provides a comprehensive solution for tracking an organization’s readiness to maintain critical functions before, during, and after disruptions.

This set includes:

• Business Continuity Management 1.0: Supports critical business functions, ensuring rapid recovery with tools for Business Impact Analysis, Risk Assessment, KPI Reporting, and more.

• Audit and Compliance 1.0: Enhances your ability to audit business functions and ensures compliance and preparedness across operations.

• Training and Exercise Tracker 1.0: Facilitates training sessions and exercise tracking, ensuring participants and employees achieve optimal learning outcomes.

• Nine additional WebEOC Nexus boards cater to the resilience needs of businesses and corporations, helping to:

  • Identify vulnerabilities and develop flexible mitigation strategies.

  • Assess the impact of disruptions on critical processes.

  • Monitor performance metrics to pinpoint improvement areas and demonstrate effective results.

Elections Management 1.0

The new Elections Management Board, developed in partnership with the Atlanta-Fulton County Emergency Management Agency, streamlines polling location operations.

Features include:

• Efficient Polling Location Monitoring: Real-time updates and wait time management.

• Event Logging and Logistical Support: Enhance election integrity and support operations with meticulous record-keeping.

• Advanced Dashboards: Visual analytics for quick insights and decision-making.

Requests, Inventory, and Deployments (RID) 2.0

• The following new fields and capabilities were introduced on the Requests, Inventory, and Deployments (RID) Board.

  • Work Category, Sourcing, and Date Purchased enhance the Crisis Track integration for federal reimbursement.

  • Resource Definition: Define resources as assets or consumables.

  • Resource Categorization: Includes options like Equipment, IT, and Transportation with the ability to edit the category list and filter records in views and reports.

  • With the appropriate permissions, you can enable up to 23 new standard fields and nine custom fields to display based on the new Resource Categorization field.

  • Maintenance and Expiration Tracking: Schedule and track maintenance activities; expiration date added per client request.

  • Location Management: Enhanced importing and managing inventory and deployment locations capabilities.

  • Funding Source Management: Track and manage funding sources associated with inventory items.

  • Enhanced Reporting: Improved inventory reporting capabilities and data export features.

• Resolved an issue with the My Assignments filter.

• Resolved an issue regarding the status of assigned requests for newly created records.

Requests and Tasks

Enhancements and resolutions on the Requests and Tasks boards include:

• Added Work Category, Sourcing, and Date Purchased fields on the Requests and Tasks 1.2.0 board to enhance the Crisis Track integration for federal reimbursement.

• Resolved an issue with the My Assignments filter on the Requests and Tasks 1.2.0, Requests and Tasks (Education) 1.1.1, and Requests and Tasks (Healthcare) 1.1.2.

• Resolved an issue related to the status of assigned requests for newly created records on the Requests and Tasks 1.2.0, Requests and Tasks (Education) 1.1.1, and Requests and Tasks (Healthcare) 1.1.2.

Checklist 2.1.3

The load speed for activating a large number of checklists was improved on the Checklist Board.

Incident Creators

Enhancements and resolutions on the Incident Creator Boards include:

• Introduced a new notification element for more intuitive user and group assignments on the Incident Creator 1.3, Incident Creator (HC) 1.3.1, and Education Incident Creator 1.3 boards.

• The Notify Contacts menu was replaced with an option that allows you to select recipients from all users, positions, and groups that have notifications configured. Additionally, groups assigned to the incident can be added to the notification recipient list by selecting the checkbox below the group name.

  Notifications will not be sent unless the Board Notifications feature is set up through the notification_recipients field on the board.

• Resolved an issue that occurred when sorting incidents by the status column on the Incident Creator 1.3, Incident Creator (HC) 1.3.1, and Education Incident Creator 1.3 boards.

Nuclear Event Reporting 1.0.1

On the Nuclear Event Reporting Board, the Significant Events view was updated with the correct controller permission for mobile access.

After Action Review

Resolutions on the After Action Review 1.2.1 and After Action Review (Healthcare) 1.1.1 Boards include:

• Resolved a display issue that caused long text entries and website links to span beyond the page.

• Resolved an email auto-population issue on new After Action entries and comments.

Education Board Set

The Dashboard view was improved with user interface updates incorporating full-screen charts and enhanced search and filter capabilities on the following boards.

• Education Crime Reports 1.1

• Education Requests Tasks 1.1

• Education Special Events Registration 1.1

• Education Damage Assessment 2.0

• Education Event Reporting 1.1

The Education Facility Status 1.2 Board was enhanced, allowing you to capture fire-related data and assign it to records. Updates include:

• The ability to create, edit, and view fire-related data on the new Fire Reports and Fire Drills tabs for "on-campus student housing facilities” records or at the top of the board.

• The option to generate a comprehensive fire report from the Facility Status list view.

The Education Damage Assessment 2.0 Board was redesigned to improve the interface with Crisis Track and FEMA reporting standards. Enhancements include:

• A new and improved individual assessment form.

• User interface and workflow improvements on the commercial and residential assessments.

• A new total damages cost tracking option on the main list view.

• The ability to add attachments by simply dropping files on a view.

• Numerous filtering and search feature updates.

• Separating individual and jurisdictional assessments, which allows you to assign these assessments individually.

This board was enhanced for compatibility with WebEOC Nexus 9.15 and later. When you upgrade, you should import this board as a new board instead of overwriting the previous version.

A spacing issue related to timestamps on the Education Event Reporting 1.1 Board was resolved.

An issue with filter counts not showing properly on the Incidents list of the Education Incident Creator 1.3 Board was resolved.

Air and Cruise 2.2

• A new details panel that better organizes and presents record information was added.

• On Passenger Itinerary records, the Arrival field now opens a date picker.

• In Team Manager, members can now be filtered by their language, skills, and training.

• On the Family Member Information Report, a spacing issue was resolved.

• On the Details view for passenger records, Language, Marital Status, and Religion fields were added.

• Full-screen charts were added to the Dashboard view.

Distribution Sites 1.1

• A new details panel that better organizes and presents record information was added.

• An issue in which an extra dot appeared below the Commodities table was resolved.

• When adding a commodity, an issue related to a missing header was resolved.

• When printing the Commodities for Distribution Site details, an issue related to viewing the table was resolved.

• A validation parameter was added to the Email field to ensure email addresses are entered correctly.

Event Calendar 1.1

• A new details panel that better organizes and presents record information was added.

• A consistency issue with the Start Date and End Date fields, which occurred when creating a new record from the list view, was resolved.

Facility Status 1.1.1

An issue with the evacuation filter on the Facility Status list was resolved.

Incident Creator 1.2.2

An issue with filter counts not showing properly on the Incidents list was resolved.

File Library 1.1

• The process for recovering files was reconfigured to maintain folder hierarchies.

• An issue with the create and filter icons not displaying properly in Firefox browsers was resolved.

• An issue regarding uploading files with special characters was resolved.

Incident Documentation 1.1

• The process for recovering files was reconfigured to maintain folder hierarchies.

• An issue with the create and filter icons not displaying properly in Firefox browsers was resolved.

• An issue related to uploading files with special characters was resolved.

Requests and Tasks 1.1.1

• An issue related to the window appearance when creating or updating Deployments or Finance records was resolved.

• An issue in which the table header appeared transparent when scrolling was resolved.

• A validation parameter was added to the Email field to ensure email addresses are entered correctly.

Requests and Tasks (Healthcare) 1.1.1

• An issue related to the window appearance when creating or updating Deployments or Finance records was resolved.

• An issue in which the table header appeared transparent when scrolling was resolved.

Schedule 1.0.4

• On the Management view list, filter counts were added to indicate when filters are used.

• An issue in which the table header appeared transparent when scrolling was resolved.

Situation Report 2.0.1

A validation parameter was added to the Email field to ensure email addresses are entered correctly.

Nuclear Board Set

The Nuclear Boards offer essential workflows designed to help effectively manage daily operations, establish protocols, and plan for, respond to, and recover from disruptions or disasters at nuclear facilities.

Three new boards were developed specifically to streamline monitoring, reporting, and prioritizing tasks at nuclear facilities.

• Nuclear Plant Status 1.0 provides real-time visibility into essential plant parameters, including utilities, power levels, reactor status, and safety functions, ensuring proactive decision-making and risk mitigation.

• Nuclear Event Reporting 1.0 is an official log to document activity related to facility activations, onsite injuries, evacuations, and other events.

• Nuclear Plant Priorities 1.0 streamlines task management by allowing you to assign priorities and statuses to track essential objectives and ensure operational excellence.

Nine additional battle-tested WebEOC Nexus boards meet the unique needs of nuclear facilities, offering comprehensive readiness and response capabilities to support operations and emergency management.

Healthcare Board Set

Improvements to the user interface and other usability features were performed on the Dashboard view to offer full-screen charts and search and filter capabilities on the following Healthcare Industry Boards.

• After Action Review (HC) 1.1

• EMTrack Integration 1.1

• Event Reporting (HC) 1.1

• Facility Status (HC) 1.1

• Incident Creator (HC) 1.3

• Requests Tasks (HC) 1.1

After Action Review 1.2

The following enhancements and resolutions were performed on the After Action Review Board to improve overall usability.

• Client-requested attachment fields were added.

• Client-requested date and time stamp on comments was added.

• The user interface of the Details panel was updated.

• The Input view was updated to improve the visibility of comments.

• Comments on the After Action Review can now be deleted, as expected.

• An extra dot that appeared in the Comments table was removed.

• An extra, blank page on exported After Action Review PDFs was removed.

• An issue loading pages when navigating away from the Details panel was resolved.

• An issue with the Priority filter on the Improvements view was resolved.

Checklist 2.1.2

Resolved an issue with the Clear All filter on the Activated Checklists view.

Situation Report 2.0

The Situation Report Board was updated with several new features and enhancements to simplify the user interface and streamline workflows.

The Situation Report Board 2.0 should be imported as a new board rather than importing it over the previous version of the Situation Report Board. If you do not import it as a new board, some data entered previously may not be available.

Features and enhancements include:

• A new rich text editor that better assimilates content from external sources, such as Microsoft® Word® and webpages, and offers additional formatting options.

• A new slideshow option that automatically partitions page content into slides and allows you to set the text and image scale on each slide for both Published and Working views.

• The layout on PDFs was improved.

• The Situation Report header can be customized.

• The Situation Report # and Incident Name field labels can be edited.

• General style and usability improvements.

Checklist 2.1.1

Two issues were resolved.

• The resolution of a text wrap issue ensures that Checklist Items are fully visible on the page.

• The resolution of a board permissions issue ensures that user access to checklists is verified before displaying the list.

Road Closures 1.1

A side panel was added so that details for a record now slide out from the right.

Shelters 1.1

Improvements to the user interface and other usability enhancements were completed on the Dashboard view to offer full-screen charts and search and filter capabilities.