Washington, D.C. – Man-Machine Systems Assessment’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Program (HSEMP), has been selected by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide support for their Continuity of Operations (COOP) and crisis communication program. HSEMP will be providing this support through a new web-based automated alert and notification subscription service.

Under this contract, HSEMP’s (MSA’s newly renamed National Preparedness Division) recently launched MSAlert notification solution provides a global alert and information to COOP teams during emergency deployments. This notification service provides USAID a robust call system that is capable of contacting personnel via telephone, cellular, email, pager, and BlackBerry devices. In addition, MSA Inc. will provide USAID with a ready-to-use and ready-to-deploy wireless application, which enables highly reliable communications, synchronizes agency assets to Blackberry devices, and brings data collection and business process optimization to USAID’s mobile workforce. This system drastically improves communications ensuring timeliness and continuity to best prepare deployed forces.

“We are very pleased to have been selected by USAID to provide a comprehensive alert notification system and a wireless emergency BlackBerry application to an agency that is pursuing innovative crisis management solutions. MSA is committed to providing mission critical support and establishing ourselves not only as a contractor, but a partner to USAID,” states Justin Pierce, Director of the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Program.

MSA is a minority- and woman-owned small business, headquartered in Washington D.C., and is a leading emergency management and strategic planning support services to Federal, state, and local governments. For information on MSA's HSEMP solutions, please contact Justin Pierce at (202) 408-0042