WARP News (December 2004)

Welcome to the third release of the WARP Toolbox (December 2004), if you wish to view previous news from the Toolbox visit News archive. The following news items provide an update on the progress of the WARP programme:

• There are now six WARPs who have signed up to the WARP Code of Practice and have been approved by NISCC. These include three in Local Government, a Genealogy WARP within the voluntary sector, a Security Consultants WARP and a Home User WARP - see the WARP Register for details.

• NISCC are supporting the National Local Authority WARP (NLAWARP) project funded by ODPM/I&DeA, and managed by London Connects, to create a framework of WARPs across Local Authorities in England - see their site for details.

• Numerous enquiries are being received by NISCC across the public and private sector about setting up or wanting to join a WARP. The Filtered Warnings Application (FWA) software in particular has received a lot of attention and interest.

• NISCC are funding the further development of the FWA software (v 4.0) to provide additional features such as 'peer to peer' working to help WARPs to share warnings and advisories and other information with other WARPs. Additional delivery options such as SMS, and additional security features such as PGP and email signing/encryption are also being implemented.

• NISCC are exploring the feasibility of using the FWA for some of its existing services, including UNIRAS briefings and alerts.

What's new in the Toolbox

The main changes to this Toolbox release are as follows:

• A WARP Register has been added to the main navigation menu. This Register contains a list of all the approved WARPs with a brief description and their contact details, together with access to the WARP Code of Practice. It will be updated from time to time, without waiting for another release of the Toolbox.

• The WARP registration section has been updated, to include an instruction to the applicant to complete the registration evaluation checklist, as this now needs to be attached to the WARP registration application form. A case study sample application has also been included.

• The resources & costs section within the Business case section has been updated.

• A News archive has been added to allow browsing of previous news items.

• The Toolbox release date and release number have been included at the bottom of the Toolbox homepage.

• The movie files in the Download section which show the FWA v3.1 features have been moved from the Reference section to the Software section.

• These same movie files have now been integrated into the main body of the Toolbox under Service provision. Links to this section have also been added in Software and Infrastructure.

• The Glossary has been updated.
  

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