Government Works with IT Governance Majors to Establish SOS System for Lost Islands
TV fans know what it would be like to become shipwrecked on an abandoned island. Many of the most popular shows in TV history take place on abandoned islands, which give viewers the sense that they too were shipwrecked.
(prHWY.com) October 22, 2012 - Seattle, WA -- Government Works with IT Governance Majors to Establish SOS System for Lost Islands
TV fans know what it would be like to become shipwrecked on an abandoned island. Many of the most popular shows in TV history take place on abandoned islands, which give viewers the sense that they too were shipwrecked. But the truth is no one really wants to become shipwrecked on a remote island and that is exactly what the government is trying to avoid.
"Our goal is to establish an extensive line of communication that reaches all of the remote islands that are under the government's jurisdiction", explained Secretary of Communications, Todd Bow. "What we plan to achieve is an extensive S.O.S. system that people can use should they become shipwrecked on these islands."
The idea behind the system is fairly straightforward. The government would place an emergency broadcast box on every remote island, no matter how small. These emergency broadcast boxes could broadcast an S.O.S. signal to any satellite and eventually the shipwrecked victims would be saved.
"Essentially what we are trying to do is eliminate any and all chances of people becoming stuck on a remote island for months and months", explained Bow. "I believe a system like this could prevent that."
In order to establish such an intricate system, the government has agreed to work with IT governance majors from some of the most well-known colleges and universities across the country. These majors work to establish a line of communication in the IT world. They establish a framework and other necessities that keep the lines of communication in the IT world flowing.
"We are working with the best and the brightest in the
IT community", said Bow. "We hope these young people can be exactly what the future needs and who knows they could just save numerous lives with such an elaborate system."
Work on the extensive S.O.S system is scheduled to start sometime at the end of 2013. This would give the government enough time to secure private funding, work to establish an IT framework that would allow the system to work, and provide enough time to gather the materials.
"The deadline to start working is 2013", said Bow. "I think that is a solid date and we can accomplish a lot in that time. Until this system is in place we recommend any boaters that are in the areas of remote islands to keep an extensive line of communication open with those on mainland so they can help if they go missing."
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