After a long effort by the DHS Virtual Social Media Working Group (VSMWG), the report Using Social Media for Enhanced Situational Awareness and Decision Support was just released on Tuesday.  I was very happy to be a part of developing this report among many other talented people.

The report also discusses issues that extend well beyond social media.  The report highlights many of the issues we face related to disaster information management as a whole.  If you have questions about big data, social data, data interoperability, this report is your primer.