Corner Alliance

Corporate Overview

About Corner Alliance

• Corner Alliance is a certified small business located in Washington, DC

• Extensive experience with public safety issues including:• Department of Homeland Security National Protection and Programs

Directorate, FEMA, and Science and Technology Directorate• Department of Justice National Institute of Justice• Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology

– Key relationships with state and local public safety associations and personnel

– Public safety subject matter experts (former fire, law enforcement, and emergency management personnel)

• Focus on emerging technologies and in particular social networking/Web 2.0

Key Questions

• Does your program have the funding AND support that it needs to succeed?

• Do you know ALL of your customers and stakeholders and their needs/requirements? How well are you meeting their needs?

• Do your stakeholders/customers know what you are doing for them?

• Are you spending most of your time on high priority commitments or on minutia and paperwork?

Our Services

Government leaders face unique challenges that differ from those faced by their commercial or non-profit sector colleagues. In the public sector there are multiple challenges that can create tension between process and results. Corner Alliance works with leaders to devise strategies to overcome these obstacles and turn them into opportunities. We help leaders:

• Set the Course• Unite the Community• Execute Commitments• Communicate Results

Working the Triangle

Our Services

Corner Alliance works with government leaders and the communities they serve to set a common course for creating change. The government must engage in an honest conversation about where the government and community stand today; what challenges they face; where each needs to be tomorrow; and why it is important for both to achieve that vision.

Once the government and communities arrive to a mutual consensus around these questions, they can develop a strategic plan outlining the specific actions to achieve their goals.

Specific Services include:

•Strategic Planning•Strategic Communications and Outreach•Facilitation

Helping Leaders Set the Course

Our Services

Corner Alliance knows that change is best achieved by communities working together to pursue a common course of action. Communities are made up of people with diverse interests and backgrounds: citizens, private industry, and elected officials, among many others.

Uniting a diverse community around a common purpose requires a substantial amount of coordination. Corner Alliance works with government leaders to understand the makeup of the relevant community; identify key advocates, decision-makers, and influencers; and unite these groups to create results.

Specific services include:

•Web 2.0 Strategies•Stakeholder Analysis and Planning•Governance Planning and Chartering

Helping Leaders Unite the Community

Our Services

While reporting and oversight are required for monitoring government programs, they slow progress on key strategic initiatives.

Corner Alliance helps leaders better prioritize their most valuable resource: Time.

Corner Alliance helps leaders prioritize activities and delegate tasks to appropriate staff, minimizing the burden of administrative activities.

Specific services include:

•Program Management •Portfolio Management•Performance Measurement

Helping Leaders Execute Commitments

Value Proposition

What’s in it for you?:

• Extensive contacts and expertise in DHS & Public Safety

• Small Business contract access

• Teammate with proven capabilities

• Leading-Edge Ideas & SMEs:– Web 2.0

– Energy

What’s in it for Corner Alliance?:

• Large contract vehicle access: EAGLE, PPMSS, OPM

• Access to additional markets

• Mentorship programs• Bench strength and

resources

Sample Client List

• Arkansas Department of Information Systems• Big City Emergency Managers Forum• Department of Commerce

– National Institute of Standards and Technology/Office of Law Enforcement Standards

– Institute for Telecommunications Sciences

• Department of Homeland Security– National Programs and Protection Directorate/Office of

Emergency Communications– Science and Technology Directorate/Office of

Interoperability and Compatibility– FEMA/Urban Search and Rescue– FEMA/Incident Management Systems Integration Division

Sample Client List

• National Institute for Hometown Security (NIHS, Inc.)• Rural Domestic Preparedness Consortium (RDPC) • Private Sector