Download or read book Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems written by Marianne Swanson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. This guide provides instructions, recommendations, and considerations for federal information system contingency planning. Contingency planning refers to interim measures to recover information system services after a disruption. Interim measures may include relocation of information systems and operations to an alternate site, recovery of information system functions using alternate equipment, or performance of information system functions using manual methods. This guide addresses specific contingency planning recommendations for three platform types and provides strategies and techniques common to all systems: Client/server systems; Telecomm. systems; and Mainframe systems. Charts and tables.