As part of the CRI, the CDC and state public health personnel assess local emergency-management plans, protocols and capabilities for 72 Metropolitan Statistical Areas and four non-MSA large cities.
Areas for potential research include a search for genetic markers which could reveal a susceptibility to particular types of brain trauma, as well as developing more defined and consistent management and treatment protocols.
For example, General Electric has developed the a home energy management platform that uses a ZigBee network protocols to establish communication channels between household appliances.
This includes relevant pacts and protocols, such as the December 2006 Protocol on Management of Information and Communication in the Great Lakes region and its proposal to establish an independent Regional Council of Information and Communication (RICC).