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The use of new communications tools and platforms can be woven in with traditional sources of information and while new tools such as crisis mapping and crowdsources have yet to be used to their full potential in emergency scenarios, inroads are being made. Sound Information Management (IM) practices form the foundation for decision-making and coordination processes when the international community engages in disaster relief. In 2007, the original Humanitarian Reform framework was expanded to include IM, with the issuance by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee of the "Operational Guidelines on Information Management Responsibilities between OCHA and the Clusters". Adapted from the source document.