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Subject: Comments Requested on Homeland Security Guidelines for Access
to Geospatial Data
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 07:38:11 -0500
From: Zellmer, Linda R <[log in to unmask]>
Hello,
The Homeland Security Working Group of the Federal Geographic
Data Committee has been working to develop a set of guidelines
concerning access to spatial data. I was asked to serve on the working
group as a member of a council of librarians who deal with geospatial
information. Below you will find the Federal Register announcement
concerning the guidelines, which contains a link to the proposed
guidelines, which have now been released for public comment. The comment
period ends June 2, 2004. If you are interested in commenting on the
guidelines, please send them to [log in to unmask]
Linda Zellmer
Head, Geology Library
Indiana University
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Request for Public Comments on Guidelines for Providing
Appropriate Access to Geospatial Data in Response to Security Concerns
AGENCY: Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: The guidelines provide procedures to identify sensitive
information content of geospatial data sets. Should such content be
identified, the guidelines help organizations decide what access to
provide to such data and still protect sensitive information content.
The geospatial data community's use of a common, standardized approach
to identify data sets that have sensitive content and to restrict such
information will increase the effectiveness of individual
organization's actions.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before June 2, 2004.
ADDRESSES: The proposed guidelines are available through
http://www.fgdc.gov/fgdc/homeland/index.html
<http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fgdc.gov/fgdc/homeland/index.html>.
All comments concerning these
proposed guidelines should be submitted by electronic mail to
<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
[log in to unmask] or by postal mail to FGDC HSWG Guidelines Review,
511 National Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia
20192.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Domaratz, Co-chair, Federal
Geographic Data Committee Homeland Security Working Group, 703-648-4434
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Many public, private, and non-profit
organizations originate and publicly distribute geospatial data sets.
It is conceivable that the content of some of these data sets could
prove useful to an adversary of the United States. The guidelines help
organizations decide on reasonable access to sensitive data and avoid
unnecessary restrictions. They do so by helping organizations identify
content that might be sensitive. They then guide organizations to take
appropriate actions by evaluating the sensitive content in the context
of other available information, the benefits lost by restricting data
access, and the options for restricting data.
Additional instructions for comment accompany the guidelines. The
working group will use the comments to improve the guidelines and to
plan ways to encourage their adoption. It will summarize major or
recurring themes from the comments and the working group's responses,
and post the information through the working group's home page at
http://www.fgdc.gov/fgdc/homeland/index.html
<http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.fgdc.gov/fgdc/homeland/index.html>.
The Federal Geographic Data Committee will issue the guidelines
under the authority provided by U.S. Office of Management and Budget
Circular A-16 to establish procedures necessary and sufficient to carry
out interagency coordination and the implementation of the National
Spatial Data Infrastructure. The U.S. Geological survey, which houses
the committee's secretariat, provides this notice on behalf of the
committee.
Ivan DeLoatch,
Staff Director, Federal Geographic Data Committee.
[FR Doc. 04-9956 Filed 4-30-04; 8:45 am]
[Federal Register: May 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 85)]
[Notices]
[Page 24182]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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Linda Zellmer
Head, Geology Library
Geology Building, Room 601
1001 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1405
Phone: (812) 855-2275 Fax: (812) 855-6614
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Linda Zellmer
Head, Geology Library
Geology Building, Room 601
1001 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1405
Phone: (812) 855-2275 Fax: (812) 855-6614
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Linda Zellmer
Head, Geology Library
Geology Building, Room 601
1001 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-1405
Phone: (812) 855-2275 Fax: (812) 855-6614
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