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Subject: Re: [Fwd: NGA Announcement in Federal Register]
Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 17:21:01 -0500
From: Russell Guy <[log in to unmask]>
To: Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum <[log in to unmask]>
References: <[log in to unmask]>
A bit ironic that NGA chooses National Geography Awareness week to
announce restrictions of ONC, TPC, and JOG charts.
At 04:09 PM 11/19/2004, you wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: NGA Announcement in Federal Register
> Date: Fri, 19 Nov 2004 14:35:01 -0600
> From: Paul Rascoe <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
> [Federal Register: November 18, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 222)]
> [Notices]
> [Page 67546-67547]
> From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
> [DOCID:fr18no04-31]
>
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>
> DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
>
> Office of the Secretary
>
>
> Announcement of Intent To Initiate the Process To Remove
> Aeronautical Information From Public Sale and Distribution
>
> AGENCY: National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), Department of
> Defense.
>
> ACTION: Notice.
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> SUMMARY: The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) intends to
> remove its Flight Information Publications (FLIP), Digital Aeronautical
> Flight Information File (DAFIF), and related aeronautical safety of
> navigation digital and hardcopy publications from public sale and
> distribution.
> This action is taken to accomplish the following objectives:
> safeguarding the integrity of Department of Defense (DoD) aeronautical
> navigation data currently available on the public Internet; preventing
> unfettered access to air facility data by those intending harm to the
> United States, its interests or allies; upholding terms of bi-lateral
> geospatial data-sharing agreements; avoiding competition with
> commercial interests; and avoiding intellectual property/copyright
> disputes with foreign agencies that provide host-nation aeronautical
> data.
> The DAFIF and related digital aeronautical information files will
> be protected from general public access on the NGA home page (<a
> href="
> http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.nga.mil
> <http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/leaving.cgi?from=leavingFR.html&log=linklog&to=http://www.nga.mil>
> "> http://www.nga.mil <http://www.nga.mil/></a>
> ). Aeronautical Flight Information Publications (FLIP),
>
> Navigation/Planning Charts (ONC, TPC, etc.), and the DAFIF CD will be
> available only through the Department of Defense (DoD) distribution
> system. U.S. Federal and State government agencies, authorized
> government contractors, and international agencies that currently
> receive those products under formal or informal geospatial data
> exchange arrangements will not be affected by this action.
>
> DATES: NGA will implement this action on October 1, 2005 (FY06).
>
> FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about the
> substance of this notice, contact Joseph S. Jarvis, Aeronautical
> Division, MS L-27, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, 3838 Vogel
> Road, Arnold, Missouri, 63010-6238 (e-mail: <a
> href=" mailto:[log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]</a>).
>
> SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NGA and its predecessor organizations (DMA
> and NIMA) have published DoD's flight information products since the
> late 1940s to support the worldwide missions of DoD aircraft. The
> publications are sold to the public through the auspices of the Federal
> Aviation Administration (FAA), and the digital data has been freely
> available on the Internet. Notwithstanding a prior practice of making
> some of DoD's flight information available to the public in the past,
> NGA does not have a statutory requirement to produce aeronautical
> products for general civil aviation.
> With the proliferation of digital capabilities throughout the
> international aviation network, the preferred method of information
> exchange is shifting from paper-based to electronic dissemination.
> Numerous countries that heretofore relied on host-government agencies
> to compile and publish their aeronautical information have recently
> transferred that responsibility to commercial or quasi-governmental
> agencies. Some of these foreign agencies are beginning to assert
> intellectual property rights to the aeronautical data within their
> territorial limits and are refusing to provide such aeronautical data
> to DoD so long as NGA makes it available to outside interests, whom
> these agencies view as possible competitors in the international
> marketplace. NGA relies on foreign data obtained through bilateral
> geospatial information sharing agreements, and certain nations may
> impose restrictions on their data against release to third parties.
> Accordingly, there is a rational basis for limiting access to
> aeronautical products created for DoD use to DoD and governmental end
> users.
> By removing national defense aeronautical data from open source
> access NGA seeks to accomplish two additional objectives. First, NGA
> will reduce the vulnerability of critical navigation data on the
> Internet. Second, it will limit/eliminate unfettered access to that
> data by organizations and individuals intent on causing harm.
> In conclusion, with the accomplishment of this proposed action NGA
> aims to protect the sources and integrity of its data, honor its
> bilateral agreements restricting non-governmental use, avoid
> competition with commercial interests, and allow NGA to focus on its
> primary customers and mission, supporting the Department of Defense.
>
>
> [[Page 67547]]
>
>
> Dated: November 12, 2004.
> Jeannette Owings-Ballard,
> OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
> [FR Doc. 04-25631 Filed 11-17-04; 8:45 am]
>
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> Paul Rascoe / Government Documents, Maps and Electronic Information
> Services Librarian
> The General Libraries / The University of Texas at Austin / Austin,
> Texas 78713-8916
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