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In his presentation at the October 2002 CENDI meeting, Mr. Cooper indicated that the heart of homeland security is information collection and dissemination. Three objectives are considered essential by the Administration for homeland security: 1) integrate the federal government; 2) integrate the federal with the state, local and tribal entities; and 3) integrate the government and private sectors. A scientific and technical directorate responsible for R&D related to weapons of mass destruction (nuclear, biological and radiological) is included under the proposed legislation. Information analysis and an infrastructure for security information is a new directorate that would need to be created. Mr. Cooper reviewed DTIC's Current Focus web site and NTIS's Homeland Security Information Center and indicated that by building on existing initiatives such as these, the new directorate would achieve a faster presence. In addition to documents, geographic information systems, videos, the work of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and the National Mapping initiative are very important for homeland security information. Mr. Cooper outlined three challenges that must be achieved for disseminating homeland security information: the development of a two-way flow of information among first responders and other levels of government; the involvement of private critical infrastructure community; and keeping the average citizen engaged and informed.
At the April 2002 CENDI meeting, Dr. Neuman gave an overview of the new structure at the Office for Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The two advisory committees at OSTP IT are the President's Information Technology Advisory Committee (PITAC) and the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). PCAST an industry advisory committee has created four working groups: Counterterrorism, S&T Budget, Energy Efficiency and Economy, and 21st Century Infrastructure. The new PCAST will spend the majority of its time deliberating and making concise recommendations in bullet form with well-developed rationales. Homeland security is a current issue of concern to OSTP and understands the need for the dissemination of legitimate scientific information and national security concerns. OSTP has held discussions with DoD and NTIS regarding document classification/declassification and noted that content and control of dissemination differs by agency. OSTP has been specifically asked to address data sharing and new techniques for data mining. In closing Dr. Neuman mentioned the Information and Technology Budget CrossCut and iterated the five themes of the President's 2002 budget: simplify and integrate across the government and reduce duplication; improve management; increase the security of government information systems; eliminate redundant and unneeded IT; and establish successful e-business practices, including best practices from the private sector.
In this article, Dr. Lynch recognized the development of institutional repositories as a new strategy that allows universities to accelerate changes taking place in scholarship and scholarly communication. He defines institutional repositories as a set of services that a university offers to its members for the management and dissemination of digital materials created by the institution and its community members. He explains the strategic importance of repositories indicating that they have roles beyond disseminating and managing the works of individual scholars that are part of the dialog of scholarly communications. He has three concerns about insitutional repositories: that they are cast as tools of institutional (administrative) strategies to exercise control over what has typically been faculty controlled intellectual work; that we respect institutional repositories as infrastructure and not overload it with distracting and irrelevant policy; and that repositories will be offered hastily and without much real institutional commitment. Dr. Lynch believes that institutional repositories will promote progress in the development of infrastructure standards. In closing Dr. Lynch predicts that institutional repositories will have a variety of configurations, e.g., consortial or cluster institutional repositories, federation repositories, and community or public repositories.
This paper identifies and scopes new issues in authentication and access management for sharing information across organizations, maps best-practice approaches using existing and emerging technologies to accomplish access by multiple communities, provides a common vocabulary and framework to assist in development of licensing and resource-sharing agreements, highlights technological and policy considerations, and lays the foundation for community standards.
This is the executive summary for a larger report on public information dissemination conducted by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. The report concisely summarizes the findings and provides a lengthy list of strategic and other recommendations to improve the condition of government information dissemination in the United States.
Senators John McCain and Joseph Lieberman requested this study be made because of the complexities of providing information using emerging electronic technologies. In the report, NCLIS calls for the recognition of government information as a national resource that should be planned and managed accordingly. The findings and recommendations by NCLIS are meant to serve as a strategic plan for reform in the the way government creates, stores and disseminates information. This comprehensive study undertaken by NCLIS was begun in June 2000 consists of 4 volumes. Volume 2 was recently released in March 2001.
This Brief discusses broadband or high-speed Internet access by residential home owners. Broadband access has the potential to transform the Internet in terms of what it offers and how it is used. The paper gives an in-depth look at some of the broadband technologies including cable, digital subscriber line, and satellite. The pros and cons of open access are discussed at length.
This Web site is a comprehensive subject gateway to digital preservation resources. The site is organized by resource types and digital preservation topics. The resource types include a listserv, events, policies, strategies and guidelines, bibliographies, journals and newsletters, glossaries,etc. The topics include general resources, issues, strategies, rights management, data documentation and standards, formats and media, national approaches, digitization, digital records, and digital libraries.
The JISC seeks to further their goals originally set in the strategy statement pertaining to 2004-2006. The JISC seeks to use many emerging technologies in order to foster communication as well as information management and access.
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