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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1537. Needs assessment for data management, archival, and distribution
(1) Not later than 12 months after October 29, 1992, and at least
biennially thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall complete an
assessment of the adequacy of the environmental data and
information systems of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration. In conducting such an assessment, the Secretary
shall take into consideration the need to -
(A) provide adequate capacity to manage, archive, and
disseminate environmental data and information collected and
processed, or expected to be collected and processed, by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other
appropriate departments and agencies;
(B) establish, develop, and maintain information bases,
including necessary management systems, which will promote
consistent, efficient, and compatible transfer and use of data;
(C) develop effective interfaces among the environmental data
and information systems of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration and other appropriate departments and agencies;
(D) develop and use nationally accepted formats and standards
for data collected by various national and international sources;
and
(E) integrate and interpret data from different sources to
produce information that can be used by decisionmakers in
developing policies that effectively respond to national and
global environmental concerns.
(2) Not later than 12 months after October 29, 1992, and
biennially thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce shall develop and
submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of
the Senate and the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology of
the House of Representatives a comprehensive plan, based on the
assessment under paragraph (1), to modernize and improve the
environmental data and information systems of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration. The report shall -
(A) set forth modernization and improvement objectives for the
10-year period beginning with the year in which the plan is
submitted, including facility requirements and critical new
technological components that would be necessary to meet the
objectives set forth;
(B) propose specific agency programs and activities for
implementing the plan;
(C) identify the data and information management, archival, and
distribution responsibilities of the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration with respect to other Federal
departments and agencies and international organizations,
including the role of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration with respect to large data systems like the Earth
Observing System Data and Information System; and
(D) provide an implementation schedule and estimate funding
levels necessary to achieve modernization and improvement
objectives.
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