CENDI

Update to the Board of Research Data and Information

Bonnie C. Carroll

Executive Director CENDI Secretariat

What is CENDI?

• • • Interagency group of senior federal STI managers who agree to cooperate by – Exchanging information and ideas – Sharing resources – Undertaking joint initiatives – From policy to standards to operations 14 member agencies manage over 97% of the annual federal R&D budget – DOT joined in 2010 Two formalized partnerships – ICSTI & NFAIS 2

CENDI Accomplishes It’s Goals Through Interagency Activities

Mission: To help improve the productivity of federal science and technology-based programs through effective scientific, technical, and related information support systems.

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STI Coordination and Leadership: Provide coordination and leadership for information exchange on important STI policy issues.

Improvement of STI Systems: Promote the development of improved STI systems through the productive interrelationship of content and technology.

STI Understanding: Promote better understanding of STI and STI management.

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May 2010

Open Session Speakers and Discussions - 1

“Public Access Policies for Science and Technology Funding Agencies across the Federal Government”

Dr. Diane DiEuliis, Assistant Director of OSTP

“Creating Sustainable Digital Infrastructure: Viewpoints from Communities of Practice”

Dr. Sayeed Choudhury, Hodson Director of the Digital Research and Curation Center, John Hopkins University

March 2010

“Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI)”

-William (Jay) Bosanko, Director of the Information Security Oversight Office

“Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)”

Miriam Nisbet, Director of the Office of Government Information Services

“National Declassification Center”

Michael Kurtz, Assistant Archivist of the Office of Record Services 4

January 2010

Open Session Speakers and Discussions - 1

“Science and Technology in America’s Reinvestment (STAR): Measuring the Effects of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Science”

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Julia Lane, Program Director Science of Science and Information Policy “NITRD: Overview and Opportunities for Cooperation”

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Dr. George Strawn, Director Networking and Information Technology Research and Development

October 2009

“OSTP Priorities for Data and Opportunities for Cooperation: A Discussion”

-Chris Greer, OSTP

“Open Government Initiative: New Processes and Platforms”

-Beth Noveck, OSTP

July 2009

“R&D in the Obama Administration: Current Activities and Future Directions”

- Kei Koizumi, Assistant Director Federal Research and Development Office of Science and Technology Policy 5

Policy Related Working Groups / Task Groups

• • • STI Policy WG – – Institutional Repositories TG Open Government Plans Discussion R&D Dashboard (Kei Koizumi) TG Copyright & Intellectual Property WG

Open Source Software and Copyright: Legal and Business Considerations for Government Use Monday, July 26, 2010 9:00 AM-4:00 PM Library of Congress, Madison Building, Mumford Room (6th floor)

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Policy Issues of Interest

• • • • Open Government – – Directive Agency Open Government Plans Public Access – – – RFI on Open Government House Round Table America Competes Act – FRPAA R&D Dashboard Data.gov Senior Advisory Committee – Special Committee of Interest 7

Workshop Planning Teams

• • • CENDI-NFAIS Joint Workshop on “Mobile Computing: Delivering Content to the Research Community” CENDI-EPA-IWGDD Joint Workshop on Scientific Data Management International STI Summit ( ICSTI, NFAIS, NISO, others) 8

Discussion Groups

• • • Semantic Web Discussion Group Personally Identifiable Information Research Needs and SBIR 9

Cooperative Project Infrastructure

• Science.gov

– Science.gov Alliance • Principals Group • Operating Agent • • Content Management Group Promotions – What’s next?

• Data.gov

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Science.gov’s Continued Success

• • • Annual source queries exceed 17.3M

Named one of top-10 gov’t web sites by GCN Largest contributor to WorldWideScience.org

– Multi-lingual capabilities launch at ICSTI 6/11/10 11

Questions to BRDI

How do we build better bridges to link the “academy” with federal STI managers?

– Understanding future methods of scientific communication and the documentation of scientific scholarship – Understanding technology impacts and directions – Understanding the needs of the scientific stakeholders for using and producing information. Academy Federal STI Managers 12