FGDC HLS Working Group

15 June 2006

Summary and Highlights July 2004 – June 2006

Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level (HIFLD) Database

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Everyone Wants Situational Awareness Everyone Wants A Common Operational Picture

Bottom Line Up Front

Need authoritative data

Need to fuse, analyze and visualize information

Need Internal Process  Need Information Sharing and

Protection Process Need partnerships to accomplish

Homeland Security

Homeland Defense

Overlapping Mission Sets Require Common Homeland Infrastructure

Geospatial Foundation

Civil Support

EmergencyPreparedness

 "I have a map. I wish everyone could see it." President Ronald Reagan - 1988 news conference

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Interagency Community of Interest focused on geospatial homeland infrastructure issues

• Promoting HD/HLS use of common authoritative homeland infrastructure data to support these mission areas

• Working to enhance information sharing and knowledge management among its members

• Maintaining Interagency and public/private sector balance

Interactive Web Pages• http://www.hifldwg.org

• Passworded site: https://www.hifldwg.org

Bi-monthly, two-day meetings of 80 to 120+ participants• Summary of individual efforts

(and status updates)

• Rotating focus on various infrastructure sectors

• Partnership opportunities

Collaborative community• Small sector-specific focus

groups

• Authoritative data source identification and acquisition

Over 1,500 members representing Over 1,500 members representing almost every DoD Organization almost every DoD Organization and Federal Agency…and still and Federal Agency…and still growing…growing…

What is the HIFLD?

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Some Key HIFLD Interagency Geospatial Partners

OASD Homeland Defense: Defense Critical Infrastructure Program (DCIP)

NGA: Office of Americas

DHS: Geospatial Management Office (GMO) and Infrastructure Protection (IP)

USGS: National Geospatial Programs Office (NGPO) & Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)

DUSD (Installations & Environment): Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI)

Mission Assurance Division, NSWC Dahlgren Division

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HIFLD Audience

Geospatial Data / Information Requirements

DCIP & HSPD-7 Sector Subject Matter Expertise

Geospatial Data Sources

Geospatial Capabilities Providers

Operational Geospatial Data

Imagery Intelligence Data

Aeronautical Data

Topographic Data

Hydrographic Data

Geodetic Data

Terrain Elevation Data

Imagery

Geospatial Intelligence

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Originally focused on one or more Critical Infrastructure Sectors:• Jul 04: Transportation

• Sep 04: ISR and Threat

• Nov 04: Public Works / Energy

• Feb 05: Health Affairs / Emergency Services

• Apr 05: Telecom / Global Info Grid (GIG)

• Jun 05: Defense Industrial Base

• Aug 05: Chemical Industry & HAZMAT / Water

• Oct 05: Postal & Shipping / Defense Logistics

• Feb 06: Banking & Finance / Food & Agriculture

• Apr 06: Geospatial HD/HLS Work at National Labs

• Jun 06: EOCs and Use of Geospatial Data

Meetings also included agenda topics that impact all sectors (i.e. architecture, standards, info sharing and protection, and related policies) and time-sensitive topics

Bi-monthly HIFLD WG Meetings

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July 2004 -- Transportation

Data sources• National Transportation Atlas Database

• Cal Trans Digital Highway Inventory Program

• FAA Airport Map Database (AMDB)

• Intelligent Road/Rail Information Server (IRRIS) Data requirements

• HSIP

• USTRANSCOM Issues

• NGA Federal Omnibus Data Licenses

• Data Modeling for HLS/HLD– web services vs repository

• GIS as a recognized decision support tool is not institutionalized and lacks high level buy in and established programmatic guidance.

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September 2004 -- ISR and Threat Data Requirements

• Terrorist Threat Integration Center –TTIC online goal

• Future Intel Requirements Environment (FIRE)—analysis and simulation tools

• Urban Tactical Planner

• Multi-INT Conops– integration architecture

• Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA)

• Joint Intelligence Task Force– Combating Terrorism

• NSA Issues

• 9/11 Commission Report– Intelligence misses

• Need to examine interdependencies associated with US infrastructure

• Need for information sharing, cultural change, coordination and relationships

• Need for authoritative data sources, uniform protocols and processes for geospatial HLS data sharing

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Nov 2004– Public Works and Energy Data Sources

• DISDI– people, policies and information resources. IVT

• NAVFAC, Army OACSIM, ARNG

• USACE Port Facilities database, Inland Electronic Charts program, National Inventory of Dams

• CONUS Electric Power Infrastructure Data Set, Natural Gas Quick Response Tool--- DPO-MA

Data Requirements

• Northcom Public Works requirements

• HSIP QA/QC program. Need for authoritative sources. Issues

• Need for more engagement with national providers of Public Works. ID dependencies of DCIP sectors

• Need for 3D COP and consensus on sharing

• Need for adequate funding for GIS tools and data, information assurance and security. ROI.

• Capitalize on org and individual relationships for process development, requirements identification, policies for data aggregation and sharing, portfolio management of HLD Geospatial Data.

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February 2005– Health Affairs and Emergency Services

Data Sources• National Geospatial Programs Office– GOS, National Map

• Hospital Asset Resource Tracking System

• Blood Availability and Safety Inventory System

• CDC Influenza Tracking

• Landscan USA Population Distribution Model

• Homeland Defense Mission Assurance Portal

• IONIC Emergency Services databases –Fed Omnibus License

• Explore Information Services Fire and Police datasets-- FOL Data Requirements

• Health monitoring data, location, tracking and status of assets, population density,weather, international travel data

• Authoritative sources for feature class data within the sector Issues

• Transform the processes of Government necessary to implement NSDI

• Collaboration between Gov and NGO’s, between CDC and industry

• FGDC HLS WG Map symbology and Guidelines for access to geospatial data

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April 2005-- Telecommunications Data Sources

• National Communications System telecommunications data

• FCC database

• National Telecommunications and Information Administration Interdependent Radio Advisory Committee databases

• Telecordia Common Language datasets

• Palanterra

• National Capital Planning Commission FY06 Aerial Photography, Planimetric and Attribute Data

• Feedback from Health Affairs/ Emerg sector– HAZUS-MH, American Hospital Association, ADAMS authoritative databases identified

Data requirements• DISA Global Information Grid

• HSIP Gold– content, accuracy, quality. Dissemination plans Issues

• Achieving balance between public access and security of sensitive data. Classification of aggregate data.

• Internet accessible data sufficient to create an accurate picture of telecom infrastructure

• Project Homeland– improving data model, collaboration, geospatial solutions

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June 2005– Defense Industrial Base Data Sources

• Defense Security Service Contractor database

• Technigraphics Industrial PinPointer database

• Dunn & Bradstreet Business Points database

• NGA LIDAR Feature Extraction Capability/ Data

• AIR Terrorist Target database, National Exposure database, Commercial Property database

• HSIP Gold- 21 gb, 250 layers Data Requirements

• Defense Contract Management Agency req for industry sectors, sub sectors, commodities and addition of lat/long fields to complement address information. 3-D DIB asset visualization to aid analysis

Issues• GIS technical capabilities “light years” ahead of policy

• DoD submission of DIB assets to DHS for inclusion in NADB

• Infrastructure vulnerability, resiliency and interdependency – Sean Gorman

• DIB sub layer within HSIP

• EPA Risk Management Plan req on DIB critical asset survey

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August 2005– Chemical Industry/ HAZMAT and Water

Data Sources

• EPA Risk Management Plan Database

• EPA Envirofacts Data Warehouse

• EPA Facility Registry System

• EPA Drinking Water data

• Geospatial Bluebook

• ISO, Inc Water Supply data Issues

• EPA need for an accurate operational picture for emergency response and consequence mgmt

• Process to keep RMP data base current

• Need to analyze chemical infrastructure data, transportation network data and vulnerability assessments to obtain risk

• FGDC HLSWG Data Content Sub Group initiative– unclassified list

• Rapid and accurate reporting of breaches in water system integrity

• EPA policy for data sharing RMP data across DCIP community

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October 2005– Postal and Shipping/ Defense Logistics Sectors

Data Sources• Palanterra : Web- enabled GEOINT / CIPLOG database

• USPS Facilities database

• IRRIS web portal

• WebSAT

• Facilities Infrastructure and Engineering System (FIRES) (1.5 mil facility construction drawings)

• NADB Data Requirements

• Office of Postal and Shipping Security– commercial stakeholder data/ military mail

• Need for more authoritative data sources for HSIP Gold Issues

• Need and importance of interagency geospatial data acquisition and sharing of common homeland infrastructure data.

• Geospatial display capability for CIPLOG

• Disclosure vs release of federal geospatial data

• Need for more emphasis on data requirements, content and interagency coordination than for developing a host of poorly coordinated visualization and analysis tools

• Resource requirement for validation of addresses and lat/long data

• Need for government guidance and policy. Need for Federal Info Sharing Network

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February 2006– HSIP Gold Feedback, Food and Agriculture, Banking and Finance

Data Sources

• FDA Food Facility Registry

• USDA Clear View/ Remote Sensing

• USDA Geographic Security Information

• National Credit Union Administration database

• FDIC Institutions and Offices database

• New sources for HSIP Gold Data Requirements

• Need a unified HLD dataset for disaster response Issues

• Additional data layers and more authoritative sources for HSIP

• Situational awareness/ decision support capabilities wrt imported agricultural products and domestic threats

• Post Katrina lack of a unified dataset, lack of consistent metadata, releasability, coordination of geospatial responsibilities, insufficient bandwidth, lack of awareness of HSIP Gold and available web services

• Need for data protocols to ID authoritative source. Street addresses vs lat/long vs National Grid. Need for cross linkage across emergency support functions

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HIFLD-FacilitatedHIFLD-FacilitatedHSIP Gold Feedback SessionHSIP Gold Feedback Session

Purpose: To solicit input on the HSIP Gold Inventory from HIFLD WG Membership for future improvements & enhancements:• Provide mechanism for comments on accuracy, content and completeness

of existing inventory

• Identify new authoritative data sources for existing data layers

• Nominate additional value-added data layers and sources

Over 65 organizations participated and over 120 attended 1-day Session (06 Feb)

At least 16 new authoritative federal government sources identified and an additional 35 data layers are nominated for inclusion in the next release of HSIP Gold

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April 2006– National Labs Data Sources/Tools

• NADB (Authority to Operate– SIPRNET)

• Infrastructure Critical Asset Viewer (iCAV)– Disclosure to state/local via Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN)

• SensorNet– detection and alert system for CBRNE threats

• Oak Ridge National Lab Rail Network

• Los Alamos Water Infrastructure Simulation Environments (WISE)– integrates water infrastructure datasets

• Community Water System Data Collection Project– USGS/EPA/ISO– state, local, fed

• Landscan USA

• Los Alamos Urban Databases– Urban Land Use Project

• Fast Analysis Infrastructure Tool (FAIT) Issues

• COP and SA capability to Homeland Security Op Ctr (HSOC) for current hurricane season and beyond.

• Need for a credible, salient and legitimate integrated database for modeling

• Long term spatial data archiving – lack of agreement on open source exchange formats, incompatibility between hardware platforms and software

• OMB Geospatial Line of Business

• Scenario Library Visualizer access for fed interagency use

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• Supporting Foundation Infrastructure for the Defense Critical Infrastructure Program:

- Energy, Transportation, Telecom• Geospatial Data Supporting the National

Response Plan• Law Enforcement Use of Geospatial Data• Hazard Modeling: Natural and Man Made• Intelligence / Threat• Public Health / Emergency Services• Government Facilities Geospatial Data

FY06/07 Session Topics Under Consideration