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<br />. Does the State incorporate the use of geospatial applications into standard operating <br />procedures for homeland security mission areas? <br />. Does the State have education and training programs for the use of geospatial <br />applications in homeland security missions? <br /> <br />Compliance with Standards / Use of Best Practices Considerations <br />. Does the State promote interoperability and efficient use of the geospatial data and <br />services by complying with Federally-adopted geospatial standards, specifications, and <br />guidelines such as those published by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDe), <br />the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGCT"), the American National Standards Institute <br />(ANSI), and the International Standards Organization (ISO)? <br />. Does the State register and/or publish the geospatial resources that are planned or result <br />from programs or projects as a means to avoid expenditures of time, effort, and funds on <br />redundant acquisitions? <br />. Does the State implement efficient geospatial metadata management capability following <br />international and Federal Geographic Data Committee standards? <br />. Does the State/jurisdiction provide their geospatially related lessons learned via the <br />Lessons Learned Information Sharing portal (www.llis.gov)? <br /> <br />B. Recommended Content <br /> <br />Minimum Essential Data Sets (MEDS) <br />Federal, State, loeal, and Tribal governments worked together to create Minimum Essential Data <br />Sets (MEDS) over urbanized areas as part of the Nunn-Lugar-Domenici 120-city effort, and for <br />national critical infrastructure to fulfill the Joint Forces Command Common Relevant Operating <br />Picture. Both sets of MEDS provide the geospatial foundation necessary for the Homeland <br />Security Community to carry out the key national homeland security strategy objectives, as <br />outlined by the White House on 16 July 2002 - (1) preventing terrorist attacks within the United <br />States; (2) reducing the Nation's vulnerability to terrorism; and (3) minimizing damage, while <br />speeding recovery from natural or terrorist-caused disasters. <br /> <br />The Information Content Subgroup of the FGDC Homeland Security Working Group (HSWG) <br />developed Guidelines for Homeland Security Infrastructure Protection Geospatial Data Content <br />in October, 2005. This guidance is based on previous work done by members of the FGDC <br />HSWG. The HSWG has improved the data content by: 1) refining feature and attribute <br />requirements based on input from homeland security sector experts; 2) revising features, feature <br />classes and definitions to correspond more closely with infrastructure data requirements of the <br />DHS; and 3) indicating general priorities for feature and attribute collection. At the time of this <br />publication, the geospatial content guidance is For Official Use Only (FOUO) and can be <br />obtained by sending a request to the DHS Geospatial Management Office at gmo@dhs.gov. The <br />e-mail should contain the requestor's name, organization, and description of need for this <br />document. <br /> <br />H-2 <br /> <br />