1. January 30, 2013 Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes Standard January 30, 2013

2. Background FIPS 10-4 Standard withdrawn by NIST in 2008 ISO 3166 Standards identified as the logical way forward, but not directly implementable by U.S.G. due to Public Law 80-242 and U.S.G. recognition policies Country Codes Working Group (CCWG) has been established under the GWG’s Metadata Focus Group to serve as a Federal Government forum for coordinating requirements for country and subdivision codes, and managing the content of the country codes registry 2

3. CCWG Membership BIMA Census Bureau CIA DFAS DHS DISA DLA DOC/BEA DoD/OSD/DMDC DoD/OUSD/AT&L DoD/OUSD/P&R DOS FAA FBI FCC GSA HUMINT FM Joint Staff J3 NGA NIST NRO NSA SSA USDA U.S. Air Force/AMC U.S. Army/CIO/G-6 U.S. Army, ASA(IE&E) U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Navy/BUPERS- 072 U.S. Navy/N2/N6E4 USMEPCOM USSTRATCOM USTRANSCOM 3

4. Membership Gaps –Continue to seek assistance from the community to identify membership gaps Community Outreach –Expanding community outreach with the federal civil community –The PM-ISE Standards Working Group has been briefed twice and they are closely monitoring the CCWG activity –The PM-ISE is bringing the GENC Standard to the attention of the federal level CIOs –If there are other community or agency level forums that would benefit from a brief on the CCWG and the GENC, please let us know CCWG Membership & Outreach 4 Role of the PM-ISE: The Information Sharing and Access Interagency Policy Committee (ISA IPC) was established by the White House in 2009 and subsumed the role of a predecessor body, the Information Sharing Council, which was established by Executive Order 13356: Strengthening the Sharing of Terrorism Information to Protect Americans in 2004. In June 2010, the PM-ISE was designated by the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism as a co-chair of the ISA IPC. This dual role for the Program Manager is an acknowledgment that policies, business practices, architectures, standards, and systems developed for the ISE can be applicable to other types of national security information beyond terrorism and vice versa. In his dual role, the PM-ISE will help ensure the closest possible alignment between the ISE and broader national security information sharing activities.

5. GENC Standard Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC) Standard is the U.S.G. “profile” of the ISO 3166 Standards –Provides an authoritative set of country codes and names for use by the Federal Government for information exchange –The GENC uses ISO 3166 code elements whenever possible, with modifications only where necessary to comply with U.S. law and U.S. Government recognition policies GENC Ed1.0 –Provides country-level names and codes –Went through extensive community coordination via the CCWG and GWG –Approved for publication by the NGA publication authority, the NGA Architecture and Standards Board (NASB) on November 26, 2012 –Published on November 27, 2012 GENC Ed2.0 –Expected to begin community coordination process in Spring 2013, with publication in Summer 2013 –Will provide subdivision-level names and codes 5

6. GENC Registry GENC Ed1.0 normatively references the applicable parts of the (dynamic) GENC Registry for specific data content for country code elements, subdivision elements, and geopolitical correlations –https://nsgreg.nga.mil/genc/registers.jsp Multiple Registers within the GENC Registry –ISO 3166 (multi-part) –FIPS 10-4 (withdrawn) –Geopolitical Entities and Codes (FIPS 10-4’s informal successor) –Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes Standard –STANAG 1059 (NATO’s country code standard) – future activity, not included in initial release –Geopolitical Correlations Tracking changes as an “item series” over time will enable the determination of past correlations and the mappings –NGA is working to document the historical data GENC Registry https://nsgreg.nga.mil/genc/registers.jsp 6

7. DoD / IC Guidance DoD Guidance –The DoD issued guidance directing all DoD Components to transition to a U.S. Profile of ISO 3166 –Initial Memorandum from Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (USD/ATL) dated June 6, 2011, directs DoD to implement a U.S. Profile of ISO 3166-1, Country codes (either digraph or trigraph) by September 30, 2012 –New/updated guidance is currently in coordination –The GENC Ed1.0 was approved in December 2012 by the DoD ITSC as a mandated standard for DoD acquisitions IC Guidance –IC guidance is under development –The GENC Ed1.0 was approved in December 2012 by the IC ESC as a mandated standard for IC acquisitions 7

8. GENC Next Steps Work with the State Department to resolve concerns about the U.S. recognition status as depicted in the GENC Ed1.0 –This may result in a release of GENC E1.1 in early 2013 Development and publication of GENC Standard Ed2.0 –Will include subdivision codes and correspondences –Projected for Summer 2013 Development of a “country codes” enterprise mediation service –Effort led by DISA in coordination with NGA 8

9. Additional Next Steps Coordinate with the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) regarding transitioning from a U.S. Government standard to a U.S. national standard Identify additional code requirements and incorporate those deemed within scope of the CCWG, and provide appropriate coordination for those of relevance but outside the scope of the CCWG –Releasability Codes, Water Body Codes, Non-State Entity Codes, Others? 9

10. NGA Points of Contact Deborah AndersonTrent Palmer (CCWG Chair) NGA NCGISNGA Geographer (571) 557-8475(571) 557-7028 ccwgsecretariat@nga.milccwgchair@nga.mil Dan Gleason NGA NCGIS (571) 557-6953 pfgchair@nga.mil 10