1. Federal STI Managers’ Group Overview
CENDI
Federal STI Managers’ Group Overview
Bonnie C. Carroll
Executive Director
CENDI Secretariat
January 2012

2. Presentation Outline Who We Are How We Operate
Highlights of Accomplishments
CENDI Communications

3. Who We Are

4. 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
12 member agencies manage over 97% of the annual federal R&D budget

5. An interagency group composed of senior STI managers:
CENDI Membership
An interagency group composed of senior STI managers:
12 major programs
4 independent agencies
7 cabinet departments
1 legislative branch agency
CENDI began with four agencies and took its name from the beginning letter of each member agency:
COMMERCE – National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
ENERGY – Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
NASA – Scientific and Technical Information Program (STI)
DEFENSE – Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC)
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6. A Long and Well Established History of STI Cooperation
1960s-1970s COSATI organized information, information analysis, and data centers across the federal government
Weinberg report on Science, Government and Information a major impetus (1964)
Mid-1970s, COSATI was dissolved but STI managers continued to meet informally
1984 CENDI was formalized with an MOU of 4 (C,E,N,D) agencies
NLM joined in 1986

7. Evolving CENDI From 4 to 12 agencies ~ Affinity Areas:
National libraries, departmental STI centers, cross cutting information organizations, research funding programs

8. Missions Vary Across Programs - Sample FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY
NTIS
DOE
NASA
NLM
DTIC
Collect Manage and Disseminate Mission Information X
Agency -Produced information
Worldwide Collection
Develop Agency Information Policy
Cover Scientific & Technical Information
Cover Business Information
Related Information
Customers Served
Agency
Industry
Academia
The Public
Perform/Fund Research and Development
Provide Consultation Services
Training
Translation
Information Analysis/Subject Analysis

9. How We Operate

10. The Current Environmental
Context for CENDI
Open
Government
Invest In
Science
Budget
Environment
Technological Change
Other
Players
CENDI
OSTP
Industry
OMB
Congress
CIO’s

11. CENDI’s Mission and Goals
To help improve the productivity of federal science- and technology-based programs through effective scientific, technical, and related information support systems.
1. STI Coordination and Leadership: Provide coordination and leadership for information exchange on important STI policy issues.
2. Improvement of STI Systems: Promote the development of improved STI systems through the productive interrelationship of content and technology.
3. STI Understanding: Promote better understanding of STI and STI management.

12. CENDI Members (Principals and Alternates) Secretariat Observers
Partners
Multi-agency Coordination
Activity
Copyright and
Intellectual Property
Working Group
Science.gov
Alliance
STI Policy Working Group
Digitization Specifications
Terminology Resources
Alliance Principals
Alliance Alternates
Content Management
Promotions
Reps: Data.gov Sr. Advisory Bd

13. CENDI Planning Themes Set The Stage
2011 ~ Facing the Challenges of Tomorrow:
The Value of Interagency Cooperation
2010 ~ CENDI Initiatives Support Agency and Administration Priorities
2009 ~ Addressing National Challenges: Increasing STI Impacts
2008 ~ Complexity and Organizational Transformation
2007 ~ Federal STI: Changing Roles and Requirements
2006 ~ Knowledge Discovery and Meeting New Expectations
2005 ~ The Power of Cooperation: Collective Action for Mutual Benefit
2004 ~ New Strategies and Operating Models for Federal STI Managers:
E-government / E-science
2003 ~ Striking Balances: STI Requirements and Response
2002 ~ Creating the Next Generation: How CENDI Can Have an Impact in the New Environment
2001 ~ Designing an STI Architecture: Where Content and Technology Meet
2000 ~ 2020 Vision Realities
1999 ~ The Virtual STI Enterprise: Completing the Connections

14. Develop a CENDI Grand Challenge
Priority for FY11:
Develop a CENDI Grand Challenge
Challenged by OSTP Chris Greer
“Science2Jobs” – a work in Process
Vision – Fully interoperable data & information network that stimulates job growth by enabling new opportunities for innovation and discovery
Goal and Objectives – Expand Science.gov to drive data-intensive science -- including research, education and applications
Create a semantically rich information network across agencies;
Extend the scope of “data objects” presently served
Integrate other agency capabilities with Science.gov so that the whole becomes a larger network that enables business innovation by a broad array of stakeholders

15. Highlights of Accomplishments

16. Connected with Large Cross Section
of the STI Community
CATEGORY
# Programs & Offices
FY 08
FY 09
FY 10
FY11
Legal and Policy 3 6 31
Legislative Branch 8 12 29
Judicial Branch 2 7 13
Executive Mission 40 56 98
284
Interagency 5
Non-gov’t Organizations 19 23 24 41
Academia 4 25 90
Private 35 21 44 73
International 9 11 17
TOTALS
117
149
230
586
Total ~ 586

17. Thought/Policy Leadership
Combined expertise of 12 CENDI agencies makes it a “go to” place for technical input to STI policy issues
CENDI prepared an STI White Paper that frames policy challenges and opportunities
For transition
Updated for OSTP
CENDI invited as only observer to the House Science Committee Roundtable on Open Access
Data.gov Senior Advisory Board requests CENDI representation
NITRD discusses opportunities for cooperation on content
IWGDD Technical Advisory Group
NAS/NRC views CENDI as a federal liaison organization

18. Thought/Policy Leadership
From Within CENDI
Leaders meet with CENDI with focus on Grand Challenge
Chris Greer, George Strawn, Ellen Herbst
CENDI Plays a Leading Role in Interagency Scientific Data Management Planning
Publication of “Harnessing the Power of Digital Data: Taking the Next Step” (CENDI/2011-1; EPA/600/R-11/053)
Policy WG Keeps Members Informed
Tracking American Competes Act as high profile legislation
Updates on Open Access and Berlin Declaration
Controlled Unclassified Information (Schoen)
Digital Object Identifiers (Jordan)
NSB Task Group on Scientific Data (Bogden)
International CODATA Task Group on Data Citation (Carroll)
CENDI Copyright WG Provides Interagency focus on IPR

19. CENDI Interests in “Data”
Highest rated topic on CENDI’s FY11 Planning Survey
E-Science -- Data Intensive Science
Interactive publications
Technical and policy issues surrounding the management of scientific data
Joint sponsorship of scientific data management workshop –
held June 29 - July 1, 2010
Publication of “Harnessing the Power of Digital Data: Taking the Next Step” (CENDI/2011-1; EPA/600/R-11/053)
Monitor activities on new types of content
Data Citation and DOIs (with CODATA)
Interoperable institutional repositories outside government and their relationship with open access repositories within government

20. Policy Leaders met with CENDI ~ Advice Sought; Expertise Shared
ORGANIZATION
CONTACT
AREA
OSTP
Chris Greer
Data; Cyber
Diane DiEuliis
Open Access
Kei Koizumi
R&D Dashboard
Beth Noveck
Open Government
OMB
Margo Schwab
Data.gov
Obama Transition Team
Bruce McConnell and
Jane Griffiths
STI
Senate
Katherine Coughlin
House
Adam Sedgewick
E-Government RIP

21. COPs /CENDI Partner to Encourage Openness & Cooperation
ORGANIZATION
STI
ICSTI (CENDI Partner)
NFAIS (CENDI Partner)
Scientific Data
NSTC IWGDD
Academia / Science / Data
BRDI
Data
CODATA
Science; computing STI, Science Policy
AAAS
Information Science
NKOS
Industry / Laboratories
FLC / NIST
Libraries; Academia; Information Policy
ARL / SPARC
Libraries; Academia
CNI
Copyright
OGC Forum
Digitization
FLICC FADGI & Preservation

22. CENDI Regular Meetings Information in the Cloud:
9:15 am – 11:15 am
CENDI Regular Meetings
Morning Program Agenda
July 14, 2010
Information in the Cloud:
What’s in the Future?
“Cloud Computing: Opportunities, Advantages, Disadvantages for Federal Agencies”
Melvin B. Greer
Chief Strategist, Cloud Computing
Lockheed Martin
“Crowd Sourcing and the Cloud”
Timothy Grance
Program Manager of Cyber and Network Security
Information Technology Laboratory, NIST

23. CENDI Regular Meetings
9:15 am – 11:15 am
CENDI Regular Meetings
Morning Program Agenda
From Science to Innovation to Jobs: The Role of Scientific
and Technical Information
“Interaction of Big Data and Technology in NITRD Initiatives: Where Should
R&D be Taking Us?”
Wendy Wigen
Human Computer Interaction and Information Management Coordinator and
Large Scale Networking Associate Coordinator
National Coordination Office for NITRD
“Technology Transfer from Science, to Innovation, to Jobs: The Federal Laboratory Consortium and Interagency Cooperation”
Paul R. Zielinski
Director, Technology Partnerships Office
National Institute of Standards and Technology
“Citizen-Drive Innovation Through Open Data”
Jeanne Holm
Evangelist, Data.gov
General Services Administration (on loan from JPL)

24. Informative Presentations & Interactions, FY11
Technical Meeting Programs and Speakers
Introduction to the Semantic Web: The Basics that an STI Manager Should Know – Dr. George Strawn, NITRD
Semantic Medline: A Proof of Concept – Dr. Tom Rindflesch, NLM
Report of the CENDI-IWGDD-EPA Workshop on SDM – Dr. Robert Shepanek, EPA, & Bonnie Carroll, CENDI Secretariat
National Science Board Task Force on Data Policies – Dr. Philip Bogden, NSF
NAS NRC Board of Research and Data Information: Activities and Plans – Dr. Roberta Balstad, BRDI
The National Digital Stewardship Alliance: Community, Content, Commitment – Martha Anderson, Office of Strategic Initiatives, LoC
The Smithsonian Institution: A Technology Overview – Carmen Iannacone, SI
Interaction of Big Data and Technology in NITRD Initiatives: Where Should R&D be Taking Us? – Wendy Wigen, NITRD
Technology Transfer from Science, to Innovation, to Jobs: The Federal Laboratory Consortium and Interagency Cooperation – Paul Zielinski, NIST
Citizen-driven Innovation through Open Data – Jeanne Holm, GSA
Agency Showcases
GPO, DOT, USGS

25. CENDI Open Meetings Get High Marks from
Members for Educating on Technologies
TOPIC
ORGANIZATION
CONTACT
Metrics and Statistics
Cloud Computing
NSF, OSTP, ERS
Lockheed Martin
J. Lane, K. Koizumi, R. Bianchi
Melvin B. Greer
Crowd Sourcing and the Cloud
NIST
Timothy Grance
Mobile Computing
NLM
Loren Frant
Interactive Publishing
Michael Ackerman
The Grid, the Cloud, and the
Internet of Things
Georgetown University
Mike Nelson
Cyberinfrastructure
NSF
Ed Seidel, Daniel Atkins
Fourth Mode of Science
NSF, Rutgers University
Haym Hirsh
Deep Indexing
ProQuest
Mark Hyer

26. CENDI Open Meetings Get High Marks for Networking and Connecting
(cont. on next slide)
ORGANIZATION
CONTACT
TOPIC
NITRD
George Strawn
Overview and Opportunities for Cooperation
Johns Hopkins University
Sayeed Choudhury
Creating Sustainable Digital Infrastructure
Science of Science and Innovation Policy, NSF
Julia Lane
Measuring the Effect of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Science
Plexus Institute
Lisa Kimball
Complexity Science
Com Score Networks
Lara Fisher
Metrics and Evaluation of Website Usage

27. CENDI Open Meetings Get High Marks for Networking and Connecting
(cont. from last slide)
ORGANIZATION
CONTACT
TOPIC
NGA
Norman C. Andersen
FGDC Geospatial Metadata Standard
Google
John Lewis (JL) Needham
Partnering with Google
Internet Archives
Linda Frueh
Current Initiatives and Future Plans
Coalition for Networked Information
Clifford Lynch
Impacts and Changes on the Horizon for Scientific Communications and STI
NISO
Todd Carpenter
Improving Metadata – Strategies and Standards
National Science Digital Library (NSDL)
Dave McArthur
Status and Future Developments

28. Workshops Provide Cost Effective Educational Opportunities
Repositories in Science and Technology: Preserving Access to the Record of Science (with NFAIS, hosted by FLICC)
Mobile Computing: Delivering Content to the Research Community
(with NFAIS)
Scientific Data Policy and Plans (with IWGDD and EPA)
Seminar Series on Issues and Answers in Digitization
(with FLICC, FADGI, and NSF)
The Semantic Web: Fact or Myth (with NFAIS and FLICC)
Open Source Software and Copyright: Legal and Business Considerations for Government Use
Knowledge Organization Systems: Managing to the Future (with NKOS)
Making the Web Work for Science: The Impact of e-Science and the Cyberinfrastructure (with NFAIS and FLICC)
The Search Imperative: It’s Changing Nature, Continuing Impacts
(with NFAIS and FLICC)

29. CENDI Publications
Harnessing the Power of Digital Data: Taking the Next Step (Report of the CENDI-IWGDD-EPA Scientific Data Management Workshop, June 2010)
Copyright FAQs ~ 1) Copyright and Issues Affecting the US Government; 2) Copyright and Open Source Software
Multiple Persistent Identifier Resolution: An Analysis of Approaches
Formats for Digital Preservation: A Review of Alternatives and Issues
STI White Paper for New Administration (2009)
Creating and Preserving Digital Repositories: A Survey of CENDI Activities
Guide to Distribution Limitation Markings of CENDI Agencies

30. Sharing Information on Current Operations – From TG to ST
Task Groups (Charters)
Institutional Repositories
Research Funding and SBIRs
Special Topics (Ad Hoc)
Automated Harvesting of Metadata
Semantic Technologies
PII
Web harvesting and crawling
Implementing Open Archive Initiative
Social software
Search and the impact of GYM
Digitization of legacy collections
Google and Internet Archives 30

31. Science.gov’s Continued Success
Source queries exceed 43.5 FY to-date (2x total for FY10) 
More than 1.3 million users FY to-date (more than all of FY10)
7.3 million page views FY to-date (40% more than all of FY10) 
Social media increases visibility
3000+ Alerts
360 Twitter followers 31

32. Improved Content and Technology Set to Support Grand Challenge
Image search now federates search of 5 photo libraries
Science-in-the-News federates 11 agency news feeds
Site Map project improves deep access by search engines
Widget allows Science.gov to complement local/personal web pages
Continues as largest contributor to Worldwidescience.org
Mobile site to be completed in FY11
Software upgrade improves platform’s performance and admin
Success Noted!
TN Chamber of Commerce and Industry printed full page about Science.gov. Reports it makes staffer’s job much easier.
Also mentioned in D-Lib Magazine, ResourceShelf, InfoToday, TaxoDiary, and eHow

33. CENDI
Communications

34. CENDI Web Site Public Page – www. cendi.gov
Members only, password-protected Wiki –
(user name and password
provided by Secretariat)

35. CENDI Meritorious Service Awards
Annual Award Winners chosen by CENDI peers
2011
Pictured Award Winners: Vicki Allums, Sharon Jordan, Simon Liu, Vakare Valaitis, Walter Warnick, Science.gov Leadership Team, Bonnie Klein, and Eleanor Frierson. Non-Pictured Winners: Nancy Kremers, John Sykes, Lori Finch, Tanny Franco

36. CENDI Contributions to Agencies “In Members’ Own Words”
“Alerts to new things that my organization should be made aware of”
“Opening up contacts either unknown or not easily accessible w/o CENDI introduction”
“Fast-track problem-solving between agencies”
“Usefulness of products”
“Meetings and technical programs have stimulated ways of thinking” 36

37. Contact Information
CENDI Chair: Lisa Weber, NARA
CENDI Deputy-Chair: Jerry Sheehan, NLM
Executive Director: Bonnie Carroll/IIa
Technical Projects Coordinator: Gail Hodge/IIa
Science.gov Lead Content Manager: Nikkia Anderson/IIa
Technical Assistant: Kathryn Simon/IIa