1. Federal STI Managers’ Group Brief Introduction CENDI

2. What is CENDI? ♦Interagency group of senior federal scientific and technical information (STI) managers who agree to cooperate by ♦Exchanging information and ideas ♦Sharing resources ♦Undertaking joint initiatives ♦From policy to standards to operations ♦Agencies manage over 96% of the $ 127B federal R&D budget

3. Agency Challenges ♦ Budget ♦ Personnel needs ♦ Specialized expertise ♦ Access to contractors ♦ Technology change ♦ Increasing user expectations ♦ Policy directions ♦ Administrative requirements

4. Vision Federal STI agencies will have a cooperative enterprise where capabilities are shared and challenges are faced together so that the sum of the accomplishments is greater than each individual agency can achieve on its own.

5. Mission CENDI’s mission is to help improve the productivity of federal science- and technology-based programs through effective scientific, technical, and related information support systems.

6. Membership An interagency group composed of senior STI managers:  Defense Technical Information Center (Department of Defense)  EPA Office of Environmental Information & Office of Research and Development  Government Printing Office  NASA Scientific and Technical Information Program  National Agricultural Library (Department of Agriculture)  National Archives and Records Administration  National Library of Education (Department of Education)  National Library of Medicine (Department of Health and Human Services)  National Science Foundation  National Technical Information Service (Department of Commerce)  Office of Scientific and Technical Information (Department of Energy)  USGS Biological Resources Discipline (Department of Interior) ♦7 cabinet departments ♦4 independent agencies  12 major programs  11 U.S. federal agencies

7. Organization

8. Environmental Context Technology Public Interest President’s Management Agenda Homeland Security Other Players Information Industry CongressCIO’s OMB OSTP CENDI

9. Established Under Interagency MOU 1973: Phase-out of Committee on Science & Technical Information (COSATI) Mid-1970’s to mid-1980’s: Ad hoc cooperation 1982: Regular, informal meetings 1985: Formal interagency MOU among NTIS, DOE, DoD, and NASA 1987: National Library of Medicine (NLM) joined 1988: Secretariat established 1993: National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC) joined 1995: DoI/USGS, Biological Resources Division (BRD) joined 1998: National Libraries of Education & Agriculture (NLE, NAL) joined 1999: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) joined 2003: Government Printing Organization (GPO) and National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) joined 2004: National Science Foundation joins

10. Goals 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.

11. Planning Themes Set Work Stage 2004 New Strategies and Operating Models for Federal STI Managers: E-government/E-science 2003 Striking Balances: STI Requirements & Response 2002: How CENDI Can Have an Impact in the New Environment 2001: Where Content and Technology Meet 2000: 2020 Vision -- 2000 Realities 1999: The Virtual STI Enterprise: Completing the Connections 1998: Enterprise Networking and STI Futures 1997: Changing STI Management in a Networked Environment 1996: Opportunity in Change 1995: Changing Missions -- Changing Technologies 1994: Building a Digital Information Network

12. ♦Persistent Identifiers ♦XML ♦Intrusion Detection ♦Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery ♦Managing and Preserving Electronic Resources: The OAIS Reference Model ♦PKI and Digital Signatures: From E-Commerce to E-Information Management ♦Evaluating Our Web Presence: Challenges, Metrics, Results ♦Intrusion Detection and Prevention WorkshopsWorkshops

13. ♦Science.gov ♦Copyright FAQ ♦License Agreements for Electronic Products and Services: FAQ ♦Evaluating Our Web Presence: Challenges, Metrics, Results ♦White Paper on Persistent Identifiers for Government Information Projects and Reports

14. ♦OSTP officials: Homeland security and agency web sites ♦OMB officials: Data base protection, A-130, etc. ♦House Science Committee: STI issues active in Congress ♦National Archives: Long-term preservation and access to STI ♦Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI): Interactions regarding E-government initiatives Meetings with government officials

15. Organizational Cooperation ♦Mission agencies ♦Executive policy agencies ♦Legislative branch agencies ♦Interagency groups ♦Non-governmental organizations ♦Over 125 staff of member agencies

16. CENDI —federal agencies cooperating to strengthen and enhance the government’s STI programs.

17. “Without groups like [CENDI], the Information Infrastructure Initiative would have ended up a network looking for an application; CENDI provides the policy focus for both general STI needs and the specific applications in health, space, energy, defense, and insight into the needs of industry.” -Lewis M. Branscomb Then Director of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program of the JFK School of Government at Harvard

18. CENDI For more information, contact: Bonnie C. Carroll Executive Director bcarroll@infointl.com (865) 481-0388, ext. 112 Bonnie C. Carroll Executive Director bcarroll@infointl.com (865) 481-0388, ext. 112 Gail Hodge Technical Operations Manager gailhodge@aol.com (610) 789-6769 Gail Hodge Technical Operations Manager gailhodge@aol.com (610) 789-6769