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- Reclamation Biological Resources Data Management: Developing an Enterprise Approach
Reclamation Biological Resources Data Management: Developing an Enterprise Approach
Project ID: 1713
Principal Investigator: Douglas Clark
Research Topic: Water Resource Data Analysis
Funded Fiscal Years:
2008,
2009 and
2010
Keywords: None
Project Abstract
The Reclamation Biological Resources Data Management Project was designed to investigate the requirements for data stewardship within the bureau. Two workshops were held, one in Denver and the other in Boulder City. In addition, the BLM hosted two training sessions to acquaint Reclamation personnel and senior management with the principles of data stewardship. An inter-regional technical team was assembled, along with an advisory board, staffed with experienced data stewards from The Fish and Wildlife Service, The Park Service, NatureServe, the Bureau of Land Management and the Geological Survey.
This R&D effort developed a data lifecycle with decision-making as its hub. Key elements of the lifecycle are project design, data acquisition, evaluation, maintenance, access, analysis, reporting, and archival. Resource information classes were designated from which mission critical data to be stewarded were selected. Resource information classes included real property, security interests, T&E species, water storage and delivery, power delivery, and facility operations and maintenance. Mission critical resources data to be derived from these classes will be related to an identified critical resource, support mission decisions, and be difficult or impossible to replace. Additionally, these data, if lost, could severely injure organizational operations, result in loss of life or property, and/or be essential for complying with Federal laws or regulations.
This R&D effort produced a number of documents. The first was a road map for implementation of the stewardship of biological data in Reclamation. The second was a data stewardship policy and the third was a set of related Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs). The policy and FAQs were presented to the Reclamation Chief Information Officer's Council (CIOC) and the Reclamation Leadership Team (RLT). Both were received favorably. A draft Data Acquisition and Management Plan template has also been produced.
Contributing Partners
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Research Products
Bureau of Reclamation Review
The following documents were reviewed by experts in fields relating to this project's study and findings. The results were determined to be achieved using valid means.
Stewardship of Bureau of Reclamation Mission-Critical Resources Data (interim, PDF, 90KB)
By Dr. Curtis Brown, Jim Nagode, Mr. Art Coykendall and Douglas Clark
Report completed on April 27, 2012
FAQs for the Data Stewardship Policy (final, PDF, 62KB)
By Dr. Curtis Brown, Jim Nagode, Mr. Art Coykendall and Douglas Clark
Report completed on April 27, 2012
Appendix A: Phases in the Reclamation Data Lifecycle to be Addressed in the Data Acquisition and Management Plan (DAMP) (interim, PDF, 42KB)
By Dr. Curtis Brown, Jim Nagode, Mr. Art Coykendall and Douglas Clark
Report completed on April 27, 2012