• Support the Coast Guard with scientific and information management support at drills and incidents

NOAA’s Role in Information Management

2014 USCG Incident Management Handbook

New Chapter 12: Information Management• Ensure highly accurate, verified data

for decision making, and leadership and public confidence

Need to DVR the data on a daily basis

2014 USCG Incident Management Handbook

Information Management Coordinator•Keeps big picture vision for long term data needs•Oversee continuity of response data• A physical copy of static operational

and environmental spatial data, and photos/videos/GPS, is required

• Signed by the Unified Command• Lays groundwork for data standards, sharing, and

archiving• Continuity of information between COPs, situation

displays, multiple command posts, and external staff

Information Management & Data Sharing Plan

• Ensure cooperation between all data providers

• Data access restraints• Delivery timelines• Format standards• Data retention during and after the response

Information Management & Data Sharing Plan

• Provides the basis for periodic review, evaluation, and updating of procedures

NOAA Data Management Plan Template• Been used in numerous drills the past 2 years• Signed by Unified Command in Texas oil spill this spring• Flexible, scalable to any drill or incident

Arctic Shield Data Management Plan• Familiarization by all participants• Systems’ data, photos, images, videos

You never know who will use your data…