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DARPA Information Processing Technology Office
DARPA IPTO will create Information Processing Technology for new generation
intelligent systems, transforming our national infrastructure to enhance global
stability. The IPTO has a 4-part mission: 1) Create transformational
information technologies to anticipate and meet National Security imperatives;
2) Validate technologies with prototypes of real National Security solutions;
3) Lead, stimulate, and complement commercial technology; and 4) Transition
technologies to National Security users, via partnerships with other DARPA
offices, industry, armed services, and government agencies.
CDC Health Information and
Surveillance Systems Board
The Centers for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Health Information and
Surveillance Systems Board (HISSB) Web site lists organizations and resources
related to development of health information standards. These include
Coordinators/Promoters of Standards Development, Standards Development
Organizations, and Classification/Nomenclature Systems.
Public Health Data Standards Consortium
In November 1998, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) of the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in conjunction with the
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the National Committee on
Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), convened a workshop to examine the
implications of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996
(HIPAA) for the practice of public health and health services research. The
workshop, "The Implications of HIPAA's Administrative Simplification Provisions
for Public Health and Health Services Research," brought together 85 leaders in
health statistics, research, and informatics to examine the challenges and
opportunities presented by HIPAA. This resulted in creation of a new
consortium, officially established in January 1999 as the Public Health Data
Standards Consortium that serves as a mechanism for ongoing representation of
public health and health services research interests in HIPAA implementation
and other data standards-setting processes.
NASA ESAD Scientific Data
Purchase Program
The Scientific Data Purchase (SDP) is a demonstration program developed in
response to the President's Space Policy, directing NASA to purchase remote
sensing data from the private sector. Initiated in fiscal year 1997, the SDP
was funded under the
Earth Science Enterprise (ESE) Program to provide
scientific data to the ESE science community. The $50 million program is an
opportunity to advance global-systems research, to strengthen the U.S. economy
through development of remote sensing technologies, and to test a new way of
doing business. The NASA Earth Science Applications Directorate (ESAD) at the
John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi manages the SDP.
NASA EOSDIS Core System Information for
Scientists (ECS Info)
The Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) is designed to
archive unprecedented amounts of Earth observing data from a wide range of
instruments collecting information over decades. Its diverse user community can
search, retrieve, and analyze any of these observations, also over a period of
decades. EOS data products need descriptive information, or metadata, to enable
users and data providers to locate and use the information. Over several years,
numerous teams of scientists, computer scientists, and information engineers
have collaborated to develop the data model, with its metadata attributes and
how they are organized, to meet these needs. A catalog of EOSDIS related
information has been prepared.
Astronomy Digital Image Library (ADIL)
ADIL collects astronomical, research-quality images and makes them available to
the astronomical community and the general public. Patrons access the Library
through the World Wide Web to search for and browse images. Once images are
located in the Library, users may download them to their local machines in FITS
format for further analysis. The Library provides a number of benefits not only
to those looking for images, but also to those who add images to the Library's
growing collection.
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