[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25521-25523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10295]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
Notice for Data and Information Distribution Policy
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of Proposed Policy for distribution of FAA data &
Information; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: This document is the FAA's proposal and the FAA's invitation
to the public to comment on its data and information distribution
policy. This notice is in accordance with the presidential directive
for Open Government issued on January 21, 2009; this directive
instructed agencies to make information available in open formats, and
presume openness to the extent permitted by law and subject to valid
privacy, confidentiality, security, and other restrictions. The scope
of this policy does not include requests for historical FAA data or
information whose availability will continue to be determined under the
existing Freedom of Information Act process. FAA data and information
published via FAA Web sites is not within the scope of this policy.
DATES: Any written information that responds to the FAA's proposes
procedures must be submitted by May 31, 2013.
ADDRESSES: You may submit written information, identified by docket
number FAA-2013-0392, by any of the following methods:
Mail: send comments by mail to Docket Operations, U.S.
Department of Transportation, M-30, Room W12-140, 1200 New Jersey
Avenue SE., Washington, DC 20590-0001. Persons wishing to receive
confirmation of receipt of their written submission should include a
self-addressed stamped postcard.
Hand Deliver: Deliver comments to Docket Operations in
Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the West Building at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington DC, between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Facsimile: Fax comments to the docket operations personnel
at 202-493-2251.
Privacy: We will post all comments that we receive at http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal information that you
provide. Using the search function of the docket Web site, anyone can
find and read the electronic form of all comments in any of our
dockets, including the name of the individual sending the comment or
signing the comment or signing the comment on behalf of an association,
business, labor union, or other entity or organization. You may review
the DOT's complete Privacy Act Statement in the Federal Register at 65
FR 19477-78 (April 11, 2000), or you may find at http://docketsinfo.dot.gov. Reviewing
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the docket: To read background documents or comments received, go to
http://www.regulations.gov at any time and follow the online
instructions for accessing the docket, or go to Docket Operations in
Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the West building at 1200 New
Jersey Avenue SE., Washington DC, between 9:00 a.m., and 5:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: You may direct any questions on data/
information policy to the NAS Data Management staff by telephone at
(202) 385-8022 or by electronic mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: E-Government & Information Technology Act
of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-347, 116 stat, 2899, 44 U.S.C. &101, H.R. 2458/S.
803).
Open Government Directive, OMB Memorandum for the Heads of
Executive Departments and Agencies, M-10-06, issued December 8, 2009.
Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and Accountable Government,
Executive Order 13576, issued July 13, 2011.
Streamlining Service Delivery and Improving Customer Service,
Executive Order 13571, issued April 27, 2011.
Digital Government Strategy, Building A 21st Century Platform to
Better Serve the American People, issued May 23, 2012.
Management of Federal Information Resources, Office of Management
and Budget Circular A-130, issued November 28, 2000.
Background: The FAA has enacted policy to ensure that the majority
of data from its systems is exchanged through approved external
protected boundaries. This transition away from multiple direct
connections to FAA systems will provide for the security and
operational effectiveness of FAA systems and reduce the cost of
developing and maintaining multiple interfaces needed to distribute
data and information. To provide for the security and operational
effectiveness of FAA systems and to reduce the cost of developing and
maintaining multiple interfaces needed to distribute data and
information, FAA is moving away from direct connections to systems for
external users to an approved external protected boundary such as NAS
Enterprise Secure Gateway (NESG). This transition will help FAA protect
the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data/information,
services, and to manage the cost of maintaining data and information
services in the future. This policy supports the streamlining of the
approval process for distribution of data/information to external
entities and gives the FAA the ability to manage and secure its data
and information assets more effectively.
Proposed Policy: To conform to current U.S. Government practices
and policies and enhance information security, FAA is proposing to
establish a policy for the distribution of data and information to
external entities including the FAA's contractors and other
governmental entities. The FAA will:
1. Not allow external users to connect (physically/logically) to
authoritative sources of data/information. FAA data/information
distribution will only be distributed externally from FAA approved
replicated sources.
2. Make electronic data/information available on a non-exclusive
basis to external users, subject to the limits imposed by the need to
protect national/homeland security, individual privacy, safety,
confidentiality, and other government requirements.
3. Limit distribution to only that data/information products
created for FAA purposes.
4. Distribute readily available data/information without
intentional delay, subject only to the limits imposed by resources
(both current and prospective), contracts, technology, authority,
regulation and data quality while protecting security, privacy, and
confidentiality.
5. Provide access to data/information over secure and controlled
connections (logical) and in accordance with the most recent federal
systems security standards including those issued by the National
Security Agency, Department of Defense, and the National Institute of
Standard and Technology (NIST) standards.
6. Consider cost and cost recovery in making FAA data/information
available to external users.
7. Consider requests for data and information that is not readily
available if external users can and do bear the full cost of
development, connection, transmission, processing, and maintenance.
8. Not be responsible for the quality, accuracy or continued
availability of the data and information once released. While the data
distributed is accurate and timely for use by the FAA, we are not
responsible for quality, continuity, or intended use of data for third
parties.
9. Define the extent to which FAA contractors can reuse FAA data in
their custody or control.
10. Apply this proposed policy requirement consistently and
transparently.
Glossary of Terms
Data: A representation of fact, concept, or instruction represented
in a formalized form suitable for communication, interpretation or
processing either by human and/or by automated systems. This is the
lowest level of abstraction, compared to information.
Information: Data in context. The meaning given to data or the
interpretation of data based on its context. The finished product as a
result of the interpretation of data. Data processed in such a way that
it can increase the knowledge of the person who receives it. Data that:
(1) Is specific and organized for a purpose,
(2) is presented within a context that gives it meaning and
relevance, and which
(3) leads to an increase in understanding and decrease in
uncertainty. The value of information lies solely in its ability to
affect a behavior, decision, or outcome.
Information Steward: A person or organization delegated with the
responsibility for managing the creation and maintenance of a specific
information resource. These stewards have the statutory or operational
authority for specified information products and are responsible for
defining metadata associated with the information.
Approved Replicated Source: A duplicated set of information,
fulfilling a specific business requirement provided by the Information
Steward to be an approved source for that information service. This
information source may be the functional combination of multiple,
separate authoritative sources. (e.g. Aircraft Situation Display to
Industry (ASDI), National Airspace System Status Information (NASSI))
Authoritative Source: The origin or creation of data or information
that is recognized by an FAA Lines Of Business/Staff Offices or by
members of a Community of Interest (COI) or Community of Practice (COP)
to be of high quality and being highest precedence of source because it
is considered to be highly reliable or accurate, or is from an official
publication or reference. (e.g. En Route Automation Modernization
(ERAM) for active Flight data)
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Issued in Washington, DC, on April 24, 2013.
Nancy Kalinowski,
FAA Vice President, System Operations Services, AJR-0.
[FR Doc. 2013-10295 Filed 4-30-13; 8:45 am]
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