§2806 Geospatial Data Standards

Summary

The Committee must create standards for each National Geospatial Data Asset data theme. The standards must set rules and guidelines for the data, the ways it is collected and used, the technology and organization behind it, and the metadata that describes it. They must match international rules when possible. The standards must also include universal rules that can be used with declassified intelligence community data. The Committee must keep the standards up to date. The Committee must make the standards under Office of Management and Budget Circular A–119 (or any successor). It must consult many different data users and providers. It must use existing national and international voluntary standards when it can, and only write new rules if no proper standards exist. The Secretary of the Interior must keep secret any information that could harm national interest, security, or defense, after consulting the Director of National Intelligence.