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Dale, P. F. "LAND INFORMATION MANAGEMENT–A CASLE INITIATIVE." Survey Review 29, no. 228 (April 1988): 263–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/sre.1988.29.228.263.

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Clayton, P. D. "Integrated Advanced Medical Information Systems (IAIMS): Payoffs and Problems." Methods of Information in Medicine 33, no. 04 (1994): 351–57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1635044.

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Abstract:IAIMS (Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems) is an initiative to improve the access to information needed to provide patient care, health-oriented education, biomedical research, and management of large medical center environments. This paper will review the goals, history, and accomplishments of the IAIMS initiative. Shortcomings and frustrations, lessons learned, and the future of such initiatives will also be discussed.
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Clayton, P. D. "Integrated Advanced Medical Information Systems (IAIMS): Payoffs and Problems." Yearbook of Medical Informatics 03, no. 01 (August 1994): 53–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1637993.

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AbstractIAIMS (Integrated Advanced Information Management Systems) is an initiative to improve the access to information needed to provide patient care, health-oriented education, biomedical research, and management of large medical center environments. This paper will review the goals, history, and accomplishments of the IAIMS initiative. Shortcomings and frustrations, lessons learned, and the future of such initiatives will also be discussed.
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Haux, Reinhold. "Health Information Systems – from Present to Future?" Methods of Information in Medicine 57, S 01 (July 2018): e43-e45. http://dx.doi.org/10.3414/me18-03-0004.

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SummaryThis article is part of the Focus Theme of Methods of Information in Medicine on the German Medical Informatics Initiative. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research with about 150 million Euro in its currently starting development and networking phase this initiative has already a significant impact on the development of health information systems in Germany. In this Focus Theme two editorials introduce this initiative, one from the viewpoint of its funding institution and one from the initiative’s accompanying institutions. Then the initiative’s four consortia DIFUTURE (Data Integration for Future Medicine), HiGHmed (Heidelberg-Göttingen-Hannover Medical Informatics), MIRACUM (Medical Informatics in Research and Care in University Medicine), and SMITH (Smart Medical Information Technology for Healthcare) present their concepts and plans. For better readability their manuscripts all contain three major sections on governance and policies, on architectural framework and methodology, and on use cases. As the German Medical Informatics Initiative is a large national experiment, we are convinced that communicating on this initiative already at this early stage to an international audience is of importance.
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Chang, Sheau‐Hwang. "The DLF electronic resource management initiative." OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives 19, no. 2 (June 2003): 45–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/10650750310733180.

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Abdullah, Azlan Long, Zawiyah Mohammad Yusof, and Umi Asma Mokhtar. "Factors influencing the implementation of electronic records and information management." Records Management Journal 30, no. 1 (August 31, 2019): 81–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rmj-10-2018-0043.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore, identify and gain insight into factors related to electronic records and information management (e-RIM) issues and their influence on the implementation of e-RIM initiative in military service in Malaysia. This exploration was conducted via a literature review and case study. Design/methodology/approach This study adopted a qualitative approach and used a case study involving two army departments in Malaysia. Interviews triangulated by document content analysis and observations were used for data collection. The data were analysed using a directional content analysis approach. Findings This study reveals that people, organizations, technology and processes are the interrelated contexts underlying e-RIM issues which inevitably influence the implementation of e-RIM initiatives. Competency and leadership, governance structure, culture and strategic planning, technology development and record-keeping process are the main factors impacting such efforts, in turn forming potential obstacles for organizations implementing such initiatives. Research limitations/implications The research approach and design adopted and the sample size were insufficient for generalization of the findings. Practical implications This study shows that e-RIM initiatives pose greater challenges related to various issues that cause difficulties in improving and implementing the initiative. Thus, it is crucial for organizations to ascertain and comprehend the factors that influence e-RIM initiatives prior to formulating strategies and approaches in addressing those factors, which would in turn affect the implementation of e-RIM initiatives. Originality/value This study provides insights into the fundamental factors embracing the e-RIM issues which influence the initiatives, and thereby fosters further discussion and research in the subject matter in Malaysia.
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Hunter, M. Gordon. "Leadership and Processes." International Journal of Strategic Information Technology and Applications 1, no. 2 (April 2010): 82–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jsita.2010040105.

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A senior management committee sets the direction for the organization by establishing strategic initiatives. A common theme across all strategic initiatives is the requirement to make management decisions and thus the pre-requisite of possessing the necessary data and information. This manuscript discusses two strategic initiatives relating to the recognition of data and information as a valuable resource. One initiative relates to structure and the establishment of a leadership role, in the form of a Chief Information Officer (CIO) position, to facilitate the exploitation of information technology. Another initiative involves the radical improvement of business processes through the implementation of a cross-functional integrated information system, in the form of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Both of these initiatives of leadership and processes, championed by all the members of the senior management committee, are necessary for the future operation of the business and to contribute to establishing and maintaining competitive advantage.
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Karlsen, Anniken, and Andreas L. Opdahl. "Benefits of Different Types of Enterprise Modeling Initiatives in ICT-Enabled Process Change." International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design 3, no. 3 (July 2012): 1–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/jismd.2012070101.

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The paper reports a study that investigates the use of enterprise modeling empirically in eight combined process change and information technology initiatives. The paper targets a need in academia and industry for knowing more about enterprise modeling in practice. The authors identify five different types of modeling initiatives by analyzing how each case combines the use of ICT, the main focus of process change, and the objectives of modeling. They identify and compare the reported benefits of enterprise modeling in each type of initiative. The authors conclude that to be able to give a qualified answer to executive management on the potential benefits of an enterprise modeling initiative, it is beneficial to identify the type of initiative in question.
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Mehta, Parth, Thomas Mandl, Prasenjit Majumder, and Surupendu Gangopadhyay. "Report on the FIRE 2020 evaluation initiative." ACM SIGIR Forum 55, no. 1 (June 2021): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3476415.3476418.

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This report gives an overview on the Forum for Information Retrieval Evaluation (FIRE) initiative for South-Asian languages 1 . The FIRE conference was conducted online in December 2020. The event combined a conference including keynotes, peer reviewed paper session with an Evaluation Forum. This report will present an overview of the conference and provide insights into the evaluation tracks. Current domains include legal information access, mixed script information retrieval, semantic analysis and social media posts classification. The tasks are discussed and connections to other evaluation initiatives are shown.
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Gong, Yu, Steve Brown, Fu Jia, and Jiang Duan. "IKEA: Sustainable Cotton Initiative in China." Asian Case Research Journal 23, no. 02 (December 2019): 491–518. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218927519500202.

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This case presents an industry leading company — IKEA’s multi-tier sustainable cotton initiative in China. The case begins with the background information of IKEA, cotton production in China and cotton-textile supply chain. It then presents IKEA’s sustainable cotton practice globally. This is followed by IKEA China’s motivation to implement sustainable cotton initiatives, its processes and the impacts on its cotton-textile supply chain. Finally, it ends with the case summary.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Information Management Initiative"

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Faulk, David Philip. "Cost models and the Corporate Information Management (CIM) initiative." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1991. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/30969.

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This thesis provides a brief history of the Corporate Information Management (CIM) initiative, and initiative and includes a summary of the methodology being employed to complete the initiative. The focus of this thesis is on the alternative cost models that are available to the Department of Defense (DoD), and the information requirements for each of them. The cost models reviewed include: actual, normal, standard, variable, cost-volume-profit analysis, and job order. Advantages and disadvantages of each of these models is discussed. In addition, the current DoD implementation of unit costing is ·also discussed and compared and contrasted to the alternative models that exist.
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Ott, Michael F. "Reengineering the Department of Defense : the Corporate Information Management initiative /." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA289636.

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Thesis (M.S. in Information Technology Management) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1994.
Thesis advisor(s): James C. Emery, Frank J. Barrett. "September 1994." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
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Castillo, Luis Felipe, Carlos Raymundo, and Francisco Dominguez Mateos. "Information architecture model for the successful data governance initiative in the peruvian higher education sector." Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656364.

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The research revealed the need to design an information architecture model for Data Governance initiative that can serve as an intercom between current IT / IS management trends: Information technology (IT) management and information management. A model is needed that strikes a balance between the need to invest in technology and the ability to manage the information that originates from the use of those technologies, as well as to measure with greater precision the generation of IT value through the use of quality information and user satisfaction, using the technologies that make it possible for the information to reach them to be used in their daily work.
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Martin, Anthony Phillip, and n/a. "Governmental Information & Communications Technology Outsourcing Since 1996 to 2000: A Risk Profiling Model." University of Canberra. Business & Government, 2007. http://erl.canberra.edu.au./public/adt-AUC20070809.121919.

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In 1996 the Howard Government came to power in Australia. At that point in time the commonwealth budget was in significant deficit, the economy was weak and there was significant commonwealth debt. To address these issues the Howard Government moved to implement several cost savings and income generating projects began under the outgoing ALP government. In addition, part of the Howard reforms was the move toward the private side in the public / private mix in the delivery of government services. One of the high profile and significant projects was the outsourcing of the commonwealth public sector Information and Communications Technology (ICT) delivery. It was called the IT Initiative and was managed by the Minister for Finance, the Honourable Mr Fahey. Mr Fahey had earlier attempted significant outsourcing projects whilst in NSW government; at one time Mr Fahey was NSW Premier. The intent of the IT Initiative as policy was to achieve better and more cost effective ICT services for the commonwealth. This research reviews the efficacy of the IT Initiative. Under the Westminster system, governments can implement government policy as approved by the parliament. However not all policy is reviewed by the parliament. In this case the IT Initiative was part of the Howard pre-election policy and therefore was considered 'mandated' by the electorate. Irrespective of this approval, was the IT Initiative supported by the research at the time and did the IT Initiative and its implementation make sound business sense when compared to the research and models and in particular effectiveness, efficiency and economy. This thesis will review the IT Initiative using both static and dynamic models using Transaction Based Economics (TCE). Both models will support the view that the IT Initiative as practiced was a relatively high risk strategy. The thesis will utilise TCE and risk management to develop a risk profiling model for ICT with effectiveness, efficiency, economy as the three dimensions. Finally, the risk-profiling model, while based on earlier modelling, provides a new insight into the issue of centralising versus decentralising of government operations especially as these approaches relate to novel technological applications across various departments.
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Andoh-Baidoo, Francis Kofi. "An Integrative Approach for Examining the Determinants of Abnormal Returns: The Cases of Internet Security Breach and Ecommerce Initiative." VCU Scholars Compass, 2006. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/1249.

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Researchers in various business disciplines use the event study methodology to assess the market value of firms through capital market reaction to news in the public media about the firm's activities. Capital market reaction is assessed based on cumulative abnormal return (sum of abnormal returns over the event window). In this study, the event study methodology is used to assess the impact that two important information technology activities, Internet security breach and ecommerce initiative, have on the market value of firms. While prior research on the relationship between these business activities and cumulative abnormal return involved the use of regression analysis, in this study, we use decision tree induction and regression.For the Internet security breach study, we use negative cumulative abnormal return as a surrogate for damage to the breached firm. In contrast to what has been reported in the research literature, our results suggest that the relationship between cumulative abnormal return and the independent variables for both the Internet security breach and ecommerce initiative studies is complex, often involving conditional interactions between the independent variables. We report that the incomplete contract theory is unable to effectively explain the relationship between cumulative abnormal return and the organizational variables. Other ecommerce theories provide support to the findings from our analysis. We show that both attack and firm characteristics are determinants of damage to breached firms.Our results revealed that the use of decision tree induction presents additional insight to that provided by regression models. We illustrate that there is value in using data mining techniques to study the market value of e-commerce initiative and Internet security breach and that this approach has applicability in other domains and that Decision Tree can enhance the event study methodology.We demonstrate that Decision Tree induction can be used for both theory building and theory testing. We specifically employ Decision Tree induction to test and enhance ecommerce theories and develop a theoretical model for cumulative abnormal return and ecommerce. We also present theoretical models for Internet security breach and damage to the breached firm. These models can be used by decision makers in Internet security and ecommerce investments strategic formulations and implementations.
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Robinson, Judith A. "Building an Information Management System for Emergency Preparedness and Response to Promote Assurance: A Case Study of the Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/iph_theses/154.

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The Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) is a program that provides medical countermeasures during a public health emergency. A public health emergency can be a natural or man-made disaster, an act of terrorism, or a pandemic. The Cities Readiness Initiative (CRI) was created to help the nation’s largest metropolitan regions develop the ability to provide SNS life-saving medications in the event of a large-scale bioterrorist attack or naturally occurring disease outbreak. To address the risks associated with a public health emergency the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requires a comprehensive emergency response plan for distributing SNS/CRI materials quickly and efficiently. The Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness (FCDHW) is tasked with responsibility for distributing and dispensing of SNS/CRI medical assets delivered during a public health emergency. FCDHW is also tasked with the development of a comprehensive response plan. Past TAR scores revealed that passing SNS/CRI audits has been a challenge for FCDHW. A case study was conducted to note if the development of an information management system could facilitate successful future SNS/CRI audits. A needs assessment revealed that an information management system for emergency preparedness and response compliance was needed. Microsoft SharePoint 2007 was used to develop the information management system. SharePoint contains a secure document repository that linked the work products of all relevant internal and external stakeholders and revealed compliance deficiencies early enough to allow for corrective actions. The result was a passing TAR score that was a 59 point increase from the last published score.
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Altaf, Moaz. "SMI-S for the Storage Area Network (SAN) Management." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för kommunikationssystem, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-6125.

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The storage vendors have their own standards for the management of their storage resources but it creates interoperability issues on different storage products. With the recent advent of the new protocol named Storage Management Initiative-Specification (SMI-S), the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) has taken a major step in order to make the storage management more effective and organized. SMI-S has replaced its predecessor Storage Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and it has been categorized as an ISO standard. The main objective of the SMI-S is to provide interoperability management of the heterogeneous storage vendor systems by unifying the Storage Area Network (SAN) management, hence making the dreams of the network managers come true. SMI-S is a guide to build systems using modules that ‘plug’ together. SMI-S compliant storage modules that use CIM ‘language’ and adhere to CIM schema interoperate in a system regardless of which vendor built them. SMI-S is object-oriented, any physical or abstract storage-related elements can be defined as a CIM object. SMI-S can unify the SAN management systems and it works well with the heterogeneous storage environment. SMI-S has offered a cross-platform, cross-vendor storage resource management. This thesis work discusses the use of SMI-S at Compuverde which is a storage solution provider, located in the heart of the Karlskrona, the southeastern part of Sweden. Compuverde was founded by Stefan Bernbo in Karlskrona,Sweden. Just like all others leading storage providers, Compuverde has also decided to deploy the Storage Management Initiative-Specification (SMI-S) to manage their Storage Area Network (SAN) and to achieve interoperability. This work was done to help Compuverde to deploy the SMI-S protocol for the management of the Storage Area Network (SAN) which, among many of its features, would create alerts/traps in case of a disk failure in the SAN. In this way, they would be able to keep the data of their clients, safe and secure and keep their reputation for being reliable in the storage industry. Since Compuverde regularly use Microsoft Windows and Microsoft have started to support SMI-S for storage provisioning in System Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM), this work was done using the SCVMM 2012 and the Windows Server 2012.The SMI-S provider which was used for this work was QNAP TS- 469 Pro.
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Shehzad, Murtaza. "Open Data Initiatives : Understanding Management in an Uncertain Ecosystem." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för informatik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-140622.

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The thesis tried to understand how renowned open data initiatives work, and give an attempt to investigate the relations between actors in an open data ecosystem. This was with ambitions to understand managerial approaches open data initiatives have adopted, to develop an understanding of actions and relations; where, how and whom initiatives support and facilitate. This is understandably of concern as not all open data initiatives reach a point where they have managed to bring about valuable impacts. The underlying assumption here is that it is difficult to visualise where and how open data can be beneficial, as such governmental open data initiatives remain stagnant with a limited understanding of strategies to adopt. The method of approach has been semi-structured interviews with international governmental open data officials. The findings suggest that open data management remarkably consist of approaches that are user-orientated and aim for governmental data management capacities. These two measures combined can instigate greater interaction between data users and publishers, which subsequently uncovers degrees of uncertainty and aids in building an open and digital system. Furthermore, the initiatives focus heavily on building awareness and consequently demonstrating value. It is crucial for open data initiatives to build momentum in activities through informing, teaching and engaging data users and publishers. Their end target is to demonstrate value for both sharing and using data. Certain risk is still inherent in opening up data, with that it is recommended to start small and safe - to build on small projects, observe outcomes, and then take directions.
open data initiative; ecosystem; complex; uncertainty; stagnant; change management; simple order-generating rule
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Castillo, Luis Felipe, Carlos Raymundo, and Francisco Dominguez Mateos. "Information architecture model for data governance initiatives in peruvian universities." Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656361.

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This current research revealed the need to design an information architecture model for Data Governance In order to reduce the gap between the Information Technology versus the Information Management. The model designed to make a balance between the need to invest in technology and the ability to manage the information that is originated from the use of those technologies, as well as to measure with greater precision the generation of IT value through the use of quality information and user satisfaction. In order to test our model we take a case of study in the Higher Education sector in Peru in order to demonstrate the successful data governance projects with this model. 1
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Afolabi, Jonathan Olubunmi. "Initiating Factors Affecting Information Systems Project Success." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4706.

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Information systems (IS) projects are complex and costly, but only a 3rd of IS projects are successful; the Standish Group reported that 32% of IS projects were successful in 2012. Although investments in research have led to improvements in practice, there is a general perception that management failures are responsible for the low rate of IS project success. The effects of initiating factors on project outcome had not been sufficiently explored; few IS researchers have explored the initiation phase. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore project initiation factors, including relational, as well as decision-making aspects, and how they might be addressed to enhance the possibility of success. The research questions were oriented at identifying key initiation factors, how they might be managed to promote project success, and how decision-making factors at initiation might facilitate project success. A conceptual framework consisting of chaos theory and Ashby's law of requisite variety was used. Purposive and snowballing sampling techniques were used, and 24 IS managers and project managers were interviewed. A 3-stage data analysis approach was used and included open coding, focused coding, and theoretical coding. Key themes identified included project governance and management, as well as stakeholder engagement. The emergent theory of IS project initiation indicated that the factors represented by the themes must be identified during initiation but implemented throughout the project lifecycle to ensure project success. Positive social change may be realized as IS managers, and project managers apply the findings and recommendations to achieve project success and avoid costly failures thus benefiting both companies and customers.
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Books on the topic "Information Management Initiative"

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Somalia. Wasaaradda Waxbarashada iyo Hiddaha. Planning Dept. Policy research initiative, Somalia: Education management information systems : final report. [Mogadishu]: The Dept., 1989.

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Kennedy, Sharon. Women's exchange directory: DHHS Women's Management Training Initiative graduates : information exchange directory, 1989. Laurel, MD (335 Talbott Ave., #5, Laurel 20707): S. Kennedy, 1989.

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Santana, Martín. The QUIPUDATA case: Implementing a quality initiative in an IT organization. Hershey, PA: Idea Group Pub., 2003.

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Corporation, Rand, and National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), eds. What should be classified?: A framework with application to the Global Force Management Data Initiative. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2010.

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Canada, Canada Industry, ed. Strengthening voluntary sector capacity through technology: Report of the Joint Table on Information Management/Information Technology of the Voluntary Sector Initiative. Ottawa: Industry Canada, 2002.

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Office, General Accounting. Defense management: Stronger support needed for corporate information management initiative to succeed : report to the Chairman, Committee on Governmental Affairs, U.S. Senate. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1994.

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David, Hutchison. Focused Access to XML Documents: 6th International Workshop of the Initiative for the Evaluation of XML Retrieval, INEX 2007 Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, December 17-19, 2007. Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.

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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legislation and National Security Subcommittee. Review of GSA's reform initiative: Hearing before the Legislation and National Security Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, March 24, 1994. Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1995.

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Office, General Accounting. Strategic Defense Initiative program: Information on contracting and other activities : fact sheet for the Chairman and the ranking minority member, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate. Washington, D.C: The Office, 1986.

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Finley, Harry R. Strategic Defense Initiative Organization management information and control issues: Statement of Harry R. Finley, Senior Associate Director, National Security and International Affairs Division, before the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security, Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives. [Washington, D.C.?]: U.S. General Accounting Office, 1988.

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Book chapters on the topic "Information Management Initiative"

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Ardissono, L., G. Petrone, M. Segnan, and G. Torta. "Mixed-Initiative Management of Online Calendars." In Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 167–82. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36608-6_11.

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Barber, Daniel. "Assessing Multimodal Interactions with Mixed-Initiative Teams." In Human Interface and the Management of Information. Interaction, Visualization, and Analytics, 175–84. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92043-6_15.

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Pinto, D. J., C. Russell, R. McCartney, and B. McKeown. "Accurate Gathering of Clinical Information is a Pre-Requisite of Any Resource Management Initiative." In Medical Informatics Europe ’90, 495–97. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-51659-7_92.

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Jasiulewicz-Kaczmarek, Malgorzata, and Przemyslaw Drozyner. "Maintenance Management Initiatives Towards Achieving Sustainable Development." In Information Technologies in Environmental Engineering, 707–21. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19536-5_55.

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"Sustainable Biosphere Initiative: Data management challenges." In Environmental Information Management And Analysis, 53–66. CRC Press, 1994. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781482272505-11.

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"A Progress Report on the CVE Initiative." In Information Security Management Handbook, 1167–94. Auerbach Publications, 2003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/noe0849385858-79.

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Zemmouchi-Ghomari, Leila. "Linked Data, Towards Realizing the Web of Data." In Information Retrieval and Management, 292–312. IGI Global, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-5191-1.ch013.

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Data play a central role in the effectiveness and efficiency of web applications, such as the Semantic Web. However, data are distributed across a very large number of online sources, due to which a significant effort is needed to integrate this data for its proper utilization. A promising solution to this issue is the linked data initiative, which is based on four principles related to publishing web data and facilitating interlinked and structured online data rather than the existing web of documents. The basic ideas, techniques, and applications of the linked data initiative are surveyed in this paper. The authors discuss some Linked Data open issues and potential tracks to address these pending questions.
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Erickson, G. Scott, and Helen N. Rothberg. "Knowledge Assets, E-Networks and Trust." In Information Resources Management, 2215–25. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-965-1.ch719.

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Development of knowledge assets and protection of knowledge assets are both complementary and competing concerns for the contemporary business. Each has specific issues related to trust that need to be understood and addressed before an individual firm launches a knowledge management initiative. Further, with important contemporary trends such as enterprise systems, external knowledge management networks, and aggressive competitive intelligence efforts, decision-makers must increasingly evaluate their circumstances and establish the appropriate levels of trust between individuals and the organization and between cooperating organizations. This chapter reviews and elaborates on such issues. It then passes to a consideration of how these concerns might vary by industry, presenting selected data on knowledge development and knowledge protection conditions in a variety of industries.
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Rahim, Md Mahbubur, and Adarsh P. Bantwal. "Perceived Benefits from a Local Government Public Procurement Initiative." In Inter-Organizational Information Systems and Business Management, 251–71. IGI Global, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-768-5.ch016.

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In recent years, government organisations are expressing a growing interest in the uptake of eProcurement systems in order to achieve many of the benefits that their counterparts in the private sector have reported. These systems represent a specific instance of internet-based inter-organisational initiatives that streamline organisational purchasing processes and facilitate electronic exchange of transactions and other procurement related documents between organisations and their suppliers. Although some literature exists on the adoption of e-procurement systems within the government sector, relatively little has been focused on the outcomes of these systems particularly within the Australian local government context. Furthermore, much of the attention of the existing eProcurement literature is on understanding adoption decisions of these systems from the perspective of senior management, and few research efforts have been made to examine how employees who actually use these systems perceive the benefits arising from these systems. In addition, although the role of demographic characteristics of users is recognised in the innovation adoption and broader IS/IT adoption literatures, it is not clearly known how the demographic characteristics of employees (who interact with such systems) may influence their perceptions about eProcurement benefits. To address this gap in the literature, we analyse the views captured from sixty employees working in three large city councils located in the state of Victoria, Australia. The findings indicate that the outcomes of eProcurement systems adoption were largely seen in a positive light as the employees reported favourably about the attainment of benefits from their use of these systems. More specifically, efficiency improvement and establishing control were perceived as the two most important benefits. However, except user type, popular demographic characteristics of employees (e.g. gender, job role, working experience at councils) were not related to their perceptions of eProcurement benefits. These findings offer limited support for the views expressed in the existing innovations and IS/IT adoption literatures. The implications of these findings are discussed, and future directions of research are proposed.
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Saito, Murako. "Perceived Organizational Environment and Performance Reliability in the Case of Hospital Nurses." In Information Resources Management, 1732–41. IGI Global, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61520-965-1.ch519.

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Most hospital organizational environments in Japan are required to redesign the current organization into a new type of organization, namely a knowledge-based or an intelligent organization. Team care formation, for instance, which forms a hierarchy with medical doctors having an initiative, and simply gathering some disciplinary staff in plural areas, is not adequate. Redesigning an innovative organization is not possible without appropriate transformation into a flexible and resilient organization that can cope with the contingency of complex social environment. Professional staff in hospitals need to develop their work organization to be more flexible and adaptive to the changes in society. The accidental events which happen in hospitals are rarely controlled only by technical countermeasures or by traditional human resource management, but can be purposefully aligned by the appropriate application of knowledge management methodologies. Accuracy of human action is not merely acquired by avoiding erroneous behavior, rather it is ensured by continuously redesigning work organizational climate for the participants to take an autonomic action with the sense of organizational citizenship and social responsibility. The focus in this chapter is placed on the current situations of work organization of hospitals in Japan and on the comparison of perceived nursing work, incidence rates during 24 hours of nursing care work, and reduced reliability among four control modes of organizational environment, such as strategic, tactical, opportunistic, and scrambled. This study suggests that cognitive reliability on work conditions and on perceived work environment plays a critical role in improving performance reliability and in reducing human errors in order to provide a high quality of nursing care.
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Conference papers on the topic "Information Management Initiative"

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Ankitha, S., K. B. Nayana, S. R. Shravya, and Lovee Jain. "Smart city initiative: Traffic and waste management." In 2017 2nd IEEE International Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics, Information & Communication Technology (RTEICT). IEEE, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/rteict.2017.8256794.

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"DISTINGUISHING KNOWLEDGE FROM INFORMATION - A Prerequisite for Elaborating KM Initiative Strategy." In International Conference on Knowledge Management and Information Sharing. SciTePress - Science and and Technology Publications, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0002289001350140.

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Talukder, Sajedul Karim, Md Iftekharul Islam Sakib, and Md Mustafizur Rahman. "Digital land management system: A new initiative for Bangladesh." In 2014 International Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Communication Technology (ICEEICT). IEEE, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/iceeict.2014.6919031.

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Suzanna, Sia Xin Yun, and Li Lianjie Anthony. "Hierarchical Module Classification in Mixed-initiative Conversational Agent System." In CIKM '17: ACM Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3132847.3133185.

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Buck, Joshua W., Saverio Perugini, and Tam V. Nguyen. "Natural Language, Mixed-initiative Personal Assistant Agents." In IMCOM '18: The 12th International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication. New York, NY, USA: ACM, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3164541.3164609.

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Zhong, Chuanzhi. "Theoretical Study of Student’s Subjective Initiative in Vocal Music Teaching." In 2015 International Conference on Management, Education, Information and Control. Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/meici-15.2015.173.

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Merrill, Derek. "Information management services provided by the Joint Battlespace Infosphere (JBI) Mercury initiative." In Defense and Security. SPIE, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1117/12.606855.

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Nurul Ibtisam binti Yaacob, Zaidoon Kh Abdullatif, Khalid Osama, Mustafa NasserAvif, Montadzah Ambag Abdulghani, Abdul Rahman bin Ahmad Dahlan, and Nafisah binti Ahmad. "Knowledge management initiative: A case study in Malaysia national library." In 2010 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World 2010 (ICT4M). IEEE, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ict4m.2010.5971929.

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Pan, Yexing. "The Exploration and Research on the Open Autonomous Learning Model of Internet Plus Initiative." In 8th International Conference on Education, Management, Information and Management Society (EMIM 2018). Paris, France: Atlantis Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.2991/emim-18.2018.89.

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Brundick, Frederick S., and Josh Dehlinger. "The Global Force Management Data Initiative: Implementing an Enterprise Information Exchange Data Model." In 2011 First ACIS/JNU International Conference on Computers, Networks, Systems and Industrial Engineering (CNSI). IEEE, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/cnsi.2011.85.

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Reports on the topic "Information Management Initiative"

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INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA. SDIO (Strategic Defense Initiative Organization) Technical Information Management Center Bibliography of Unclassified Books: January - December 1988. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, December 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada211858.

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INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA. SDIO (Strategic Defense Initiative Office) Technical Information Management Center Bibliography of Unclassified Documents: January - December 1988. Fort Belvoir, VA: Defense Technical Information Center, December 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.21236/ada211859.

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Lingle, K., J. Maeng, and D. Walker. Management Information Base for the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). RFC Editor, April 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.17487/rfc4780.

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García-Espinosa, J., and C. Soriano. Data management plan. Scipedia, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.23967/prodphd.2021.9.003.

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This document presents the deliverable D8.1 – the Data Management Plan (DMP) of work package 8 of the prodPhD project. It aims to present the plan for the management, generation, collection, security, preservation and sharing of data generated through the prodPhD project. The DMP is a key element for organizing the project’s data. It provides an analysis of the data, which will be collected, processed and published by the prodPhD consortium. The project embraces the initiatives of the European Commission to promote the open access to research data, aiming to improve and maximize access to and reuse of research data generated by Horizon 2020 projects. In this sense prodPhD will adhere to the Open Research Data Pilot (ORD Pilot) fostered by the European Commission, and this DMP will be developed following the standards of data storage, access and management. This plan will detail what data will be generated through the project, whether and how it will be made accessible for the verification and reuse and how it will be curated and preserved. In this context, the term data applies to the information generated during the different experimental campaigns carried out in the project, and specifically to the data, including associated metadata, to be used to validate the computational models and the technical solutions to be developed in the project. This document is the first version of the DMP and may be updated throughout the project, if significant changes (new data, changes in consortium policies, changes in consortium composition, etc.) arise.
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Iyer, Ananth V., Steven R. Dunlop, Olga Senicheva, Dutt J. Thakkar, Ruier Yan, Karthikeyan Subramanian, Suraj Vasu, Gokul Siddharthan, Juily Vasandani, and Srijan Saurabh. Improve and Gain Efficiency in Winter Operations. Purdue University, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5703/1288284317312.

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This report analyzes the current service level of winter operations in Indiana and explores opportunities to optimize performance. We analyze data regarding winter operations managed by INDOT and provide specific quantified estimates of opportunities to improve efficiency while also managing costs. For our exploration, we use data provided by INDOT sources, qualitative insights from interviews with INDOT personnel, literature survey data and benchmarking information, salt and supplier data analysis, and simulation. As part of our research, we developed a simulation model to visually represent the impact of alternate management of trucks for snow removal and a dashboard to understand the impact. Our analysis suggests the following: (1) opportunities exist to coordinate salt delivery by suppliers and combine local city salt purchases with INDOT’s purchases to save costs, (2) adjusting routes will reduce deadhead, (3) understanding truck maintenance and truck locations improves performance, and (4) incorporating critical locations into snow route planning will meet service thresholds. These insights provide implementable recommendation initiatives to improve winter operations performance. The simulation tool developed in this project simulates various weather events to draw insights and determine appropriate resource allocations and opportunities for improving operational efficiency. The report thus provides a quantifiable approach to winter operations that can improve the overall service level and efficiency of the process.
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Kindt, Roeland, Ian K Dawson, Jens-Peter B Lillesø, Alice Muchugi, Fabio Pedercini, and James M Roshetko. The one hundred tree species prioritized for planting in the tropics and subtropics as indicated by database mining. World Agroforestry, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.5716/wp21001.pdf.

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A systematic approach to tree planting and management globally is hindered by the limited synthesis of information sources on tree uses and species priorities. To help address this, the authors ‘mined’ information from 23 online global and regional databases to assemble a list of the most frequent tree species deemed useful for planting according to database mentions, with a focus on tropical regions. Using a simple vote count approach for ranking species, we obtained a shortlist of 100 trees mentioned in at least 10 of our data sources (the ‘top-100’ species). A longer list of 830 trees that were mentioned at least five times was also compiled. Our ‘top-100’ list indicated that the family Fabaceae (syn. Leguminosae) was most common. The information associated with our mined data sources indicated that the ‘top-100’ list consisted of a complementary group of species of differing uses. These included the following: for wood (mostly for timber) and fuel production, human nutrition, animal fodder supply, and environmental service provision (varied services). Of these uses, wood was most frequently specified, with fuel and food use also highly important. Many of the ‘top-100’ species were assigned multiple uses. The majority of the ‘top-100’ species had weediness characteristics according to ‘attribute’ invasiveness databases that were also reviewed, thereby demonstrating potential environmental concerns associated with tree planting that need to be balanced against environmental and livelihood benefits. Less than half of the ‘top-100’ species were included in the OECD Scheme for the Certification of Forest Reproductive Material, thus supporting a view that lack of germplasm access is a common concern for trees. A comparison of the ‘top-100’ species with regionally-defined tree inventories indicated their diverse continental origins, as would be anticipated from a global analysis. However, compared to baseline expectations, some geographic regions were better represented than others. Our analysis assists in priority-setting for research and serves as a guide to practical tree planting initiatives. We stress that this ‘top-100’ list does not necessarily represent tree priorities for the future, but provides a starting point for also addressing representation gaps. Indeed, our primary concern going forward is with the latter.
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Henderson, Tim, Mincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Chihuahuan Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2285306.

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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile for this unit. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be recorded such that other researchers may evaluate it in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN, methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources was established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Chihuahuan Desert Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS...
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, April 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2285337.

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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be available for other researchers to evaluate in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources was established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Northern Colorado Plateau Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS...
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Henderson, Tim, Vincent Santucci, Tim Connors, and Justin Tweet. National Park Service geologic type section inventory: Klamath Inventory & Monitoring Network. National Park Service, July 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.36967/nrr-2286915.

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A fundamental responsibility of the National Park Service (NPS) is to ensure that park resources are preserved, protected, and managed in consideration of the resources themselves and for the benefit and enjoyment by the public. Through the inventory, monitoring, and study of park resources, we gain a greater understanding of the scope, significance, distribution, and management issues associated with these resources and their use. This baseline of natural resource information is available to inform park managers, scientists, stakeholders, and the public about the conditions of these resources and the factors or activities which may threaten or influence their stability. There are several different categories of geologic or stratigraphic units (supergroup, group, formation, member, bed) which represent a hierarchical system of classification. The mapping of stratigraphic units involves the evaluation of lithologies, bedding properties, thickness, geographic distribution, and other factors. If a new mappable geologic unit is identified, it may be described and named through a rigorously defined process that is standardized and codified by the professional geologic community (North American Commission on Stratigraphic Nomenclature 2005). In most instances when a new geologic unit such as a formation is described and named in the scientific literature, a specific and well-exposed section of the unit is designated as the type section or type locality (see Definitions). The type section is an important reference section for a named geologic unit which presents a relatively complete and representative profile. The type or reference section is important both historically and scientifically, and should be protected and conserved for researchers to study and evaluate in the future. Therefore, this inventory of geologic type sections in NPS areas is an important effort in documenting these locations in order that NPS staff recognize and protect these areas for future studies. The documentation of all geologic type sections throughout the 423 units of the NPS is an ambitious undertaking. The strategy for this project is to select a subset of parks to begin research for the occurrence of geologic type sections within particular parks. The focus adopted for completing the baseline inventories throughout the NPS was centered on the 32 inventory and monitoring networks (I&M) established during the late 1990s. The I&M networks are clusters of parks within a defined geographic area based on the ecoregions of North America (Fenneman 1946; Bailey 1976; Omernik 1987). These networks share similar physical resources (geology, hydrology, climate), biological resources (flora, fauna), and ecological characteristics. Specialists familiar with the resources and ecological parameters of the network, and associated parks, work with park staff to support network level activities (inventory, monitoring, research, data management). Adopting a network-based approach to inventories worked well when the NPS undertook paleontological resource inventories for the 32 I&M networks. The network approach is also being applied to the inventory for the geologic type sections in the NPS. The planning team from the NPS Geologic Resources Division who proposed and designed this inventory selected the Greater Yellowstone Inventory and Monitoring Network (GRYN) as the pilot network for initiating this project. Through the research undertaken to identify the geologic type sections within the parks of the GRYN methodologies for data mining and reporting on these resources were established. Methodologies and reporting adopted for the GRYN have been used in the development of this type section inventory for the Klamath Inventory & Monitoring Network. The goal of this project is to consolidate information pertaining to geologic type sections which occur within NPS-administered areas, in order that this information is available throughout the NPS to inform park managers...
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Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Science Plan: Exciting Opportunities Using OOI Data. Ocean Observatories Initiative Facility Board, January 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.23860/ooi-science-plan-2021-01.

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Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI) Science Plan: Exciting Opportunities Using OOI Data articulates the exciting research, educational opportunities, and pathways to advancing the understanding of high-priority science questions using OOI data. Specifically, this Science Plan is intended to inspire and enable the research endeavors of ocean scientists and educators, encourage collaborations, and motivate the training of future generations of scientists. This document highlights the broad science themes and provides examples of important multidisciplinary science questions that require the OOI’s novel technology. Sidebars from scientists using OOI data illustrate the novel approaches being used to address long-standing science questions that are hard to address using ship-based expeditionary practices. The Science Plan includes a high-level synopsis of the current ocean network, OOI program management, and data quality control and delivery. Innovative platforms and technologies are highlighted, as well as best practices developed by the OOI program. The Plan includes examples of educational opportunities and new applications provided by OOI data and ocean observing concepts. Community Engagement activities promoted by the OOI are featured. The document describes the ways in which current U.S. interagency partnerships and international collaborations make use of the OOI network in unique ways. Finally, information on how scientists and educators can participate in the OOI is provided.
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