New GEIA Standard to Address Border, Transportation Security Data Exchange
December 6, 2004
ARLINGTON, Va.—The Government Electronics & Information Technology Association created a new working group to develop an ANSI/GEIA Consensus Standard for Border and Transportation Security Data Exchange.
The new GEIA standardization activity is being conducted in partnership with the Border and Transportation Security Portfolio within the Science and Technology Directorate of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
The BTS Data Exchange Standard will include a data element dictionary, or DED, and XML-based reference schema, as well as example information exchange packages.
According to GEIA, the standard will serve as a key enabler for BTS field agent access and the sharing of threat-related information.
The working group is being established within the GEIA Systems Engineering Committee (G47), which is part of the GEIA Systems and Standards Technology Council.
The SSTC is GEIA's management component and the technical advisory group to the GEIA Board of Directors.
STCC membership includes senior engineering, information technology and operations management representatives comprising a major segment of homeland security stakeholders.
The BTS Data Exchange Standard will conform to the applicable standards and best practices being defined within the Department of Homeland Security's Enterprise Architecture.
The BTS Data Exchange Standard core development team of SAIC, ManTech and MLR Associates is collaborating with the DHS Metadata Center Of Excellence and related DHS information-sharing development initiatives to ensure that the BTS Data Exchange Standard is compliant with the DHS EA and fits within the evolving DHS information sharing architecture.
Participation in the BTS Data Exchange Standard Working Group is open to all interested DHS information-sharing stakeholders.
For more information, contact Chris Denham, GEIA (cdenham@geia.org), Russ Moody, SAIC (russell.f.moody@saic.com), or Merv Leavitt, DHS (merv.leavitt@dhs.gov).
Source: GEIA.
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