AI Identifier

Person(s) Assigned / Description of Action Item / Status of AI/Comment

Jun2004.AK.1
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:   Kevin Gallagher

Issue: Wireless Waiver Process

Description of Action Item: “Publish waiver process for wireless.” Will publish “old” guidance for wireless.

Status of AI/Comment:
8/18/04 update -- A step-by-step methodology for securing at-home wireless will be posted on the ITSOT Web site and will be distributed in an Information Technology Update, anticipated the last week of August.

COMPLETED

Jun2004.AK.2
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:   Kevin Gallagher/Greg Allord

Issue: Software Upgrades

Description of Action Item: Request all USGS SAs upgrade to MS Office 2003 and Adobe CS. Assess issues associated with the upgrade.

Status of AI/Comment:
8/18/04 update -- The memo which requires standardization of Office Windows 2003 by December 2004 has been drafted. It will be distributed as Information Technology Directive #2, anticipated in the first week of September. No action yet on the Adobe side.

9/28/04 update -- Paul Exter e-mailed draft of memo to ITAC members requesting feedback, regarding the standardization of and transition to Microsoft 2003 by 4/29/05.

11/17/04 update -- Adobe one not done, but upgrade to MS Office 2003 is. Awaiting Adobe (Allord).

11/17/04 update -- COMPLETED -- per Greg Allord. It's in ITO info update, it was sent out to all IT people, and it was posted to Bulletin Board.

Jun2004.AK.3
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:   Greg Allord

Issue: SA Training recommendations

Description of Action Item: Create streaming video training material for Word 2003 for authoring template for writing reports. Distribute to all Water employees and post to Bureau Bulletin Board

Status of AI/Comment:

10/01/04 update -- Greg said that Phil Redman is working on this. First one is recreated; next two still have to be created. It's well along and "real" -- a video capture of "the process." Will be out and ready by 11/15/04 (before November ITAC meeting). Greg will bring disk to the meeting

11/17/04 update -- COMPLETED, 11/16/04.

Jun2004.AK.4
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:   Katherine Lins

Issue: NWIS Database Training

Description of Action Item: Katherine will talk with Senior Staff to recommend training.

Status of AI/Comment: COMPLETED

Jun2004.AK.5
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:   Jim Nicholas

Issue: AD Information

Description of Action Item: Heads up to WRD offices on needs for AD deployment via ITAC summary minutes. (Reference slide 13 and slide 15 of Paul Exter's presentation).

Status of AI/Comment:
8/18/04 -- COMPLETED -This was handled by Jeff Stoner (while Jim was on annual leave) with the distribution of summary notes from the AK meeting to District Chiefs.

Jun2004.AK.6
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned: Paul Exter

Issue: XP Security

Description of Action Item: Paul will send XP Security Guidance to Carl Griffis (NV) and Jim Steversen (NWQL) for formal review, then to RGIOs.

Status of AI/Comment: COMPLETED

Jun2004.AK.7
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned:   Katherine Lins

Issue: Enterprise Web

Description of Action Item: Contact Nelson and Gerry Ryan for his nominee to Karen Klima’s Enterprise Web Team – Will sit in on Enterprise Web group when developing and finalizing policy on waiver of “new” Web pages (and defining what is an extension of an already-existing Web page). Definitions of hardware and software that has been frozen and come up with USGS waiver approach. By early July. Nomination for Bureau Web Advisory Group. Process for domain, etc. H/W + SW and provide guidance for waivers. Review glossary/edit.

Status of AI/Comment:

10/01/04 update -- This action item involves Enterprise Web - E-mail sent to Nelson. Ramona Traynor was recommended. Two different teams -- one for content and some design, as a steering committee a few times a year -- and the other is a bit more technical, concentrating on design features, will meet by phone bi-weekly depending on topic. It's a "unique invitation to Water because of our Web capabilities."

Funding is still the question on the table. Participants may spend 2 hours every other week on conference calls. If Ramona cannot do it, they will look for other nominees. Bob Hirsch met with the Web Advisory Team. Pixie Hamilton was named to this team which will report to the ELT.

Still following up with Karen Klima and possibly Ramona/Jerry Ryan.

Still a question on the amount of time involved, as well as funding (open-ended?!) (10/01/04?)

11/17/04 update -- COMPLETED; 11/17/04

Jun2004.AK.8
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned: Dave Greenlee (EDC) and Sandy Williamson

Issue: Information Integration and Exchange/GIS and Benefits of Cross-Discipline Database Sharing

Description of Action Item: Dave will recruit Craig Skalet to coordinate quarterly cyber seminars to USGS internal customers to inform of data holdings and feature services.

Sandy will assemble an ad hoc interdisciplinary GIS/Web collaboration team and coordinate cyber seminars.

Status of AI/Comment:

9/29/04 update -- A conference call/Webex demo session is set up for Thursday, 9/30/04, with about 5 GIS folks from several discipliines.

Reference email thread of 9/29/04.

10/01/04 update -- Sandy said that there was a conference call yesterday (9/30/04). Curtis Price and Katherine Lins participated. They plan on doing the seminars monthly (probably repeated) - the first Wednesday and second Monday of every month. The first topic will be in November (Arc 9 deployment - led by Curtis); 2nd - will be follow-up to Arc 9; 3rd - Use of LIDAR for geologic mapping (Ralph Haugerud) and for floods (Joseph Jones ?); and 4th- Enterprise Web items (from Karen Klima's team). Dave is on Enterprise Web committee with Klima & Frondorf. Curtis wants to wait until something better than Sametime comes up. (Procurement this month?) Possibly Webex in early November. This will be updated at ITAC meeting in November.

11/17/04 update -- Still active; pending.

3/15/05 update -- COMPLETED -- Sandy Williamson said WebEx is doing fine.

Jun2004.AK.9
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned: Kevin Gallagher

Issue: Impact of FISMA Action Items

Description of Action Item: Kevin will include wireless waiver information in next GIO notes.

Status of AI/Comment:
8/18/04 update -- I would like clarification to this request. The standard process for requesting a wireless waiver has been distributed to RGIOs and is available on the ITO Web site. Not sure if this action item requires more than that.

COMPLETED

Jun2004.AK.10
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned: Jeff Stoner

Issue: ITAC November 2004 meeting

Description of Action Item: Jeff will follow through on setting up agenda for next meeting in November in Little Rock, AR

Status of AI/Comment: COMPLETED
8/17/04 -- Jeff initiated contact with the Arkansas DC, John Terry, on behalf of Chair, Sonya Jones, who could not attend the AK meeting. Later he discovered that this task normally is handled by Katherine and the RCS of the Region targeted. Katherine and Scott followed up and the Arkansas District has agreed to host ITAC on November 16 – 18, 2004.

Jun2004.AK.11
COMPLETED

Person(s) Assigned: Scott McEwen

Issue: ITAC November 2004 meeting

Description of Action Item: Scott will invite Cheryl Morris, CRGIO, to next ITAC meeting in Little Rock, AR, November 2004.

Status of AI/Comment: COMPLETED