industry

We recently gathered with over 100 government, industry, and non-profit professionals to brainstorm and debate information sharing and safeguarding standards and frameworks at the Workshop for Information Sharing and Safeguarding Standards (WIS3). Below is a brief summary of some of the challenges and solutions that government and industry leaders discussed at WIS3. This is by no means comprehensive, though, and we plan to release more robust outlines of the challenges that our community faces and our plans for solutions soon.

Our mission is to advance responsible information sharing–not by building a system or mandating policy, but by convening government agencies, engaging industry and other partners, and supporting their information sharing efforts. One of the main ways we do this is by promoting adoption of technical standards throughout government and industry so that more information sharing capabilities are built in to systems from the beginning.

Back in March, GSA’s Office of Government-wide Policy and I challenged industry to provide recommendations for enhancing the government’s acquisition policy and increasing interoperability through standards.

Earlier this year, I had the pleasure of participating in the United States Geospatial Intelligence Foundation (USGIF) Thinkers Series, where I heard the perspectives of our industry partners in the Information Sharing Environment. USGIF and my staff have drafted a summary of the key themes of the discussion in USGIF Thinkers Series Vol. 1, some highlights of which include:

Interoperability & Standards

Earlier this month, the National Governors Association (NGA) announced a new cybersecurity initiative to better prepare for and respond to threats at the state level.