White House data strategy calls for standardized metadata and identity authentication

White House data strategy calls for standardized metadata and identity authentication

A newly released White House strategy for federal information sharing lists among its top priorities adoption of metadata standards and the further extension of the Federal Identity Credential and Access Management framework.The strategy (.pdf) does not replace the 2007 National Strategy for Information Sharing, the new document says; the NSIS continues to provide the framework for information sharing and to direct its efforts in the areas of counterterrorism, homeland security and weapons of mass destruction.The new document does define policy objectives, however, including the promotion of finer-grained access controls through promotion of

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