February 2023 SGC Meeting

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Start: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 - 09:00 am
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SGC Meetings

Location

Department of Health and Human Services

600 East Boulevard Ave.

Bismarck, ND 58505

Meeting Agenda

  • Minutes and Information
  • Tribal Notification
  • Data Oversight Committee
  • Planet Follow-up
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Roundtable

Meeting Recap

  • Minutes and Information
    • Enterprise digitization in the NDIT bill. Should the bill pass, it will assist in modernizing IT systems, e.g., mainframe.  
  • Tribal Notification
    • MAGIC sponsored a webinar in January during which the USGS an update on notifying tribes prior to collecting data over their lands
    • Core of issue:  DOI policy required all bureaus to provide tribes opportunity to consult before taking any action that might impact tribal interests.  In 2016 USGS determined that included lidar collection.
    • Tribal concerns – main one that high-resolution elevation can reveal archaeological sites
    • USGS uses both the Census and BIA tribal boundaries to determine if a project intersects tribal lands
    • Letters are sent out to tribal connections, others can be added to receive those notifications
    • Options to protect the data from public access include modifying area to match surrounding area, remove the tiles, remove entire reservation/trust lands 
  • Data Oversight Committee
    • In the past, this committee has reviewed data to be loaded onto Hub that is new or the structure has changed
    • The SGC decided to disband the Data Oversight Committee and in place of that, ask the entire SGC to review and comment.
  • Planet Follow-up
    • Colin has reached out to Planet to ask about change detection being a tool that the Game and Fish could use for their PLOTS program.  
    • Field checking is needed to ensure quality land tracts for hunters
    • If successful, this tool could supplement and possibly replace the need for manual field checking that requires substantial travel and time
    • He has had a meeting with Planet and a 3rd party, AgroGraph.  He has provided them example data
  • Disaster Recovery
    • We have Hub-specific information but it is dated
    • This document and others will be updated
    • Next steps should include tabletop exercises and DR testing that includes failing over to the 2nd data center
  • Roundtable
    • Steve provided a Census URL, no official Census data yet
    • Chris said Parks and Recreation is planning for a statewide trail data project

Last updated:  March 17, 2023

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