February 2023 SGC Meeting

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