Office of the Chief Information Officer &
High Performance Computing and Communications
NOAA OCIO Policies
This page provides copies or access to sites with copies of policies - in most cases developed by committees of the NOAA CIO Council - and issued by the Office of the NOAA CIO. Please suggest additional resources you would like to see. Many of the files are in PDF format. Free Adobe Acrobat Readers can be downloaded from Adobe.
Guidelines, template and examples for development of Policy and Guidance:
NISN 1.001 Guidelines for Policy and Guidance
NISN 1.001 IT Policy and Guidance Template
Examples: see NOAA Secure Configuration for Windows Operating System and NOAA Interim International Travel Procedures below under "General".
IT Security
Personally Identifiable Information
- DOC Electronic Transmission of PII Policy Web site
- DOC Breach Notification Response Plan (June 25, 2010)
- NOAA OCIO Memo: Protecting Personally Identifiable Information (PII)
(February 4, 2010)- National Security Agency Media destruction guidance for properly disposing of PII (July 14, 2010)
- NOAA OCIO Memo: Laptop Encryption and PII Update (December 21, 2006)
- NOAA OCIO Memo: Safeguarding PII on Mobile Devices such as PDAs
(December 6, 2007)- NOAA OCIO Memo: Computer Security Warning: U.S. Government Targeted Spear Phishing Messages (June 19, 2009)
HSPD-12
- NOAA HSPD-12 Memo re Purchase of New Computers (November 22, 2010)
- NOAA HSPD-12 LAC Policy (final) (March 29, 2011)
General
- NOAA CIO Council Policy on Programming for IT Security (NISN 14.003)
- Commerce IT Requirement: Safeguarding Data on Foreign Travel (June 13, 2008)
- NOAA Interim International Travel Procedures (August 26, 2008)
- NOAA Secure Configuration for Windows Operating System
- NOAA FDCC Implementation Plan v1.0 (for official use only)
- NOAA PDA Disposal Policy and Procedures (October 1, 2009)
- Internet Content Filtering Policy - DRAFT (NOAA employees only)
- Email Encryption Tool Recommendation, approved by CIO Council 12-2-09 (NOAA Employees only)
Geographic Information Systems
- Management of Environmental and Geospatial Data and Information (NAO 212-15)
- NOAA Web Mapping Applications Policy (with NOAA Web Committee)
Enterprise Messaging
- NOAA Cellular Service Standard
- NOAA Enterprise Messaging System Policy:
Web
Enterprise Architecture
- NOAA Office Automation Standard
- Windows 7 Position Statement (November 3, 2009) (NOAA employees only)
Networking
- NOAAnet Governance Policy (NOAA employees only)
- NOAA Facility IT Standards Guide
Mobile Devices
- NOAA Mobile Device Security Policy (February 3, 2012)
- NOAA Mobile Device Security Policy Guidance Memo (February 3, 2012)
- NOAA Rules of Behavior for Mobile Device (February 3, 2012)
Printer Cost Reduction (see also DOC policy below)
- Memorandum re Setting Printer Defaults from Dr. Rebecca Blank (June 14, 2011)
- New Commerce/NOAA Printing Guidelines from Mary Glackin (June 22, 2011)
DOC Policies
Policy on the Approval and Use of Social Media and Web 2.0
Policy on Reducing Desktop Printers for Cost and Energy Savings
OMB Policies
Office of E-Government and Information Technology
The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
OMB IT Mandates - NOAA Status, January 2011