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.
Geographic Information Systems
Management of Environmental and Geospatial Data and Information (NAO 212-15)
- 3rd Party Mapping Policy - DRAFT (with NOAA Web Committee)
- Issues to address in Revision of 3rd Party Mapping Tools Policy briefing above
Enterprise Messaging
- NOAA Cellular Service Standard
- NOAA Enterprise Messaging System Policy:
Web
IT Security
- 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)
- NOAA Email Encryption Policy - DRAFT (NOAA employees only)
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
DOC Policies
OMB Policies