“DEFENSE SYSTEMS”
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants a geolocation dataset of U.S. businesses operating in sectors considered essential to U.S. homeland security.
According to a Jan. 7 request for information, NGA said it’s looking for sources of commercial geospatial databases that could be integrated into the Homeland Infrastructure Foundation Level Data (HIFLD) to inform senior leaders protecting the nation’s infrastructure.
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“The data would support “operational, situational and strategic awareness” and facilitate crisis response, preparedness planning and infrastructure protection, the statement of work said.
The requested dataset would contain registered business records of companies operating in 17 sectors across all 50 states, territories and commonwealths. The data, NGA said, “shall provide accurate locational data, and proper categorization of feature types in order to correctly identify, aid, and expedite response/recovery efforts to emergencies and natural disasters.”
NGA is seeking data on the following sectors:
Agriculture
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Retail trade
Transportation
Warehousing and storage
Postal and delivery services
Industrial machinery rental
Waste management services
Outpatient care and labs
Accommodations
Dining and beverage
Centers of worship
Burial services
Courts of law
Fire protection
The HIFLD data collected would include a unique identifier, the registered name of the business, its full street address, county, latitude and longitude and feature types, such as animal production for agricultural businesses. Personally identifiable information would be excluded.
HIFLD data has been collected for several year and is available online in open, secure and licensed versions, and NGA regularly adds new information. The data has been used by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to analyze and respond to foodborne illness outbreaks and by the Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Research Station for wildfire risk assessment and management on federal and private lands. Following Hurricane Sandy, New York City used HIFLD data to anticipate electric outages and cascading effects in Manhattan.
Responses to the RFI are due Feb. 5.”
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