Innovations in information management and access for assessments

Anne M. Waple (), Sarah M. Champion, Kenneth E. Kunkel and Curt Tilmes
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Anne M. Waple: Second Nature
Sarah M. Champion: North Carolina State U/NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information
Kenneth E. Kunkel: North Carolina State U/NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information
Curt Tilmes: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Climatic Change, 2016, vol. 135, issue 1, No 6, 69-83

Abstract: Abstract The third National Climate Assessment (NCA3) included goals for becoming a more timely, inclusive, rigorous, and sustained process, and for serving a wider variety of decision makers. In order to accomplish these goals, it was necessary to deliberately design an information management strategy that could serve multiple stakeholders and manage different types of information - from highly mature government-supported climate science data, to isolated practitioner-generated case study information - and to do so in ways that are consistent and appropriate for a highly influential assessment. Meeting the information management challenge for NCA3 meant balancing relevance and authority, complexity and accessibility, inclusivity and rigor. Increasing traceability of data behind figures and graphics, designing a public-facing website, managing hundreds of technical inputs to the NCA, and producing guidance for over 300 participants on meeting the Information Quality Act were all aspects of a deliberate, multi-faceted, and strategic information management approach that nonetheless attempted to be practical and usable for a variety of participants and stakeholders.

Date: 2016
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