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Appendix B: Criteria for Review
Pages 69-70

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... . Fostering the quality of holdings issuing data update notices notifying users of errors engaging scientific community in quality control · Ensuring that data and data products are properly documented and that all appropriate ancillary information is readily accessible · Ensuring that data and associated metadata are secure · Establishing and maintaining a data acquisition strategy · Transcribing, rescuing, and preserving data 69
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... technology tracking Maintaining in-house expertise to acquire and/or develop appropriate hardware and software standards . Knowledge and use of appropriate national and MANAGEMENT international data Maintaining the science capability to judge the quality of the data/ integrity of the holdings Encouraging user feedback Promoting local innovation and initiative · Interacting and cooperating with other NOAA units to address common issues and avoid duplication of effort · Possessing a vision for NGDC · Having sufficient resources to carry out the NGDC mission · Quality of the workforce Receiving regular input from and responding to an independent user advisory group · Maintaining a program of active visiting scientists/having a superscientist on staff · Leveraging NGDC activities with resources from other institutions
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  • engaging scientific
  • promoting local
  • properly documented
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  • regular input
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  • acquisition strategy
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  • technology strategy
  • independent user
  • update notices
  • avoid duplication
  • user feedback

  • address common
  • noaa units
  • data acquisition
  • international data
  • user advisory

  • data update
  • common issues
  • encouraging user
  • issuing data
  • develop appropriate

  • appropriate hardware
  • receiving regular
  • preserving data
  • information holdings
  • information technology


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