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RTI Update

RTI Update. PI Meeting February 17-18, 2010. Agenda. Activities since last PI meeting User Statistics Updates to infrastructure – New Home Page Phase II Planning. Activities. Participated in Belmont Workshop

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RTI Update

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  1. RTI Update PI MeetingFebruary 17-18, 2010

  2. Agenda • Activities since last PI meeting • User Statistics • Updates to infrastructure – New Home Page • Phase II Planning

  3. Activities Participated in Belmont Workshop Poster at RTI Fellows Symposium – Integrating Basic and Applied Research: High Performance Cyberinfrastructures Phase II Discussions Procedure Change USC Confidentiality Agreement to be included with the PCC Dataset Request MOA Portal Updates Implementing security changes Upgrading portal framework New home page 2

  4. Compliance Activities • Certification & Accreditation • IV&V findings implemented, final report drafted • Updated SSP, IR Plan, other documentation • 2010 Annual Assessment - Key Controls identified and undergoing verification • Security • Implement DHS SSL certificate • IV&V High Risk vulnerabilities remedied • Implement DotNetNuke version 5.0 for enhanced security • Planning • Submitted Request for Change for Version 4.0

  5. User Statistics

  6. Organizations Eligible • Academia 43 • Government 9 • Private Sector 37 Ineligible • International 8

  7. Dataset Utilization 1 LBNL Does not currently participate in PREDICT.

  8. Updates to infrastructure – New Home Page Version 4.0 http://predictbeta.rti.org alternate 8

  9. PREDICT Phase II Issues & Discussion

  10. Phase II Issues • Impact on Researchers • Impact on Data Hosts/Data Providers • Impact on ARB and PRB • Impact on Advisory Board • Impact on Process • Impact on Documentation • Unresolved Issues

  11. Data Provider changes Contact with Researchers Foreign researchers from approved institutions Matchmaking between providers and researchers (special MOA) Public Metadata plus more Application review and the ARB Required anonymization PRB review Advisory board interaction with privacy community USC confidentiality agreement More institution MOAs versus individual researcher MOAs Restrict SCA data if to government entities New datasets Impact on Process

  12. Contact with Researchers • More information from Researchers • Collect more contact information on the Sponsorship Letter • Require more details for dataset requests • Attachment B: USC confidentiality agreement • System automation for MOA, expiration & data destruction processes • More frequent/different interaction with Researchers • Proactive emails • Matchmaking

  13. Foreign Researchers

  14. Matchmaking

  15. Public Access to Metadata More info in metadata? Metadata from hosts

  16. Application Review • Expand ARB? • Urge member participation • Adjust size of ARB for each review • How long to serve? • Response time • Privacy issues

  17. Publication Review • Review Process for PRB • Data Provider • PCC • Anyone else? • Requirements for Researchers

  18. Remaining Issues • Advisory Board roles and responsibilities • More institution MOAs versus individual researcher MOAs • Restrict Stored Communications Act (SCA) data if government entities

  19. Impact on Data Hosts / Data Providers • Give data to PREDICT • Eliminates need to manage expiration of access • New Datasets • Non-anonymized data • Expand metadata • Provider Testing • Public Provider Data

  20. Documents Affected • PIA • Sponsorship Letter • Revised: Researcher, Data Host, Data Provider • New: PCC and Foreign Country • MOAs • Revised: Researcher, Data Host, Data Provider • New: PCC and Foreign Country • Internal PCC docs • ARB, PRB, Advisory Board docs

  21. Unresolved Issues • Providers distributing data outside of PREDICT • Periodic verification of access to data • ARB approval process – no response

  22. Discussion

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