National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Administrative Order (NAO) 212-15B: Management of NOAA Data and Information Data Management Handbook NOAA Data Management Handbook

NAO 212-15B establishes the Department of Commerce (DOC) NOAA Data Management Policy. The purpose of the policy is to ensure data are treated as a strategic asset and managed to realize the maximum value from NOAA’s investment in observations, modeling, and research per the NOAA Data Strategy. This Data Management Handbook assumes the full authority of the NAO to provide further guidance and details on how this policy is to be implemented. The intent of this Handbook is to define requirements, track performance objectives and metrics for executives to understand the current state and progress, as well as outline procedures that Assistant Chief Data Officers (ACDOs), data managers, program managers, project leads, data stewards, archivists, and data analysts, or any other roles involved in data life cycle management must take to meet the purpose of the NAO. Please note the website in the banner is an internal NOAA website. This Handbook is the implementation of NAO 212-15B that establishes the requirements and procedures for full data life cycle management in all domains of NOAA data and information. This Handbook will be revised or reaffirmed by the DGC at least every two years or as needed. This Handbook supersedes the Environmental Data Management Framework and all previous Environmental Procedural Directives as issued by the Environmental Data Management Committee (EDMC). Any references to the previous EDMC Procedural Directives should be interpreted to reference this Handbook.