Categorization of Government Information (CGI) Working Group\
of the Interagency Committee on Government Information

# Fifteenth Meeting, September 13, 2004 at White House Conference Center, Washington DC

##### CGI Members attending

> Chair (Eliot Christian, USGS)
>
> Office of Intergovernmental Solutions (Susan Turnbull, GSA) by
> telephone
>
> Federal librarians (Gretchen Schlag/Richard Huffine, GPO/EPA)
>
> Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (Leslie Campbell, US Courts)

Federal Enterprise Architecture (Eliot Christian, USGS)

> CENDI (Jim Erwin, DTIC)
>
> FGDC (Eliot Christian, USGS)
>
> ICGI Electronic Records WG liaison (Susan Sullivan, NARA) by telephone
>
> ICGI Content Management WG liaison (Joann McGovern, GSA), by telephone

##### 

##### Others attending

> Lucian Russell (Computer Sciences Corporation)
>
> Andrew Podolski (Convera)
>
> Andy Hoskinson (Unisys, IAC EA SIG)

1.  The notes from the August 30, 2004 meeting were accepted as written.

2.  Attendees of the meeting, in person and by telephone, introduced
    themselves.

3.  Eliot Christian announced that they would be no meeting on 11
    October 2004 due to the Columbus Day holiday. He also noted that the
    8 November 2004 will be an all day meeting.

4.  Susan Sullivan reported on activities of the ICGI Electronic Records
    Policy Working Group (ERPWG). She said that the ERPWG\'s ERM Toolkit
    Framework is now online. Comments on the toolkit are due 23
    September 2004. Eliot Christian offered to collect CGIWG comments.
    On 15 September Michael Kurtz will discuss recommendations with the
    ICGI.

5.  Joanne McGovern reported that the ICGI Content Management Working
    Group had been relatively quiet. However, the Web Managers Toolkit
    is still under development and includes both requirements and best
    practices.

6.  Eliot Christian expressed concern that the ICGI Content Management
    Working Group not persist in the position that agency choices of
    search technology is unconstrained. He asserted that this position
    conflicts with the ICGI mandate to recommend a standard for
    electronic search.

7.  Eliot Christian asked the group if any comments had been received on
    the requirements. Gretchen Schlag noted that about 10 comments had
    been received on the categorization requirements document. Jim Erwin
    stated that he had received no searchable identifier comments.
    Finally, Eliot Christian stated that he had received various
    comments on the draft recommendation concerning an interoperable
    search standard.

8.  Eliot Christian led a discussion to revise the CGI work plan to
    include the required public review of the recommendations on
    priorities and an implementation schedule.

9.  The next meeting of the CGI Working Group will be held September 27,
    9:00 -11:00 in the Jackson room at the White House Conference
    Center. Since Eliot will be on TDY, Gretchen Schlag will chair that
    meeting. Larry Lannom of the the Corporation for National Research
    Initiatives will provide a Handles briefing and Patrice McDermott of
    the American Library Association will discuss her issues/concerns on
    the definition of Government Information.