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Agency drafts guidelines on satellite imagery
- National Journal
- August 25, 2005
- Comments
The guidelines, issued in response to security concerns, cover publicly available geospatial data on natural or man-made features of the earth. Data is provided to USGS via various sources, such as privately licensed satellite companies and the Defense and State departments.
The guidelines target organizations where the imagery originates and aim to strike a balance between safeguarding information and sharing it with the public. While the guidelines outline how organizations can better evaluate whether content is "sensitive" or poses a security risk, they "do not grant any new authority."
The decision to draft the guidelines was made because some organizations "curtailed access without assessing the risk to security" before considering the public benefit.
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