Ignite Open Innovation (OI) Forum

Series of talks and open discussions to inform the USGS Open Innovation Strategy

Tackling the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
in the Age of Social Media and Web-based Interactive Technology

Thursday, June 18 at 2 PM Eastern

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Speakers

• Jeff Parrillo - Department of Interior (DOI) Departmental Information Collection Clearance Officer
• Madonna Baucum - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Information Collection Clearance Officer (DOI alternate)
• James Sayer - U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Information Collection Clearance Officer

Agenda

• Background on the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA)
• Overview of the Digital.gov Resource - A Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act
• Discussion on how the PRA applies to Crowdsourcing, Citizen Science, and Open Innovation activities

PRA Resources

• Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
• Digital.gov - A Guide to the Paperwork Reduction Act
• Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) Memos
  • Complete Federal Collection of Information OMB/OIRA Memos
  • 2010 OMB Memo - "Information Collection under the Paperwork Reduction Act"
  • 2010 OMB Memo - "Social Media, Web-Based Interactive Technologies, and the Paperwork Reduction Act"
  • 2014 OMB Memo - "Web-based Interactive Technologies: Data Search Tools, Calculators, and the Paperwork Reduction Act"
  • 2016 OMB Memo - "Flexibilities under the Paperwork Reduction Act for Compliance with Information Collection Requirements"

Indigenous Observation Network (ION):
Community-Based Water Quality Monitoring Project

Friday, June 19 at 2 PM Eastern

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Indigenous Observation Network (ION) (USGS Webpage / YRITWC Webpage)

The hydrology of the Yukon River Basin has changed over the last several decades as evidenced by a variety of discharge, gravimetric, and geochemical analyses. The Indigenous Observation Network (ION), a community-based project, was initiated by the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) and USGS. Capitalizing on existing USGS monitoring and research infrastructure and supplementing USGS collected data, ION investigates changes in surface water geochemistry and active layer dynamics throughout the Yukon River Basin. Over 1600 samples of surface water geochemistry (i.e., major ions, dissolved organic carbon, and 18O and 2H) have been collected at 35 sites throughout the Yukon River and its major tributaries over the past 15 years. Active layer dynamics (maximum thaw depth, soil temperature and moisture) have been collected at 20 sites throughout the Yukon River Basin for the past eight years. Important regional differences in geochemistry and active layer parameters linked to permafrost continuity and tributaries will be highlighted. Additionally, annual trends and seasonal dynamics describing the spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the watershed will be presented in the context of observed hydrological changes. These data assist the global effort to characterize arctic river fluxes and their relationship to the carbon cycle, weathering and permafrost degradation.

Ryan Toohey (Scientist Spotlight | AKCSC Profile)

Ryan Toohey, hydrologist and Science Applications Coordinator for the U.S. Geological Survey's Alaska Climate Adaptation Science Center (AKCSC). His interests in water quality led Toohey to pursue an environmental science degree from Huxley College at Western Washington University. He graduated with an environmental science degree in the year 2000, having focused on water quality and Geographic Information Systems. In 2012, Toohey received an interdisciplinary joint Ph.D. in environmental science with a focus in both hydrology and agroforestry from the University of Idaho and the Centro Agronómico  Tropical de investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE) in Costa Rica. In addition to his position at the Alaska CASC, Toohey serves as an Affiliate Research Assistant Professor for the International Arctic Research Center at the University of Alaska Fairbanks where he mentors several graduate students. Toohey believes working with students is a highly rewarding part of the research process, and is consistently involved in gathering funding for student internships and producing publications, community reports, and conference presentations with undergraduate and graduate student co-authors.