The NICS Community of Practice (CoP) learning phase consists of four workshops, each with a focus on one category of potential NICS participant organizations (community-level, state, federal, and commercial/nonprofit). The aim of the learning phase is to assemble information needed by the NICS CoP to assess the desirability and feasibility of NICS and, assuming the results are favorable, develop a strong business case for its development. Overarching questions are: (8ZH)
- What can we learn from the efforts of existing data intermediaries, information applications builders, and e-government initiatives that can inform the development of NICS? (8ZI)
- How can NICS best serve the needs of potential participants? (8ZJ)
- What capacities will organizations need to participate in NICS? (8ZK)
In each workshop, we examine activities and experience in the category of focus that might contribute to the development of NICS. (8ZL)