[Nhcoll-l] U.S. State Department Public Consultation, "Concerning the Use of Digital Sequence Information of Genetic Resources" 12 March 2020.

[Dirk Neumann]

... just to add few more details & background that might be helpful for 
preparation:

The submitted views on DSI of SPNHC can be found here: 
https://www.cbd.int/abs/DSI-views/2019/SPNHC-DSI.pdf

Further relevant submissions that might be helpful an have raised 
concerns from the perspective of taxonomists/biologists (e.g.  CETAF, 
joint submission of NHM London/Kew/RBG Edinburgh, iBOL & 
DNFS/Leibniz/VBIO) can be found here: 
https://www.cbd.int/dsi-gr/2019-2020/submissions/

Also included on this website is the submission of the US: 
https://www.cbd.int/abs/DSI-views/2019/US-DSI.pdf

The meeting of the Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group on DSi will take place 
in Montreal from 17-20 March; details on this meeting can be found here 
: https://www.cbd.int/meetings/DSI-AHTEG-2020-01

The co-chairs of the L&R committee would appreciate a brief note if you 
plan to attend this meeting.

With best wishes
Dirk Neumann & Stephanie Carson


Am 28.02.2020 um 16:21 schrieb Thiers, Barbara:
>
> A meeting of interest to SPNHC members interested in the future of the 
> use of DSI:
>
> **
>
> (from the federal register website: 
> https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/20/2020-03423/notice-of-public-meeting-concerning-the-use-of-digital-sequence-information-of-genetic-resources):
>
> **
>
> *Concerning the Use of Digital Sequence Information of Genetic Resources*
>
> In order to inform U.S. Government policy and international 
> engagement, the U.S. Department of State (DOS) invites submission of 
> comments from the public, academia, industry, and other stakeholders 
> for an ongoing process under the Convention on Biological Diversity 
> concerning the use of “digital sequence information (DSI) on genetic 
> resources,” also known as genetic sequence data (GSD). The Department 
> will hold a public meeting and information session to discuss these 
> issues, on March 12, 2020.
>
> The meeting will take place Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 10:00 p.m. EST 
> and last for up to two hours. Electronic comments are due on or before 
> April 30, 2020.
>
> The meeting will be held at the U.S. State Department's Harry S. 
> Truman Building, 2201 C Street NW, Room 1498, Washington, DC 20520. 
> Please use the 21st Street entrance, and plan to arrive at least 
> twenty minutes prior to the start of the meeting to allow for ID 
> verification and escorting requirements.
>
> For those that cannot attend but would like their voice to be heard on 
> the matter, it is possible to submit comments.  One electronic 
> submission per person by the April 30 deadline is welcome, with no 
> more than 10 pages of single-spaced text including relevant examples, 
> with no more than one page per example. Submissions should be made via 
> the internet at /www.regulations.gov <http://www.regulations.gov>/ and 
> entering docket number [DOS-2020-0005]. Note that relevant comments 
> submitted to /regulations.gov/ will be posted without editing and will 
> be available to the public; therefore, business-confidential 
> information should be clearly identified as such and submitted by 
> email. The public is required to file submissions electronically 
> rather than by facsimile or mail.
>
> More information, including links to supplementary documents, can be 
> found on the website referenced above.
>
> I encourage all interested SPNHC members to participate!
>
> Dr. Barbara M. Thiers
>
> Vice President
>
> Patricia K. Holmgren Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium
>
> Curator of Bryophytes
>
> Editor, /Index Herbariorum/
>
> President, Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
>
> New York Botanical Garden
>
> Bronx, NY 10458-5126
>
> bthiers at nybg.org <mailto:bthiers at nybg.org>
>
> 718-817-8626
>
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>
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>
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