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Navigation Center
United States Coast Guard
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

AIS Data Feed Request Form

Navigation Center Website Privacy Act Statement

Authority: 5 U.S.C 301; 14 U.S.C. 93(a) and (c); 14 U.S.C 632; 33 U.S.C 1223

Purpose: The Coast Guard Navigation Center will use this information to disseminate navigation safety notices and updates to individuals upon request and to receive reports of aid to navigation outages, issues or discrepancies.

Routine Uses: Coast Guard personnel will use this information to disseminate safety notices and updates and to aid in the repair or investigate reports of navigation outages, issues or discrepancies. Any external disclosures of data within this record will be made in accordance with DHS/ALL-002, Department of Homeland Security General Contact Lists, 73 Federal Register 71659, November 25, 2008, and DHS/USCG-013, Marine Information for Safety and Law Enforcement System of Records, 74 Federal Register 30305, June 25, 2009.

Disclosure: Furnishing this information is voluntary; however, failure to furnish the requested information may hinder your request for navigation safety related information.

All fields are required for a valid submission. Please review the AIS Data Sharing Categories and Requirements.

PLEASE NOTE: To enforce the checks and balances of security, and to avoid unnecessary processing delays, please ensure that the following conflicts do not occur:

Approval Official (AO) cannot be the same as: - Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
- Program Manager (PM)
- System Owner (SO)
Program Manager (PM) cannot be the same as: - Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
- Information System Security Manager (ISSM)
System Owner (SO) cannot be the same as: - Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
- Information System Security Manager (ISSM)

* Denotes required fields.

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NOTE: Connecting AIS data feeds to networks classified Confidential or higher is not authorized.
System Owner (SO) CANNOT be the same as Information System Security Officer (ISSO) or the Information System Security Manager (ISSM).
Program Manager (PM) CANNOT be the same as the Information System Security Officer (ISSO) or the Information System Security Manager (ISSM).
Approval Official (AO) CANNOT be the same as the Information System Security Officer (ISSO), Program Manager (PM), or System Owner (SO).
Information System Security Officer (ISSO) CANNOT be the same as the Approval Official (AO), Program Manager (PM), or System Owner (SO).
Information System Security Manager (ISSM) CANNOT be the same as the Approval Official (AO), Program Manager (PM), or the System Owner (SO).
If the feed is to a contractor supporting the Agency effort, please provide contract information, as applicable.

9c) Contract End Date

15a) Period of Interest - Select From Date

DHS Policy 4300A states a maximum of 3 years or length of government contract, whichever is shorter.

15b) Period of Interest - Select To Date

Important Notice: An Interconnection Security Agreement (ISA) is required for all data feed connections. The processing time to obtain approval and all required signatures on the ISA could take up to 90 days. Once the ISA has been approved by the AIS Authorizing Official, the requestor will have 60 DAYS to establish their connection to the AIS. If no connection has been established by the end of the 60-Day period, the connection request will be terminated and the requestor will be required to initiate a new Data Feed request.