U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Data Element:  REGION NUMBER

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Name
 Region Number
Description
 Unique one-digit number assigned to regional offices within the Service that have responsibility for program and/or administrative activities within a geographically-defined area. 
Type
 Integer
Syntax
 N, where N represents a number of 1 through 7, and 9. 
Recommended Field Name REGION
Values
 The official names and abbreviations to be used with this data element are described in the reference. 
Source
 N/A
Reference(s)

Part 270, FW 6, Data Management and Standards, dated September 30, 2002

Part 040, FW 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, dated December 31, 1996
Use Instructions
 As of the approval date, this data element will be used in any new automated system, data set, database, or information application, including new Geographic Information System (GIS) data and applications. This data element will also be used in any major modifications to existing systems or versions of these data-related items that use regional office numbers to identify Service organizations, and/or to track information and account codes by Service organization, within a geographically-defined area.

To ensure compliance with the Service Information and Technology Architecture (SITA), Service staff are strongly encouraged to utilize this data element in existing systems, data sets, databases, and information applications. Where existing systems and data-related items are not in compliance, they should be modified to achieve compatibility and implement this data standard.

The official name of each regional office is the word Region, followed by the appropriate Arabic numeral (e.g., Region 1); the standard abbreviation is R1.
Phase
 Adopted
Approval Date
 July 13, 1999
Validation Date
 December 29, 2004
Data Steward
 Barbara White, National Data Administrator, Branch of Data and Systems Services, Division of Information Resources and Technology Management

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