Hello,

We have received your request for a Sid account at the Harvard-MIT Data Center
(HMDC) and look forward to learning more about your project.

It is important that you read and complete this entire form including the
Disclaimer. A Sid account cannot be created without the information requested 
here. 

To use this form:
() # marks the beginning of a question
() Respond to each question between the '[' and ']'
() Instructions are listed below the square brackets
() i.e. The Questions are structured like this:

    # Question
    Instructions
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As you fill out this form, if you are unsure of some information required for 
an answer please include this in your answer. We will work with you to get 
things sorted out.  i.e. If you don't know the answer or need help with it
just indicate that.

Note that preference for resources is given to our core supported organizations:
() The Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS) 
() The Center for Government and International Studies (CGIS) 
() Affiliates of departments within the FAS 
() Division of Social Sciences Faculty members from Harvard's other schools
in social science research Sponsored, approved MIT faculty and their research
assistants.


# ACCOUNT SPONSORSHIP:
Instructions:
 Please provide contact information for your account sponsor. 
 () This would preferably be an IQSS, CGIS or MIT faculty member.  
 () If you are seeking access to the HMDC Research Computing Environment 
 independently, please provide us with contact information for the director of 
 your research (e.g. your thesis advisor). 
 () If you are a Harvard affiliate, please provide your school (HKS, HBS,
 FAS, etc.) as well as your specific department or group.
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# PROJECT DETAILS:
Instructions:
 Please provide a very short description of your project or the nature of your
 work.
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# PROJECT TOOLS:
Instructions:
 Which statistical programs (e.g. R, Stata, SAS, etc.) are you interested in using?
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# DISK SPACE & BACKUPS:
Instructions:
 How much total disk space do you anticipate needing?
 Do you require backups of your data?
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#ESTIMATED PROJECT LENGTH:
Instructions:
 Approximately how many months do you expect your project to last?
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#ESTIMATED JOB RUN TIME:
Instructions:
 Do you understand how long do you expect each of your jobs to take?
 If so let us know.
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#NUMBER OF CONCURRENT JOBS:
Instructions:
 How many concurrent jobs do you expect to run?
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#HANDLING OF YOUR DATA OR JOBS
Instructions:
 Do you have any other concerns about the handling of your data / jobs?
 Let us know here.
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#HARVARDKEY
Instructions:
 Have you claimed your HARVARDKEY?  All  user accounts require HARVARDKEY
 credentials?  
 If you are not a Harvard affiliate and do not have HARVARDKEY
 credentials,  please note this in your answer and we will submit a request,
  backed by your faculty sponsor, to create a HARVARDKEY login for you.
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# WILL YOU BE PROCESSING CONFIDENTIAL DATA?
Instructions:
 If your answer was NO then you you can skip the secuurity related questions 
 and instead go to the '# DISCLAIMERS' section below.
[ ] yes 
[ ] no


# PROCESSING CONFIDENTIAL DATA (L3 OR LOWER ONLY)
Instructions:
 Will you be working with any confidential data (for example, identifiable human
 data)?  If so, we require documentation from the appropriate Harvard IRB 
 classifying the data as Level 3 or lower. 
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# INFORMATION SECURITY - ADDITIONAL REQUIRED INFO:
Instructions:
 Please provide contact information for the Principal Investigator on your 
 confidential research. If someone leaves your project, or your project ends, 
 please let us know as soon as possible so we can update the access rules. 
 You  will be asked to review the list of persons with access to your confidential 
 data annually. If you or another responsible party cannot be reached, your 
 data will be deleted to protect their confidentiality. Harvard Confidential 
 Information includes any of the following:
  () A person's name + state, 
  () federal or financial identifiers Business information specifically designated
      by the School as confidential 
  () Identifiable business information that puts individuals at risk if disclosed
  () Research data containing private information about identifiable individuals
  () Student records (such as collections of grades, correspondence) 

 For guidelines on handling Harvard Confidential Information, please refer to:
 http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/user-services/confidential-information-policy-summary

 Also, please see Harvard's Security Policy:
 http://policy.security.harvard.edu/
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# DISCLAIMERS (Please read and Acknowledge)
Instructions:
 Read the following Discclaimers, then enter your name to acknowledge 
 that you have read the section
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Final approval of an account request is subject to our review of requested
resources against available resources. 

If you have recurring or continual needs for greater resources than are 
available through our standard service offerings, we may be able to pursue 
another solution where additional resources are allocated to your research, 
but this would also need to be arranged explicitly and would incur an ongoing 
maintenance cost which you would need to arrange
funding for.

While we offer a wide variety of statistical programs, many of our researchers
choose R to take advantage of our high performance computing cluster. You are
welcome to use the program of your choice, but please be advised that there may
be limitations in licensing for particular statistical applications.

HMDC accounts are designed to be secure, but HMDC does not warrant them for
storage of high risk confidential information (HRCI). This includes, but may not
be limited to: social security numbers, credit card numbers, medical history,
employment history, etc.

HMDC will not engage directly in the acquisition of Harvard Confidential
Information (HCI) and will only facilitate its storage and access through
approved channels. The procedures for obtaining and using HCI from any source
must be in accordance with Harvard Enterprise Information Security Policy.

HMDC is not responsible for monitoring the content of the data within the
account. It is the sole responsibility of the account holder to ensure the
application is being used to store and access data in accordance with Harvard's
Information Security & Privacy guidelines.

Any possible security breach that might put confidential information at risk
will be reported promptly to the IRB as well as the School or University CIO.

Please review the RCE Service Level Agreement before accessing your account:

http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/user-services/research-computing-environment-sla

http://projects.iq.harvard.edu/user-services/hmdc-usage-policies
http://huit.harvard.edu/information-technology-policies
http://policy.security.harvard.edu/
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Thank you for taking the time to answer these questions

HMDC User Services