NSGIC

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NSGIC
NATIONAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION COUNCIL
2105 Laurel Bush Rd. Bel Air, MD 21015
443-640-1075 www.nsgic.org
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Business Meeting Agenda
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AGENDA

• Call to Order President
• Roll Call Secretary
• Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting - Secretary
• Reports from Officers
• Presidents Report
• Treasurers Report
• Washington Liaison
• Committee Reports (Standing Special)
• Elections
• Outreach
• Conference
• Sponsorship
• Communications
• Geospatial Preparedness
• Technical Issues

• Unfinished Business
• New Business
• Change of Presidents
• Outstanding Service Awards
• Adjourn

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Roll Call
Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyomin
g Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Guam American
Samoa Northern Mariana Islands Midway
Islands Wake Island Johnston Atoll Baker,
Howland, and Jarvis Islands Kingman Reef Navassa
Island Palmyra Atoll
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorad
o Connecticut Delaware District of
Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Ind
iana
Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Mass
achusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire
New Jersey New Mexico New York North
Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsyl
vania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas
Utah Vermont
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Approval of Minutes
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Presidents Report
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Leadership for NSGIC
All very successful commanders are prima donnas
and must be so treated. -Gen. George S. Patton
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them
what to do and they will surprise you with their
ingenuity.-Gen. George S. Patton
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Big Aspirations
Accept the challenges so that you can feel the
exhilaration of victory.-Gen. George S. Patton
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Big Aspirations - The Top Four

• Imagery for the Nation
• The 50 States Initiative
• Ramona
• Governance of the NSDI

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Imagery For The Nation
The Vision The nation will have a
sustainable and flexible digital imagery program
that meets the needs of local, state, regional,
tribal and federal agencies.
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Next Steps for IFTN Implementation Strategy

• Federal Government Executive Branch Activities
• Congressional Advocacy Coordinated by NSGIC
• Internal NSGIC and Grass Roots Advocacy
• Coordinate Stakeholder Support and Endorsements

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The Fifty States Initiative

• Make fundamental changes in the way we work
  together to build the NSDI
• Normalize the way all states participate in
  building the NSDI
• Involve statewide coordination councils in
  governance of the NSDI
• Enable all stakeholder groups to work together to
  meet their own business needs

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The Fifty States Initiative

• 11 States received funding in 2006
• Potential for 20 more during the next CAP cycle
• Strategic and Business Planning templates
  completed
• ROI primer and Success/Failure Factors documents
  produced

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Ramona
Nobody ever defended anything successfully, there
is only attack and attack and attack some
more.-Gen. George S. Patton
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Ramona
Warning!!

• Ramona is an Inventory System
• Ramona is not a Metadata Tool
• However, it is designed to send enough metadata
  to the Geospatial One Stop Portal to allow for
  data discovery

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Ramona

• Establishment of a Steering Committee
• Additional funding
• Growth of the system

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Governance of the NSDI
-Success is how high you bounce when you hit
bottom.-Gen. George S. Patton
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NSDI Governance Report

• Purpose - Investigate and recommend NSDI
  governance options.
• Desired Outcome - National governance framework
  that engages all sectors and includes processes
  for setting goals, leveraging resources, and
  ensuring accountability.
• Recommendations
• Enhance the role and functions of the FGDC.
• Establish a National Geospatial Coordination
  Council (NGCC) to provide national leadership for
  the NSDI.
• Improve oversight and management of federal
  geospatial programs and investments.

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Progress
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Other Important Work Items
If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody
isn't thinking. -Gen. George S. Patton
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Other Important Work Items

• Committee restructuring
• Implementation of the strategic plan
• Geospatial Line of Business
• Hanging With the Feds

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Committee Reorganization

• Streamline the existing committee structure to a
  manageable size.
• Provide guidance to chairs and liaisons regarding
  expectations and responsibilities.
• Engage the membership to participate in committee
  activities.
• Communicate committee, work group and liaison
  efforts more effectively.
• Establish an annual review structure for all
  committees and work groups.
• Establish appropriate organizational elements to
  facilitate efficient workflow.

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Committees, Work Groups and Liaisons

• Procedures for Establishing a Committee, Work
  Group or Liaison
• Annual Review
• Committee and Work Group Requirements
• Recommended Retention of NSGIC Committees and
  Work Groups

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Strategic Plan
NSGICs vision is that all levels of
government become highly effective and efficient
through coordinated development and use of
geospatial data and technologies.
NSGICs mission is to be an effective
advocate for states in national geospatial policy
initiatives, to guide the states in fulfilling
their role in building the National Spatial Data
Infrastructure (NSDI), and to promote statewide
geospatial coordination activities in all states,
thereby achieving our vision.
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Strategic Goals

• Support the long-term development of effective
  statewide coordination councils in each state,
  Washington D.C. and the insular areas.
• Align with other organizations and form alliances
  to achieve shared issues-based objectives related
  to ongoing development of the NSDI.
• Establish an aggressive focus and set clear
  annual goals for addressing short-term
  priorities.
• Provide superior member services to ensure its
  worth to the membership and the geospatial
  community at-large.
• Continue to improve its operations and be
  accountable to its membership.
• Develop adequate revenue sources to achieve our
  mission.

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Strategic Objectives

• Too many to list!
• See the plan!

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Working with the Federal Government
-Better to fight for something than live for
nothing. -Gen. George S. Patton
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Working with the Federal Government

• Numerous visits to DC during last year
• Meetings with various committees (FGDC,
  congressional, etc.) partners and Federal
  agencies
• All work and no play.seriously
• We were the voice of the states

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Washington Liaison

• Bill Burgess
• Our Established Voice and Advocate in DC

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Personal Assignments
Untutored courage is useless in the face of
educated bullets.-Gen. George S. Patton
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Personal Assignments

• Speaking engagements at FedUC Senior Executive
  Seminar and ESRI UC
• State and MAGIC Keynotes
• Posing as Mr. February for the Men of GIS
  calendar
• Spreading the NSGIC message of geospatial love

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Whom do I love?
E-mails during the last two years

• Fred Stringfellow 814
• Larry Vangilder 890
• Gene Trobia 1292
• Stu Davis 1348
• Bill Burgess 1772
• Zsolt Nagy 1983

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Conferences Mid YearAll Hands on DeckFor the
Nation in Annapolis, Maryland

• 235 attendees up from 215
• Federal and Congressional Focus
• Washington Breakfast
• Stakeholder Meeting
• Hill Visits
• 2007 March 25-29

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Conferences Annual"NSGIC 2006 Fifty States
for the Nation Little Rock, Arkansas"

• State Sessions
• Lots of Speakers
• Lots of Sessions
• Lots of Session Hours
• Lots of Food
• Wisconsin in 2007
• Colorado in 2008
• Ohio in 2009

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Conference Attendance
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Conference Sponsors
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Conference Sponsors
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Conference Sponsors
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Conference Sponsors
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Conference Sponsors
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Conference Sponsors
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State Representation
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Membership

• Membership 2005 06
• State Gov 69
• Institutional 33
• Bus/Corporate 69
• State Council (6) 85
• Federal Partner (4) 141
• Federal Member 59
• Total 456
• (447 last year)

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Federal Grants

• FGDC - Option Year 1 - Fifty States Initiative -
  PR Materials and Continue Support
• DHS - Services Contract - Ramona System
  Enhancements - System Administration and User
  Support
• FEMA - Cooperative Agreement - Catalog Web
  Services Connection between MIP System and Ramona
• NOAA - Services Contract - Ramona System
  Enhancements - Federal User Interface and
  Administrator Reports

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Continued Excellence in Management

• KingStringfellow Group, Inc
• Bel Air, Maryland
• Second Year
• Flawless

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Continued Web Presence
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And nowon a personal note
After
Before
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Keys to Coping With NSGIC
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Lessons Learned

• Dont start home improvement projects

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Lessons Learned

• Take time to have some fun

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Lessons Learned

• Write everything down

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Special Thanks to The NSGIC Leadership
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Special Thanks to The Fam
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And Finally, A Burning Question.

• What is the NSGIC Presidents salary?

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Heres My Salary
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Thank You..
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MAGIC Symposium

• The Most Important Five Days in the History of
  the Geospatial Industry
• Being held at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas
  City, MO
• Being held on April 20 24, 2008
• Being run by someone with (suddenly) a lot of
  free time on his hands
• Everyone else is coming, why shouldnt you?

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Treasurers Report
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Washington Liaison Report
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Committee Reports

• Elections
• Outreach
• Conference
• Sponsorship
• Communications
• Geospatial Preparedness
• Technical Issues

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Elections Committee
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Outreach Committee
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Outreach Committee

• Mission Statement
• Working Groups Liaisons
• Accomplishments
• Activities
• Current
• Planned

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Outreach Mission

• Advocate on behalf of NSGIC by conducting
  advocacy, outreach and liaison activities, and
  coordinating with states and other stakeholder
  organizations to achieve issues-based objectives.

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Working Groups

• Legislative Issues
• Imagery For The Nation
• Title XIII
• MAF Issues
• Federal/State Coordination
• Recommendations
• Stakeholders

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Liaisons

• Provide consistent interactions between NSGIC and
  other associations to build and maintain
  strategic and targeted relationships between the
  leadership of each organization
• Develop and maintain profiles for all
  associations that have a Liaison (Liaisons
  responsibility)
• Advocate on behalf of NSGIC to achieve
  issues-based objectives focusing on legislative,
  executive groups, organizations and associations.

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Strategic Plan Outreach Items

• Objective 4.1.4. -- Full participation in 50
  States
• Objective 4.2.1. -- Updating By-Laws and
  MOUs
• Objective 4.2.2. -- Stakeholder Alignment
• Objective 4.2.3. -- Issue-Based Agreements
  with Stakeholder Groups
• Objective 4.3.4. -- Standard Template for
  Position Papers

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Accomplishments

• NSGIC 2006 Midyear Hill Meeting/Visit
• Stakeholder Meetings
• Profiles On-line
• IFTN Outreach
• MOU Status/Recommendations
• Recommended NSGIC
• standard slide template
• NSGIC activities slides
• presenter disclaimer
• Advocacy Tips Guidelines

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Current Activities

• Continuing IFTN Outreach
• MAF Issues
• Support for Transportation For The Nation
• National Governance Organization
• OMB LOB Issues
• FGDC/NGPO Coordination
• Congressional Committee Communications
• Close alliance with Conference and Communications
  Committees
• Update and Re-establish Outreach Charter

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Planned Activities

• NSGIC 2007 Midyear Hill Meeting/Visit
• Expand Stakeholder Relationships
• Imagery For The Nation Support
• Support NSGIC Leadership on Outreach Activities
  As Needed

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Outreach Roster

• Co-Chairs Gene Trobia Zsolt Nagy
• Committee Members
• Tony Spicci
• Stu Davis
• Dennis Goreham
• Bill Burgess
• Will Craig
• Pat Cummens
• Stu Kirkpatrick
• Jill Saligoe-Simmel
• Bob Nutsch

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NOAA Coastal Services Center

• Coastal GeoTools 07
• March 5-8,2007
• Myrtle Beach
• Technologies Applications for CZ Mgmt.
• Abstracts due Oct.6
• Registration www.csc.noaa.gov/geotools

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NOAA Coastal Services Center

• Coastal Geospatial Services Contract
• 4 Primes 70 Subcontractors
• Full range of services from data acquisition to
  training
• States can access through MOU with NOAA (takes
  about 3 months to process)
• Must focus on a CZ application
• See Miki Schmidt 843-740-1237

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Conference Committee
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Conference Committee
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Sponsorship Committee
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AGENDA

• Call to Order President
• Roll Call Secretary
• Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting - Secretary
• Reports from Officers
• Presidents Report
• Treasurers Report
• Washington Liaison
• Committee Reports (Standing Special)
• Elections
• Outreach
• Conference
• Sponsorship
• Communications
• Geospatial Preparedness
• Technical Issues

• Unfinished Business
• New Business
• Change of Presidents
• Outstanding Service Awards
• Adjourn

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Roll Call
Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyomin
g Puerto Rico U.S. Virgin Islands Guam American
Samoa Northern Mariana Islands Midway
Islands Wake Island Johnston Atoll Baker,
Howland, and Jarvis Islands Kingman Reef Navassa
Island Palmyra Atoll
Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorad
o Connecticut Delaware District of
Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Ind
iana
Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Mass
achusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri
Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire
New Jersey New Mexico New York North
Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsyl
vania South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas
Utah Vermont
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Outstanding Service Awards
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NSGIC Business Partnerships Guidelines Working
Group Report David Brotzman Chair
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Guidelines Development

• Accepted By The Board This Morning
• Many Perspectives Were Presented
• Working Group Had Diverse and Passionate Views
• Board and Outreach Committee
• Sent For CPA Review Positive Comments
• NSGIC Sponsorship Does Not Imply An Individual
  State Is Endorsing A Vendor
• Now Available For Membership Review
• Submit Your Comments To Me or Stu Davis

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2006 Communications Committee Report Craig
A.Neidig Chairman
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2006 Committee Members

• Mike Mahaffie (DE)
• Pat Cummens (ESRI)
• Nathan Bentley (ID)       
• Jill Saligoe-Simmel (IN)     
• Kenny Miller (MD)
• Tim Haithcoat (MO)
• Tony Spicci (MO)

• Bill Burgess (NSGIC)  
• Stu Davis (OH)   
• Jim Knudson (PA)    
• David Brotzman (VT)
• Craig Neidig (WV - 4 !)
• Fred Stringfellow (KSG)
• Diane Vaughnley (KSG)

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2006 Accomplishments

• Regular website updates
• NSGIC Blog
• Committee / Board pages
• State Summaries (Survey Monkey)
• Newsletter
• Strategic Planning process
• Board / Outreach committee interaction

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Things to Do 2007

• Monitor and fix lingering listserve problems
• Member login / password
• Online contact updates
• Online surveys
• Online summaries updates
• Bylaws revisions
• Interchange with other GIS e-lists (RSS
  feed)?(SpatialNews, Directions, GISCafe, etc.)

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NSGIC Communications Committee

• Questions ?
• Comments / suggestions ?
• Want to join ?
• Thanks !!

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Geospatial Preparedness Committee Member States
VA, OH, LA, PA, NY,IN, WV, TX, MI, MO, NC
Member Organizations USGS, DHS, ESRI

• Jon Gottsegen (CO) started as Chair in March
• Three meetings this Summer
• Accomplishments/Activities
• Priority discussion issue is Federal/State
  cooperation on data production NGA/DHS
• Planned discussion items for proposed meeting
  with DHS
• Organizing a workshop for the NSGIC Mid-Year
  meeting on emergency management environment and
  how GIS fits in
• Future Plans
• Meet with DHS through NSGIC Board
• Conduct the workshop
• Perform a survey of GIS use in state emergency
  management operations

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Technical Issues Committee
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2006 Technical Issues Committee Report David
Brotzman Chair
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2006 Committee Members

• Tony Spicci (MO), NSGIC President
• Tim Haithcoat (MO), Chair -Federal Enterprise
  Architecture Geospatial Model Work Group and
  Chair - NASA Liaison Work Group)
• Nathan Bentley (ID), Chair - Fire-Cadastral Work
  Group)     
• Learon Dalby (AR)  Chair Ramona Steering
  Committee
• Ted Koch (WI) Chair - Imagery for the Nation Work
  Group   
• Stu Davis (OH), NSGIC President Elect

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2006 Accomplishments

• Committee Was Established
• Created Charter
• Developed NSGIC Position Paper on the US National
  Grid
• Composed of Other Committees

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Technical Subcommittee Geospatial Enterprise
Architecture Work Group

• Tim Haithcoat
• Missouri Spatial Data Information Service
• HaithcoatT_at_missouri.edu

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Current Activities

• Work Group Objectives
• 1. Work with the evolving Geospatial Profile
  document.
• Now working on a v2 of the Profile
• 2. Inventory and assess state geospatial maturity
  - GIMM, EAAF 2.0, Northrop Grumman, and other
  models
• Aid in the development of geospatial enterprise
  architecture (GEA) performance metrics
• Compile and leverage amongst the states the
  various documents resulting from the development
  of individual state architectures (standards,
  best management practices, technical solutions,
  data element descriptions, etc.)
• Interact and provide a state perspective to
  federal and OGC EA developments
• 6. Develop briefing materials for GEA and
  Geospatial Profile documents and activities

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FEA Geospatial Profile V1.1

• Companion to Federal Enterprise Architecture
  (FEA) Reference Models to recognize and promote
  the pervasive nature of geospatial capabilities
  in lines of business across government
• Audience Agency chief architects and CIO staff
  in federal, state, or local government
• Objective to develop consistent methodology to
  call-out geospatial elements of all aspects of
  government business
• Format 60 page document with many resource
  annexes

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FEA Geospatial Profile V2.0

• Companion to Federal Enterprise Architecture
  (FEA) Reference Models to recognize and promote
  the geo-enabling of business processes.
• Audience Primarily business managers and
  enterprise architects in federal, state, or local
  government
• Objective to provide guidance to managers on how
  to take advantage of geospatial capabilities
  regardless of their degree of technical knowledge
  or familiarity with geospatial technologies.
• Format 20 page document with some appendices

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Geospatial Integration Maturity Model

• At any given time, various organizations
  will be in different phases of integrating
  geospatial technologies, services, and data into
  their business and mainstream IT operations. The
  degree to which this incorporation has occurred
  can be measured through an integration maturity
  model.

GIMM Measurement Categories

• Coordination
• Governance, Management, Planning
• Policies Compliance
• Enterprise Integration
• Data Acquisition, Documentation, Maintenance
• Data Access Distribution
• Standards Best Practices
• Training Skills Development

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Assess performance as to

• Mission and business results to capture the
  outcomes that agencies seek to achieve.
• Customer results to capture how well an agency
  or specific process within an agency is serving
  its customers.
• Processes and activities to capture the outputs
  that directly result from the processes that IT
  initiatives support.
• Technology to capture key performance elements
  directly associated with IT initiatives.
• Future work Alignment with EA Assessment
  Framework (EAAF v2.0)

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Fire-Cadastral Work Group - Status

• Nathan Bentley Chair
• Last Meeting in January
• No Major Issues Under Review

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Ramona Steering Committee

• Learon Dalby Chair
• Committee Established in August
• Charter Created and Approved In Sept.

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Ramona

• Ramona Work Group formed to help steer future
  development of system first meeting on 10/01/06
• Cooperative agreement with FEMA and contracts
  with NOAA and DHS to maintain and enhance the
  system with Federal interfaces and reporting
• Successful data harvesting test with the
  Geospatial One Stop (GOS) Portal
• As of 9/30/06 there are 1,131 users in 20 states
• 3 states have made significant progress with
  local government
• 1,325 framework layers and 1,808 other data
  layers have been documented

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Tech Issues Committee - 2007

• Regularly Scheduled Meetings
• Act On Established Priorities and Goals
• Provide Continued Support to Committees
• Recommendations ?
• Want to join ?

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National Digital Elevation Program (NDEP)
Report Craig A. Neidig NSGIC NDEP Liaison
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(No Transcript)
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NDEP Report 2006

• Rick Pearsall (USGS), Chairman
• Monthly project coordination telcons
• Website www.ndep.gov
• Project tracking system (Paul Rooney, FEMA)
• RAMONA integration
• NDOP-NDEP interaction/integration
• State ortho/elev programs (WV, IN, IA, PA,etc.)
• ASPRS/MAPPS Measuring the Earth II

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Unfinished Business

• NONE

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Bus. Meeting Part IIbegins next slide
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Change of Presidents
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MOUs

• NDOP Ted Koch

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Adjourn