FGDC Joint Meeting

Coordination Group & Executive Committee

June 3, 2009

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Agenda

Introductions

Coordination Group Report

Executive Committee Report May 15-16 Offsite National Geospatial Advisory Committee Meeting Emerging Directions of Administration

Open Discussion

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Coordination Group FeedbackTopics Identified at April 14 CG Meeting:

National Geospatial Policy Need balance between Defense, Intel, and civilian interests

Governance Structure Coordination Group

Charter currently being updated and will need ExCom feedback Executive Committee

Role vis-à-vis Coordination Group and Steering Committee Agency representation and participation

Transportation Data Needs accelerated attention

Communication

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ExCom Offsite Meeting 4/15-16

National Geospatial Policy/Strategy

FGDC Governance and Communication

Economic Recovery

Data Issues

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National Geospatial Policy/Strategy

AGREEMENT: Executive Committee will sponsor formulation of a National

Geospatial Policy/Strategy and seek needed political support

ACTIONS: Create Executive Summary 1-pager with key messages on

the National Geospatial Policy proposal

Identify strategies to use social media approaches to inform development of National Geospatial Policy

Develop initial concept for Shared Infrastructure

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FGDC Governance and Communication

ACTIONS: Summarize discussion of governance ideas from ExCom

meeting and share with Coordination Group Coordinate joint meeting of Executive Committee and

Coordination Group, possibly at June Coordination Group off-site

Establish FGDC collaboration site Support work areas for all WG/SC initiatives Provide better access to materials/minutes

AGREEMENTS: Other SAOGIs (principals only) are welcome to attend

ExCom meetings ExCom meeting notes will be sent to the Steering

Committee and Coordination Group

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Economic RecoveryAGREEMENTS:

Endorsed in concept a set of criteria for assessing proposals

Identified priorities for any future stimulus funding opportunity (Imagery, Elevation, Parcel Data, Infrastructure)

Embraced these priorities as a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal” to create a National GIS regardless of future recovery/stimulus funding

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Data IssuesIFTN

ACTION: Schedule Joint IFTN Champions & Chairs Meeting to discuss and resolve outstanding IFTN policy issues

Alaska Elevation ACTION: Steve Wallach will make site visit to Alaska and

report back to Executive Committee ACTION: Executive Committee Members will reach out

within respective agencies to query for interest and potential funding for Alaska Elevation

Transportation AGREEMENT: Executive Committee concurs with

Coordination Group and will collaborate to resolve issues

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National Geospatial Advisory Committee

Keynote by Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO

National Geospatial Policy/Strategy

On-Going Efforts Economic Recovery Partnerships The National Map Communications

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Emerging Directions

Open, Transparent, and Responsive Government recovery.gov data.gov geodata.gov

Geospatial Leadership

National Priorities Economy Energy Climate Change Healthcare

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Open Discussion

How can we improve communication between various components of the FGDC Enterprise?

What needs to be clarified about roles and expectations of various components of the FGDC Enterprise?

What improvements and advancements can we make without political leadership in place?

What do we risk when the FGDC Enterprise is not “firing on all cylinders”?

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Thank You!