FGDC Business Update FGDC Secretariat Report CG Agenda Items

1. December 8, 2009 Coordination Group Meeting FGDC Business UpdateFGDC Secretariat ReportCG Agenda Items Ken Shaffer FGDC Deputy Executive Director 703-648-5740 kmshaffer@fgdc.gov

2. Background This presentation contains information that supplements a set of read-aheads on the topics covered in the CG meeting and will be used as a walk-though of all the topics at the CG meeting. Use this presentation before reviewing the read-aheads in order to gain context. Materials will not be presented in full at the meeting, it is the responsibility of the attendees to review the material prior to the meeting, as per CG standard operating procedures.

3. Content Summary • FGDC Business Update • Information on current FGDC initiatives/activities • FGDC Secretariat Report • Information on Secretariat staff activities (outside of support for business operations) • CG Agenda Items • Other items on the Coordination Group (CG) agenda with references to any read-aheads

4. FGDC Business Update • Monthly Decisions Summary • FGDC 2009 Annual Report • SmartBUY Update • National Geospatial Forum • Place-Based Policy • A-16 Supplemental Guidance OMB Feedback • OMB E-Government Meeting • Data.gov • Monthly Geospatial LoB Report

5. FGDC Secretariat Report • National Geospatial Advisory Committee, December 1-2, 2009 Meeting • Executive Committee, December 3, 2009 • 2010 NSDI CAP Program • Leadership and participation memo to Steering Committee • FGDC Standards Process Analysis

6. CG Agenda Items • Overview of Geospatial Data Lifecycle Evaluation Process • Geospatial Data Lifecycle Evaluation of NWI Dataset • LMWG National Asset Data Theme Validation • Transportation Subcommittee Update • Metadata Working Group Report • Briefing on National Ocean Coastal Mapping Plan Workshop • CG Membership and Co-Chair Selection Process • User/Historical Working Group Charter

7. Monthly Decisions Summary • Coordination Group • SAOGIs sent CG member appointments (not all responded) • Steering Committee • n/a • Executive Committee • Will continue on-going meetings with Place-Based Policy Leadership and may get some CG members involved Contact: Ken Shaffer, kmshaffer@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

8. FGDC 2009 Annual Report • Theme: ‘The Mortgage Crisis and Land Parcel Data’ • HTML and PDF files http://www.fgdc.gov/library/whitepapers-reports/index_html • Hard copies available Contact: Milo Robinson, mrobinson@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

9. Geo-SmartBuy Roll-out Pending Official Announcement of Award • Technical Evaluation Board final vendor selection completed July 2009 • Increased traffic at the GSA website to awarded vendors • Majority of vendor awards completed by September 17; Final award pending signatures • Rollout Kit web page with SmartBUY materials and information is ready for release • Press Releases are ready for release. Contact: Lew Sanford, lsanford@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

10. National Geospatial Forum • 1st Forum - December 9, 2009 • Target audience for the initial forum is federal government geospatial executives only • Engage in discussion about the development of a national place-based policy that addresses economic competitiveness, environmental sustainability, community health access, and safety and security • Topic for discussion will be the White House memorandum and the geospatial community's role in helping shape the future of place-based policies • Future Forums will be targeted to other stakeholder groups • The event is hosted on-line, lasting one hour, and includes a brief introductory presentation followed by a facilitated discussion between panelists and participants • You are invited to observe the event Registration for the event: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/482617522 Contact: Stephen Lowe, Stephen.Lowe@ocio.usda.gov Read ahead: none

11. Place-Based Policy • Executive Office of the President Memorandum M-09-28: “Developing Effective Place-Based Policies for the FY 2011 Budget, August 11, 2009” • OMB Budget Data Request No. 09-42: “Place-Based Policies and Programs” • “… to advance the Administration’s domestic and fiscal priorities and to increase the impact of government dollars by leveraging place-conscious planning and place-based programming.” • “Place-based policies leverage investments by focusing resources in targeted places and drawing on the compounding effect of well-coordinated action. Effective place-based policies can influence how rural and metropolitan areas develop, how well they function as places to live, work, operate a business, preserve heritage, and more. Such policies can also streamline otherwise redundant and disconnected programs.” • FGDC support and participation in Place-based policies under discussion • http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_fy2009/m09-28.pdf Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, ideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

12. Place-Based Policy • FGDC Executive Committee members met with Executive Office of the President (EOP) leadership • Will be a key discussion topic of the 1st National Geospatial Forum • Response from the EOP leadership was very positive • ExCom in on-going discussions with EOP • Began discussions on FGDC support for the Place-Based Policy efforts

13. A-16 Supplemental Guidance, OMB Comments • FGDC met with Adrienne Walker, OMB to discuss OMB comments • Comments were thoughtful and came from multiple OMB persons • Supplemental will need to be edited to address the comments • Additional expertise in portfolio management will be needed for this effort • Need to begin soon Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, ideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

14. A-16 Supplemental Guidance, OMB Comments • Requested changes include: • Defining Portfolio Management (PfM), including elements beyond data, and using it as the framework for the overall document • Adding a policy relationship diagram that includes the CIO council and others • Clarifying the PfM relationship between theme levels and higher levels of management • Including CIO Council and other roles and relationships to the FGDC structure • Moving the membership list and lexicon out of the document and referencing a location they live on the web • Clarifying the relationship of HSPD-7

15. OMB E-Government Meeting • Meeting scheduled for 12/7/09 • OMB meeting with all E-Gov leads • Discussion on path(s) forward for Lines of Business Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, ideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

16. Data.gov • New Concept of Operations (ConOps) document should be available soon • Incorporates suggestions from the FGDC ExCom • Metadata quality issues need further discussion Contact: Ken Shaffer, kmshaffer@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

17. Data.gov • Possible crowd-sourcing techniques • “… ability to tag local landmarks or points of interest in geospatial data …” • “APIs can be built to ‘mine’ that metadata for the elements needed to populate its metadata template. Such is the case for the geospatial datasets incorporated from the Geospatial One Stop (GOS) (geoData.gov).” • FGDC identified as key member of advisory group • Even more advanced forms of search like geospatial search are being targeted for future releases.

18. Data.gov • “Agencies that have geospatial data are in many cases publishing that data to Geospatial One Stop (GOS) today. The harvesting process used by GOS is mirrored in the conceptual solution architecture described above and points to a roadmap for further integration. The Data.gov team will work with the GOS team to pursue further integration of GOS into Data.gov.” • Metrics – ex: number of shapefile downloads, completeness of metadata, data sets per agency.

19. Monthly Geospatial LoB Report • GeoLob “At-a-Glance” • GeoLob Monthly Status Report – October Contact: Lew Sanford, lsanford@fgdc.gov Read ahead: GeoLoB At a glance nov.09.pdf, Geo LoB Monthly Status Report Nov 2009.pdf (pending)

20. FGDC Secretariat Report • National Geospatial Advisory Committee, December 1-2, 2009 Meeting • Executive Committee, December 3, 2009 • 2010 NSDI CAP Program • Leadership and participation memo to Steering Committee • FGDC Standards Process Analysis

21. NGAC Dec. 1-2, 2009 Meeting • Leadership Remarks (Andrew Jackson, Deputy Asst Secretary, DOI) • DOI will make decisions on FGDC leadership and priorities by end of January 2010 • DOI/FGDC will complete NGAC guidance prior to March NGAC meeting • Place-Based Policies Initiative (Derek Douglas, EOP, and Xavier Briggs, OMB) • Geospatial technology will be a key component of Place-based initiative • Very positive about working with FGDC, NGAC, and geospatial community on geospatial strategies • Discussed priorities and primary themes: • sustainable community development • regional economic development • neighborhood revitalization • They emphasized that this is the first year in a multi-year effort Contact: John Mahoney, jmahoney@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

22. NGAC Dec. 1-2, 2009 Meeting • NGAC Dialogue – Mapping Science Committee • NGAC will consider identifying issues to be recommended or referred to MSC for more detailed studies/reports. NGAC may also review and endorse MSC studies as appropriate • NGAC Actions: • NGAC adopted the Economic Recovery Subcommittee’s paper on lessons learned from the economic recovery bill • NGAC adopted the geospatial policy benefits paper in concept (pending final edits) • NGAC endorsed the high-level concepts in the Governance Subcommittee’s paper on NSDI metrics. The NGAC also agreed on next steps, including outreach by the Subcommittee to refine the metrics approach, and continued internal discussion within the NGAC regarding NSDI governance

23. NGAC Dec. 1-2, 2009 Meeting • Data Issues/Briefings: • Transportation for the Nation (Steve Lewis) • National LIDAR Concept (Greg Snyder) • The National Map (Larry Sugarbaker) • Next Steps: • NGAC appointments/guidance • 2010 Meetings (tentative): Late March, June, October

24. ExCom Meeting – 10/23/09 • Place-Based Policy – planning direction for work with EOP leadership • Data.gov update • Update on the National Geospatial Forum • Review of the NGAC meeting • Developing recommendations for NGAC 2010 efforts • Alaska elevation update: Alaska has not come to consensus internally on products, NGA has to move forward with DOI coordination • Planning a Digital Globe/Microsoft imagery discussion – NGA taking the lead • Want to start ExCom/CG joint attendance Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, ideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

25. 2010 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program • Announcement posted on Grants.gov on October 16 - http://www.fgdc.gov/grants/ • Closes January 7, 2010 • Total funds available $1,320,000 • Awards will be made in February 2010 • FGDC Secretariat needs additional proposal reviewers for this round of CAP • Contact Gita if you can help Contact: Gita Urban-Mathieux, burbanma@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

26. 2010 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program

27. Leadership and participation memo to Steering Committee • FGDC Secretariat will be sending a memo to the Steering Committee • Reiterating the importance of supporting the FGDC and GeoLoB subcommittees and work groups • Identifies GeoLoB WG leadership vacancies, needed expertise, and estimated LOE • Requests additional subject matter expertise and general participation Contact: Lew Sanford, lsanford@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

28. FGDC Standards Process Analysis • FGDC standards process - Pros • Based on best-practices • Mirrors other National/International standards bodies processes • FGDC standards are recognized nationally and internationally as legitimate standards • They often lead to and/or complement other standards bodies standards Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, jmaitra@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

29. FGDC Standards Process Analysis • FGDC standards process – Cons • Can take years to adopt a standard • Participation by FGDC agencies in some standards review is less than optimal • Relies solely on voluntary efforts (A-16 Supplemental begins addressing this)

30. FGDC Standards Process Analysis • FGDC Secretariat developing a survey • Input on effectiveness of the current process • Ideas on how we might improve the current process (i.e. tools, participation, visibility, etc.) • Follow-up with a workshop • Need to maintain the validity of FGDC standards process • Approach and plan development for the analysis to be outlined this month

31. CG Agenda Items • Overview of Geospatial Data Lifecycle Evaluation Process • Geospatial Data Lifecycle Evaluation of NWI Dataset • LMWG National Asset Data Theme Validation • Transportation Subcommittee Update • Metadata Working Group Report • Briefing on National Ocean Coastal Mapping Plan Workshop • CG Membership and Co-Chair Selection Process • User/Historical Working Group Charter

32. Overview of Geospatial Data Lifecycle Evaluation Process • Presentation • Process overview (high-level) • Process status of the National Wetlands Inventory Dataset • Role of CG during NWI discussions Contact: Wendy Blake-Coleman, blake-coleman.wendy@epa.gov Read ahead: Lifecycle Evaluation Graphic.doc

33. Geospatial Data Lifecycle Evaluation of NWI Dataset • Presentation and discussion • NWI Evaluation • LCWG Lessons Learned • CG Input and Questions Contact: Wendy Blake-Coleman, blake-coleman.wendy@epa.gov Read ahead: NWI Lifecycle Evaluation Read-Ahead.doc

34. LMWG National Asset Data Theme Validation • Presentation • Process being utilized to establish and validate the list of National Geospatial Asset datasets • Initial survey to federal agencies being supplemented with follow-up survey • Final questions and cover letter being sent to FGDC agencies this month Contact: Wendy Blake-Coleman, blake-coleman.wendy@epa.gov Read ahead: National Geospatial Dataset Assets Validation.ppt

35. Transportation SC Update • General update on FGDC transportation subcommittee activities • Federal Network effort currently underway Contact: Mark Bradford, mark.bradford@dot.gov Read ahead: none

36. Metadata Working Group • Presentation • General update of WG activities Contact: Sharon Shin, sshin@fgdc.gov Read ahead: Metadata WG Presentation.pptx

37. Briefing on National Ocean Coastal Mapping Plan Workshop • Presentation • Summary of activities and outcomes Contact: Tony LaVoi, tony.lavoi@noaa.gov Read ahead: FGDC CG OMCIA Workshop.pptx

38. CG Co-Chair Selection Process • Co-Chair responsibilities need to be defined • Vote process • Call for additional CG members – email, complete • Call for CG Co-Chair nominations – email, to close on 12/18 • Self nomination with SAOGI concurrence on commitment • Blind vote – email, to close on 1/6 Contact: Ken Shaffer, kmshaffer@fgdc.gov Read ahead: Coordination Group Members Contact Info – 12-07-09.xls

39. CG Co-Chair Responsibilities - DRAFT • Attend CG meetings • CG meeting agenda development • Serve as the CG to ExCom Liaison • Help follow-up on outstanding action items • Help run CG meetings • Participate in FGDC Secretariat CG Planning meetings • Participate in WG/SC work plan reviews • Provide positive and collaborative leadership for FGDC and CG activities Contact: Ken Shaffer, kmshaffer@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

40. User/Historical Data WG • Discussion and approval vote • New WG charter for review, comment, approval by CG Contact: Colleen Cahill, cstu@loc.gov Read ahead: User Historical Data Working Group Charter.doc

41. Ken Shaffer FGDC Deputy Executive Director 703-648-5740 kmshaffer@fgdc.gov