1. FGDC Joint MeetingCoordination Group & Executive Committee June 3, 2009

2. Agenda • Introductions • Coordination Group Report • Executive Committee Report • May 15-16 Offsite • National Geospatial Advisory Committee Meeting • Emerging Directions of Administration • Open Discussion

3. Coordination Group Feedback Topics 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

4. ExCom Offsite Meeting 4/15-16 National Geospatial Policy/Strategy FGDC Governance and Communication Economic Recovery Data Issues

5. 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

6. 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

7. Economic Recovery • AGREEMENTS: • 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

8. Data Issues • IFTN • 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

9. National Geospatial Advisory Committee • Keynote by Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO • National Geospatial Policy/Strategy • On-Going Efforts • Economic Recovery • Partnerships • The National Map • Communications

10. Emerging Directions • Open, Transparent, and Responsive Government • recovery.gov • data.gov • geodata.gov • Geospatial Leadership • National Priorities • Economy • Energy • Climate Change • Healthcare

11. 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”?

12. Thank You!