FGDC Business Update FGDC Secretariat Report CG Agenda Items

1. October 13, 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 • CG Co-Chair Selection Process • National Geospatial Forum • FGDC FY09 Annual Report • Transportation Data Meeting • Coordination Group Meeting Schedule • Work Group/Subcommittee Updates Schedule • Monthly Geospatial LoB Report

5. FGDC Secretariat Report • 2010 NSDI CAP Program • Executive Committee • National Geospatial Advisory Committee, August 2009 Meeting • Recovery.gov

6. CG Agenda Items • SmartBUY Roll-out • IFTN Next Steps • Coordinating National LiDAR • New Geospatial Factsheets • Homeland Security Work Group Update FEDERAL ONLY PORTION OF MEETING • Refinement of 2010 and 2011 GeoLOB Tasks

7. Monthly Decisions Summary • Coordination Group • CG liaison to ExCom will be the Co-Chair • Steering Committee • CG Charter was approved • Executive Committee • ExCom and CG liaisons will be selected to attend/present at the beginning of each other’s meetings • CG voting membership will be expanded to more than one per Department, limited to ‘2nd’ tier agencies, at the discretion of each Department’s SOAGI • ExCom will hold 2-hour joint meetings quarterly with the CG • SAOGIs will be invited to attend ExCom meetings until the Steering Committee reactivates. Contact: Pat Phillips, paphillips@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

8. CG Co-Chair Selection Process • Steering Committee approved the new CG Charter • Charter adds a Co-Chair from the primary CG membership • Call for new CG members based on Charter and ExCom decision should occur before the vote • Co-Chair responsibilities need to be defined • Recommended vote process • Call for additional CG members - email • Call for CG Co-Chair nominations - email • Blind vote – email Contact: Ken Shaffer, kmshaffer@fgdc.gov Read ahead:

9. National Geospatial Forum Proposal in refinement Timeframe – November 10, 2009 Goal Engage diverse public sector constituents, beneficiaries, and stakeholders to explore implementation of “place-based policy planning and programming” innovations and best practices Refresh, communicate, and demonstrate FGDC brand as relevant, demonstrating national geospatial thought leadership Target Audience - Federal and non-federal participants Contact: Roxanne Lamb, rhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

10. National Geospatial Forum Purpose - Utilize social networking and technology tools to: Conduct a series of four forums Federal Government Geospatial Program Executives State, local, and tribal representatives General public communities of interest and academic constituencies Industry, non-profits and lobbying stakeholders Engage in discussion about developing a National implementation place-based policy Build awareness of and create access to existing Federal geospatial assets Obtain broad-based input to a National geospatial policy defining the value of “place-based government products and services Develop sustainable space for future interactions concerning the effectiveness of place-based policies

11. National Geospatial Forum Structure – one hour virtually hosted sessions Proposed Outcomes – guide thinking direction and goals to the following enablement categories. Policy Innovation New Business Models Technology Delivery Data Lifecycle Management Performance Measurement

12. FGDC 2009 Annual Report • Theme: ‘The Mortgage Crisis and Land Parcel Data’ • Currently in editing and layout • Digital version scheduled to be available late October • Final printed version s/b available November 9 Contact: Milo Robinson, mrobinson@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

13. Transportation Data Meeting • Geospatial Data Needs for Federal Agencies • Convened by: U.S. DOT, with Census and USGS • Federal agency’s only, who are Stakeholders actively producing or acquiring transportation data for their agency business needs (requires RSVP) • Serve to provide early input to the DOT led strategic planning for a National Transportation data initiative • Goal: identify Federal needs for transportation data and begin high-level requirements document • Identify next step strategies Contact: Jean Parcher, jwparcher@usgs.gov, or, Anne O’Connor, anne.v.o.connor@census.gov Read ahead: none

14. Coordination Group Meeting Schedule • 2009: • Tue. 10/13, 9-3 NCPC • Tue. 11/3, 9-2 NCPC • Tue. 12/8, 9-3 NCPC • 2010: 2nd Tue. of each month from 9am – 3pm, EST at NCPC • 1/12, 2/9, 3/9, 4/13, 5/11, 6/8, 7/13, 8/10, 9/14, 10/12, 11/9, 12/14 Contact: Pat Phillips, paphillips@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

15. WG/SC Updates Scheduling • CG discussed: reviews at the monthly meetings of 2 to 3 WGs/SCs • Utilize common dashboard reporting • Objective: Establish and maintain a schedule for WG/SC reviews • A tentative schedule has been included in the CG meeting planning table of the agenda. • Realignments and schedule conflicts s/b resolved through Pat Phillips, FGDC Contact: Pat Phillips, paphillips@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

16. Monthly Geospatial LoB Report • GeoLob “At-a-Glance” • GeoLob Monthly Status Report – September • Monthly and accumulative contractor expenditure table has been removed • Estimated metric • FFP contract does not require this accountability • This is a skewed performance measure that does not account for federal participation dependencies • Has led to misinterpretation of the data • Two OMB deliverables completed 9/30/09 Contact: Lew Sanford, lsanford@fgdc.gov Read ahead: Geo Lob CG At a glance sept.09.pdf; Geo LoB Monthly Status Report September 2009.pdf

17. FGDC Secretariat Report • 2010 NSDI CAP Program • Executive Committee • National Geospatial Advisory Committee, August 2009 Meeting • Recovery.gov

18. 2010 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program • Final draft of the announcement pending final review and release to USGS Office of Acquisitions and Grants • Proposal submission period: mid-October to early January • February 2010: announcement of awards • Funding consistent with FY 2009, ~ $1.32 million Contact: Gita Urban-Mathieux, burbanma@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

19. ExCom Meeting – 9/3/09 • Steve Lowe, USDA is leading the planning for the National Geospatial Forum • NGAC Paper on NSDI Metrics was discussed, plan to provide feedback • Place-based Initiatives Policy discussion • ExCom to reach out to memo authors • SmartBUY Roll-out discussion • Next meeting October 23 Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, ideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

20. NGAC – August 2009 Meeting Contact: John Mahoney, jmahoney@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none • IFTN Resolution: • “The NGAC endorses the outcomes documented in the August 2009 FGDC Executive Committee Record of Decision (ROD) on Imagery for the Nation (IFTN). The NGAC strongly encourages the FGDC and the Administration to seek authorizing legislation for IFTN, develop a Fiscal Year 2011 budget initiative to support IFTN, and move aggressively to implement the IFTN program as described in the ROD.” • Draft NSDI Metric Paper • Review & comment by FGDC ExCom, follow-up discussion at December NGAC meeting • Partnerships Subcommittee • Gathering best practices; developing lessons learned paper • Economic Recovery Subcommittee • Finalizing paper documenting lessons learned from economic recovery bill • National Map Subcommittee • Providing input into new strategic plan for The National Map • Established new Emerging Technologies Subcommittee • Initial focus on Cloud Computing

21. NGAC – December 2009 Meeting • Next NGAC Meeting - December 1-2, 2009, Marriott Metro Center, Washington, DC. • Potential agenda topics: • Partnerships • Subcommittee Reports • Revised NSDI Metrics Paper • NTIA Broadband Mapping • Dialogue with NRC Mapping Science Committee • Geospatial Revolution project • Additional Topics: • Briefing on Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA) Geospatial Profile • Briefing from Mapping Science Committee on Licensing Study

22. NGAC – Nominations

23. GeoRecovery.gov FGDC Team and on-site technical expert continue to support the recovery.gov development team 9/24 meeting to step through Beta geospatial capabilities As statistical data gets geoenabled, it has exposed issues in the underlying data Federal agencies are participating in Beta testing Discussion on continued issues surrounding geo-locating data – varying levels of accuracy, validity of source, duplication of information from awarders and awardees Beta demo to RATB leadership received positive response (included more than just geospatial) Contact: Ken Shaffer, kmshaffer@fgdc.gov Read ahead: http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx

24. GeoRecovery.gov http://www.recovery.gov/Pages/home.aspx • Geospatial capabilities are now live • Currently displays Agency Reported information • Recipient Reported information will be coming in October 2009

25. CG Agenda Items • SmartBUY Roll-out • IFTN Next Steps • Coordinating National LiDAR • New Geospatial Factsheets • Homeland Security Work Group Update FEDERAL ONLY PORTION OF MEETING • Refinement of 2010 and 2011 GeoLOB Tasks

26. Geo-SmartBuy Roll-out Pending Official Announcement of Award • Technical Evaluation Board final vendor selection complete • Soon – Expected announcement of award • Rollout Kit web page with SmartBUY materials and information is ready for release • Press Releases are ready for release • Final contractor negotiations are occurring Contact: Lew Sanford, lsanford@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none – pending award

27. IFTN Next Steps • Presentation Contact: Vicki Lukas, vlukas@usgs.gov Read ahead: IFTN for CG 1009.ppt

28. Coordinating National LiDAR • Presentation Contact: Larry Sugarbaker, lsugarbaker@usgs.gov Read ahead: pending

29. New Geospatial Factsheets • Presentation on the Factsheets created by the GeoLoB GEB Work Group Contact: Sharon Shin, sshin@fgdc.gov Read ahead: EPA_NEPAssist_Fact_Sheet.pdf; FEMA_Enterprise_Fact_Sheet.pdf; GEB Presentation for CG oct.09.pptx

30. FGDC Homeland Security WG - Update • Presentation Contact: Jonathan Hassee, jonathan.hasse@hq.dhs.gov Read ahead: pending

31. Federal Only SessionFederal members received separate WebEx/call-in information

32. Refinement of 2010 and 2011 GeoLoB Tasks • Presentation and Discussion Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, ideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: pending – WG meetings still occurring

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