NGAC Interagency Data Sharing and Collaboration Spotlight Session: Overview

1. NGAC Interagency Data Sharing and Collaboration Spotlight Session: Overview Robert F. Austin, PhD, GISP Washington, DC March 18, 2011

2. Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan

3. Data Sharing & Collaboration During Disaster Recovery • http://www.esri.com/services/disaster-response/japan-earthquake-tsunami-2011-map/index.html • http://mississippi.deltastate.edu/data/Japan/creating maps for use by recovery teams sent from Fairfax

4. Purpose of Today’s Session •  Identify best practices and lessons learned from interagency data sharing and collaboration partnerships • Discuss success factors that may apply to the implementation of the Geospatial Platform

5. Description • One of the challenges of the geospatial community is to encourage data sharing and collaboration among multiple agencies and organizations • The session presenters will • Provide an overview of three current interagency data sharing efforts • Share perspectives on best practices and lessons learned • Participate in a discussion with NGAC members

6. Session Presentations • Multi-Agency Collaboration Environment (MACE) • https://sharepoint.macefusion.com/Pages/About.aspx • The Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) Working Group • http://www.hifldwg.org/ • Digital Coast • http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast

7. Session Outline • Context & Introductions – Bob Austin • Session 1 – MACE – Bob Piccerillo • Session 2 – HIFLD – Todd Spangler • Session 3 – Digital Coast – Joshua Murphy • Discussion/Q & A – All • Summary: Best Practices, Lessons Learned & Next Steps