FGDC Virtual Forum: Federal Geospatial Leadership for Place-based Policy Agenda

1. FGDC Virtual Forum:Federal Geospatial Leadership for Place-based Policy Agenda National Geospatial Advisory Committee Brief Stephen Lowe Geospatial Information Officer US Department of Agricultural December 1, 2009 Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

2. Evolving Public Service Views New Public Service New Public Management • New private sector values • Public entrepreneurs • Market-like competition • Reduce federal service monopoly • Economic rationalism; trust the market • Steer, don’t row • (NPR, Osborne, Commercial Models) • Larger public good • Civic education; democratic citizenship • Trust in collaboration; enable the network • Build mediating institutions • Serve rather than steer; not customers but citizens • (Visibility, participation, diversity of sources/means) Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

3. Executive Office Agenda • Core Values: • Transparency, Accountability, Participation • Approach: • Public-interest is the aim, not the by-product • Trust in efficacy of collaboration; quest for community and civil society • Think strategically; act democratically • Value citizenship and public service above entrepreneurship • Serve citizens, not customers; value people, not just productivity Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

4. Shaping FGDC Identity & Relevancy • “Clearinghouse Gatekeeper” to qualify geographic solutions and centralize national decisions • “Glossary Manager” of self-help content; good ideas, best practice, reuse, etc. to save search costs • “Standards Manager” for community acceptance and performance criteria; engineered to specs • “Roadmap Designer” of the modernization and transition, resulting in geographic business transformation • “Risk Manager” to eliminate or mitigate failure, fatigue, weakness; test feasibility • “Champion” of innovation and change; lifecycle value Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

5. Purpose of FGDC Virtual Event • Conduct a series of four forums: • Federal government geospatial program executives/practitioners • State, local, and tribal representatives • General public communities of interest and academic constituencies • Industry, non-profits and lobbying stakeholders. • Engage geo solutions consumers/provisioners in place-based policy discussion • Build awareness of and create access to geospatial assets • Obtain broad-based input into a National geospatial strategy • Develop a sustainable space for future interactions • Refresh, communicate, and demonstrate FGDC brand Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

6. Forum Panelists & Participants • Welcome: 2 minute • Secretary Tom Vilsack • Slide Presentation: 8-10 slides • Ivan DeLoatch – USGS, FGDC Secretariat • Panelists: 45 minutes • Karen Siderelis – DOI, FGDC Chair • Jerry Johnston – EPA, NGAC Member • Tony LaVoi – NOAA, Coastal Program • William LeFurgy – LOC, Digital Initiative PM • Stephen Lowe – USDA, FGDC Member (Moderator) Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

7. Geospatial Value Proposition • Where does geo-enabled solution contribute to the place-based policy and public benefit value chain administration? • What is the nature of the solution value? (Economic, collaboration, simplification, change management) • How is it to be measured over its lifecycle? (Cyclical, periodic, immediate) • Who is responsible for measurement? (Program, technology, citizen) • What are the essential performance metrics? (Process time, production volume, elimination) • When and/or why will the solution be no longer viable? (Obsolescence, sunset, emerging technology, built capacity, etc.) Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

8. Success Factors: Model in Method • Embrace the new ethic • Participation among practitioners and experts • Openness to ideas and sense of empowerment • Innovations and bridge solutions emerge • Willingness to abandon obsolete agendas • Resolution for action and process improvement • Brand value increases with crowdsourcing Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

9. Social Media Participant Trends What kind of relationship do we want to build, based on participant readiness to engage? • Creators (21%): make social content move • Critics (37%): respond to social content from others • Collectors (19%): organize content for themselves • Joiners (35%): connect in social networks with profiles • Spectators (69%): consume social content • Inactives (25%): neither create nor consume social content of any kind (Source: 2008 Forrester Survey) Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

10. External Internal Aligning Solutions with Network • Routine Response • Familiar Problems • Process Execution • Defined Boundaries • Centralized Decision-making • Modular Response • Complex Problems • Role of Participant • Cross Functional • Role-based Decisions • Customized Response • Ambiguous Problems • Other’s Expertise • Permeable Boundaries • Collaborative Decisions Problems • Framework Design • Hypothesis Testing • Diagnosis • Configuration/Selection • Monitoring • Interpretation/Analysis • Categorization/Classification • Prediction • Scheduling/Planning • Evaluation Patterns Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer

11. Questions & Answers Enterprise Geospatial Management Office Office of the Chief Information Officer