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December 2010
Inside this issue:
President’s Column 2
Legislative Affairs Survey 2
Privacy Proposals 3
Congressional Races 3
MAPPS Membership List 4
Fall Policy Conference 5
Winter Conference 6
New Member Firms 7
New PA-MAPPS Officers 9
Public Service Award 9
MAPPS Board Approves 2011 Budget No Dues Increase, New Membership Packages Offered
Baker Wins MAPPS Grand Award
See Awards page 5
Michael Baker Jr., Inc., Harris-
burg, PA, was selected as the
Grand Award winner in the 4th
Annual MAPPS Geospatial
Products and Services Excel-
lence Awards competition pre-
sented November 17 in Kissim-
mee, FL. Baker's project, "U.S.
Bureau of Census - Accurate
Coordinate Datasets Collec-
tion," generated spatial ground
control for 1,018 counties and
municipalities, spanning 37
different U.S. States and five
U.S. territories in support of the
Census Bureau's MAF/TIGER
Accuracy Improvement Project.
The project spanned over four
and a half years and was deliv-
ered ahead of schedule, and
$2.4 million under budgeted
allocation.
"Baker was selected due to the
overall size and complexity of
the project, as well as the glow-
ing client recommendation,"
said Christine Grahl, editor for
POB Magazine, Troy, Michi-
gan, one of the judges who
evaluated the submitted pro-
jects. "Baker's ability to coordi-
nate multiple resources and
overcome a multitude of chal-
lenges to deliver such a large
project ahead of schedule,
Upcoming MAPPS
Events
For updates go to: www.mapps.org
MAPPS 2011 Winter Conference January 24 – 28, 2011
Radisson Lucaya Resort Grand Bahama Island, Bahamas
MAPPS 2011 Summer Conference June 26-30, 2011
The Sagamore Resort Bolton Landing, NY
MAPPS 2011 Federal Programs Conference
March 15 -16, 2011 The Westin City Center
Washington, DC
MAPPS 2012 Winter Conference January 22-26, 2012 Arizona Biltmore
Phoenix, AZ
MAPPS 2012 Federal Programs Conference
March 13-14, 2012 The Westin City Center
Washington, DC
In recognition of the continuing
economic slowdown, the
MAPPS Board of Directors has
approved a 2011 budget that
keeps dues at the same level as
2010. The Board‟s 2011 fiscal
plan calls for revenue of
$841,400 with no change in the
basic dues level for all catego-
ries of firms.
In response to a recommenda-
tion of a dues task force chaired
by David Hart (Continental
Mapping Consultants, Sun Prai-
rie, WI), the Board has ap-
proved and implemented a new
voluntary package or “bundle”
program of one-time payment
of dues and conference registra-
tion.
The “Emerald Package” com-
bines MAPPS annual member-
ship dues and registration fees
for one firm principal to attend
three major MAPPS confer-
ences within the firm‟s mem-
bership term (includes Winter,
Federal Programs, and Summer
conferences). Purchase of the
Emerald Package at the time of
membership renewal results in
at least a 5% discount from the
early registration fee for the
MAPPS conferences. This
package is $2,190 in addition to
base membership dues.
A new “Diamond Package”
combines MAPPS annual mem-
bership base dues, a Platinum
Sustaining Membership, a
Diamond Sponsorship at the
MAPPS Summer or Winter
conference and registration
fees for two firm principals to
attend three major MAPPS
conferences within the firm‟s
membership term (includes
Winter, Federal Programs, and
Summer conferences). Addi-
tionally, purchase of the Dia-
mond Package at the time of
membership renewal results in
at least a 5% discount from the
early registration fees for the
MAPPS conferences. This
package is $12,880 in addition
to base membership dues.
See Budget page 4
Michael Baker Jr., Inc. (Harrisburg, PA) won
two MAPPS Excellence Awards for its entry
of a U.S. Bureau of Census project. Baker
recipients Colleen Ditmars and Robert Han-
son display the awards for the Photogram-
metry/Elevation Data Generation category
and the 2010 Grand Award respectively.
MAPPS Excellence Awards Reception,
sponsored by Riegl USA (Orlando, FL), was
held in a hangar at Kissimmee Gateway
Airport during the MAPPS Fall Policy Con-
ference in Orlando, FL.
MAPPS Excellence Awards reception: (L to
R) Jerry Skaw, Microsoft/Vexcel Imaging;
Jeff Lovin, Woolpert, MAPPS President;
Claire Kiedrowski, KAPPA Mapping; Gary
Florence, Photo Science; Christine Grahl,
POB Magazine, Awards Judge and Presenter;
Layton Hobbs, Woolpert; John Palatiello,
MAPPS Executive Director.
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if
you can't get them across, your
ideas won't get you anywhere.”
— Lee Iacocca
Communication within any
organization is the key to suc-
cess. This holds especially true
for a member-driven organiza-
tion such as MAPPS. Without
information sharing and input
from the membership, MAPPS
would not be able to facilitate
the networking opportunities
that have made the association
so attractive to firm principals,
owners, partners and senior
professional executives. With-
out information sharing,
MAPPS would also not be able
to achieve the political impact it
has experienced in its 27-year
history.
The MAPPS staff continues to
keep the membership engaged
through many different forums:
FLIGHTLINE and Capitol
Coverage as well as through the
ever changing Web 2.0 social
media platforms such as Twit-
ter, Facebook, YouTube, and
LinkedIN (to follow MAPPS
after becoming a member of
LinkedIN).
MAPPS also uses periodic
membership surveys, such as
the just-released 2011 Legisla-
tives Priorities survey, and our
semi-annual economic survey.
I am please to announce that
MAPPS is adding yet another
communications vehicle. Two
committees have launched
“discussion boards” for use by
committee members. It is fitting
that the Legislative Affairs and
Emerging Markets committees
are the pioneers of using this
means of communication, as
they are often the most demand-
ing of news and information
sharing among the membership.
Click here to log on.
This forum is meant to be a
secure place for members to
discuss issues and trends that
affect your firm, practice and
business. It can also provide
content on items you would like
to see on Federal legislation, a
focused venue for state issues
or topics for consideration for
MAPPS conference programs.
Instructions on how to access
the forum can be found here on
the members only section of
the MAPPS web site. By creat-
ing an account, you will be
able to engage in the content
and conversations.
With a new Congress and the
ever changing marketplace, it is
important to share information
and for the Board of Directors
and staff to hear the opinions of
the membership. It is only by
way of communication that we
can set the agenda of the asso-
ciation to best benefit you, the
members.
Page 2 FLIGHTLINE
Jeff Lovin
MAPPS President
“Through these media,
MAPPS seeks input
from members and
continues discussions
about the geospatial
market during and
after MAPPS
meetings.”
President’s Column Communication by Jeff Lovin, PS, CP
MAPPS needs feedback and
input on areas of legislative
significance to firms in the geo-
spatial marketplace.
A special legislative issues sur-
vey has been sent to all mem-
bers via email. This survey
seeks member views on key
issues likely to come before the
U.S. Congress in 2011.
MAPPS members have an op-
pourtunity to provide answers
to six questions by participating
in a brief survey. The deadline
for participation is Friday, De-
cember 10. Direct feedback
from members will help the
MAPPS Legislative Affairs
Committee and Board of Direc-
tors prioritize the legislative
issues for the 2011 MAPPS
Federal Programs Conference,
to be held March 15-16, 2011 in
Washington, DC.
Call for Legislative Affairs Agenda
To Become a
LinkedIN Member Once You Are a
LinkedIN Member
Page 3 FLIGHTLINE
“Privacy” Proposals Threaten Geospatial Data Activities
Proposed legislation and regula-
tion intended to protect individ-
ual citizen privacy could have a
harmful affect on the broad pri-
vate geospatial community,
MAPPS has warned.
Last week, the Federal Trade
Commission released a staff re-
port that recommends (p61) -
“The Commission staff has sup-
ported affirmative express con-
sent where companies collect
sensitive information for online
behavioral advertising and con-
tinues to believe that certain
types of sensitive information
warrant special protection, such
as information about children,
financial and medical informa-
tion, and precise geolocation
data. Thus, before any of this
data is collected, used, or shared,
staff believes that companies
should seek affirmative express
consent.” (emphasis added.)
MAPPS Executive Director John
Palatiello and MAPPS member
Kevin Promfet, Esq. (LeClair
Ryan, PC, Richmond, VA)
briefed the National Geospatial
Advisory Committee (NGAC) on
the threat on December 7.
This proposal, like legislation
that was introduced but not acted
upon by Congress, uses the very
broad term “precise geolocation
data”, but does not define the
View” mapping feature.
In a letter to P. Michele Elli-
son, Bureau Chief of the
Enforcement Bureau of the
FCC, MAPPS wrote ,
“Specifically, we were con-
cerned that privacy legisla-
tion, or FCC regulation, that
imprecisely uses and regu-
lates the term „precise geolo-
cation information‟ would
adversely impact consumers,
geospatial firms and govern-
ment programs. We were
particularly concerned that
this term was not defined in
the draft and introduced leg-
islation.”
“The geospatial community
is one of the fastest growing
in the marketplace. It has
been identified by the US
Department of Labor as one
of the “high growth” sectors
of the US workforce. We are
concerned that unintended
consequences of future FCC
regulation will stymie eco-
nomic growth, job creation,
and introduction of new con-
sumer products enabled by
geospatial technologies.”
Further, MAPPS said in the
letter, “The use of the term
„geolocation‟ or other geo-
spatial relevant terminology
that may appear in future
term. The imprecise use of
the term could have broad
implications, and unintended
consequences, that could be
very damaging to the geospa-
tial community. To require
that any geospatial firm to
obtain “affirmative express
consent” from every citizen
about whom precise geoloca-
tion data is to be collected is
impractical to the point of
being impossible. This
would require every citizen
to be contacted and approval
obtained before parcel, im-
agery, planimetric or eleva-
tion data, or any other geolo-
cation data can be collected,
used, or shared.
MAPPS earlier urged the
Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) to use
extreme caution and not im-
plement any enforcement or
broad regulation that would
have a harmful affect on the
broad private geospatial
community. The warning is
similar to one MAPPS con-
veyed to Congress regarding
proposed privacy legislation.
According to an Associated
Press article dated November
10, 2010, the FCC is investi-
gating Google‟s activities
including photographing
neighborhoods for its “Street
FCC regulation could impose
a significant new liability on
our members. Also, it could
thwart some common, legiti-
mate and emerging uses of
geospatial data for emergency
response/post disaster reme-
diation, insurance, environ-
mental protection, E-911 &
ambulance services, fleet
management broadband map-
ping, home security, naviga-
tion, mortgage foreclosure
monitoring/early warning
system, and others. Moreover,
activities, technologies and
applications development
could be deemed illegal. For
example, it would be imprac-
tical, if not impossible, for our
member firms to obtain prior
approval or consent from indi-
vidual citizens prior to acquir-
ing or applying data such as
satellite imagery, aerial pho-
tography, or parcel, address,
or transportation data. A FCC
regulation of this nature
would effectively ban our
member firms, or their clients,
from important value-added,
integration and application
activities. Finally, any such
FCC regulation could put US
companies at a significant and
insurmountable competitive
disadvantage against foreign
firms that may not be covered
by that regulation, or for
which enforcement would be
impractical.”
MAPPS PAC Supported Candidates Win 41 of 43 Congressional Races
The MAPPS Political Action
Committee (MAPPS PAC) pro-
vided $50,000 in support for 43
candidates for the U.S. Senate
and House of Representatives in
the November 2 election. Two
candidates were not on the No-
vember ballot.
the PAC supported GOP
candidates won 32-2, win-
ning 94% of the time;
the PAC supported Sen-
ate candidates won 10-1,
winning, 91% of the time;
the MAPPS PAC sup-
ported candidates won 41-2,
winning 95% of the time;
the PAC supported De-
mocratic candidates won 9-0,
winning 100% of the time;
the PAC supported House
candidates won 31-1, winning
97% of the time;
the PAC supported candi-
dates won as incumbents 25-
0, winning 100% of the time;
See Contributions page 7
Page 4 FLIGHTLINE
MAPPS Board Approves 2011 Budget Budget, continued from page 1
The Diamond and Emerald
Packages are additions to what
MAPPS has offered in the past.
Members may still choose to
make separate payments for
membership, conference regis-
trations and sponsorships. For
more information, visit the
MAPPS web site (link).
MAPPS government affairs
efforts, particularly at the
state level. The increase was
provided to take advantage
of significant increases in pro
-free enterprise governors
and state legislators elected
on November 2.
MAPPS will also be imple-
All firms with a dues anni-
versary date of December 31,
2010 have been invoiced for
2011 dues. All firms with
any other anniversary date
will be invoiced upon such
date in 2011.
The 2011 budget provides an
increase in funding for
menting an upgrade to its web
site that will provide members
a more robust and searchable
database of member firms to
enhance the identification of
firms for networking, partner-
ing and business-to-business
opportunities.
MAPPS Contact Information Available to Members
The MAPPS Board of Directors
approved the rental of an elec-
tronic database of MAPPS con-
tacts as a service to members.
The action, approved during its
November meeting in Orlando,
FL, allows current MAPPS
members in good standing to
rent a spreadsheet of member-
ship contact information. The
a subscription basis, with
quarterly updates for $500.
“The MAPPS staff reported
that there are numerous re-
quests throughout the year
for an electronic database of
contacts, especially after
conferences, and we felt like
the traditional method of
information provided in the
database is currently avail-
able to MAPPS members on
the web site. However, this
rental process eliminates the
need for time consuming
data mining.
The database can be rented
for a one time fee of $300 or
mining this data was out-dated
and cumbersome to our mem-
bers,” said Jeff Lovin,
MAPPS President. “MAPPS
will not sell or rent the data-
base to anyone outside the
membership and expect the
members who take advantage
of this service to abide by the
policy statement set forth.”
See MAPPS Contacts page 6
Page 5 FLIGHTLINE
under budget and with a 99.6%
first-time acceptance rate on de-
liverables is worthy of acclaim."
MAPPS awarded winners in six
technical categories. Baker's Cen-
sus project won in the Photo-
grammetry/Elevation Data Gen-
eration category. Photo Science's
project, "Humboldt Bay Ecosys-
tem Mapping" won for Airborne
and Satellite Data Acquisition.
Woolpert, Inc. won for "City of
Columbus 2009 Impervious Sur-
face Program" in Remote Sens-
ing. The Sidwell Company's pro-
ject, "Improved Geospatial Ca-
dastral Mapping with GIS Inte-
gration" was selected in GIS/IT.
Kappa Mapping won the Small
Projects category for "Tenant's
members strive to provide."
A panel of independent
judges evaluated projects
submitted by MAPPS mem-
bers for the awards program.
Joining Ms. Grahl on the
panel was chairman Robert
Burtch PS, CP, Ferris State
University, Big Rapids,
Michigan; Pamela Lawhead,
associate professor at the Uni-
versity of Mississippi in Ox-
ford, Mississippi; Leonard
Gilroy, AICP, director of
government reform at Reason
Foundation, Los Angeles,
CA; and Donn Dears, presi-
dent of TSAugust.org, a non-
profit think tank conducting
research on energy and eco-
Harbor Buoy Counting Pro-
ject". And Microsoft was cho-
sen in Technology Innovation
for its "UltraCam L/Lp" digi-
tal aerial camera.
"MAPPS member firms have
once again demonstrated the
professionalism, innovation
and societal benefit that the
private geospatial community
provides to enhance our qual-
ity of life," said MAPPS Ex-
ecutive Director John Pala-
tiello. "On a daily basis,
MAPPS member firms are
providing quality services,
data and technology products.
The Excellence Awards high-
light these achievements and
the professionalism MAPPS
nomic issues, in Geneva, Illi-
nois.
The awards presentation took
place at the MAPPS Fall Pol-
icy Conference, held in con-
junction with the Special Joint
Symposium of ISPRS Techni-
cal Commission IV and Auto-
Carto 2010 held in association
with the ASPRS/CaGIS Spe-
cialty Conference on GIS Day,
November 17, 2010. The
awards reception was spon-
sored by Riegl USA, a MAPPS
member firm, at the Kissim-
mee Florida Airport.
The six winning projects are
available for viewing on the
MAPPS web site.
Six Firms Recognized for Winning MAPPS Excellence Awards AWARDS, continued from page 1
Services in support of the Army
Geospatial Center, the develop-
ment of a federal “Geospatial
Platform”, a new program to
provide a “National Enhanced
Elevation Program,” and policy
issues affecting small businesses
were topics briefed to MAPPS
members at the 2010 Fall Policy
Conference, held November 18
in Orlando, FL.
Robert W. Burkhardt, Director
of the Army Geospatial Center
(AGC) and Geospatial Informa-
tion Officer (GIO), outlined
several upcoming procurements
for new and advanced geospatial
technologies. Karen Siderelis,
Geographic Information Office
of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, made one of the first
public presentations on the pro-
posed "Geospatial Platform", a
managed portfolio of common
geospatial data, services, and
applications contributed and
evening of the MAPPS Pub-
lic Service Award, warned
members of threats from
several federal initiatives,
including insourcing, and a
potential “high road” con-
tracting policy, which would
allow agencies to favor labor
-friendly firms when evaluat-
ing bids or proposals. Clark
also highlighted provisions
in the recently enacted small
business jobs legislation,
including new SBA loans for
plant and facility expansion,
a $10,000 tax credit for new
business start-ups, and an
increased tax credit for ex-
porting.
Liaison meetings between
MAPPS and several key
agencies were held. MAPPS
members conferred with Paul
Rooney of FEMA, Robert
Mesko and Keith Short of
the US Army Corps of Engi-
administered by authoritative
sources and hosted on a
shared infrastructure, for use
by government agencies and
partners to meet their mis-
sion needs and the broader
needs of the Nation. Larry
Sugarbaker, US Geological
Survey, unveiled a plan to
develop a National Enhanced
Elevation Program, to in-
clude LIDAR and other ele-
vation technologies, to pro-
vide a national program for a
three-dimensional model of
multiple surfaces.
Presentations from each of
these briefings are available
on the Members Only section
of the MAPPS web site.
Major L. Clark, III, Assistant
Chief Counsel for Procure-
ment, Small Business Ad-
ministration (SBA) Office of
Advocacy, recipient the prior
neers, Kari Craun of USGS,
Miki Schmidt, Mike Aslaksen
and Ronnie Taylor of NOAA,
Dale Samson and DJ Staub of
FAA, and Ray Lauer of NGA
on agendas of issues affecting
private geospatial firms‟ work
for and relationship with these
agencies.
Federal Initiatives Highlighted at MAPPS Fall Policy Conference
Robert W. Burkhardt, Director, AGC and
GIO spoke at the MAPPS Fall Policy
Conference in Orlando, FL.
Page 6
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Session Highlights:
· Interior Motives: BIM Applications, Equipment and Methodology
· Five Minutes to New Business Partners
· Town Hall on Federal Procurement: What changes in government
contracting rules would you like to see?
· Mapping the 2011 Political Landscape
· GPS/INS Technology: The Next Generation
· Mobile Mapping Forum II: Lessons Learned, Potholes and
Opportunities
· Winning the Award: How to benefit from MAPPS and other
professional awards programs
· A Government Contracting Education Proposition
· Making NOAA’s Digital Coast a Reality
· Economic Survey Results
· Clearing the Air: An update on UAVs
· Opportunities in the World of GeoINT
Page 7 FLIGHTLINE
Welcome Back
Autodesk
Do you know of a firm that
would benefit from becoming
a MAPPS member?
Please send contact informa-
tion to Nick Palatiello, MAPPS
Marketing & Communications
Manager.
MAPPS Welcomes New Member Firms
www.efsgeotech.com 147 Greenfield Dr. Monticello, AR 71655 Glen Dabney President gdabney@efsgeotech.com 870-460-9994
www.midwestaerialphoto.com 7535 W. Broad St. Galloway, OH 43119 Ken Scruggs President ken@midwestaerialphoto.com 614-853-2902
MAPPS PAC Contributions continued from page 3
the PAC supported candi-
dates won as challengers 8-2,
winning 80% of the time; and
the PAC supported candi-
dates won open seats 8-0, win-
ning 100% of the time.
These candidates were selected
for support from our PAC based
on their records on geospatial
and general business issues,
committee assignments, leader-
ship positions, and the status of
their election campaigns. This
cycle, we continued our imple-
mentation of a comprehensive
process of candidate evaluation,
input from our members, and
staff analysis.
Senator Richard Burr (R-NC)
Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Senator John McCain (R-AZ)
Senator John Thune (R-SD)
Representative Ron Kind (D-
WI)
Representative Jack Kingston (R
-GA)
Representative Doug Lamborn
(R-CO)
Representative Carolyn Ma-
loney (D-NY)
Representative Don Manzullo
(R-IL)
Representative Tom Petri (R-
WI)
Representative Nick Rahall (D-
WV)
Representative Dutch Ruppers-
berger (D-MD)
Representative Pete Sessions (R
-TX)
Representative Nydia Velasquez
(D-NY)
Representative Lynn Westmore-
land (R-GA)
House Candidate Lou Barletta
(R-PA), challenger
House Candidate Rick Berg (R-
ND), challenger
House Candidate Dan Debicella
(R-CT), challenger - LOST
Senator David Vitter (R-LA)
Senate Candidate John Booz-
man (R-AR), challenger
Senate Candidate Ken Buck (R-
CO), challenger - LOST
Senate Candidate Ron Johnson
(R-WI), challenger
Senate Candidate Dan Coats (R-
IN), open seat
Senate Candidate Mike Lee (R-
UT), open seat
Senate Candidate Marco Rubio
(R-FL), open seat
Representative Rob Andrews (D
-NJ)
Representative Michele Bach-
mann (R-MN)
Representative Brian Bilbray (R
-CA)
Representative Jim Costa (D-
CA)
Representative Charlie Dent (R-
PA)
Representative John Duncan (R-
TN)
Representative Sam Graves (R-
MO)
Representative Ruben Hinojosa
(D-TX)
House Candidate Bill Flores (R-
TX), challenger
House Candidate Cory Gardner
(R-CO), challenger
House Candidate Andy Harris (R
-MD), challenger
House Candidate Vicky Hartzler
(R-MO), challenger
House Candidate Mike Kelly (R-
PA), challenger
House Candidate Sean Duffy (R-
WI), open seat
House Candidate David
McKinley (R-WV), open seat
House Candidate Pat Meehan (R-
PA), open seat House Candidate Todd Rokita (R-IN), open seat
House Candidate Tim Scott (R-SC),
open seat
Contributions to the MAPPS
PAC for the 2011-2012 Elec-
tion cycle can be made on-
line.
MAPPS to Provide Contact Database to Members MAPPS Contacts continued from page 4 The policy statement for the
rental is as follows:
MAPPS allows firms in good
standing to purchase an elec-
tronic database of all member
contacts. This information is
available on the MAPPS website,
however, as a service to our
dence using the database
prior to the release. The da-
tabase is not to be resold or
retransmitted to anyone out-
side of the purchasing firm.
The database is to be used in
accordance with the MAPPS
Code of Ethics.
membership an Excel spread-
sheet of this data will be pro-
vided for a fee. Data provided
from MAPPS will be com-
piled from information pro-
vided by the membership and
is only as accurate as submit-
ted. MAPPS staff must be
provided all email correspon-
MAPPS continues to rent mail-
ing labels of contacts at firms
for a fee of $100 per use.
For more information about
the mailing list rental please
contact Nick Palatiello, Mar-
keting Communications Man-
ager.
www.ittvis.com 4990 Pearl East Circle Boulder, CO 80301 Cherie Darnel Global Technical Marketing Specialist
cdarnel@ittvis.com 303-786-9900
Page 8 FLIGHTLINE
See MAPPS Contacts Page 6
Page 9 FLIGHTLINE
PA-MAPPS, the Pennsylvania
chapter of MAPPS, named offi-
cers and directors for the associa-
tion's Board of Directors and set
priorities for the chapter for 2011.
The Board of Directors of PA-
MAPPS consists of the following
members and positions:
▫ President: Con Sweeney, Mi-
chael Baker Jr., Inc. (Harrisburg,
PA)
▫ President-Elect: Stephen Ellis,
GISP, GeoDecisions a divison of
Gannett Fleming, Inc. (Camp
Hill, PA)
▫ Secretary: Rob Rowe, GISP,
MAPPS and those working
with me on the board," said
Con Sweeney, PA-MAPPS
President. "During the last
year we strengthened our
partnership with the other
geospatial practitioner groups
in Pennsylvania to give voice
to the need for greater utiliza-
tion of geospatial data for the
benefit of the citizens of the
Commonwealth. We plan to
continue this message with
the newly elected Governor
and legislature over the next
year."
The Board of Directors also
announced the creation of
Herbert, Rowland & Grubic,
Inc. (State College, PA)
▫ Treasurer: Ashis Pal, GISP,
geographIT (Lancaster, PA)
▫ Director: Michael Shillenn,
CP, Photo Science, Inc. (West
Chester, PA)
In addition to the board posi-
tions, Pete Quigley, Keddal
Aerial Mapping, a division of
Kucera International, was
appointed as the membership
chair.
"I am grateful for the support
of the members of PA-
programs and legislative com-
mittees. The programs com-
mittee will work to provide
greater content to the member-
ship, including business devel-
opment and networking, as
well as support the profes-
sional geospatial conferences
within the Commonwealth.
The legislative committee will
work closely with other stake-
holders in Pennsylvania to
continue to make a geospatial
coordination council a reality.
PA-MAPPS will hold a gen-
eral membership meeting on
Thursday, December 16, 2010
at which time committee lead-
ership positions will be filled.
PA-MAPPS Elects New Officers, Creates Committees
SBA's Major Clark Receives MAPPS Public Service Award Major L. Clark III, Assistant
Chief Counsel for Procurement
at the Small Business Admini-
stration (SBA), was presented
the MAPPS Public Service
Award on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 17, 2010 at the MAPPS Fall
Policy Conference in Orlando,
FL.
Mr. Clark was recognized for
his role in revising the
"retainage" regulation. His lead-
ership led to the revision of a
provision in the Federal Acqui-
sition Regulation (FAR) that
mandated a clause in Federal
contracts for architecture and
engineering services, including
surveying and mapping services,
that mandated a withholding or
retainage of 10 percent of fees,
regardless of the risk to the gov-
ernment or the quality of the
firm's performance. The rule,
FAR 52.232-10, was revised in
the public and the geospatial
profession in their govern-
ment service roles.
"Major Clark has long been
an effective advocate for
small business, but went
above and beyond the call of
duty to see the retainage rule
changed," said John Pala-
tiello, MAPPS Executive
Director.
Mr. Clark began his current
position in 1998 as Assistant
General Counsel for Procure-
ment Policy in SBA's Office
of Advocacy. He previously
served as staff director to the
Small Business Committee
of the U.S. House of Repre-
sentatives, Associate Gradu-
ate Professor at Morgan State
University, and Executive
Vice President, Corporate
Development and Admini-
March 2010, as the first
regulation to go through the
SBA Office of Advocacy
process known as R3 --
Regulatory Review and Re-
form -- from nomination to
final regulatory revision. The
regulatory change Clark
shepherded through the Fed-
eral bureaucracy made re-
tainage a negotiable, discre-
tionary contract provision.
SBA estimated this action
will save small businesses in
the architecture, engineering,
surveying and mapping field
$335 million.
The Public Service Award
was established by the
MAPPS board of directors to
recognize and honor employ-
ees in public service posi-
tions who have made ex-
traordinary contributions to
stration for an information
technology firm.
Clark is only the second re-
cipient of the MAPPS award.
It was first presented to
Moody K. "M.K." Miles, III
Deputy Chief of Engineering
and Construction, Civil Works
Directorate, headquarters of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers in June 2007.
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