CG Agenda ItemsFGDC Committee Meeting

SummariesFGDC Business Update

Ken ShafferFGDC OS

Deputy Executive Director703-648-5740

kmshaffer@usgs.gov

February 18, 2014

Coordination Group Meeting

2-14-14 v3

BackgroundThis 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.

CG Agenda Items - Items on the Coordination Group (CG) agenda with references to any read-ahead materials

FGDC Committee Meeting SummariesFGDC Business Update - Current FGDC initiatives/activities

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CG Agenda ItemsGeologic Subcommittee ReportNDOP Subcommittee ReportCadastral Subcommittee Report

NSDI Strategic Plan A-16 Implementation Plan

FED ONLY SESSION at 1:00 p.m. ET:A-16 Data Theme Leads Meeting

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Geologic Subcommittee Report

Presentation/update on activities

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Contact: Dave Soller, USGS, drsoller@usgs.govRead ahead: Geologic Subcommittee Report – Dave Soller.ppt

NDOP Subcommittee Report

Presentation/update on activities

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Contact: Dick Vraga, USGS, rsvraga@usgs.gov; Shirley Hall, USDA, shirley.hall@wdc.usda.govRead ahead: Pending

Presentation/update on activities

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Contact: Don Buhler, BLM, dbuhler@blm.gov Read aheads: Pending

Cadastral Subcommittee Report

NSDI Strategic Plan

Update on development of NSDI Strategic Plan

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Contact: John Mahoney, FGDC OS, jmahoney@fgdc.gov Read ahead: NSDI Strategic Plan – John Mahoney.ppt

A-16 Implementation Plan

Update on recent activities/progress

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Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS, ideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: a-16-portfolio-management-implementation-plan-CG 20140218.pptx

A-16 Data Theme Leads Meeting

Implementation PlanOther topics

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Contact: Wendy Blake-Coleman, EPA, blake-coleman.wendy@epa.gov Read ahead: Pending

FGDC Committee ReportsCommittees’Decisions SummaryCG and SC Monthly Membership ChangesSteering CommitteeExecutive CommitteeNational Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC)Next Coordination Group MeetingCoordination Group Meetings in 2014

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Committees’ Decisions Summary

Executive Committee – 1/28/14 MeetingExCom Members supported the

recommendation on the establishment of the HIFLD Subcommittee as a new FGDC subcommittee.

Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.govRead ahead: none

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Committees’ Decisions Summary

Steering Committee – 2/13/14 Meeting This meeting was cancelled due to

inclement weather.December – SC Members endorsed the NSDI Strategic Plan

Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.govRead ahead: none

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CG and SC Monthly Membership Changes

Three new SAOGIs were appointed:John Easton, Department of EducationRussell Pereira, Department of EnergyLuke McCormack, Department of Homeland Security

David Alexander will be serving as the new alternate SAOGI for DHS.

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Contact: Arista Salimi Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.gov Read Aheads: none

Steering Committee

Was scheduled to meet on: Thursday, February 13, 1:00 p.m. to

3:00p.m. at the South Interior Auditorium. Reschedule date TBD.

Agenda topics included: New GAO Engagement NSDI Strategic Plan Implementation HIFLD/FGDC Alignment A-16 Implementation Plan Transportation Theme Report Geospatial Platform Update

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Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

Executive CommitteeLast met on: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 1:00-3:30 at

DOI Agenda topics included:

GAO Testimony on HR 1604 New GAO Engagement NSDI Strategic Plan – Implementation A-16 Implementation Plan HIFLD/FGDC Next Steps Discussion Geospatial Platform Steering Committee Meeting Planning NGAC Update FY 2014 FGDC Priorities

Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.govRead ahead: None

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NGAC Update

NGAC Appointments: Interagency panel developed recommendations

to Office of the Secretary of the Interior Proposed appointments are under final review at

DOI Announcement of new appointments is expected

in February 2014.

2014 NGAC Meeting Schedule: April 1-2 (Washington, DC) June 24-25 (Washington, DC) Sept 23-24 (NCTC - Shepherdstown, WV)

Contact: John Mahoney, FGDC OS, jmahoney@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

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2014 FGDC Guidance to NGACCurrently under development, will incorporate suggestions from NGAC/FGDC agenciesPotential topic areas include: Ongoing FGDC Initiatives (Geospatial Platform ,

NSDI Strategic Plan, A-16/Portfolio Management Implementation Plan)

NGAC Subcommittee Activities (Landsat Advisory Group, Geolocation Privacy, Geospatial Education and Workforce Development, National Address Database)

Potential Additional Topics (Tribal Geospatial Issues, DOI/Administration Priorities)

Draft guidance was discussed at Jan 28 ExCom meeting

Contact: John Mahoney, FGDC OS, jmahoney@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

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Next Coordination Group MeetingMarch 18, 2014In-person and web meetingLocation: Rachel Carson Room at the Main Interior Building:1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

This room is located in the basement on the left of the cafeteria.The afternoon Theme Leads meeting will also meet in this room for those who wish to stay to attend.Draft Agenda includes:

User/Historical Data Working GroupVegetation SubcommitteeNSDI Strategic PlanA-16 Implementation Plan

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Contact: Arista Salimi Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.govRead ahead: none

2014 Coordination Group Meeting Dates January 14 – Webinar/Telecon ONLY February 18* – Webinar/Telecon ONLY March 18* – Main Interior Building (Rachel Carson Room) April 8 – Main Interior Building (Rachel Carson Room) May 13 – Webinar/Telecon ONLY June 10 – Main Interior Building (North Penthouse) July 8 – Webinar/Telecon ONLY August 12 – Main Interior Building (Rachel Carson Room) September 9 – Webinar/Telecon ONLY October 21 – Main Interior Building (Rachel Carson Room) November 18 – Webinar/Telecon ONLY December 9 – Main Interior Bulding (Rachel Carson Room)

* = changed dates

Contact: Arista Salimi Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.govRead ahead: none

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FGDC Business Update2012 GAO Actions Update2014 GAO EngagementGeospatial Line of Business and Geospatial Platform Update (by task and subtask)FGDC Annual ReportCall for Nomination – CG Co-chairFGDC Standards Update

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2012 GAO Actions UpdateAction 1) Steering Committee to: Develop a plan with timeframe to facilitate the implementation of OMB’s portfolio management guidance

Target Date: FY 2014, Q2 – ON TARGET Responsible Officials: Adrian Gardner, DHS, FEMA;

Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS

STATUS: Final Draft Implementation Plan in development

Steering Committee Review in progressRevised completion scheduleFurther update later this morning

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Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS, ideloatch@fgdc.govRead ahead: none

2012 GAO Actions Update (cont.)

Action 2) Steering Committee to: Develop and implement guidance and timeframe for identifying planned geospatial investments using the Geospatial Platform (Marketplace)

Target Date: FY 2013, Q4 - COMPLETE Responsible Officials: Jerry Johnston, DOI

STATUS: Version 1 of Marketplace enables agencies to flag

records as “planned” for search, discovery and collaboration

Additional functionality, requirements, and alignment of agency processes recognized as needed next steps

Federal policy developed by interagency groupReleased 9/25/13 with follow-up email 1/24/14.Includes template that can be used to adapt the

policy to meet specific agency needs.

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2012 GAO Actions Update (cont.)

Action 3) Steering Committee to: Create and update a strategic plan with timeframe and implement the plan within the established time frame

Target Date: FY 2014, Q2, COMPLETE - December 2013

Responsible Officials: Dan Cotter, DHS; Ivan DeLoatch FGDC OS

STATUS: SC and NGAC endorsed the plan in mid-

DecemberImplementation planning beginning

Further details provided later in today’s meeting.

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2014 GAO EngagementNew (2nd) engagement - GAO letter received January 6, 2014Evaluation related to geospatial dataPursuant to a request from the Chair of the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Sen. Tom Carper, D-DE)Study will focus on:

Implementation of the previous recommendations from GAO The types of data federal agencies and States are acquiring Potential duplication of acquisition of data

An entrance conference with GAO held February 5th

Data focus appears to be on Imagery and Addresses GAO intends to analyze the data.gov metadata holdings again, they

were pointed to the OGC compliant catalog search service currently in development for the data.gov/GeoPlatform.gov catalog

Additional information about the scope of the study and how the GAO team plans to execute the engagement is being developed by GAOGAO stated its approach should be defined by April 2014

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Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS, ideloatch@fgdc.govRead ahead: none

Geospatial Line of Business/Platform

Managing Partner Activities: Interagency Agreements collection process initiated for

FY14 (supports FY15 activities). Message issued this month to start process Please verify agency POCs by February 1, 2014.

Completed EVM and DOI E-Gov Investment Tracking reports

Submitted IT Investment Reporting Artifacts

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Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

FY14 Interagency Agreements POCs current as of 1/8/14

Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

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Agency Partner Contribution as Reported in MAX Senior Agency Official CIO Point of Contact CG Representative

Agriculture $225,000 Stephen Lowe John M. Bebris & Barbara Lawton

Marisa CapriottiShirley Hall

Betsy Kanalley

Commerce $225,000 Joseph F. Klimavicz Dan Rooney & Tim Trainor Tony Lavoi

DoD - NGA $225,000 Michelle Motsko James Bjostad James Bjostad Education $25,000 Jack Buckley Chanel Hicks Tai Phan

Energy $50,000 Cuttie Bacon Christina Santangelo Teddy DyerEPA $225,000 Harvey Simon Brenda Gibson Wendy Blake-Coleman

GSA $50,000 Angela Smith Autumn Wallin John Sullivan

HHS $50,000 Keith Tucker Stephanie Foster Stephanie Foster

DHS $225,000 Dan Cotter Richard Spires & George Begay Lew Summers

HUD $50,000 Joyce Little Angela Morse Jon Sperling Justice $50,000 Nick Loulou Carla Aikens Labor $25,000NARA $25,000 Paul Wester John McIver Brett AbramsNASA $225,000 Adrian Gardner Gerald Smith Myra Bambacus NSF $25,000 Ann E. Smith Edith TruvilionSBA $25,000 Deborah Anderson Dr. Noor Dr. Noor SSA $25,000 Lew Sandford Mike Higgins David Timmons

State $50,000 Cecelia Henderson Carolyn Johnson Cecelia HendersonTransportation $50,000 Patricia Hu Tracey Lancaster Mark Bradford

Treasury $25,000 Jimmy Amoaka-Atta Elaine Boston Jimmy Amoaka-AttaUSACE $50,000 James Dalton Jean Gilleo Nancy Blyler USAID $25,000 Carrie Stokes Ken Kertula

VA $25,000 Dat P. Tran Dat P. Tran Pheakdey Lim

Geospatial LoB/Platform UpdateAdvancing the A-16 Efforts

Continued support in the development of the A-16 Implementation Plan

16 Community storefronts have been established in the staging environment

Continued support to Theme Leads and Dataset Managers on preparing NGDA metadata for harvesting in new  Catalog.Data.gov

Continued support for planning and hosting of A-16 Theme Lead Meetings

Gathering requirements and initial content for the development of A-16 Theme Communities storefronts on the GeoPlatform

Testing workflow management in preparation for moving Theme Lead Collaboration Community to private community on the GeoPlatform

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Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

Geospatial LoB/Platform UpdateGeoPlatform.gov

Site Functionality Enhancements Home Page refinements; Featured Maps/APPs and

Trending Data Data Page Filter By Location Data.gov style Metrics Page Deployed for

GeoPlatform.gov Market Place Data Footprints in development Web Map Viewer Requirements

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Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

Geospatial LoB/Platform UpdateGeoPlatform.gov (cont.)

Community Updates GeoConOps HIFLD A-16 Theme Template World-Wide Human Geography Data (WWHGD)

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Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

Geospatial LoB/Platform UpdateGeoPlatform.gov (cont.)

pyCSW – CKAN enhancements Creating a CSW endpoint for CKAN that can be utilized

by GeoPlatform.gov Actively Tracking Site metrics via Google Analytics

Number of Unique Visitors Most Visited Pages

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Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

2013 FGDC Annual Report

Printed and online versions are available at: http://www.fgdc.gov/library/whitepapers-reports/

annual%20reports/2013 For a printed version, contact Gita at:

burbanma@fgdc.gov

Thanks to everyone who contributed to the report.

Contact: Gita Urban-Mathieux, FGDC, burbanma@fgdc.gov

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Call for Nominations – CG Co-ChairThanks to Lew Summers for serving as Co-Chair this year.Call for self nominations for new Co-Chair: Deadline extended to March 18 – No

nominations were provided Self nomination of primary CG members. SAOGIs must submit a statement of support for

each nomination – resource commitment. Nominations will be compiled and put out to the

CG for a blind vote via email. ~ 4 to 5 weeks of commitment annually.

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Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.gov; Ken Shaffer, FGDC OS, kmshaffer@usgs.gov

Read ahead: none

FGDC Standards Update – February 2014

FGDC Standards ActivitiesINCITS L1/U.S. TAG Standards ActivitiesOGC Standards ActivitiesGWG Standards Activities

Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627

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FGDC Standards ActivitiesSC endorsed two new standards, including a new FGDC standard

Web Feature Service 2.0 Real Property Asset Data Standard

Request for comments on proposal to withdraw Spatial Data Transfer Standard (SDTS), Parts 1-7

2014-02-21 Deadline for comments RFC published in Federal Register,

https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/12/09/2013-28624/proposal-to-withdraw-spatial-data-transfer-standard-parts-1-7

RFC also published on FGDC web site (see News)

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Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627

FGDC Standards Activities2014-02-20 next FGDC Standards WG meeting. Topics:

Recommendation for FGDC endorsement GeoRSS Simple, GeoRSS GML ISO/IEC 15144-1:2004 Corrigenda 1:2007/2:2008 JPEG 2000 AIXM 5.1 - FAA

For information Update on revision of the Address Data Standard - ASWG Quantities and units: ISO 80000 and NIST guidance – NIST

For teleconference/web meeting instructions and draft meeting agenda, visit the FGDC calendar of events, https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/organization/FGDC-SWG/2014-02-20_SWG

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INCITS L1/U.S. TAG Standards Activities

2014-04-11 next L1/U.S. TAG meeting2014-06-02/06 ISO TC 211 plenary & meetings - Berlin

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Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627

OGC Standards Activities2014-03-24/28 next OGC TC/PC meeting, Lockheed Martin, Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. See http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1403tc

OGC North American Forum meets March 24: OGC members only

Deadlines for OGC ballots: 2014-02-26 OGC User Management Interfaces for Earth

Observation Services 2014-03-04 OGC RESTful Encoding of Ordering Services

Framework For Earth Observation Products 2014-03-23 OGC OpenSearch Geo and Time Extensions 2014-03-29 OGC I15 (ISO19115 Metadata) Extension

Package of CS-W ebRIM Profile 1.0

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Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627

GWG Standards Activities2014-02-05 14-1 GWG voting meeting. Items:

Mandate Time-Space-Position Information (TSPI) Version 2 Retain as emerging:

ISO 19143:2010, Filter encoding ISO 19146:2010, Cross-domain vocabularies OpenGIS Georeferenced Table Joining Service Implementation

Standard v1.0.0, 2010-11-22

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Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627

GWG Standards Activities“On-deck” standards Mandate

OGC Geopackage OGC OWS Context OGC SensorML OGC WCS 2.0.1 with Corrigendum OGC WCS 2.0 KVP Protocol Ext., v.1.0.1

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Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627

GWG Standards Activities“On-deck” standards

Emerging OGC WCS Scaling Extension OGC WCS Interpolation Extension OGC WCS Processing Extension OGC GML Application Schema - Coverages - GeoTiff

Coverage Encoding Extension OGC WCS 2.0 Earth Observation Application Profile OGC WCS Range Subsetting Extension

ISO 3166-1:2006, Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions, Part 1: Country codes, 20 November 2006 – Admin detail

ESDS-RFC-002v1, Network Common Data Form-4 (netCDF-4) / Hierarchical Data Form (HDF) 5 File Format, March 2011 - RFC to consider status change to this emerging standard

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SWG RFC on proposal to withdraw SDTS closes

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OGC TC/PCOGC North American Forum

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