Federal Geographic Data Committee Update

Karen Siderelis/Ivan DeLoatchNGAC MeetingMay 12, 2009

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TopicsKaren Siderelis:

Transition UpdateFGDC Executive Committee ActivitiesImagery for the Nation Update

Ivan DeLoatch:Recovery.govGeospatial Line of BusinessNGAC Membership – Terms/Appointments

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TransitionFederal CIO – Vivek Kundra (OMB)Federal CTO – Aneesh Chopra (OSTP)

DOI Secretary – Ken Salazar (confirmed)DOI Deputy Secretary – David Hayes (nominated, not confirmed)DOI Assistant Secretary, Policy, Management and Budget – Rhea Suh (nominated, not confirmed)

Senior Agency Officials for Geospatial Information (SAOGIs) – some career officials, some political appointees not yet in place

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FGDC Executive Committee

Karen Siderelis (DOI) – Acting ChairMike Howell (OMB) – Acting Vice-ChairDan Cotter (DHS)Chuck Gay (NASA)Jerry Johnston (EPA)Joe Klimavicz (Commerce)Stephen Lowe (USDA)Steve Wallach (DOD)

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Executive Committee Offsite Meeting - April 15-16

National Geospatial Policy/Strategy

FGDC Governance and Communication

Economic Recovery

Data Issues

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National Geospatial Policy/Strategy

GOAL: Develop a common view and a plan

AGREEMENT: Executive Committee will sponsor formulation of a National

Geospatial Policy/Strategy and seek needed political support

ACTIONS: Create Executive Summary with key messages on the National

Geospatial Policy proposal

Identify strategies to use social media approaches to inform development of National Geospatial Policy

Develop initial concept for Shared Infrastructure

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FGDC Governance and Communication

GOAL: Discuss options for enhancement and improvement

ACTIONS: Enhance coordination between FGDC Executive Committee

and Coordination Group – schedule joint meeting (June) Establish FGDC collaboration site

Support work areas for all FGDC initiatives Provide better access to materials/minutes

AGREEMENTS: Other SAOGIs (principals only) welcome to attend ExCom

meetings

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Economic RecoveryGOAL:

Develop a common view of priorities

AGREEMENTS:

Endorsed in concept a set of criteria for assessing proposals

Identified priorities for any future stimulus funding opportunity (Imagery, Elevation, Parcel Data, Infrastructure)

Embraced these priorities as a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal” to create a National GIS regardless of future recovery funding

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Data IssuesAlaska Elevation

GOAL: Develop data acquisition options ACTION: Steve Wallach will make site visit to Alaska and report

back to Executive Committee ACTION: Executive Committee Members will reach out within

respective agencies to query for interest and potential funding

IFTN GOAL: Identify tangible next steps AGREEMENT: Considerable progress has been made and there

are elements of draft plan that can be implemented now ACTION: Schedule Joint IFTN Champions & Chairs Meeting to

discuss and resolve outstanding IFTN policy issues; possibly include a “listening session”

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Imagery for the Imagery for the NationNationNGAC UpdateNGAC Update

May 12, 2009May 12, 2009

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IFTN Policy IssuesContracting Strategy

Finalize short and long-term strategies including options for integrated contracting approach; joint program office; and engaging private industry creatively

Federal Requirements Define processes and criteria for prioritizing requirements

that retain flexibility to meet evolving needs and avoid acquiring data by default

Directions for High Resolution Data Confirm plan for 6 inch program

Governance Identify next steps vis-à-vis NDOP

Hosting Infrastructure Review and evaluate work group recommendations

Funding Strategy Review and evaluate work group recommendations

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GeoRecovery.govSupporting the development of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) website - Recovery.govEnsuring transparency and accountabilityGeoRecovery.gov Team Initially organized to support OMB/GSA Will transition to support the Recovery Act

Transparency Board (RATB) Drawn from FGDC member agencies

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GeoRecovery.gov TeamFGDC member agencies DOI, EPA, DHS, GSA, DOE, USDA,

USDA/FS, NPS, NGA, HUDProviding geo-enabling guidance to Recovery.gov developersSupport to the FGDC representative on the development team

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GeoRecovery.gov TeamFour main tasks Define geospatial data feed requirements Define how data will be geospatially

represented in Recovery.gov and incorporate into architecture and guidance documents

Define 1st tier common rendering between Recovery.gov and agency recovery sites and provide associated guidance

Prepare best practices for agencies to leverage in their implementations

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GeoRecovery.gov Activities

Two user-oriented use cases were submitted to the development team 4/30/09Prototype interfaces and functions are being analyzed

Ingesting of Recovery.gov sample data feeds Analysis of data feed content vs. expected analysis

functionsDeveloping a guidance document based on high-level process flow steps

Parallels architecture document approach Focuses on the capture, coding, flow, validation, reporting,

rendering of geospatial information Does not attempt to address broader Recovery.gov

reporting issues, such as financial roll-ups

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Use Case 1 – Visualizing state-level AARA spending by program area

Use case samples only

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Use Case 2 – Visualizing AARA spending with user defined layers

Use case samples only

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GeoRecovery.gov Next Steps

Continue discussion and prototyping with the developers to refine use cases, data feeds, functionsFurther develop the geospatial guidance document focusing on standard methods for populating/reporting geospatial information through data feedsWork with the development team on folding geospatial guidance into the Recovery.gov guidance and architecture documents

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Geospatial Line of Business

Geospatial SmartBUY GSA issued Amendment #5 -- new closing date is May 13 Technical Evaluation Board has developed the evaluation

process with GSA for determining vendor selection Expected award time – Summer 2009

A-16 Guidance Approved by FGDC Steering Committee Under final (legal) review at OMB

FEA Geospatial Profile v2.0 Working through final approval process including

comment adjudication

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Geospatial Line of Business

Lifecycle Management Refining lifecycle phases and completing best

practices for each of the seven phases Testing " Nationally Significant" principles against

current data themes Developing annual theme reporting guidance based

on lifecycle phases and maturity model Grants Guidance

Activity is pending Federal Register notification and additional research in conjunction with the Grants Policy Committee

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NGAC Terms/Appointments

Current Appointments Initial NGAC appointments – January 2008Over 100 nominations receivedInteragency panel reviewed nominations and provided recommendations to DOI SecretaryAppointments made by Secretary of the InteriorAppointments under current Charter:

Initial appointments for two and three year terms All subsequent appointments for two years Result – staggered two-year terms, with half of committee turning

over each year

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NGAC Terms/Appointments

Committee Balance: 28 Committee Members

14 non-governmental members (10 Private Sector, 2 Non-Profit, 2 Academic)

14 governmental members (5 State, 3 County, 3 Local/Regional, 2 Federal, 1 Tribal)

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2009 Nominations/Appointments

Nomination process will be open to all applicantsCurrent members may reapplyAll applicants will be evaluated by interagency panel using common criteriaRecommendations will be provided to DOI SecretaryDOI Secretary will make final appointment decisions

NGAC Charter must be updated every 2 years – current charter will be updated by January 2010

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NGAC Review Criteria (2007)General Criteria:

Committee membership should reflect a balanced representation of the viewpoints of the diverse interests involved in national geospatial activities and the development of the NSDICommittee membership should reflect geographic balance and experience with multiple sectors of the geospatial community

Specific Criteria:Members should effectively represent a constituency or community of interest Members should have a record of significant accomplishment and be recognized and respected within their fieldsMembers should be able to speak authoritatively on geospatial matters and communicate complex issues to a broad audience in a simple mannerMembers should have a collaborative, consensus-building approach

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Draft ScheduleJune 2009: Call for Nominations (45 days)July: Compilation/analysis of nominationsAugust: Interagency Review Panel – rating/ranking of nomineesSeptember: Review Panel recommendations submitted to DOI Office of the SecretaryOctober: Appointment package (with updated Charter) submitted to Office of SecretaryDecember: Appointments & Charter approved/signedJan 28, 2010: New appointments take effect

(Note – DOI is reviewing internal FACA appointment process. NGAC process could be revised based upon review)

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Thank youQuestions?