National Geospatial Advisory Committee Discussion of Partnerships August 27, 2009 Prepared by Gene Schiller & Jerry Johnston

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Partnership Subcommittee Progress Report Subcommittee Members:  Jerry Johnston (co-chair), Gene Schiller (co-chair), Bull Bennett, Michael Byrne, Dick Clark, Don Dittmar, Randy Johnson, Barney Krucoff, Timothy Loewenstein, Charles Mondello, John Palatiello Purpose:  Develop recommendations to facilitate productive Federal / State / Local / Tribal / Academic / Private partnerships to facilitate the efficient and effective advancement of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). 9/12/2015

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Partnership Subcommittee Progress Report Activities to date:  NGAC agreed on following actions at May meeting : ACTION: NGAC members provide feedback to Partnership Subcommittee’s Call for References by February 27, 2009 AMENDED: Continue Call for References in ESRI Summer 2009 GIS Community News (see Attachment A) ACTION: Subcommittee co-chairs summarized preliminary results of Call for References to report back to NGAC  Subcommittee co-chairs have updated table of all submittals in myUSGS wiki. 20Subcommittee%20Call%20for%20References 20Subcommittee%20Call%20for%20References 9/12/2015

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Partnership Subcommittee Progress Report Activities to date: (continued)  Subcommittee members to meet at August NGAC meeting Review preliminary results and open issues Discuss options for permanent hosting and sharing of the resource – John Mahoney  Federal  Non-Profit Partner: National Committee for Public-Private Partnerships ( – Washington, D.C. 9/12/2015

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Partnership Subcommittee Progress Report Planned Activities/Next Steps  Extracted key information from submittals Preliminary Lessons Learned  Leveraged financing element  Intergovernmental collaborations – everyone in partnership shares information  Private sector provides services through contracts (unclear if private sector provided creative financing options)  Our community is good at collaborating to achieve results, however little evidence that we have yet taken advantage of creative financing to meet shared needs (See Attachment B: “GIS Goes Vertical, With Integration Across State, Local, Federal Lines”) 9/12/2015

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Partnership Subcommittee Progress Report Planned Activities/Next Steps  Extracted key information from submittals (continued) What Works – Preliminary (see Attachment C: “NASCIO Keys to Collaboration: Building Effective Public-Private Partnerships”) (see Attachment D: “A Survey of PPP Legislation Across the United States”)  Establishment of favorable legislative, regulatory, and executive policy and procedure (OMB Circular) framework for creative partnership investments  Implementation of an integrated contractual framework to allocate risks among the partners, public and private in an equitable manner  Active engagement with political, staff and community stakeholders (need champions) 9/12/2015

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Partnership Subcommittee Progress Report Planned Activities/Next Steps  Extracted key information from submittals (continued) Can we replicate it: Need to analyze legal framework  Federal Government (authorized by current law and regulation)  Law: “Brooks Act” Qualification Based Standards (QBS) Process – 40 U.S.C et. seq.  Regulation: Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Parts 16 & 36 – FAR Part 16.5 for ID/IQ, FAR Part 36.6 for QBS  GSA, Freedom of Information Act, Obama Transparency Initiative, other?  Federal, state, regional, tribal and local government, private or non-profit sectors – need to analyze current legal landscape enabling or preventing partnerships between and among all willing participants 9/12/2015

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Partnership Subcommittee Progress Report Planned Activities/Next Steps  Extracted key information from submittals (continued) How do we go about replicating it?  Need additional subcommittee research Can we prototype it?  Remains to be determined  Opportunities for pilot funding Measurement of success and revisions?  Remains to be determined 9/12/2015

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Partnership Subcommittee Progress Report Planned Activities/Next Steps (continued)  Prepare findings for December Discuss legal framework enabling or limiting partnerships between and among federal agencies, state, regional, tribal and local governments, and the private and non-profit sectors with the objective for NGAC to:  Identify potential recommendations for federal statutory, regulatory and executive policy and procedure changes to facilitate partnership options including non-traditional financing within the Federal Government  Identify model or recommended federal, state, tribal and local (ordinances) statutory, regulatory and executive policy and procedure changes to facilitate partnership options including non-traditional funding and service delivery  Identify prototype opportunities for pilot funding 9/12/2015

National Geospatial Advisory Committee Partnership Subcommittee Progress Report Planned Activities/Next Steps (continued)  Issues for Discussion at August 27 NGAC Meeting Group Exercise: Barney Krucoff  Hypothetical proposal: “A Public-Private Utility is the Most Efficient Way for the United States to Build and Maintain a National Parcel Map” (see Attachment E)  Other 9/12/2015