CG Agenda Items FGDC Committee Meeting Summaries FGDC Business Update Ken Shaffer FGDC OS Deputy Executive Director January 15, 2013 Coordination Group Meeting v4

Background This 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-aheads FGDC Committee Meeting Summaries FGDC Business Update - Current FGDC initiatives/activities 2

CG Agenda Items NSDI Strategic Plan Data.gov Catalog and Geospatial Platform Integration Wetlands Subcommittee Report Marine and Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee Report Metadata Work Group Charter Discussion - Federal Only Session - GAO Evaluation Response Update Geospatial Platform Data Sets / Data Themes 3

NSDI Strategic Plan Presentation Contact: John Mahoney, FGDC OS, Read ahead: Pending 4

Data.gov Catalog and Geospatial Platform Integration Presentation Contact: Doug Nebert, FGDC OS, Read ahead: Data.gov and Geospatial Platform Integration - Doug Nebert.pptx 5

Wetlands Subcommittee Report Presentation 6 Contact: Bill Wilen, FWS, Read ahead: None

Marine and Coastal Spatial Data Subcommittee Report Presentation 7 Contact: Tony LaVoi, NOAA, Read ahead: Pending

Metadata Work Group Charter Discussion Presentation 8 Contact: Jennifer Carlino, FGDC OS, Read ahead: Metadata Work Group Charter Revision – Jennifer Carlino.pptx

GAO Evaluation Response Update -Federal Only- Update on response to report Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS, Read aheads: CG GAO Evaluation Response Update pptx 9

Geospatial Platform -Federal Only- Update on current activities Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS, Read aheads: Pending 10

Data Sets / Data Themes -Federal Only- A-16 Planning Discussion on Transition from Subcommittee/Work Group Reports to Data Theme Reports Contact: Wendy Blake-Coleman, EPA, Read aheads: CG Subcommittee to Theme alignment v2.pptx 11

FGDC Committee Reports Committees’ Decisions Summary CG and SC Monthly Membership Changes Steering Committee Executive Committee National Geospatial Advisory Committee (NGAC) Next Coordination Group Meeting 12

Committees’ Decisions Summary Steering Committee – 9/20/12 The SC approved the Geospatial Platform multi-agency investment contributions through FY The SC also approved the Geospatial Platform governance structure, as laid out in the Business Plan. Coordination Group none Executive Committee Meeting – 12/20/12 Meeting ExCom members are providing their comments to the Secretariat on the FGDC and Commerce responses to the GAO recommendations. An ExCom member will lead or co-lead the 3 FGDC actions in response to the GAO recommendations. ExCom is also reviewing and commenting on the NSDI Strategic Plan planning document. ExCom will be helping develop guidance on issues for the NGAC to consider in Contact: Ken Shaffer, FGDC OS, Read ahead: none 13

CG and SC Monthly Membership Changes No changes this month. 14 Contact: Arista Salimi Maher, FGDC OS, Read Aheads: none

Steering Committee Last meeting was on 9/20. Next meetings: March 19, 2013 – AIA, D.C., 2-4 pm ET June 13, 2013 – AIA, D.C., 1-4 pm ET September 12, 2013 – AIA, D.C., 1-4 pm ET Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, Read ahead: none 15

Executive Committee Last meeting: December 20, 2012, via teleconference ExCom members discussed coordinating the multi-agency response to the GAO report recommendations. ExCom members are in the process of reviewing draft response documents and providing their comments to the FGDC OS. ExCom members also discussed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s National Mortgage Database and possible assistance from the geospatial community with this effort. Next meeting: Prior to March SC meeting - TBD Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, Read ahead: none 16

December 3, 2012 NGAC Web Meeting NGAC adopted two white papers: Geospatial Strategy Paper National Address Database Paper NGAC approved subcommittee summary papers A-16, Elevation, and NHD Subcommittees NGAC Discussion – Key Issues Facing the Geospatial Community Potential issues for 2013 FGDC guidance Contact: John Mahoney, FGDC OS, Read ahead: none

2013 NGAC Guidance Goal: Identify study topics for 2013 FGDC guidance to NGAC FGDC Action: Agencies provide suggestions for 2013 Guidance by January 25, 2013 (Per Ivan DeLoatch ) Initial NGAC suggestions: Response to GAO Report Privacy Issues and Impacts Geospatial Platform/Portfolio Management Education and Workforce Development National Address Database National Geospatial Services Real-time GIS New Technology/New Applications Contact: John Mahoney, FGDC OS, Read ahead: none

NGAC Appointments/2013 Meetings Appointments Status: NGAC appointments under final Department of the Interior review Office of the Secretary of Interior will make announcement of appointments in January Revised 2013 Meeting Schedule: April 2-3 NGAC Meeting – Shepherdstown, WV June NGAC Meeting – Washington, DC September NGAC Meeting – Washington, DC Contact: John Mahoney, FGDC OS, Read ahead: none

CFPB Coordination FGDC staff met with Consumer Financial Protection Bureau staff – December 2012 CFPB has requested FGDC assistance to evaluate considerations for development of a parcel ID database Next Steps: Meeting with CFPB staff and FGDC subject matter experts (Cadastral subcommittee, BLM, HUD, Census, others?) Contact: John Mahoney, FGDC OS, Read ahead: none

Next Coordination Group Meeting Tuesday, February 19, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. ET Meeting will be held at NCPC (and via webinar/telecon). Cadastral Subcommittee Report Cultural Resources Work Group Report Transportation Subcommittee Report “PlugFest” Event Update Open Source Geospatial Software at OpenGeo.org -Federal Only- Update on Response to GAO Report A-16 Data Sets/Themes Geospatial Platform Next CG Meetings in 2013: 3/12, 4/9, 5/14, 6/4 (note the date change), 7/16, 8/13, 9/10, 10/8, 11/19, 12/10 Contact: Arista Salimi Maher, FGDC OS, Read ahead: none 21

Federal Metadata Coordinators ISO Implementation Workshop Workshop will be held April 16-17, 2013 at USGS in Reston, VA. The purpose of the workshop is to help Federal agency metadata coordinators (including data managers, theme leads, among others) get up-to-date on ISO standards, and provide them with a framework for implementing ISO standards in their organizations. ACTION: CG members are asked to identify one or two potential participants from each of their departments/agencies and send those names to Jennifer Carlino by January Contact: Jennifer Carlino, FGDC OS, Read ahead: none

FGDC Business Update GAO Report Update Geospatial Line of Business and Geospatial Platform Update (by task and subtask) NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program (CAP) FGDC Annual Report Update FGDC Standards Update 23

GAO Report Update “OMB and Agencies Need to Make Coordination a Priority to Reduce Duplication” GAO issued report GAO Nov. 26, Recommendations for FGDC, directed to the Steering Committee DOI as Chair, in coordination with ExCom members have prepared an action plan response to address the recommendations – due this month ExCom members will lead or co-lead the actions FGDC, DOI, DOC, DOT have coordinated their respective responses as some directly relate, e.g. strategic plan development. 24 Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS, Read aheads: none

GAO Report Update Recommendations to FGDC Steering Committee: 1. Develop a plan with timeframe to facilitate the implementation of OMB’s portfolio management guidance (goals, performance measures, annual reporting to OMB) Target Date: FY 2014, Q1 Responsible Officials: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS; and Adrian Gardner, NASA 2. Develop and implement guidance and timeframe for identifying planned geospatial investments using the Geospatial Platform Target Date: FY 2013, Q4 Responsible Officials: Jerry Johnston, DOI 25

GAO Report Update Recommendations to FGDC Steering Committee: 3. Create and update a strategic plan with timeframe and implement the plan within the established time frame (1) a vision statement for the NSDI (2) outcome-oriented goals and objectives that address all aspects of the NSDI (3) a description of how the goals and objectives are to be achieved, including a description of the resources needed to achieve the goals and objectives and how the FGDC is to work with other agencies to achieve them (4) performance measures for achieving the stated goals (5) external factors that could affect the achievement of the goals and objectives. Target Date: FY 2014, Q1 Responsible Officials: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS; and Daniel Cotter, DHS Will discuss this further in the next presentation session today. 26

Geospatial Line of Business/Platform Managing Partner Activities : Monitored and coordinated the completion of the 2012 Inter Agency Agreements. (There are still 6 outstanding agreements. Please work with your team to get them completed.) Conducted Platform Enhancement Sessions  Bi-Weekly Meetings  Resource Management Completed Monthly EVM reports Initiated discussions for starting the 2013 (FY2014) Interagency Agreements Process 27 Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, Read ahead: None

Interagency Document Status Current as of 1/10/13 Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, Read ahead: None 28 AgencySenior Agency OfficialCIO Point of ContactCG Representative Date Agreement Signed AgricultureStephen Lowe John M. Bebris & Barbara Lawton Steve Lowe CommerceJoseph F. KlimaviczDan Rooney & Tim TrainorTony Lavoi NOAA 7/12/2012 Census 7/18/2012 DoD - NGAMichelle MotskoDale B. NorthJames Bjostad 5/29/2012 EducationJack BuckleyChanel HicksTai Phan 4/18/2012 EnergyTeddy DyerMichelle MilesDavid Morehouse6/28/2012 EPAHarvey SimonBrenda GibsonWendy Blake-Coleman7/12/2012 GSAAngela SmithAutumn WallinJohn Sullivan 3/21/2012 HHSKeith TuckerCarl KincadeStephanie Foster DHSDan CotterRichard Spires & George BegayLew Summers10/4/2012 HUDJoyce LittleAngela MorseJon Sperling7/26/2012 JusticeNick LoulouCarla Aikens 4/23/2012 Labor NARAMichael KurtzJohn McIverBrett Abrams 3/26/2012 NASAAdrian GardnerGerald Smith 3/30/2012 NSFAnn E. SmithEdith TruvilionClifford Jacobs SBADeborah AndersonMarlon Sellow 6/4/2012 SSALew SandfordMike HigginsDavid Timmons5/14/2012 StateCecelia HendersonCarolyn JohnsonCecelia Henderson5/29/2012 TransportationPatricia HuTracey LancasterMark Bradford7/30/2012 TreasuryJimmy Amoaka-AttaElaine BostonJimmy Amoaka-Atta5/21/2012 USACENancy BlylerJean Gilleo USAIDCarrie StokesKen Kertula VADat P. Tran Pheakdey Lim6/21/2012

Geospatial LoB/Platform Update 29 Welcome New COMSO team members Chuq Yang  Started December 2012  System Administrator/Security Specialist Michael Silverman  Start Date 1/21/13  Drupal Developer Sean Zintel  Start Date 1/28/13  A-16 Support Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, Read ahead: None

Geospatial LoB/Platform Update 30 GeoPlatform 2.0 Completed the “wireframe” for the redesign of the GeoPlatform website Awaiting final delivery of the “Communities” module in Drupal 7.0 “Spun up” new instance of Drupal with final documentation pending completion by 1/18/13 Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, Read ahead: None

NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program Tentative 2013 Category descriptions posted at: Total of 20 possible awards in 8 categories. Still awaiting a budget prior to posting announcement on Grants.gov. Contact: Gita Urban-Mathieux, FGDC, Read ahead: none

2012 FGDC Annual Report Printed Report available! Contact Gita if you would like a copy. Online version is also available at: Thanks again to everyone who provided input. Contact: Gita Urban-Mathieux, FGDC, Read ahead: none

FGDC Standards Update – January 2013 FGDC Standards Activities CAP Standards Projects INCITS L1/U.S. TAG Standards Activities OGC Standards Activities GWG Standards Activities Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, Read Aheads: none

FGDC Standards Activities FGDC Standards WG meeting Rescheduled to January 30, due to room availability. Meeting will be held 9:30 AM-3:30 PM at NOAA Silver Spring Metro Center III, Room Meeting votes  Revised draft National Shoreline Data Content Standard – recommendation for pre-public review.  Government Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC) Standard – U.S. Government Profile of ISO 3166 – country codes – recommendation for FGDC endorsement.  Jennifer Harne of Lockheed Martin will give a presentation on secure deployment of web services. For more information, see: _SWG/view _SWG/view Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, Read Aheads: none

CAP Standards Projects Progress since December 11 CG meeting: 2012 CAP projects  “Implementation Model Development for FGDC-Standard Cadastral Data - Enabling Seamless Parcel Data Exchange” – Carbon Project CAP project progress call to discuss interim report Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, Read Aheads: none

CAP Standards Projects, continued Upcoming: Carbon Project  CAP project progress call 2012 CAP “Building Capacity for Implementation of Distributed Online Metadata Catalogs in the Oregon Coastal and Marine Data Network” - Oregon Coastal Management Program  Interim report due  CAP project progress call Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, Read Aheads: none

INCITS L1/U.S. TAG Standards Activities Meetings: L1/U.S. TAG  Vote on systematic review of U.S. standards (mostly U.S. adoptions of ISO standards)  Vote on systematic review of ISO standards  Review of resolutions from December 2012 ISO/TC 211 plenary next L1/U.S. TAG meeting /31 next ISO/TC 211 plenary and meetings - Korea Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, Read Aheads: none

OGC Standards Activities /18 (this week) OGC TC/PC meeting, Redlands, CA. See: (today) OWS-9 Demonstration  Secure deployment of web services  Compliance testing first OWS-10 Sponsor Planning Meeting 38 Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, Read Aheads: none

GWG Standards Activities GWG voted unanimously to recommend approval of the GENC standard at a special voting session on December 6, GWG voting session: TBD. 39 Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, Read Aheads: none

SundayMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturday January 2013 L1 membership dues deadline L1/U.S. TAG OGC TC/PC CG meeting Interim report due – OR; OGC TC/PC OWS-9 demo OGC TC/PC OWS-10 Sponsor Planning Meeting OGC TC/PC CAP project progress call - OR CAP project progress call – Carbon Project FGDC Standards WG meeting

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