What Has Happened In EC’s Geo World Over The Past 1000 Days? André Plante, M.Sc., P.Eng. and Ing. Acting Manager, Geospatial Data Section

Page 2 – February 9, 2010 KEY FINDINGS 1.… there are no department-wide policies/procedures/standards in data management to allow for users to use and integrate data. 2.… there is no current, complete understanding of the department's data holdings. 3.… there is no sustained senior management involvement in data management and no common understanding of what data management means across the department. Environment Canada, Data Management Policy…approved by EMB, 1998 ( days)

Page 3 – February 9, 2010 Rationale for the Geospatial Data and Tools Management Strategy Until now, Environment Canada’s geospatial information as well as its geomatics activities have been developed independently by various program teams. As a result, our geospatial data and tools assets are managed in relation to a specific and often single Environment Canada purpose or application. The persistent effects of this are; ▪Lack of knowledge and access to the geospatial information assets… ▪Inability to combine geospatial information to help address the issues of the day. ▪Lack of effective governance over geospatial information... ▪Lack of connections between content creation, sharing and preservation. ▪Lack of a mechanism for joint purchasing of geospatial content, tools and services. have been developed independently

Page 4 – February 9, 2010 Act as one organisation The Strategy (- 970 days)

Page 5 – February 9, 2010 Objectives A trusted source; –EC is the agency of record for geospatial environmental information A good steward; –A life cycle approach to geospatial information management assures that the value of investments made in geospatial information assets is maximized. A smart manager; –Intelligent application of common policies, tools and mechanisms is used to minimize costs, maximize use and minimize duplication of effort. A reliable partner; –… approaches are built and implemented so they contribute to enabling and encouraging integration

Page 6 – February 9, 2010 Four Priorities First Priority

Page 7 – February 9, 2010 Advisory Committee on Geospatial Data and Tools Management (ACGDTM) days Committee MembersRegionBoard Matt MahoneyAtlanticES-CWS Dominique RattéNational Cap.EP – NPRI Hoppa LauOntarioWES – MSC DMF Susan Holland-HibbertOntarioCIOB – GCO Daniel AvramovOntarioCIOB – Application Web group Ziqiang OuNational Cap.WES – CIS Marcel HouleQuébecES – Water Quality Monitoring Gregg BabishP&N regionES – CWS Kelly BestP&N regionES – Water Quality Monitoring Alexandre LerouxDorvalWES - CMC Judy KwanP&Y regionWES – Water Survey Frank LauritzenOntarioCIOB – Application DBA Group André PlanteQuébecCIOB - SDSD

Page 8 – February 9, 2010 Balanced Scorecard April 2008 ( days) A Trusted Source A Good Manager - $ A Good Partner – Learning and Growth A Good Steward Target State

Page 9 – February 9, 2010 StaffLocationTitle Susan Holland-HibbertBurlingtonGeospatial Analyst Rebecca AstolfoBurlingtonGeospatial Analyst Debbie PagurekOttawaGeospatial Analyst Tom KralidisTorontoSenior Geospatial Technical Leader Amanda StoneTorontoGeospatial Team Leader CIOB - Geospatial Coordination Office (- 463 days)

Page 10 – February 9, 2010 GeospatialCoordinationOffice Geospatial Strategies, Directives, Standards and Guidelines Coordination of Geospatial Activities Best practices Education Advisory& Recommendation Participation – National & International Committees Geospatial Community Outreach

Page 11 – February 9, 2010 Geospatial Strategies, Directives, Standards and Guidelines Geospatial Data and Tools Management Strategy – June 2007 – Waiting EC – Executive Management Committee approval Geospatial Data Dissemination Strategy – March 2009 – Waiting EC – Executive Management Committee approval ESRI User Guide and Helpdesk Support Guide – June 2009 – Final Standard on the usage of Google Earth– November 2009 Coordination of Geospatial Activities ESRI License server consolidation project Geospatial Data Repository – Due for delivery in June 2010! List of Approved Software

Page 12 – February 9, 2010 Advice and Recommendations Provide advice to staff and high management on geospatial related activities so their efforts integrate with the rest of the community; –International Joint Commission (IJC) Study – Geospatial Data Subgroup –State Of the Lakes Ecosystem Conference (SOLEC) –Wildspace System of CWS –Canadian Meteorological Center (CMC) –Canadian Environmental Sustainability Indicator (CESI) –EC-MAC If you have not consulted the GCO…

Page 13 – February 9, 2010 Geospatial Community Outreach GeoNET Web site GeoNET Listserv ACGDTM SharePoint Site National Geospatial Community Outlook Dissemination list Quarterly Newsletter Best Practices and Education Geospatial Symposium – February 2010 Geospatial Data Licensing - Best Practices Guide promotion – On-going

Page 14 – February 9, 2010 National & International Committees Internal –Advisory Committee on Geospatial Data and Tools Management (ACGDTM) –EC-MAC –Information Architecture Steering Committee (IASC) External –Inter Agency Committee on Geomatics – Working Group participation –Treasury Board Geospatial Data Standard working group –Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) –Canadian Advisory Committee to ISO Technical Committee 211 on Geomatics –Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure Architecture –CCOG participation –CCOG – National Mapping Strategy Participation

Page 15 – February 9, 2010 Balanced Scorecard April 2008 (- 679 days) A Trusted Source A Smart Manager - $ A Reliable Partner – Learning and Growth A Good Steward Target State Balanced Scorecard February 2010 (Today)

Page 16 – February 9, 2010 Coordination of Geospatial Activities ESRI License server consolidation project Geospatial Data Repository - Due for delivery in June 2010! List of Approved Software Identification of geospatial data stewards and population of the Geospatial Data Repository Geospatial Publishing Facility (GPF) – 2010 / 2011 Data Sharing Agreement Repository – 2010 / 2011

Page 17 – February 9, 2010 Geospatial Strategies, Directives, Standards and Guidelines Geospatial Data and Tools Management Strategy – June 2007 – Waiting EMC approval Geospatial Data Dissemination Strategy – March 2009 – Waiting EMC approval ESRI user guide and helpdesk support guide production – June Final Google Earth Standard – November 2009 Continue contributing to the IM Policy Framework –Geospatial Discovery Strategy – March 2010 (first draft) –Geospatial Open Source Tools Strategy – March 2010 (first draft) –Geospatial Data Sharing Directive – March 2010 (first draft) –Geospatial Data Internal Access Directive – March 2010 (first draft) –Others…

Page 18 – February 9, 2010 Best Practices and Education Geospatial Symposium – Bi-Annual Geospatial Data Licensing - Best Practices Guide promotion – On-going Promotion of Treasury Board’s Standard on Geospatial Data – On- going Promotion of Treasury Board’s Directive on Record Keeping – On- going Promotion of EC’s IM Policy Framework – On-going Creation of a Geospatial Welcome/Goodbye Package – March 2010

Page 19 – February 9, 2010 Balanced Scorecard April 2008 (-679 days) A Trusted Source A Smart Manager - $ A Reliable Partner – Learning and Growth A Good Steward Target State Balanced Scorecard November 2012 (+1000 days)

Page 20 – February 9, 2010 Thank you! The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice! Dwight D. Eisenhower