1. CG Agenda Items FGDC Committee Meeting Summaries FGDC Business Update Ken Shaffer FGDC OS Deputy Executive Director 703-648-5740 kmshaffer@usgs.gov February 18, 2014 Coordination Group Meeting 2-14-14 v3

2. 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-ahead materials FGDC Committee Meeting Summaries FGDC Business Update - Current FGDC initiatives/activities 2

3. CG Agenda Items Geologic Subcommittee Report NDOP Subcommittee Report Cadastral Subcommittee Report NSDI Strategic Plan A-16 Implementation Plan FED ONLY SESSION at 1:00 p.m. ET: A-16 Data Theme Leads Meeting 3

4. Geologic Subcommittee Report Presentation/update on activities 4 Contact: Dave Soller, USGS, drsoller@usgs.gov Read ahead: Geologic Subcommittee Report – Dave Soller.ppt

5. NDOP Subcommittee Report Presentation/update on activities 5 Contact: Dick Vraga, USGS, rsvraga@usgs.gov; Shirley Hall, USDA, shirley.hall@wdc.usda.govrsvraga@usgs.gov Read ahead: Pending

6. Presentation/update on activities 6 Contact: Don Buhler, BLM, dbuhler@blm.govdbuhler@blm.gov Read aheads: Pending Cadastral Subcommittee Report

7. NSDI Strategic Plan Update on development of NSDI Strategic Plan 7 Contact: John Mahoney, FGDC OS, jmahoney@fgdc.govjmahoney@fgdc.gov Read ahead: NSDI Strategic Plan – John Mahoney.ppt

8. A-16 Implementation Plan Update on recent activities/progress 8 Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS, ideloatch@fgdc.govideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: a-16-portfolio-management-implementation-plan-CG 20140218.pptx

9. A-16 Data Theme Leads Meeting Implementation Plan Other topics 9 Contact: Wendy Blake-Coleman, EPA, blake-coleman.wendy@epa.govblake-coleman.wendy@epa.gov Read ahead: Pending

10. 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 Coordination Group Meetings in 2014 10

11. Committees’ Decisions Summary Executive Committee – 1/28/14 Meeting ExCom Members supported the recommendation on the establishment of the HIFLD Subcommittee as a new FGDC subcommittee. Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none 11

12. 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.gov Read ahead: none 12

13. CG and SC Monthly Membership Changes Three new SAOGIs were appointed: John Easton, Department of Education Russell Pereira, Department of Energy Luke McCormack, Department of Homeland Security David Alexander will be serving as the new alternate SAOGI for DHS. 13 Contact: Arista Salimi Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.govamaher@fgdc.gov Read Aheads: none

14. 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 14 Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.govamaher@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

15. Executive Committee Last 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.gov Read ahead: None 15

16. 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.govjmahoney@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none 16

17. 2014 FGDC Guidance to NGAC Currently under development, will incorporate suggestions from NGAC/FGDC agencies Potential 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.govjmahoney@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none 17

18. Next Coordination Group Meeting March 18, 2014 In-person and web meeting Location: 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 Group Vegetation Subcommittee NSDI Strategic Plan A-16 Implementation Plan 18 Contact: Arista Salimi Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

19. 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.gov Read ahead: none 19

20. FGDC Business Update 2012 GAO Actions Update 2014 GAO Engagement Geospatial Line of Business and Geospatial Platform Update (by task and subtask) FGDC Annual Report Call for Nomination – CG Co-chair FGDC Standards Update 20

21. 2012 GAO Actions Update Action 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 progress Revised completion schedule Further update later this morning 21 Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS, ideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

22. 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 group Released 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. 22

23. 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-December Implementation planning beginning Further details provided later in today’s meeting. 23

24. 2014 GAO Engagement New (2 nd ) engagement - GAO letter received January 6, 2014 Evaluation related to geospatial data Pursuant 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 5 th 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 GAO GAO stated its approach should be defined by April 2014 24 Contact: Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS, ideloatch@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none

25. 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 25 Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.govrhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

26. FY14 Interagency Agreements POCs current as of 1/8/14 Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.govrhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None 26 Agency Partner Contribution as Reported in MAX Senior Agency OfficialCIO Point of ContactCG Representative Agriculture$225,000Stephen Lowe John M. Bebris & Barbara Lawton Marisa Capriotti Shirley Hall Betsy Kanalley Commerce$225,000Joseph F. Klimavicz Dan Rooney & Tim Trainor Tony Lavoi DoD - NGA$225,000Michelle MotskoJames Bjostad Education$25,000Jack BuckleyChanel HicksTai Phan Energy$50,000Cuttie BaconChristina SantangeloTeddy Dyer EPA$225,000Harvey SimonBrenda GibsonWendy Blake-Coleman GSA$50,000Angela SmithAutumn WallinJohn Sullivan HHS$50,000Keith TuckerStephanie Foster DHS$225,000Dan Cotter Richard Spires & George Begay Lew Summers HUD$50,000Joyce LittleAngela MorseJon Sperling Justice$50,000Nick LoulouCarla Aikens Labor$25,000 NARA$25,000Paul WesterJohn McIverBrett Abrams NASA$225,000Adrian GardnerGerald SmithMyra Bambacus NSF$25,000Ann E. SmithEdith Truvilion SBA$25,000Deborah AndersonDr. Noor SSA$25,000Lew SandfordMike HigginsDavid Timmons State$50,000Cecelia HendersonCarolyn JohnsonCecelia Henderson Transportation$50,000Patricia HuTracey LancasterMark Bradford Treasury$25,000Jimmy Amoaka-AttaElaine BostonJimmy Amoaka-Atta USACE$50,000James DaltonJean GilleoNancy Blyler USAID$25,000Carrie StokesKen Kertula VA$25,000Dat P. Tran Pheakdey Lim

27. Geospatial LoB/Platform Update Advancing 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.govCatalog.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 27 Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.govrhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

28. Geospatial LoB/Platform Update GeoPlatform.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 28 Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.govrhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

29. Geospatial LoB/Platform Update GeoPlatform.gov (cont.) Community Updates  GeoConOps  HIFLD  A-16 Theme Template  World-Wide Human Geography Data (WWHGD) 29 Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.govrhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

30. Geospatial LoB/Platform Update GeoPlatform.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 30 Contact: Roxanne Lamb, FGDC OS, rhlamb@fgdc.govrhlamb@fgdc.gov Read ahead: None

31. 2013 FGDC Annual Report Printed and online versions are available at: http://www.fgdc.gov/library/whitepapers- reports/annual%20reports/2013 http://www.fgdc.gov/library/whitepapers- reports/annual%20reports/2013 For a printed version, contact Gita at: burbanma@fgdc.gov burbanma@fgdc.gov Thanks to everyone who contributed to the report. Contact: Gita Urban-Mathieux, FGDC, burbanma@fgdc.gov Read ahead: none 31

32. Call for Nominations – CG Co-Chair Thanks 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. 32 Contact: Arista Maher, FGDC OS, amaher@fgdc.gov; Ken Shaffer, FGDC OS, kmshaffer@usgs.govamaher@fgdc.govkmshaffer@usgs.gov Read ahead: none

33. FGDC Standards Update – February 2014 FGDC Standards Activities INCITS L1/U.S. TAG Standards Activities OGC Standards Activities GWG Standards Activities Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627jmaitra@fgdc.gov 33

34. FGDC Standards Activities SC 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 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) 34 Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627jmaitra@fgdc.gov

35. FGDC Standards Activities 2014-02-20 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 https://www.fgdc.gov/standards/organization/FGDC-SWG/2014-02- 20_SWG 35

36. INCITS L1/U.S. TAG Standards Activities 2014-04-11 next L1/U.S. TAG meeting 2014-06-02/06 ISO TC 211 plenary & meetings - Berlin 36 Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627jmaitra@fgdc.gov

37. OGC Standards Activities 2014-03-24/28 next OGC TC/PC meeting, Lockheed Martin, Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia. See http://www.opengeospatial.org/event/1403tc 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 37 Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627jmaitra@fgdc.gov

38. GWG Standards Activities 2014-02-05 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 38 Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627jmaitra@fgdc.gov

39. 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 39 Contact: Julie Binder Maitra, FGDC OS, jmaitra@fgdc.gov, 703-648-4627jmaitra@fgdc.gov

40. 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 40

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42. 24 February252627281/2 March 345678/9 101112131415/16 171819202122/23 242526272829/30 march 311 April2345/6 2014 Vote on OGC RESTful Encoding of Ordering Services Framework For EO Products closes Vote on OGC OpenSearch Geo and Time Extension closes March 23 OGC TC/PC OGC North American Forum OGC TC/PC Vote on OGC I15 (ISO19115 Metadata) Extension Package of CS-W ebRIM Profile 1.0 closes March 29 42

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