1. National Geospatial Data Asset Management Plan Update
Steering Committee Meeting
June 26, 2014
National Geospatial Data Asset Management Plan Update
Adrian Gardner, FEMA, DHS
Ivan DeLoatch, FGDC OS
V-2

2. NGDA Management Plan Activities Summary
Memo to Steering Committee from Anne Castle and Scott Bernard
Implementation of NGDA Management Plan
Continuing activities for NGDA Theme Leads and Dataset Managers
Identifying additional Theme Leads
Initial baseline of NGDA Datasets
Registration of NGDA Datasets on Data.gov
Registration of NGDA Theme Leads and Dataset Managers on GeoPlatform.gov
Baseline Dataset Assessment Survey review
Theme Community Resources on GeoPlatform.gov
Refining internal Theme Lead Community
Updating public NGDA/A-16 Theme Communities – Gov’t Units and Transportation
NGDA Metadata Focus Group
ESRI User Conference July 14-18
Organizing working sessions

3. NGDA Management Plan Actions
Action from the NGDA Management Plan
Start Date
Completion Date
Lead
Progress
Action 2C.3: Establish and Maintain Coordination Mechanism across NGDA Themes
1/1/2013
3/31/2014
 Theme Lead
Complete
Action 1B.1: Identify Initial Baseline of NGDA Datasets
10/3/2011
6/30/2014
Theme Lead
In progress.
Action 1C.1: Activate Theme Lead Collaboration Community on Geoplatform.gov
 GeoPlatform.gov Team
In progress. Theme Leads registering.
Action 1A.1: Develop a process for selecting and maintaining A-16 Leads
9/30/2014
Theme Lead Agency 
Action discussed at
May 22 Excom meeting.
Action 1D.1: Develop NGDA Dataset Maturity Annual Assessment Survey
Dataset Manager
Action 1D.3: Develop NGDA Theme Administrative Maturity Assessment Survey
10/1/2013
Action 2C.1: Populate A–16 Theme Public Community on Geoplatform.gov
1/1/2014
Theme Leads registering.
Action 1B.2: Register baseline NGDA Datasets and Services metadata
12/31/2014
Action 1D.2: Develop NGDA Dataset Report Template
4/1/2014
Not initiated
Action 1E.1: Review/revise geospatial investment and budget reporting codes
Steering Committee 
In progress. Initial team identified.
Action 1D.4: Develop Support Strategic Theme Plan Template
7/1/2014
3/31/2015
These are the actions to March 2015.
Action 1A.1 Selection of missing Execution Theme Champions and Theme Leads was discussed at June 22 ExCom Meeting
Action 1E.1 Discussed at June 22 Excom meeting
-  Initial team was identified to begin addressing the geo budget codes/investments (Ivan, Adrian leads)
Action 2C.1: Populate A–16 Theme Public Community on Geoplatform.gov
Action 1B.2: Register baseline NGDA Datasets and Services metadata
These actions are out of sync – Theme pages are up but not all have datasets available since they are not registered.
Gray: complete; Green: in progress, yellow: needs attention; red: issues

4. Action 1E.1 - Review/revise geospatial investment and budget report codes
Ex Com to develop a draft standard definition
FGDC Secretariat assisting with coordination
Action: Need experts from Agencies to review
Description: Consistent definition of geospatial investment and reporting codes will be used in Federal geospatial investment planning, budgeting, execution and reporting
Output: Standard definition of a Geospatial Investment and budget reporting codes that can be cross walked with agencies
Responsibility: FGDC Steering Committee and OMB
Lead: Adrian Gardner, Ivan DeLoatch
Due date: December 31, 2014

5. Need to Fill Key NGDA Roles
Identify NGDA Executive Theme Champions for
Biota
Cadastre
Geology
Imagery
Land Use – Land Cover
Real Property
Soils
Utilities – Offshore and Terrestrial
Water - Inlands

6. Theme Lead Changes Geology Theme Co-lead Imagery Theme Co-lead
From: George Dellagiarino, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 
To: Kumkum Ray, of the Interior, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) 
Imagery Theme Co-lead
From: George Lee, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
To: Bob Pierce, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Water - Inland Theme  
From: Steve Aichele, Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey (USGS) 
To: Al Department of the Interior, United States Geological Survey (USGS)
Utilities-Terrestrial – Lead agency TBD or modified

7. Theme Lead Participation
8 Theme Lead meetings
Oct 31, 2013 – June 10, 2014
Attended by Lead or their representative
There are 19 Theme Leads and Co-Leads, 3 are vacancies
Theme
Number Meetings Attended
Biota 8
Cadastre 1
Climate
Cultural 6
Co-lead Elevation* 2
Co-lead Elevation 7
Geodetic 5
Co-lead Geology
Govt Unit
Co-lead Imagery
Co-lead Imagery* 3
Co-lead Land Use
Real Property
Soils
Transportation
Utilities-Offshore
Utilities-Terrestrial*
Co-lead Waters-Inland
Water-Ocean
Meeting
Attendance
Oct 2013 17
Nov 2013 10
Jan 2014 13
Feb 2014 12
Mar 2014
Apr 2014 15
May 2014
June 2014
* Theme Lead is vacant

8. NGDA Baseline Dataset Summary
Identification of initial Baseline NGDA Datasets due June 30
Register baseline NGDA Datasets due December 31
196 (195) NGDA Datasets
113 (110) Registered in Data.gov
83 (85) Need Registering in Data.gov
78 (68) Tagged with:
“NGDA”, and
“Theme Name”
35 (37) Need Tagging
Theme
NGDA Listed as Official
Search Return Based on Tags: "NGDA" and "Theme Name" (3)
Not Registered in Data.gov
Biota 6 1 3
Cadastre 20 11
Climate and Weather 4
Cultural Resources 2
Elevation (2) 12 9
Geodetic Control
Geology
Governmental Units, and Administrative and Statistical Boundaries (4) 43 30
Imagery 8
Land Use-Land Cover 23 19
Real Property 15 14
Soils 5
Transportation 17
Utilities
Water - Inland
Water - Oceans & Coasts 21 7
Total
196 78 83
As of June 5 – numbers come from Jim Irvine
Initial baseline Dataset list needs to be completed by June 30 and these are the dataset that need to be registered on Data.gov by December 31.
(Previous Months Numbers in Parenthesis)
NGDA MP Action 1B.1: Identify Initial Baseline of NGDA Datasets

9. GeoPlatform Internal Theme Lead Community
Status
Community online since March
Being refined to include additional resources
6 (6) Theme Leads Registered
10 (1) Dataset Managers Registered
(Previous Months Numbers in Parenthesis)
As of June 5 – numbers come from Jim Irvine
NGDA MP Action 1C.1: Activate Theme Lead Collaboration Community on Geoplatform.gov

10. GeoPlatform Public Theme Communities
Status
16 Public Theme Community Pages
6 Communities have NGDA Dataset Queries
Need to NGDA Metadata Registration to activate remaining Theme NGDA queries
Updated Communities
Gov’t Units
Transportation
NGDA MP Action 2C.1: Populate A–16 Theme Public Community on Geoplatform.gov

11. NGDA Metadata Focus Group
Addressing issues related to
NGDA Dataset metadata content
Registering the NGDA Data metadata in Data.gov and GeoPlatform.gov
Activities
Updating NGDA Metadata Best Practices document
Documenting and tracking metadata registration issues
Members
Jen Carlino, Anne Ball, Edgar Pedroza, Jim Irvine, Lynda Wayne, Gita Urban-Mathieux
Coordination Group, Theme Leads, and Data Managers are invited to participate
NGDA MP Action 1B.2: Register baseline NGDA Datasets and Services metadata

12. Baseline Dataset Assessment Survey
Second round of comments were due June 2, 2014
Comments came from Census, NOAA, USGS, GSA
Comments Summary
Simplify and clarify questions
Reconsider the maturity level criteria
Two additional baselines provided for
consideration
Baseline being tested by Census
All 30 NGDAs participating
Lessons learned documented
Alternative baseline constructed
Working Group established
Recommendation was to work on Theme Administrative Survey after this assessment survey is completed.
Action 1D.3: Develop NGDA Theme Administrative Maturity Assessment Survey
NGDA MP Action 1D.1: Develop NGDA Dataset Maturity Annual Assessment Survey

13. Next Steps-Baseline Side-by-side reviews & crosswalk analysis
Work group report including Census insights
Working meeting to be held at Esri UC – July 16
Continue tracking other maturity efforts (AGRC, AGU, etc.)
Finalize Baseline Dataset Tool by 10/1/14
Beta testing Administrative Baseline after the dataset baseline assessment is complete
Recommendation was to work on Theme Administrative Survey after this assessment survey is completed.
Action 1D.3: Develop NGDA Theme Administrative Maturity Assessment Survey
NGDA MP Action 1D.3: Develop NGDA Theme Administrative Maturity Assessment Survey

14. Esri User Conference July 14-18
Working session
Wednesday, July 16
Time:1:30-4:30 pm
Location: Marriott Hotel
Room: Miramar
Intend to have working session
Feedback on Platform
Dialogues on Theme implementation issues/lessons learned
Additional input on Baseline Assessment content
Action: Will solicit questions for session discussion
Contact: Wendy -

15. Contacts What Who NGDA Management Plan coordination
Gita Urban-Mathieux,
Dataset/Service Registration on Data.gov
Melissa Wegner,
Jim Irvine,
Metadata Focus Group
Jen Carlino,
Registration on Geoplatform.gov
Geoplatform.gov – Theme Lead Community page
Gita Urban-Mathieux (Federal Sponsor),
Geoplatform.gov – Theme Community pages
Managed by Theme Leads
Support - Gita Urban-Mathieux and
NGDA Baseline Assessment Survey
Wendy Blake-Coleman,
Esri User Conference

16. Questions?