1. FGDC Joint Meeting Coordination Group & Executive Committee June 3, 2009

2. 2 Agenda Introductions Coordination Group Report Executive Committee Report May 15-16 Offsite National Geospatial Advisory Committee Meeting Emerging Directions of Administration Open Discussion

3. 3 Coordination Group Feedback Topics Identified at April 14 CG Meeting: National Geospatial Policy Need balance between Defense, Intel, and civilian interests Governance Structure Coordination Group  Charter currently being updated and will need ExCom feedback Executive Committee  Role vis-à-vis Coordination Group and Steering Committee  Agency representation and participation Transportation Data Needs accelerated attention Communication

4. 4 ExCom Offsite Meeting 4/15-16 National Geospatial Policy/Strategy FGDC Governance and Communication Economic Recovery Data Issues

5. 5 National Geospatial Policy/Strategy AGREEMENT: Executive Committee will sponsor formulation of a National Geospatial Policy/Strategy and seek needed political support ACTIONS: Create Executive Summary 1-pager with key messages on the National Geospatial Policy proposal Identify strategies to use social media approaches to inform development of National Geospatial Policy Develop initial concept for Shared Infrastructure

6. 6 FGDC Governance and Communication ACTIONS: Summarize discussion of governance ideas from ExCom meeting and share with Coordination Group Coordinate joint meeting of Executive Committee and Coordination Group, possibly at June Coordination Group off-site Establish FGDC collaboration site  Support work areas for all WG/SC initiatives  Provide better access to materials/minutes AGREEMENTS: Other SAOGIs (principals only) are welcome to attend ExCom meetings ExCom meeting notes will be sent to the Steering Committee and Coordination Group

7. 7 Economic Recovery AGREEMENTS: Endorsed in concept a set of criteria for assessing proposals Identified priorities for any future stimulus funding opportunity (Imagery, Elevation, Parcel Data, Infrastructure) Embraced these priorities as a “Big Hairy Audacious Goal” to create a National GIS regardless of future recovery/stimulus funding

8. 8 Data Issues IFTN ACTION: Schedule Joint IFTN Champions & Chairs Meeting to discuss and resolve outstanding IFTN policy issues Alaska Elevation ACTION: Steve Wallach will make site visit to Alaska and report back to Executive Committee ACTION: Executive Committee Members will reach out within respective agencies to query for interest and potential funding for Alaska Elevation Transportation AGREEMENT : Executive Committee concurs with Coordination Group and will collaborate to resolve issues

9. 9 National Geospatial Advisory Committee Keynote by Vivek Kundra, Federal CIO National Geospatial Policy/Strategy On-Going Efforts Economic Recovery Partnerships The National Map Communications

10. 10 Emerging Directions Open, Transparent, and Responsive Government recovery.gov data.gov geodata.gov Geospatial Leadership National Priorities Economy Energy Climate Change Healthcare

11. 11 Open Discussion How can we improve communication between various components of the FGDC Enterprise? What needs to be clarified about roles and expectations of various components of the FGDC Enterprise? What improvements and advancements can we make without political leadership in place? What do we risk when the FGDC Enterprise is not “firing on all cylinders”?

12. 12 Thank You!