Program Partners Working Group February 2009

1. Program Partners Working Group February 2009

2. NGA-USGS MOU • Memorandum of Understanding Between theNational Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey • Umbrella Agreement • Effective May 19, 2006

3. Geospatial Information forHomeland Security Annex • PURPOSE:This Annex to the title MOU describes the partnership and responsibilities of the participating organizations to create and maintain geospatial information needed to support homeland security. The participating organizations include the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), the Department of Defense, the United States Geological Survey (USGS), and the Department of the Interior. This Annex describes how these organizations will cooperate to create and provide a compatible and complementary, nationally consistent set of geospatial data and information for homeland security. • The intersection of USGS' domestic mission for geospatial information and remote sensing, NGA’s mission in support of national security objectives makes the USGS-NGA partnership critical to providing comprehensive geospatial information to the federal, state, local and military organizations responsible for homeland security missions.

4. Program Partners Working Group Purpose • The Program Partners Working Group (PPWG) will develop, monitor, and execute a plan implementing the Geospatial Information forHomeland Security Annex to the Memorandum of Understanding Between the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) that was signed and became effective on May 19, 2006.

5. Partners in the PPWG • This partnership among USGS and NGA will be further extended to include the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as a participating partner on the PPWG to further coordinate execution of the responsibilities that the organizations share, or contribute toward, with the common goal of providing geospatial information for homeland security. Henceforth, reference to the “partners” will include USGS, NGA and DHS. With the agreement of the partners, other organizations may be invited to participate in the PPWG as non-voting members.

6. NGA / USGS Memorandum of Understanding Director of NGA Director of USGS May 19 , 2006 Geospatial Information for Homeland Security Annex Senior NGA Rep .: O’Neil Senior USGS Rep .: Naftzger Program Partners Working Group 2 - NGA Reps 2 - USGS Reps 2 - DHS Reps Partnerships Data Acquisition SG SG HSIP Freedom SG Homeland Security Infrastructure Program Coordination Structure Proposed Program Coordination Structure

7. Partnership Sub-Working GroupResponsibilities • Characterization and documentation of partner communities • User Communities • Contributor Communities • Partner Requirements Documentation • Outreach/Communications • Brokerage to Partner Community Information

8. Data Acquisition Sub-Working GroupResponsibilities • Chair – Bill Nellist (NGA) • Membership • USGS Reps • Jim Mauck, Vicki Lukas, Robert Rinehart • DHS Rep • Chris Barnard • Products • New Data Acquisition / Data Purchase Spreadsheet • Data Licensing/Contracting Issues • Program Data Acquisition Requirements • National Security Special Events (NSSEs), other national events • Communication • E-mail, phone conferences, and meetings • Preferred meeting location: USGS Reston (unclassified spaces) • Schedule • Monthly status report prior to PPWG meeting

9. HSIP Freedom Sub-Working GroupResponsibilities • Chair (USGS or DHS) • Membership • USGS Reps • Tom Connolly, Chuck Matthys, Paul Wiese • DHS Rep • Steve Alness (NGA liaison) • NGA Reps • Tom Burns, Dina McCullough • Products • Dataset Priorities (NGA, USGS, DHS) Spreadsheet • Data Model Definition • Data/Product Dissemination (DHS) • Communication • E-mail, phone conferences, and meetings • Preferred meeting location: USGS Reston (unclassified spaces) • Schedule • Monthly status report prior to PPWG meeting

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