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Coordination Group Meeting Highlights - March 10, 2015

This document provides an overview of the highlights and activities discussed during the Coordination Group Meeting on March 10, 2015. It includes updates on the 2014 GAO engagement, the Coalition of Geospatial Organizations' report card on the U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure, and the NGDA Management Plan. The document also mentions upcoming meetings and the President's 2016 budget.

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Coordination Group Meeting Highlights - March 10, 2015

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  1. March 10, 2015 Coordination Group Meeting FGDC – Business Highlights Ken Shaffer Deputy Executive Director 703-648-5740 kmshaffer@usgs.gov 03/06/2015 – v3

  2. Activities Highlights • 2014 GAO Engagement • New release date for GAO Report is March 16, 2015 • Congressional hearings may follow the release of the report • Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO) • Released their “Report Card on the U.S. National Spatial Data Infrastructure” – 2/6/15 • Qualitative assessment on the NSDI framework layers and their fitness for use now and in the future • Call attention to, and begin discussions on, how to improve the NSDI to ensure it meets national data needs now and in the future

  3. Activities Highlights • NGDA Management Plan • Action 1B.2: FGDC NGDA team working with Theme Leads and Dataset Managers to register NGDA Datasets in GeoPlatform.gov/Data.gov catalog • Due March 31, 2015 • Action 2A.1: Baseline Dataset Assessment Survey • Due June 30, 2015 • Initializing implementation, automated tool in development • Linkages to Theme level baseline assessment, annual reporting, and evolving Platform architecture

  4. Activities Highlights (Cont’d) • Action 1D.3: Approve Theme Administrative Maturity Assessment Questions • Due March 31, 2015 • Action 1D.4: Theme Strategic Plan Template • Draft in work • Due March 31, 2015 • Action 1E.1:Geospatial investment and budget report codes • Team is updating the 2006 Geospatial Investment Definitions document • Goal is to complete document for the March Steering Committee meeting

  5. Activities Highlights (Cont’d) NGDA Dataset Registration in GeoPlatform • 69% NGDA Metadata Registration complete when not counting NGDAs “On Hold” • NSDI Strategic Plan FY 2015 Implementation Plan Timeline: Feb/March 2015 - Inputs from Executive Champions/Team Leads • FGDC/Support staff will meet with Exec Champions to discuss updates • Identify CG roles and actions required in implementation process

  6. Activities Highlights (Cont’d) April 2015 – Complete FY 2015 NSDI Implementation Plan update • Finalize FY 15 targets • Complete updated plan by end of Q2 FY15 Sept 2015 – FY 15 Status Report • FGDC will prepare FY 15 Status Report – similar to FY 14 Report • Report results for FY 15 Tasks/Targets • Geospatial Line of Business/Platform • Distributed the FY2015 Interagency Agreements on February 2, 2015. • Completed EVM and DOI E-Gov Investment Tracking reports • Completed the process for BY17 activities • Prepared slidedeck for the DOI Investment Re-Select

  7. Activities Highlights (Cont’d) (Cont’d) Contract Support Activities • NGDA Dataset Maturity Assessment • NGA Metadata Registration • NSDI Review, Update, and Execution • Geospatial Investment Coding • Help Desk Support • Platform Operations and Maintenance Technical Support Activities • Working on current FGDC infrastructure configuration issues • Completed Increment 3 of NGPI Architecture, WMV 2, and AGOL Integration development per Dec-Feb Workplan • Continued work on identity management transition from Data.gov • Met to discuss NGDA Dataset Assessment Tool Review

  8. Activities Highlights (Cont’d) • Standards Activities • The FGDC Standards WG met Monday, March 2. • The SWG recommended CG approval of the National Shoreline Data Content Standard for FGDC endorsement - a ballot package for CG approval is pending. • National Shoreline Data Content Standard • Provides a framework for data development, sharing, transformation and fusion. • Provides technical guidance on semantics, data structures and their relationships. • Defines common attributes or elements and provides suggested domains. • Defines data models, schemas, entities, relationships, definitions, and crosswalks to related standards. • Applies to shorelines of navigable waters within the U.S. and its territories. • Legal controversy surrounds shoreline definitions because of boundary implications. The standard provides a framework inclusive of multiple shoreline interpretations. • Applies to Water – Inland and Water - Oceans and Coasts NGDA Themes

  9. Activities Highlights (Cont’d) CG ballot to approve the following standards for FGDC endorsement closes April 6: • Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) 5.1 • GeoRSS-Simple and GeoRSS-GML • ISO/IEC 15444-1:2004 Technical Corrigendum 1:2007 and ISO/IEC 15444-1:2004 Technical Corrigendum 2 JPEG 2000 • OGC GeoPackage 1.0 • Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC) Standard Edition 2 (with concurrent withdrawal of GENC standard Edition 1)

  10. Upcoming Meetings • March 17-18 – National Geospatial Advisory Committee • March 19 – Steering Committee • April 14, – Coordination Group

  11. March 17-18, 2015 NGAC Meeting Agenda

  12. March 17-18, 2015 NGAC Meeting Agenda

  13. President’s 2016 Budget • Community Resiliency Toolkit +$11,000,000 ($11 million) • The Community Resilience Toolkit (Toolkit) will improve community resilience by providing tools that help Federal, State, local and tribal governments understand, respond to, and adapt their planning to maximize economic sustainability to natural hazards and other events. • Will enhance the Geospatial Platform with the addition of new data, tools, and services; supporting an increased user-base; funding cooperative agreements with State, local, and Tribal governments to integrate their data and services into the Geospatial Platform.

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