July 14 2015 Coordination Group Meeting FGDC Business

July 14, 2015 Coordination Group Meeting FGDC – Business Highlights Ivan De. Loatch Executive Director 703 -648 -5752 ideloatch@usgs. gov 07/01/2015 – v 31

2014 GAO Engagement GAO report released on March 16, 2015 Engagement (311299) n n Nine recommendations, four to FGDC Letter is being drafted from the FGDC Chair to the action leads directing their execution of the recommendations 2

Geospatial Interoperability Reference Architecture (GIRA) 2. 0 FGDC Steering Committee is voting to endorse the GIRA by July 17, 2015 The Ask: Lead: The FGDC through their Steering Committee and Coordination Group shall develop: 1) Governance implementation options and recommendations 2) A management strategy for the hosting, sustainment, and enhancement of the GIRA as a ‘community sourced’ collaboration resource and to be hosted on the Geo. Platform (and potentially other federated sites). • The assessment will include governance structure, update cycle, both dynamic and incremental as well as content verification and validation procedures. Co-Lead: The PM-ISE, through their oversight responsibilities for the Standards Coordinating Council (SCC), shall provide recommendations to the FGDC as to governance models for the update cycles and its content verification and validation procedures for the GIRA. 3

NGDA Management Plan Activities FGDC Coordination Group Tasks n n n Active - Action 2 A. 1: Support agency Dataset Managers completing the NGDA Lifecycle Maturity Assessment (LMA) w NGDA MP Due September 30, 2015 (revised date from June 30, 2015) w Dataset Manager training held June 10, 2015, session recorded and posted w Outcome: Increased exposure and knowledge of NGDA Themes and the core NGDA Datasets Active - Action 1 D. 4: Theme Strategic Plan Template w Due July 20, 2015 - CG to approve Theme Strategic Plan Template w NGDA MP Due June 30, 2015 (revised date from March 31, 2015) w Outcome: Standardized annual Strategic Theme Plans to facilitate management of the A– 16 NGDA Portfolio Coming soon - Action 1 D. 3: Approve Theme Administrative Maturity Assessment Questions w NGDA MP Due September 30, 2015 (revised date from June 30, 2015) w Outcome: Improved support for Federal Agency, partner, and stakeholder missions through improved NGDA Theme management 4

NGDA Management Plan Activities NGDA Theme Leads and Dataset Managers Tasks n Complete - Action 1 D. 4: Theme Strategic Plan Template w NGDA MP Due June 30, 2015 (revised date from March 31, 2015) w July 6 – 14 of 16 Themes confirmed template is ready to share with CG w Outcome: Standardized annual Strategic Theme Plans to facilitate management of the A– 16 NGDA Portfolio n Active - Action 1 B. 2: FGDC NGDA team working with Theme Leads and Dataset Managers to register NGDA Datasets in Geo. Platform. gov/Data. gov catalog w NGDA MP Due March 31, 2015 - As of July 6 there are 3 of 179 NGDAs to register w Outcome: Improved access to data to support Agency missions n Active - Action 2 A. 1: NGDA Lifecycle Maturity Assessment (LMA) w w n Active - Action 1 D. 3: Finalize Theme Administrative Maturity Assessment Questions w w n NGDA MP Due September 30, 2015 (revised date from June 30, 2015) Dataset Manager training held June 10, 2015, session recorded and posted Dataset Managers entering NGDA assessment information into survey form Outcome: Increased exposure and knowledge of NGDA Themes and the core NGDA Datasets NGDA MP Due September 30, 2015 (revised date from June 30, 2015) Initial draft in work Need TL/DM volunteers to complete revising the draft document Outcome: Improved support for Federal Agency, partner, and stakeholder missions through improved NGDA Theme management Coming soon - Action 1 D. 2: Develop NGDA Dataset Report Template and Tool w NGDA MP Due June 30, 2015 (revised date from Dec 31, 2014) w Pending until results from baseline assessment tool are available which may be used as input to the report w Outcome: Consistent NGDA Dataset reporting to manage A– 16 NGDA Portfolio 5

NGDA Management Plan Activities FGDC Steering Committee Tasks n Coming soon - Action 1 E. 1: Geospatial investment and budget report codes w w n Interagency Team completing definitions and appendices documents July 16, 2015 FGDC Ex. Com meeting to discuss document to determine next steps Steering Committee to review document Outcome: Improved reporting on geospatial data investments to enhance budget planning and execution by providing consistent definition and coding Coming soon - Action 1 D. 6 – Develop NGDA Services/Applications Investment Report Template, Tool, and Report NGDA MP originally scheduled to begin FY 15 Q 3 (Apr-Jun 2015) NGDA MP Due March 31, 2016 Pending until geospatial investment definitions and budget report codes completed The FGDC agencies will need to identify an appropriate group of representatives to determine how to apply the budget coding into a portfolio management investment report w Outcome: Help identify key service and application investments within the Portfolio, enabling Federal agency, partner, and stakeholder missions to leverage service and application investments w w 6

NGDA Management Plan NGDA Dataset Registration in Geo. Platform. gov/Data. gov Catalog NGDA Registration Status Percentage as of July 6, 2015 Totals Total NGDA 179 Complete 171 96%* In Progress 3 2% Pending 5 2% * 98% NGDA Metadata Registration complete when not counting NGDAs “On Hold” 7

NGDA Datasets that need to be registered in Data. gov/Geoplatform. gov catalog, July 6, 2015 Agency Theme Lead(s) NGDA Dataset Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) NASA Imagery Bob Pierce (Co. Moderate Resolution Imaging Lead), Shirley Hall Spectroradiometer (MODIS) - Aqua (Co-Lead) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) - Terra 8 Status Notes Metadata created and pending harvest by data. nasa. gov and data. gov

NGDA Datasets pending for registration in Data. gov/Geoplatform. gov catalog, July 6, 2015 Agency Theme Lead(s) NGDA Dataset Status Notes DHS-FEMA Cultural Resources Deidre Mc. Carthy National Monuments/Icons Dataset under consideration for removal Dataset under construction, due to resource limitations it will take several years DOD-ATL Cadastre Don Buhler Department of Defense Land Parcels and Sites DODUSACE Cadastre Don Buhler Army Corps of Engineers Lands Dataset under construction Dave Soller (Co. Federal Outer Continental Shelf Lead), Kumkum Sand Gravel Borrow Areas Ray (Co-Lead) Dataset under construction DOI-BOEM Geology DOS-IBC Governmen Lynda Liptrap tal Units US Canadian Boundary 9 Dataset under construction

Status NGDA Lifecycle Maturity Assessment (LMA) 10 As of July 1, 2015

Status NGDA Lifecycle Maturity Assessment (LMA) 11 As of July 1, 2015

NGDA Themes and Framework The NGDA Themes list has been updated to indicate Framework themes for consistency with OMB Circular A-16 Appendix E. Biota * Cadastre Climate and Weather Cultural Resources * Elevation Geology * Geodetic Control * Governmental Units * Imagery Land Use – Land Cover Real Property Soils * Transportation Utilities * Water – Inland * Water – Oceans and Coasts * Indicates Framework theme 12

FY 2015 NSDI Implementation Plan Coordination Group Actions n n n FGDC/support staff reviewed FY 15 Implementation Plan and identified Tasks requiring specific actions from Coordination Group/Steering Committee May 12 - Reviewed/updated actions and proposed CG roles June 15 - NSDI Plan CG actions revised. It addresses comments received during May CG meeting, as well as the NGDA MP related actions w Note: Revised document sent to CG as a read ahead 13

2015 FGDC Annual Report Call for input will be issued by mid-July Contributions (text and graphics) due week of August 24 Contact: Gita Urban-Mathieux - burbanma@fgdc. gov, 703 -648 -5175 Last year’s report available at http: //www. fgdc. gov/library/whitepapersreports/annual%20 reports/2014/index_html Contact: Gita Urban-Mathieux, FGDC, burbanma@fgdc. gov Read ahead: none

FGDC Standards Activities The FGDC Steering Committee has endorsed the following standards: n n n Aeronautical Information Exchange Model (AIXM) 5. 1 ISO/IEC 15444 -1: 2004 Technical Corrigenda 1: 2007 and 2: 2008 JPEG 2000 OGC Geo. Package 1. 0 Geopolitical Entities, Names, and Codes (GENC) Standard Edition 2 Geo. RSS-Simple and Geo. RSS-GML

FGDC Standards Activities There will be a presentation today on: n n FGDC Standards WG activities Objective 3. 1, Lead and participate in the development and coordination of national and international standards applicable to the geospatial community, of the 2014 -2016 NSDI Strategic Plan

Upcoming FGDC Meetings and Other announcements Meetings: September 1 -2 September 3 September 17 NGAC Meeting (NCTC – Shepherdstown) FGDC Steering Committee Meeting (DOI) Coordination Group Meeting Announcements: Ø The Coordination Group meeting for August has been cancelled Ø The Coordination Group meeting for September has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 17, potential location is GSA 17

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