Healthy Forests, Healthy Lands, Healthy Earth -- and Healthy Geospatial Directions

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Healthy Forests, Healthy Lands, Healthy Earth--
and Healthy Geospatial Directions

• A View From
• Department of the InteriorGeospatial Information
  Officer

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The Theme of 4

• Healthy Forests, Healthy Lands, Healthy Earth
  and Healthy Geospatial Directions
• 4 Is the Number of the Earth
• 4 Seasons (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall)
• 4 Directions (North, South, East and West)
• 4 Elements (Earth, Wind, Fire and Ice)
• 4 Corners of the Earth
• April is the 4th Month
• 4 Geospatial Directions

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DOIs Geospatial Portfolio

• DOI Government-Wide Geospatial Responsibilities
• Federal Geographic Data Committee Chair
• National Geospatial Advisory Committee Oversight
• Geospatial Line Of Business Managing Partner
• Geospatial One Stop Project Managing Partner
• DOI Internal Geospatial Activities
• Nine Bureaus (Four Assistant Secretaries)
• All Use Geospatial Data and Technology
• DOI Geospatial Modernization Blueprint
• Secretarial Order 3277 - Enhanced Geospatial
  Governance

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GIO Focus
External to DOI
Internal to DOI
Strategy
Operations
DOI Missions and Goals
Collaboration and Partnerships
Lessons Learned and Best Practices
End Users of Data and Services
Producers of Data and Services
Innovation
Common Solutions
Communications Accountability
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4 Geospatial Directions

• Administration Priorities
• End User Support
• Policy and Governance
• Data Initiatives

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Administration Priorities

• Energy
• National Treasures and Landscapes
• Youth
• American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

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Geospatial Support for ARRA

• Geospatial Guidance to Agencies Using
  Architecture
• Transparency to the Public with Web Mapping
• Back Office Business Intelligence and Analytics
• Monitoring Waste, Fraud and Abuse

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End User Support

• SmartBuy
• DOI Enterprise License Agreement
• DOI 2010 Geospatial Conference
• Interior Operations Center

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Geo-Enabling Interior Operations Center

• Technology
• GIS Situational Awareness Bundle
• GeoWall for High Resolution Imagery
• Data
• Information about DOI Bureaus (facilities, lands,
  etc.)
• Information from DOI Bureaus (TNM, NILS,
  Landfire)
• Other Agency Data
• Expertise
• Core Team on Call
• Uniform Training
• Train-the-Trainer
• Collaboratory

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Policy and Governance

• DOI
• Executive GeoTeam
• EGIM Team
• Data Producers Consortium
• DOI Geospatial Policy
• Government-wide
• FGDC Executive Committee
• National Geospatial Advisory Committee
• FGDC Enterprise Review
• National Geospatial Policy

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A National Geospatial Policy

• Leadership from the FGDC Executive Committee
• Needs Administration Support
• Resolves Policy Voids and Redundancies
• Clear Directions, Roles, Responsibilities

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Data Initiatives

• Imagery for the Nation
• National Land Parcel Data
• The National Map
• National GIS

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A National GIS

• Leadership from the FGDC Executive Committee
• Big Hairy Audacious Goal
• Builds on Ideas and Capacities of Partners
• Minimally Includes 4 Elements
• Core Dataset Imagery
• Core Dataset Parcels
• Core Dataset Elevation
• Shared and Extensible Infrastructure

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Conclusion

• It is an exciting time to be in government
• The geospatial stars are aligning
• Collaboration is essential
• We can help make a healthy Earth