RE: [geo-forum] Geospatial Profile Evaluation

["Feinberg, Daniel, CTR, OSD-ATL" <Daniel.Feinberg.ctr@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Doug -

My suggestion would be to better understand the linkage and relationship between the FEA Geospatial Profile and the newly-announced Geospatial Line of Business (LoB) being driven by OMB. It is still unclear (to me, at least) what the relationship (and potentially, overlap) is between these two initiatives.

Our understanding is that FGDC is leading weekly meetings setting a strategy to prepare a Geospatial LoB strategy. That strategy, after the first LoB meeting last week and the OMB announcement meeting at DoI the week before, is still unclear (we had a representative sit in on the first Geo LoB meeting last week via telecon).

Sugestion to consider:
Does it make sense to (temporarily) go into a holding pattern on the eval (pilots) of the FEA Geospatial Profile until there's a more clear context and understanding from OMB and FGDC on the relationship between the two?

I will be travelling, but we will make all attempts to have a DoD Business Domain representative on the 3 April kick-off planning telecon.

Best regards,
Dan Feinberg
Chief Architect
Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure
Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment,
Business Enterprise Integration Directorate
(703) 604-4616

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Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 3:14 PM
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Subject: [geo-forum] Geospatial Profile Evaluation

As we begin to take suggestions and comments for a revision of the FEA
Geospatial Profile, scheduled to come out in the fall as Version 2.0, an
evaluation/piloting activity is about to begin. This two-phase effort
will provide feedback on the profile document from new readers and will
also allow for design and deployment of operational capabilities for
common business processes in support of emergency management. This
six-month networking effort will begin on April 3, 2006 and finish in
the fall.

Several pilot project candidates have been announced. We'd like to
extend this opportunity to collaborating organizations at the federal,
state, or local level to sign up for voluntary participation in the
evaluation phases of the Profile. Hopefully this will yield interpretive
and implementation experience in the community that will be of benefit
to emergency management solutions. An activity may take place in any
geographic region and have any number of partner organizations. Example
collaboration activities include:

Emergency management and the environment - City of Charlotte, NC, North
Carolina Dept of Environment and Natural Resources, US Environmental
Protection Agency

Supporting alerting requirements in Recreation.gov - Department of
Interior and partner organizations

Interest has also been expressed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation (FDIC), DHS/FEMA, NASA, and USGS in supporting the Profile
evaluation. Let me know if your agency is interested in partnering.

A kick-off planning teleconference will be held on Monday, April 3, 2006
from 10am to 12n EST. Outcomes of the call will include a roster of
linked activities, concurrence on the workplan, and the execution
framework for the profile evaluation. Please review the attached
proposal and be ready to contribute to the pilot!

Dial-in instructions: (641) 985-1000 code: 914352#

Doug.
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Douglas D. Nebert
Geospatial Data Clearinghouse Coordinator, Information Architect
FGDC/GSDI Secretariat   Phone: +1 703 648 4151  Fax: +1 703 648-5755

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