Government-wide committees and federal departments and agencies haven’t effectively implemented...
Government-wide committees and federal departments and agencies haven’t effectively implemented established policies and procedures for coordinating investments in geospatial data, the Government Accountability Office said in a report (http://xrl.us/bn3mqb). Although the Federal Geographic Data Committee developed key standards and established…
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a clearinghouse of metadata, the clearinghouse isn’t being used by agencies “to identify planned geospatial investments to promote coordination and reduce duplication,” the report said. Office of Management and Budget staff members acknowledged that OMB doesn’t have complete and reliable information “to identify potentially duplicative geospatial investments,” the report said. GAO recommended the FGDC steering committee develop and implement guidance for identifying planned geospatial investments using the geospatial platform and establish a time frame for completing a plan “to facilitate the implementation of OMB’s portfolio management guidance,” it said.