National Geospatial Program Office NSGIC 2006 Midyear Conference

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National Geospatial Program OfficeNSGIC 2006
Midyear Conference

• March 20, 2006

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Overview

• NGPO Background
• Current Activities
• Future Directions
• State Opportunities

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National Geospatial Program Office

• A Unified Approach to the NSDI
• Federal Geographic Data Committee
• Geospatial One Stop
• The National Map

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NGPO Purpose

• Providing leadership to place geographic
  knowledge at the fingertips of the Nation.

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NGPO Vision

• . transform the processes of Government
  necessary to implement key components of the
  NSDI.

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Transforming the NSDI

• Toward an enterprise information system for the
  Nation
• Toward a focus on matters and places of national
  importance
• Toward management excellence

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Building a GIS for the Nation
Publishing Distribution
Transactions
Apps
GOS
Maps
National Standards
Open Access
National Data Sets

• Systems and Data Sets
• Local
• State
• Tribal
• Federal
• Commercial

Controlled Access

• Conversion
• Integration
• Quality Assurance

Secure Environments
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NGPO Strategic Directions

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Strategic Priorities
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From Strategy to Action

• Geospatial Line of Business
• Senior Agency Official for Geospatial Information
• Geospatial Profile for FEA
• Draft Framework Standards to ANSI
• Grants Guidance
• Governance Structure
• 50 States Initiative
• Imagery for the Nation
• Hurricane Response
• GIS for the Gulf
• Maps on Demand
• GOS Portal
• Marketplace
• Communities
• State Liaisons
• Cartographic Services Contracts
• National Geospatial Technical Operations Center
• Budget Restructure

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Geospatial Line of Business

• Announced with Presidents FY07 Budget
• Department of the Interior is Managing Partner
• Focused on business-driven, common solutions
  developed through architectural processes

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Lines of Business Opportunities
OMB and the LoB Task Forces are focused on
business-driven, common solutions developed
through architectural processes.

Common Solutions A business process and/or
technology based shared service made available to
government agencies. Business Driven (vs.
Technology Driven) Solutions address distinct
business improvements that directly impact LoB
performance goals. Developed Through
Architectural Processes Solutions are developed
through a set of common and repeatable processes
and tools.

• The following LoBs will be
• undertaken in FY 2006
• Budget Formulation and Execution
• IT Infrastructure Optimization
• Geospatial

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High-Level Timeline

Kick Off Meeting 3/16/06
LoB Vision Plan Completed 3/28/06
Define/ Plan LoB
RFI Distributed4/6/06
RFI Responses Received Evaluated 5/5/06-5/15/06
Develop RFI
Proposed Common Solutions Draft
Architecture 6/9/06
Develop Common Solutions Target Architecture
Draft Solutions Architecture 5/26/06
Develop Business Case
Draft Joint Business Case due 6/9/06 Agency
Comments due 6-19
Final Joint Business Case Early Aug. 06
Monitor and Communicate LoB Progress/Status
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Expected LoB Outcomes
The LoB Task Forces will identify common
solutions, develop a target architecture, and
develop a joint (interagency) business case by
August 2006.
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Vision, Goals, Objectives
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Request for Information (RFI)
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Common Solution Target Architecture
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Joint Business Case
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Managing Partners and OMB Leads

• IT Infrastructure
• Managing Partner Deidre Lee, GSA
• OMB Office Lead Dick Burk
• OMB Portfolio Manager Jeff Koch
• Geospatial LOB
• Managing Partner Ivan DeLoatch , DOI
• OMB Lead Portfolio Manager Stacie Boyd
• Budget Formulation and Execution
• Managing Partner TBD
• OMB Lead Andy Schoenbach
• OMB Portfolio Manager Jeff Koch

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LoB Management
The success and sustainment of the current and
upcoming LoB initiatives will rely in large part
on the establishment of an effective operational
structure.

• Weekly face to face status meetings will be held
  with all of the managing partners and OMB on
  Thursdays from 1-200 pm at the White House
  Conference Center, Jackson Room
• Checkpoint conference calls will be held with
  Managing Partners, OMB LOB leads, and GSA LOB PM
  every Monday and Thursday at 830 am.
• As needed LoB Task Forces will consult and
  communicate with interagency councils (e.g.,
  Chief Financial Officers Council, Budget Officers
  Advisory Council, Chief Information Officers
  Council, Federal Geographic Data Committee, etc).
• Initial, interim and final briefings
• As needed for consultation

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Next Steps
LoB managing partners need to engage the
participating agencies immediately to develop
the spend plan, finalize the LoB vision, and to
develop the RFI.

• Immediate Next Steps
• 3/17/06 3/23/06
• Contractor support available to assist Task
  Forces with RFI development and analysis, and
  practitioners day
• Subscribe to and use Collab.core.gov
• 3/20-22/06 LOB Task Force initial meetings
• Geospatial LOB initial meeting March 20,
  9-1100 at DOI
• IT Infrastructure LOB March 21, 10-1130 at GSA
• Budgeting LOB March 22, 1-300 at WHCC
• 3/28/06 Develop and submit draft spend plan and
  Vision, Goals and Objectives, to OMB
• 4/6/06 Develop and submit RFI to industry,
  government and non-profits
• Mid April to Mid May request agency information

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Senior Agency Official for GI

• Memorandum from Clay Johnson of OMB
• Senior Agency Official for Geospatial Information
• Agency-wide responsibility, accountability and
  authority for geospatial issues
• Serves on FGDC Steering Committee

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Geospatial Profile for FEA

• Developed as part of Federal Enterprise
  Architecture Program
• to promote consideration of location as a
  component of agency business activities and
  processes
• to support description and sharing of geospatial
  resources across organizations
• Provides policy directions to all Federal
  Agencies on how to architect, invest, and
  implement geospatial capabilities

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Standards

• Framework data standards finalized and submitted
  to in January to INCITS L1 for ANSI approval
• Currently in a 90 day review process with the
  expectation of approval by late Spring

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Grants Guidance

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Governance

• Key characteristics accepted by FGDC Steering
  Committee (SC)
• As an interim step - SC Chair and Co-chair taking
  action to establish an Intergovernmental
  Subcommittee to make recommendations to SC
• Continuing to explore the feasibility of a FACA
  to bring other parties into the process

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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50 States Initiative

• 50 States Initiative launched in the Fall
• Category 3 of CAP providing support for Strategic
  and Business Plan development
• Recipients-MN, NC, TX, LA, WV, OK, CN, WI, WY,
  and MD
• Workshop at the Mid-Year with NSDI Liaisons

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Imagery for the Nation

• NSGIC and NDOP refined proposal prepared by NSGIC
• FGDC Steering Committee requested the
  establishment of an Executive Steering Group to
  evaluate the proposal and develop an investment
  strategy

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Hurricane Response

• GIS for the Gulf is an example of integrating
  data into a single data model
• Integrated databases (local, regional, national)
  are key
• GOS Portal can operate in a restricted access
  environment
• Delivering GIS via the Web is here data, tools,
  applications

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Geospatial One Stop Portal

• Marketplace is key to leveraging investments and
  partnerships
• It is easy to publish in the GOS Marketplace
• Populate the Marketplace with your planned
  investments

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Partnership Marketplace
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Geospatial One Stop Future Plans

• Build out the Communities
• Increase State and local participation
• Enhance search
• Improve QA harvesting guidance documentation
• Enhance viewer (public, 2D, 3D)
• Deliver of Framework Data National Map/Project
  Homeland Integration
• Pilot deployment options

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State Liaisons

• NSDI Partnership Offices house USGS Geospatial
  Liaisons
• Liaisons represent, coordinate and implement NGPO
  programs and initiatives in the context of State,
  local, other federal agency and regional needs
  and strategies
• Liaisons cultivate relationships and develop
  partnerships and supporting agreements as the
  local face of the NSDI and NGPO programs

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Geospatial Liaison positions to be announced to
NGTOC Employees

• Eastern Region
• Atlanta, GA or Jackson, MS
• Pembroke, NH or Montpelier, VT
• Dover, DE or West Trenton, NJ
• Urbana, IL
• Nashville, TN or Charleston, WV
• Indianapolis, IN
• Troy, NY
• Central Region
• Lincoln, NE or Oklahoma City, OK
• Bismark, ND or Rapid City, or Sioux Falls, SD
• Austin, TX (replacement position)

Western Region Phoenix, AZ or Carson City,
NV Anchorage, AK
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Geospatial Liaison positions to be announced to
NGTOC Employees

• BENEFITS
• Offers opportunities to NGTOC employees while
  still addressing the highest priorities
  determined in collaboration with partners
• Expanded slate of locations offers more
  flexibility to potential candidates from NGTOC
  and may broaden the pool of applicants
• Instead taking of a regional approach, this
  process provides a national and consistent
  approach to expanding the Liaison network in
  areas of high need

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The National Map Successes

• Leveraged Federal resources to develop high
  resolution data in urban areas
• Nearing completion of 124,000-scale NHD
• Upgrading national elevation data coverage in
  support of other Federal and state programs (e.g.
  FEMAs map modernization program in North
  Carolina and Louisiana)

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Cartographic Services Contracts

• In place since FY 2000
• FY 2000 FY 2005 awarded over 21.7M in DOI
  funds
• FY 2001 FY 2005 awarded over 37M in
  reimbursable funds

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Cartographic Services Contract

• Current CSC2
• Estimated funds for FY 2006 5-6 Million
• Extension through end of July
• Re-compete in progress
• Geospatial Products and Services Contract
• Two contract mechanisms
• FAR Part 36 and 15 (AE and Best Value)
• Received extensive comment
• All information considered as the re-competition
  moves forward

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Status of Geospatial Products and Services
Contract (GPSC)

• FAR PART 36 (AE)
• Commerce Business Daily Synopsis Publication
  pending DOI approval
• FAR Part 15 (Best Value)
• FEDBIZOPS Announcement planned for
• May 1, 2006

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National Geospatial Technical Operations Center

• Focuses the NGPO operational assets on putting
  geographic knowledge at the fingertips of the
  nation
• Consolidates operations under a single leader and
  most functions at one location
• Using competitive sourcing as an avenue to
  restructure the workforce

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Goals for NGTOC

• Be a world-class center for geospatial activities
• Focus on geospatial needs of the nation in the
  21st century
• Create a highly efficient, stream-lined
  organization
• Accommodate role of NGPO as
• A leading authority in geospatial information
• Broker and facilitator of partnerships
• Integrator and assuror of geospatial information
  and services

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Competitive Sourcing

• An element of the Presidents Management Agenda
• Process described in OMB Circular A-76
• Subjects to competition functions that are
  commercial in nature and performed by the Federal
  government
• Ensures maximum value to the taxpayer
• Is not outsourcing, work force restructuring, or
  downsizing

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A-76 Process

• Preceded by preliminary planning
• 12 months
• FedBizOpps announcement
• Performance Work Statement (PWS)
• Defines work to be performed, required services
  in terms of outcome, measurable performance
  standards, and acceptable quality level
• Most Efficient Organization (MEO)
• Employees design a high-performance,
  cost-effective work group that competes with
  outside contractors to perform the work
• Source Selection
• Transition

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NGTOC A-76 Key Dates

• May 1 Draft PWS
• June 7 Final PWS Released
• June 22 Preproposal Conference
• August 7 Final Proposals Due
• January 5, 2007 Award Posted to FEDBIZOPS
• March 16, 2007 Final Award

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Mapping Sciences Job FairApril 5, 2005USGS
Rolla Center

• The Rolla office presently consists of
  approximately 140 professional employees
• with an average tenure with the USGS mapping
  program of approximately 20
• years. Positions currently at the Rolla
  facility include

IT Specialist Physical Scientist Geographer Cleric
al Support Facilities Management Cartographer Cart
ographic Technician
Computer Scientist System Analyst Programmer Spati
al Data Management Integration Administration
and Finance Program Analysts Management and
Supervision
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Budget Restructure

• Proposed in Presidents FY07 Budget
• Aligns budget with current organization
• Unifies Funding for FGDC, GOS and The National Map

• Unified Geospatial Enterprise Architecture
• Governance Structure for the 21st Century
• Incentive Based Partnerships
• Investment Management
• A Tapestry of Base Content
• A System of Systems
• Revitalized Suite of Applications, Products and
  Services
• Internal Streamlining

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Enterprise Information Budget Activity

National Geospatial Program
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Budget Highlights

• Enterprise Information/Geography Restructure
• Cooperative Topographic Mapping (CTM) moves to
  Enterprise Information
• CTM combines with FGDC to create NGPO
• Land Cover Mapping in Geography
• NCAP in Geography
• FY 2007 Proposed Changes
• Geospatial Data Integration (-2m)
• Institutionalizing GOS
• Landsat shortfall
• Impacts of NGTOC decisions

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Thank You!