Federal GIS Coordinators?

From All Points Blog, a note about an OMB memo last week requiring "major federal agencies to designate a senior official to oversee geospatial activities."

Adena's posting (OMB: Major Fed Agencies Must Name Senior Geo Official) includes a link, apparently broken , to a story in Government Computer News, which broke the story. The fixed link is here.

Adena has a suggestion for NSGIC:

These individuals could be key in getting many of the federal programs to "work for them." I say this considering how NSGIC (essentially a group of individuals doing this sort of work for their states) offers advice to its members and to the federal government. I'll even go so far as to suggest NSGIC invite these individuals to see how it works.