FGDC Releases Summer 2007 Newsletter

The latest newsletter from the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is available for download from the FGDC web site.

This issue includes a note about NSGIC giving FGDC Staff Director Ivan DeLoatch the NSGIC Distinguished Service Award. It gives an overview of the Dept. of the Interior's Geospatial Modernization Blueprint, which attempts to organize the many geospatial initiatives in the Department. And it provides a brief review of recent FGDC Steering Committee and Coordination Group meetings.

The newsletter lists the 26 projects that were granted 2007 CAP Grant awards under the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Cooperative Agreements Program. It provides an update on the Geospatial Line of Business and the work of the Common Solutions Team. And it lists several emergency response success stories.