NSGIC Conference Report 3
This entry will cover Wednesday and Thursday (days 4 and 5) of the NSGIC Conference in Colorado. I had hoped to post daily updates, but a day at the NSGIC Conference is too long, and exhausting, to promote evening blogging. So I will play "catch-up."
Wednesday started with updates from NASCIO and MAPPS, two valued partners of NSGIC. Eric Sweden, NASCIO's Enterprise Architect, reviewed the roles of the CIO and the GIO and connections between them. he highlighted some of the findings from the recent NASCIO issues brief "Where’s the Data? Show Me." MAPPS board member Brant Howard reviewed the organization's legislative priorities, the results of a recent member survey, and several concerns about terminology.
A panel of representatives from GITA, the state of Washington, Iowa, Idaho, Florida and Vermont discussed state and regional strategic plan efforts under the 50 States Initiative.
GIS Coordinators from Texas and Georgia gave a joint presentation on a new effort to craft a "Geospatial Maturity Assessment" that state's can use to gauge their progress in achieving a fully function State Spatial Data Infrastructure.
That was followed by a quick tour of the new Utah GIS Portal.
After lunch, Virginia GIS Coordinator Dan Widner moderated a "Transportation for the nation" session that featured presentations from the states of Washington and new York and from representatives of NAVTECH and TeleAtlas.
Geospatial Preparedness Committee head Jon Gottsegen, of Colorado, moderated a session on using GIS data and tools to manage and fight wildfires. It included presentations from the USGS, a front-line fire-fighter, and the state of Arizona.
ESRI's Pat Cummins led a discussion of state-federal coordination efforts to build the NSDI that included presentations from the Department of the Interior and the state of Colorado. That was followed by a session on map services and state-local data exchanges featuring presentations from New York and Maryland.
Thursday, the final day of the conference, started with a presentation on the USGS' National Map customer survey. Larry Sugarbaker explained his survey process and gave some details on the results from the survey, expanding on the report he gave for the Summer 2008 Edition of NSGIC News (PDF; see page 7).
A NSGIC Corporate Leadership Council panel, with help from two federal purchasing officers, presented an overview of both QBS and "best value" contracting.
Representatives from Massachusetts and California presented different methodologies to use GIS tools to help promote statewide broadband infrastructure.
A panel that included the state of Minnesota and the EPA and USGS discussed state and federal collaboration to maintain and update the National Hydrography Dataset.
Following lunch, NSGIC held the second part of its formal business meeting and adjourned into a private "State Caucus" to hammer-out positions and concerns to guide the organization's efforts in the coming year.
Stay tuned to the NSGIC Blog for more details from the Conference, including the results of the NSGIC election the posting of all (we hope) of the presentations from the 2008 Conference.
Wednesday started with updates from NASCIO and MAPPS, two valued partners of NSGIC. Eric Sweden, NASCIO's Enterprise Architect, reviewed the roles of the CIO and the GIO and connections between them. he highlighted some of the findings from the recent NASCIO issues brief "Where’s the Data? Show Me." MAPPS board member Brant Howard reviewed the organization's legislative priorities, the results of a recent member survey, and several concerns about terminology.
A panel of representatives from GITA, the state of Washington, Iowa, Idaho, Florida and Vermont discussed state and regional strategic plan efforts under the 50 States Initiative.
GIS Coordinators from Texas and Georgia gave a joint presentation on a new effort to craft a "Geospatial Maturity Assessment" that state's can use to gauge their progress in achieving a fully function State Spatial Data Infrastructure.
That was followed by a quick tour of the new Utah GIS Portal.
After lunch, Virginia GIS Coordinator Dan Widner moderated a "Transportation for the nation" session that featured presentations from the states of Washington and new York and from representatives of NAVTECH and TeleAtlas.
Geospatial Preparedness Committee head Jon Gottsegen, of Colorado, moderated a session on using GIS data and tools to manage and fight wildfires. It included presentations from the USGS, a front-line fire-fighter, and the state of Arizona.
ESRI's Pat Cummins led a discussion of state-federal coordination efforts to build the NSDI that included presentations from the Department of the Interior and the state of Colorado. That was followed by a session on map services and state-local data exchanges featuring presentations from New York and Maryland.
Thursday, the final day of the conference, started with a presentation on the USGS' National Map customer survey. Larry Sugarbaker explained his survey process and gave some details on the results from the survey, expanding on the report he gave for the Summer 2008 Edition of NSGIC News (PDF; see page 7).
A NSGIC Corporate Leadership Council panel, with help from two federal purchasing officers, presented an overview of both QBS and "best value" contracting.
Representatives from Massachusetts and California presented different methodologies to use GIS tools to help promote statewide broadband infrastructure.
A panel that included the state of Minnesota and the EPA and USGS discussed state and federal collaboration to maintain and update the National Hydrography Dataset.
Following lunch, NSGIC held the second part of its formal business meeting and adjourned into a private "State Caucus" to hammer-out positions and concerns to guide the organization's efforts in the coming year.
Stay tuned to the NSGIC Blog for more details from the Conference, including the results of the NSGIC election the posting of all (we hope) of the presentations from the 2008 Conference.
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