Guam Joins the Ranks of GIS-Enabled Governments

The US Interior Department has given a grant to the government of Guam to develop GIS tools for use by the territorial government. (Thanks to All Points Blog for the heads-up).

According to the announcement on the GovGuam web portal, the Island's Governor, Felix Camacho, looks forward to taking advantage of geospatial data to improve government services.

“This funding will improve the ability of our government to analyze and disseminate information using the latest technology,” said Governor Camacho. “The areas of education, health, public safety and infrastructure, as well as all other service areas in our government, will greatly benefit from this technology.”

Guam is not the only US territory to take advantage of GIS and geospatial data. The US Virgin Islands has for several years now been an active member of NSGIC. We hope staff from Guam may be able to join us as well.