What Are the Main Issues?

Tuesday at the NSGIC Conference, Bill Burgess presented a provocative overview of where we are in our effort to create the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).

He posted a list of thirteen "main issues." People have been asking to review these even after that session, so here they are:

1. Definition of the NSDI
2. No measurement to gauge progress
3. Is the NSDI Federal or National?
4. Ineffective Governance/Management
5. No Congressional Mandate to Build the NSDI
6. No Consequences for Failure
7. No Consequences for Failing to “Play Nice”
8. Micromanagement
9. No Political Champion
10. Cumbersome Standards Process
11. No Effective Strategic or Business Planning
12. Unrealistic View of the Private Sector’s Role
13. Data Sharing v. Data Partnering

The full presentation will be posted to the NSGIC web site after the conference.