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|Services=Coordination of geospatial data standards; development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure; geospatial data policy; geospatial metadata standards | |Services=Coordination of geospatial data standards; development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure; geospatial data policy; geospatial metadata standards | ||
|Regulations=Geospatial Data Act of 2018; OMB Circular A-16 | |Regulations=Geospatial Data Act of 2018; OMB Circular A-16 | ||
|HeadquartersLocation=38. | |HeadquartersLocation=38.94747, -77.36743 | ||
|HeadquartersAddress=590 National Center, Reston, VA 20192 | |HeadquartersAddress=590 National Center, Reston, VA 20192 | ||
|Website=https://www.fgdc.gov | |Website=https://www.fgdc.gov | ||
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The following exemplary list is representative of the kinds of systems to which the circular applies: | The following exemplary list is representative of the kinds of systems to which the circular applies: | ||
* | * [[National Mapping Program]] | ||
* | * [[National Spatial Reference System]] | ||
* | * [[National Geologic Mapping Program]] | ||
* | * [[National Wetlands Inventory]] | ||
* | * [[National Cooperative Soil Survey Program]] | ||
* | * National [[Public Land Survey System]] | ||
* Geographic Coordinate Database | * [[Geographic Coordinate Database]] | ||
* | * [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) nautical charting and nautical data collection and information programs | ||
* | * [[Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] (USACE) inland waterway charting program | ||
* | * [[Offshore Minerals Program]] | ||
* | * NASA's [[Earth Science Enterprise]] | ||
* | * [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]'s [[Flood Plain Mapping program]] and other federal activities that involve national surveying, mapping, remote sensing, spatially referenced statistical data | ||
* [[Global Positioning System]] (GPS) | * [[Global Positioning System]] (GPS) | ||
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Every agency that uses NSDI information must adhere to a set of responsibilities as outlined by the circular. | Every agency that uses NSDI information must adhere to a set of responsibilities as outlined by the circular. | ||
On July 23, 2009, the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on federal geospatial data management. Rep. [[John Sarbanes]] of Maryland quoted a U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) report from his briefing material saying that only 4 of the FGDC member agencies were in compliance.<ref>Will Craig (Fall 2009). ''Governance of the NSDI''. | On July 23, 2009, the Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee of the House Natural Resources Committee held an oversight hearing on federal geospatial data management. Rep. [[John Sarbanes]] of Maryland quoted a [[U.S. General Accounting Office]] (GAO) report from his briefing material saying that only 4 of the FGDC member agencies were in compliance.<ref>Will Craig (Fall 2009). ''Governance of the NSDI''. | ||
[http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall09articles/governance-of-nsdi.html ArcNews Online] Retrieved 2010-08-24.</ref> | [http://www.esri.com/news/arcnews/fall09articles/governance-of-nsdi.html ArcNews Online] Retrieved 2010-08-24.</ref> | ||