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{{short description|United States government committee coordinating geospatial data}}
{{Organization
{{Organization  
|OrganizationName=Federal Geographic Data Committee
|OrganizationName= Federal Geographic Data Committee
|OrganizationType=Committees, Boards, and Commissions
|OrganizationType= Committees, Boards, and Commissions (under the Department of the Interior)
|Mission=To coordinate the development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis, fostering the National Spatial Data Infrastructure to enhance decision-making, resource management, and public safety.
|Mission= To coordinate the development, use, sharing, and dissemination of geospatial data on a national basis, fostering the National Spatial Data Infrastructure to enhance decision-making, resource management, and public safety.
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Interior
|OrganizationExecutive= Chair (Secretary of the Interior or designee)
|CreationLegislation=OMB Circular A-16; officially codified by the Geospatial Data Act of 2018
|Employees= Not applicable (staffed by members from various agencies)
|Budget=Part of the Department of the Interior's budget, specific allocation not publicly detailed
|Budget= Part of the Department of the Interior's budget, specific allocation not publicly detailed
|OrganizationExecutive=Chair (Secretary of the Interior or designee)
|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
|HeadquartersLocation=38.94747, -77.36743
|HeadquartersAddress=590 National Center, Reston, VA 20192
|Website=https://www.fgdc.gov
|Website=https://www.fgdc.gov
|Services= Coordination of geospatial data standards; development of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure; geospatial data policy; geospatial metadata standards
|ParentOrganization= Department of the Interior
|CreationLegislation= OMB Circular A-16; officially codified by the Geospatial Data Act of 2018
|Regulations= Geospatial Data Act of 2018; OMB Circular A-16
|HeadquartersLocation= 38.955723, -77.356090
|HeadquartersAddress= 590 National Center, Reston, VA 20192
}}
}}
{{short description|United States government committee coordinating geospatial data}}
{{Infobox government agency
{{Infobox government agency
|agency_name    = Federal Geographic Data Committee
|agency_name    = Federal Geographic Data Committee
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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:


* the [[National Mapping Program]]
* [[National Mapping Program]]
* the [[National Spatial Reference System]]
* [[National Spatial Reference System]]
* the [[National Geologic Mapping Program]]
* [[National Geologic Mapping Program]]
* the [[National Wetlands Inventory]]
* [[National Wetlands Inventory]]
* the [[National Cooperative Soil Survey Program]]
* [[National Cooperative Soil Survey Program]]
* the National [[Public Land Survey System]]
* National [[Public Land Survey System]]
* Geographic Coordinate Database
* [[Geographic Coordinate Database]]
* the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ([[NOAA]]) nautical charting and nautical data collection and information programs
* [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]] (NOAA) nautical charting and nautical data collection and information programs
* the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ([[USACE]]) inland waterway charting program
* [[Army Corps of Engineers|U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] (USACE) inland waterway charting program
* the Offshore Minerals Program
* [[Offshore Minerals Program]]
* the NASA's Earth Science Enterprise
* NASA's [[Earth Science Enterprise]]
* the [[Federal Emergency Management Agency]]'s Flood Plain Mapping program and other federal activities that involve national surveying, mapping, remote sensing, spatially referenced statistical data
* [[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>