GML

Geographic Markup Language

GSDI

Global Spatial Data Infrastructure

GPS

Global Positioning System

HBCU

Historically black colleges and universities

HMDA

Home Mortgage Disclosure Act

HOME

Home Investment Partnerships Program

HOPWA

Housing Opportunities for Persons with Aids

HRA

Housing Relocation Assistant

HUD

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

HUDS

Harvard Urban Development Simulation

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

ISTEA

Intermodal Surface Transportation and Efficiency Act

I-Team

Implementation team

LIHTC

Low-Income Housing Tax Credit

MATH

Micro-Analysis of Transfers to Households

MSAs

Metropolitan Statistical Areas

NBER

National Bureau of Economic Research

NKLA

Neighborhood Knowledge Los Angeles

NRC

National Research Council

NSDI

National Spatial Data Infrastructure

PD&R

Office of Policy Development and Research

POMS

Property Owners and Managers Survey

R-MAPS

Research maps

SDI

Spatial Data Infrastructure

SOCDS

State of the Cities Data systems

TAZ

Traffic Analysis Zone

TEA21

Transportation Equity Act

TIGER

Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System

UCGIS

University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

USDI

Urban Spatial Data Infrastructure

USGS

U.S. Geological Survey

Front Matter (R1-R14)

Executive Summary (1-16)

1. Introduction (17-28)

2. Ensuring the Availability, Accuracy, and Relevance of Urban and Housing Data (29-50)

3. Data Disseminaton and Software Tools (51-68)

4. Research and Policy Development (69-92)

5. The Role of Partnerships (93-106)

References (107-112)

Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members (113-118)

Appendix B: Workshop Agenda (119-122)

Appendix C: Other Contributors (123-126)

Appendix D: Acronym List (127-128)