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3 THE CONCEPTS OF FEDERAL/STATE PARTNERSHIPS
Pages 12-18

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... . Examples of such data sets include the USGS 7.5 minute quadrangle maps, Soil Conservation Service soils maps, census geography maps from the U.S.
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... local governments and the private sector has yet to be established. This problem was specifically recognized in Executive Order 12906 (signed by President Clinton on April 1 l, 1994~: The Secretary [of the Department of the Interiorl, under the auspices of the FGDC, and within 9 months of the date of this order, shall clevelop, to the extent permitted by law, strategies for maximizing cooperative participatory efforts with State, local, and tribal governments, the private sector, and other nonfederal organizations to share costs and improve efficiencies of acquiring geospatial data consistent with this order.
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... As new surveys are recorded, the PLSS section corners are added to the data base. A partnership opportunity clearly exists that would establish data stewardship responsibility close to the source of the data and provide opportunities to meet both state and federal objectives.
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... All of these factors contribute to the overall cost of spatial data and the NSDI. Although GIS software development is a relatively small part of the overall electronic data processing industry, and few software companies claim a GIS business of more than $100 million annually, it is estimated that worldwide total annual expenditures on all aspects of spatial data handling are on the order of $10 billion.' This figure should include every aspect of data base creation and use, from investments in mapping satellites, geodesy and positioning systems, through airborne photography, digitizing, data base design, software and hardware acquisition, and analysis, to specialized training.
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... However, the state and local governments and the private sector need to be active participants in the standards development process. Minimizing Costs Through Partnerships It may appear that partnerships are exactly the wrong way to reduce costs in an expensive enterprise like the NSDI.
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... This may take the form of a division of responsibility along entirely new lines, with the fecleral government responsible for data standards and quality control, ant} state and local governments responsible for data collection and maintenance. Third, division of responsibilities within partnerships can promote investment so that we clevelop entirely new ways of reducing costs.
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... Only agencies with a minimum of $500,000 in relevant spending were required to submit information in response to OMB Bulletin 93-14. Toward a Coordinated Spatial Data Infrastructure for the Nation, Mapping Science Committee, National Research Council, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 171 pp.
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Key Terms

  • data handling
  • data stewardship
  • data infrastructure
  • data stewards
  • land surveyor

  • stewardship responsibility
  • state land
  • specialized training
  • coordinated spatial
  • data activities

  • digital spatial
  • mapping satellites
  • overall electronic
  • subtler aspects
  • salaries account

  • collection mission
  • meeting specific
  • cooperative participatory
  • stewardship roles
  • hardware acquisition

  • specialized hardware
  • national digital
  • data content
  • information processing
  • soils maps

  • government responsible
  • major objective
  • annual expenditures
  • data community
  • multiple organizations


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