[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 305-306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC); Application Notice
Announcing the Opening Date for Transmittal of Applications Under the
FGDC National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) Partnership Funding
Programs for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.
ACTION: Notice inviting applications for the NSDI Cooperative
Agreements Program (CAP) awards for Fiscal Year 2000, with performance
to begin in August 2000.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of the FGDC National Spatial Data Infrastructure
(NSDI) Partnership Funding Programs is to facilitate and foster
partnerships, alliances and technology within and among various public
and private entities to assist in building the NSDI. The NSDI consists
of technologies, policies, organizations and people necessary to
promote cost-effective production, ready availability, and greater
utilization of high quality geospatial data among a variety of sectors,
disciplines and communities.
The FY 2000 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program funds projects in
three categories of activities. The first category (``Don't Duck
Metadata'') promotes metadata collection, metadata publication (via a
clearinghouse access of geographic data linked to the Internet), and
activities that support the transition from the FGDC Content Standard
for Digital Geospatial Metadata to the ISO Metadata Standard 19115
(under development). The second category (``Framework Community
Implementations'') promotes addressing of community issues and
decision-making utilizing basic geographic data (NSDI Framework). The
third category (``Web Mapping Testbeds'') category funds projects that
test the OpenGIS Consortium's Web Mapping Testbed specifications.
Applications may be submitted by Federal agencies, State and local
government agencies, educational institutions, private firms, non-
profit foundations, and Federally acknowledged or state-recognized
Native American tribes or groups. Applications from Federal agencies
will not be competed against applications from other sources. Authority
for this program is contained in the Organic Act of March 3, 1879, 43
U.S.C. 31 and Executive Order 12906.
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DATES: The program announcements and application forms for the FY 2000
NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program are expected to be available on or
about January 15, 2000. Applications must be received on or before
March 15, 2000.
ADDRESSES: Copies of Program Announcement #00HQPA0004 for the NSDI
Cooperative Agreements Program, may be obtained by writing to Ms.
Amanda Goodwin, U.S. Geological Survey, Office of Acquisition and
Federal Assistance, Mail Stop 205B, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston,
VA 20192; (703) 648-7372, fax (703) 648-7901. Requests must be in
writing; verbal requests will not be honored. Also, copies of each
Program Announcement will be available through the Internet at
www.usgs.gov/contracts/index.html> and www.fgdc.gov>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the NSDI Cooperative Agreements
Program contact Ms. Kathleen Craig, U.S. Geological Survey, Office of
Acquisition and Federal Assistance, Mail Stop 205B, 12201 Sunrise
Valley Drive, Reston, VA 20192; (703) 648-7357, fax (703) 648-7901.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the NSDI Cooperative Agreements
Program individual proposals should be directed towards only one of the
three categories per application. A total of $1,000,000 is available
for award.
2000 CAP Categories
Category 1: ``Don't Duck Metadata''
The project objectives for this category are the documentation of
geospatial data through metada creation and serving that documentation
on the Internet through a NSDI clearing house. Under this category
funds are provided for: (a) Organizations needing assistance in
metadata creation and clearinghouse development; and (b) those
organizations that can provide training assistance or state/regional
consolidated assistance efforts.
Category 2: ``Framework Community Implementations''
This funding category advances the capacity of communities to
create and use basic geospatial data. Framework data are defined as
geodetic control, cadastral, digital orthoimagery, elevation,
bathymetry, transportation, hydrography, and governmental units.
Projects funded under this category will demonstrate collaborative GIS
approaches and decision-support in solving community issues utilizing
basic ``framework'' data using or refining existing FGDC Framework
standards. Projects will establish a collaborative process that
provides different kinds of organizations and disciplines the ability
to integrate and share framework data. Applicants must demonstrate
partnership with at least one other organization and are expected to
make a 100% in-kind award match. As part of category 2 submissions,
joint Canadian/U.S. partnership projects are invited.
Category 3: ``Web Mapping Testbeds''
Projects funded under this category are expected to result in the
technical ability for users to discover and view map data from multiple
map servers through the National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse. These
projects will use the OpenGIS Consortium's pending open specifications
for web mapping and the result of these pilot projects will aid in
refining future versions of those standards. Projects must build on
existing web mapping and Clearinghouse installations and expertise
within a geographic area, and must include two or more participating
organizations with a requirement to visualize each organization's data
in an operational Internet environment.
Dated: December 28, 1999.
John A. Kelmelis,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
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