2010 NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program
2010 CAP projects listed by category with category descriptions.
The 2010 CAP announcement is available here.
- 2010 Projects Factsheet (PDF Format)
- Project List - includes status information
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Project Maps: PDF map
or Interactive map 
Category 1: Metadata Trainer and Outreach Assistance provides support to organizations with NSDI knowledge and experience to assist others in geospatial metadata implementation. Implementation projects may include the development of training materials in coordination with the NSDI Training Program and/or training delivery via workshops, presentation, or online applications with an outreach component which includes but not require a presentation at a local, regional, or national conference. Outreach specific projects include the development/enhancement of informative, collaborative or promotional websites, networks, documents, and applications. Of special interest this year were projects that target managers and non-traditional geospatial communities and those that utilize social bookmarking, wiki’s, and other Web 2.0 innovations. Up to $25,000 per project with 50% in-kind match. Category Lead - Sharon Shin, sharon_shin@fgdc.gov.
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
Champaign , IL
Leanne Brehob-RileyMarshall University
Huntington, WV
Sang Hong YooNational Association of Regional Councils
Washington, DC
Fred AbouslemanWestat, Inc
Rockville, MD
Fran Bents
Category 2: Framework
Data Exchange through Automated Geo-Synchronization
A synchronization service is required to coordinate the
publishing, availability, and access to Framework data content among
local, state, and national data partners. The objective of this
category is to promote and facilitate the exchange of standardized
framework data between state and national data stores through a
synchronization service that uses common data models and services and
addresses the governance challenges required to enable automated data
exchange. Up to $50,000 per project with 100% in-kind
match. Category Lead - Rob Dollison, rdollison@usgs.gov.
Indiana High and Local-Resolution NHD Update Geo-Synchronization
Indianapolis, IN
Philip WorrallCoordinating Local, State and National Data Stores in Arkansas
Little Rock, AR
Nuke GoldsteinNew Hampshire NHD Geo-Synchronization Network
Concord, NH
Jeff Harrison
Category 3: Fifty
States Initiative: Strategic and Business Plan
Development
Projects in the category are developing and implement statewide
strategic and business plans that will facilitate the coordination of
programs, policies, technologies, and resources that enable the
coordination, collection, documentation, discovery, distribution,
exchange and maintenance of geospatial information in support of the
NSDI and the objectives of the Fifty States Initiative Action
Plan. Up to $50,000 with 50% in-kind match. Category Lead -
Milo Robinson, mrobinson@fgdc.gov.
Alabama
Phillip HendersonAlaska
Nick MastrodicasaMassachusetts
Neil MacGaffeyMississippi
David ShawOhio
Stuart Davis
Category 4: Fifty
States Initiative: Business Plan Development and
Implementation
Projects in this category are developing and implement statewide
business plans that will facilitate the alignment of federal agencies
with statewide geospatial planning activities that advance the
NSDI. Up to $30,000 with 50% in-kind match. Category
Lead - Milo Robinson, mrobinson@fgdc.gov.
District of Columbia
Barney KrucoffHawaii
Authur ButoIdaho
Keith WeberMaine
Michael SmithNew York
William Johnson
Category 5: Return on
Investment (ROI) Methodology and Business Case Development for
Multi-agency NSDI Projects
Statewide geospatial initiatives generally require the planning and
participation of multiple agencies in order to reap the desired
benefits, yet representatives of disparate agencies will have varied
understanding of financial analysis for projects. This cooperative
effort provides training in ROI methodology to participating agencies,
through a series of webinars, a two-day kick-off workshop and follow-up
evaluations of project progress, designed to facilitate project
decision making based on the development of a detailed business case
comprised of costs and benefits to the individual agencies.
Ongoing support is provided to agencies as they develop their financial
analysis, with the business case for the multi-agency project provided
as a final report in text and spreadsheet format. The methodology
presented leverages multi-agency financial analysis methodology
previously developed by FGDC in cooperation with Geospatial Information
Technology Association (GITA). The deliverables will be an ROI
case study describing the project, including the details of collecting
metrics to support the financial analysis; completed ROI spreadsheets
for individual participating agencies; financial analyses summary, and
a multi-agency business case for the project comprised of the rollup
from all individual spreadsheets as well as analysis of tangible and
strategic benefits of the project. Up to
$50,000 with 50% in-kind match. Category Lead - Milo
Robinson, mrobinson@fgdc.gov.
Measuring Public Value of Geospatial Commons: A MetroGIS Case Study
Metropolitan Council
Randy JohnsonBuilding a Business Case for Shared Geospatial Data and Services to Support Transportation Planning in North Carolina
North Carolina Office of the State Chief Information Officer
Tim JohnsonA Return on Investment Case Study of Iowa One Map
Iowa Geographic Information Council
Jim Giglierano
Category 6: FGDC Standards Development and Implementation Assistance and Outreach provides funding to organizations to assist in the development of and/or implementation of standards in the FGDC standards program of work other than those for metadata (see Category 1 above). The projects in this category assist in implementing an FGDC-endorsed standard and enhancing adoption of the Geospatial Data Model.
PART 1: In many cases, there are few, if any, materials that can be used to guide others when implementing an FGDC-endorsed standard in their organization. Without materials that document best practices, provide experienced advice, and new techniques, an implementing organization has a steep learning curve. This project will create materials that provide step-by-step assistance for implementing FGDC-endorsed standards. One award at $25,000, with 50% in-kind match. Category Lead - Julie Binder Maitra, jmaitra@fgdc.gov.
The Association of State Wetland Managers, Inc.
Windham, ME
Jeanne Christie
PART 2: The GDM was developed to support geospatial interoperability and information sharing among federal, state and local entities. To promote the adoption of the GDM as a standard across the homeland security community this cooperative agreement will allow the recipient to transition their existing model into a GDM conformant data model and use the GDM to implement a standards based model as the basis for sharing data. One award at $50,000, with 50% in-kind match. Category Leads - Jeff Booth and Anthony Hoang (GMO@dhs.gov).
California Emergency Management Agency
Mather, CA
Diane Vaughan
Category 7:
Demonstration of Geospatial Data Partnerships across Local, State,
Tribal, and Federal Government
The vision for the NSDI includes the integration of all levels of
government including the processes for local data to feed into State
holdings, which then feed into Federal programs such as The
National Map. These projects will support the further
development and documentation of partnerships and processes to
implement this nested approach for one or more data themes of NSDI
using The National Map. Up to
$75,000, with 50% in-kind match services. Category
Lead - Tracy Fuller, tfuller@usgs.gov.
• See the CAP Project Administrative Guidance for information about correspondence, reimbursement, modifications, and reporting for CAP projects.Minnesota Geospatial Information Office
St Paul, MN
Chris CialekEastern Carolina Council of Governments
New Bern, NC
Alex RickardMassGIS-Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs
Boston, MA
Neil MacGaffeyState of Oregon
Salem, OR
Mr. Cy Smith

