NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program
Building Data Stewardship for The National Map and the NSDI Project
Interim and Final Project Report Format

The goal of this category is to assist organizations and consortia to work with the USGS to make base geospatial information widely available to meet government, business and citizen needs. Please use this format to develop a brief and succinct interim or final project report, as appropriate.  Keep the report short and to the point.  All reports will be posted to the FGDC grants web site.

Date
Agreement Number:
Project title:
Indicate whether Interim or Final report
Organization: name, address, web address
Principal Investigator: name, telephone, email
Collaborating Organizations: name, point of contact, address, web address
USGS Geospatial (State) Liaison: name, telephone, email
Data themes: (list)

Executive Summary (To be completed for the final report only)
Write a short paragraph (under 250 words) describing the key successes or outcomes of the project. The interim report should highlight anticipated outcomes and actual milestones, whereas the final report summary should describe the project as completed.

Project Narrative (Interim and final report requirement)
a. Describe the project; its tasks, highlights, challenges, and accomplishments. What are your approaches to overcoming impediments to participation in The National Map? Based on your experience what would you recommend for implementation and development for project success (technical, institutional and organizational)?

b. Describe the data content provided to The National Map. Are there any use restrictions? Are your map services and data documentation (metadata) registered in Geospatial One-Stop? What is the status of maintaining, updating and serving themes of data that are included in The National Map? Based on your perspective and project experience describe user requirements for a national level spatial data infrastructure.
 
c. Describe the operational capability to maintain and update data through periodic updates of data made available to The National Map.

d. Discuss the issues, difficulties, and challenges (technical, institutional, and organizational) that were encountered.  Do you need assistance?  If so, what type of assistance do you need?

e. Describe your relationship and issues with the USGS. Has a formal ongoing agreement been established to provide data to The National Map? Describe your plans for follow-on activities. What are the terms and mutual commitment of resources? Please attach copy of written agreement if available.

If any photographs, graphics, or illustrations of the project in action are available please include a couple or more of these.

Feedback on Cooperative Agreements Program (To be completed for the final report)
What are the program strengths and weaknesses?
Where does the program make a difference?
Was the assistance you received sufficient or effective?
What would you recommend doing differently?
Are there factors that are missing or additional needs that should be considered?
Are there program management concerns that need to be addressed? Time frame?
If you were to do this again, what would you do differently?