FGDC Annual Report to OMB
Format for Agency Reports - FY 2001
The following outline should be used by FGDC Member Agencies (or Bureaus) for their Annual Spatial Data Reports, which will be consolidated by the FGDC and submitted to OMB. Reports should be brief, using bullets where possible. Please provide only the information that will be useful for OMB to assess the agencies' achievements using the funding they received, and for establishing future direction.
Part A
GENERAL FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES REPORT (All Agencies)
1. Agency or Bureau:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
2. Name of Contact for Report:
Charles M. Croner
Email Address: cmc2@cdc.gov
Phone #: 301-458-4168
3. Steering Committee Member:
Charles M. Croner
Email Address: cmc2@cdc.gov
Phone #: 301-458-4168
4. Coordination Group Participant(s):
Charles M. Croner
Email Address: cmc2@cdc.gov
Phone #: 301-458-4168
5. Subcommittees or Working Groups in which your agency is actively involved, but does not lead:
Cultural and Demographic Data
6. Goals and Accountability: Are you using spatial data with regard to performance?
a. List agency GPRA strategic plan goals specifically related to spatial data activities (or "none"):
None
b. List agency GPRA performance measures specifically related to spatial data activities (or "none"):
None
7. Strategy: Has your agency prepared a strategy for advancing geographic information and spatial data activities in coordination with the FGDC strategy, pursuant to Circular A-16?
Some activities initiated within agency centers but no agency-wide implementation at this time
8. Standards: Has your agency developed and/or adopted appropriate standards?
Address standard (compatible with FGDC) FIPS Codes and Census Bureau geography standards (political boundaries)
9. Metadata: Is your agency's metadata and/or data available and discoverable online through an NSDI-compatible clearinghouse node registered as part of the NSDI Clearinghouse Network?
Selected public health data when developed with USGS
10. Vertical and Horizontal Data Integration: Is your data integrable with other Federal agencies and other sources of data (State, County, local, private)?
Vertical and horizontal integration exists with all
11. E-Gov: How are you using geospatial data in your mission activities to provide better services? (Please list)
Data associated with Census geography of counties, metropolitan statistical areas, and states
12. Are there areas or issues regarding spatial data that require attention, or lessons-learned that you would like to share with others? Please describe.