§2802 Federal Geographic Data Committee

Summary

Creates an interagency group inside the Department of the Interior called the Federal Geographic Data Committee to lead the development, use, and review of federal geospatial data policies, standards, and programs. The Secretary of the Interior must be Chair and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) must be Vice Chair. Each covered agency head and the Director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency must name a representative to the Committee. Those representatives must be at the assistant secretary level (or equivalent) or higher. No later than 1 year after October 5, 2018, and as needed after that, the OMB Director must update guidance about who is on the Committee and what members do. The Committee must run the National Spatial Data Infrastructure plan, set and keep geospatial data standards, pick and oversee National Geospatial Data Asset themes, check agency compliance, and keep the GeoPlatform working. It must help agencies share data and work together, talk with state, tribal, local, international, university, and private partners, and promote cost‑effective data practices and shared services. The Committee must publish and update at least annually a status summary for each data theme, agency achievement summaries, technical publications, and a member directory. It must get and respond to comments from the Advisory Committee and from covered agencies and, not less than once every 2 years, send Congress reports with those summaries, comments, and responses. The Committee must also support the digital systems that show the Earth and must set up an Office of the Secretariat inside the Department of the Interior to provide administrative, planning, funding, and technical support.