APPENDIX A: USACE GEOSPATIAL DATA AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT:
MANAGER'S CHECKLIST
USACE GEOSPATIAL DATA AND SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT:
ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONNEL ISSUES
Geospatial Data Management
Data discovery
Finding the data necessary for a project.
c Web-mapping software applications available
c Geospatial data manager position
c Local area network (LAN) sufficient to handle the size of these data files
Time and money
GIS requires a commitment of both from management
c
Plan and budget for hardware and software maintenance
c
Plan and budget for data maintenance requirements
c
Multiple projects and managers willing to provide needed resources
c
Lines of communication set up between managers and project leaders
Understanding the power of GIS
Lack of understanding about what GIS can do for the organization
c Have copies of other Districts' GD&S or GIS implementation plans
c Executive office and IM community are in communications loop
Communication and coordination
Unclear who is responsible for GD&S administration
c Data, applications, and analysis shared at the District level between sections, branches
and teams
c District GD&S technical committee meetings held (EM 1110-1-2909)
c Inclusion of all Divisions, branches, or offices that have some part in geospatial data
production, storage, or use
Responsibility for GD&S
Who is responsible for GD&S data maintenance?
c Funding for G&DS includes managing data maintenance
c Multiple users of GD&S are all responsible for budgeting for data maintenance
c New users of GD&S are given the needed training in data maintenance via classes or
being detailed to on-site training
c One individual is GD&S manager, responsible for implementation of GD&S in Dis-
trict (including ensuring proper use of the system, providing application assistance to
new users, engaging management in realizing the power of GIS, and marketing the
District's GIS capabilities to potential new customers)
Contracting geospatial data work
Contracting officer does not know how to interpret USACE language related to GD&S
data and standards
c For every geospatial dataset created, the deliverable includes a corresponding geospa-
tial metadata file that conforms to standards set by the Federal Geographic Data Com-
mittee
c Close relationship between contracting office (CO) and contracting officer's technical
representative (COTR)
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