Bureau of Geospatial Technologies

Bureau of GeospatialTechnologies

Jim Knudson,Stacey White,

Eric Jespersen (PaMAGIC),Maurie Kelly (PASDA)

GT Governance and Strategic Planning

Bureau of Geospatial Technologies

BGT Director reports directly to state CIO18 months youngNow 2 fulltime staff (Jim, Stacey)1 fulltime contractor (Raghu)PASDA Staff (Maurie, Ryan, Chris, James,

David, Tracey, Scott, Gary)Project staffMany projects, constantly juggling

prioritiesLong weeks, no breaks or breathing roomWorking State Agency Governance

Structure (24 agencies)Strategic Planning Continues…

Existing CommonwealthGT Governance Structure

Communities of Practice

Communities of PracticeCommunities of Practice perform

business prioritization, develop high level objectives related to Governor’s Office and Secretary priorities, and align technology priorities based on business of government

Provides a framework to allow government agencies to work together, leverage available resources, reduce overlap and duplication of efforts, and solve business problems

GT Governance Structure

Geospatial Technologies Steering Committee (GTSC)(CIOs, CTOs, or Agency GIS Coordinators

Chair: Jim KnudsonVice Chair: Stacey White

Geospatial Technologies Advisory Committee (GTAC)(Executives, Policy, or Designee)

Chair: Art StephensVice Chair: Jim Knudson

Governor’s Office of AdministrationOffice for Information Technology

Bureau of Geospatial Technologies

GeospatialTechnologies Council

(GTC)(Agencies)

Chair - By Election(Ebby Abraham/DEP)

Vice Chair - By Election(DCED)

OIT/Geospatial Technologies Governance Model

Policy, Strategy

Strategic Directionand Prioritization

Requests

Strategic InitiativesPolicy Decisions

Goals and ObjectivesHighest Priorities

BimonthlyMeetings

MonthlyMeetings

MonthlyMeetings

Identification of DeliverablesGoal and Objective

PrioritizationTactical Planning

Implementation GoalsImplementation Schedules

Review of DeliverablesEnterprise LicensingHomeland Security

GIS Data Clearinghouse

Agency Data SharingGIS Data Clearinghouse

Data StandardsMapping Standards

Training Needs/ProgramReusable Components

Enterprise Assets

Research

CommonwealthAgencies

Standards,Consulting,

Coordination,Outreach HS GIS Task

Force

Standards,Priorities

Other WorkgroupsAddressing

WeatherRouting

BusinessRequirements

State GISClearinghouse

PAMAPAdvisory

Committee

Recommendationsto GTAC

Policy and StrategyDecisions POLICY

STATEWIDE DATA

TECHNOLOGY

POLICY

AND

TECHNOLOGY

National Map

Geospatial One Stop

Federal Geographic

Data Committee

Data and Service Access And Discovery

Policy and Standards

Data Acquisition and Representation

National Geospatial Governance Model

USGS National Geospatial

Program Office (NGPO)

PAMAP, State Agencies,

Counties, COGs, etc.

BGT GEA, PASDA

GTAC, GTSC, and GTC Currently

Data and Service Access And Discovery

Policy and Standards

Data Acquisition and Representation

Pennsylvania Geospatial Governance Model

Currently BGT, GTAC, GTSC, GTC, CCAP, PAMAGIC,

COGs

DCNR, BTGS, PAMAP

Advisory Committee

Other Governance FactorsPolicy/Best Practices

Governor and Legislative Priorities HS IT Governance Workgroup NSGIC GT Governance Guidelines, 50-States

InitiativeStrategic Planning

PAMAGIC Common Vision Initiative – Eric Jespersen

“For Counties By Counties” – Tom Sweet PAMAGIC, CCAP, PASDA, Academia, other

primary stakeholders Counties, Regional Government Organizations,

RCTTFsData

PAMAP Advisory Committee – State and Counties

PAMAP, PGDSS, and other statewide data layer and data sharing initiatives

Governance Priorities Communities of Practice – Organization along lines of

business and like business interests Homeland Security/Public Safety Environmental Health and Human Services General Government Operations Transportation

Strategic Planning/Communications Local Government geospatial needs, leveraging state resources,

partnerships Commonwealth GT Stakeholder Council GT Communications

Data PAMAP – Imagery and Elevation, sustainable funding Agency Data Stewardship and Data Sharing with external

governmental and first responder business partners Metadata Creation

Technology Geospatial Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Geospatial Data

Repository, Enterprise Services and Applications Geospatial Interoperability

Annual GT Report

It was the best of times, It was the worst of

times…A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens

A Horrible Year for the Commonwealth!!!

September 2004 Terrible Flooding Statewide from Tropical Depression Ivan

Spring 2005 Flooding on the Delaware River

Commonwealth Secretary of Administration Bob Barnett succumbed to brain cancer (GT Champion)

But a Great Year for GIS/GT!!! USDA/FSA NAIP Statewide Color Infrared Imagery was

captured and county mosaics delivered for all 67 counties. Should have TIFFs this Fall for everyone to use.

But a Great Year for GIS/GT!!! Progress on building our Geospatial Enterprise

Architecture to host all state agency data that needs to be shared

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HTTP Servers/ArcIMS Application Servers

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Hardware Load Balanced

HTTP Servers/ArcIMS Application Servers

and ArcGIS Server ADF

Application Hosting Web Environment

Enterprise Geospatial Data

Repository

But a Great Year for GIS/GT!!! TeleAtlas Enterprise License signed, making

commercial statewide mapping, geocoding, and routing data available to all government/quasi-government entities to support local and regional issues

But a Great Year for GIS/GT!!! PAMAP Flew 28 Counties this Spring! (only 3

were flown last year) – 21 more to go! ($3M)

PAMAP Progress$2.85M raised for Spring 2005

FlightsFunding Amounts:

DCNR - $1.5M OA/OIT - $500K Health - $300K DCED - $250K DEP - $100K PENNDOT - $100K? OA/BGT - $100K (1/10th of Budget)

But a Great Year for GIS/GT!!! PGDSS data standards have progressed – not

perfect, maybe not ready for adoption, but local SME participation and lots of good discussion!

BGT received $2M in HLS funding to build interoperable data sharing web services and XML web service applications plus real-time weather and plume modeling capabilities. These will be leveraged by PEMA, state agencies, RCTTFs, and local governments.

PA CIO Office signed MOU with DHS CIO office, only state to do so to date, allowing us to collaborate on EA/GEA issues we share in common and to identify best practices and lessons learned – excellent relationships with GMO/ODP

Where Did We Start?

1st Week (Oct 2003) – RGIS Slides

Strategic Plan for next 12 monthsHomeland Security

PriorityData standardsPAMap

Implementation - updated statewide imagery base

GIS Job Descriptions

GIS Governance Model Implementation

Enterprise contracts – data, software, etc.

Enterprise GIS Strategic Plan

Monthly Agency Meetings

2nd Year Strategic Planning GoalsDevelop a Commonwealth GT Governance

Council that incorporates external governmental and NGO representation

Raise Commonwealth Awareness of GT Value, find a new state government GT Champion

GIS Enterprise Training Program for Commonwealth employees

Finalize and Publish 3-Year Commonwealth GT Strategic Plan

Weather Project ImplementationITEP Project CompletionHire additional senior staff or full-time

onsite contractorsDevelop flood forecasting capability for

PEMA

2nd Year Strategic Planning Goals

Geospatial Enterprise ArchitectureGeospatial InteroperabilityPGDSS StandardsStatewide Data Layers – PAMAP Imagery,

elevationOGC Web Services for external,

interoperable data sharing of Commonwealth enterprise and agency resources – for governments and first response

XML Web (“essential”) Services for geocoding, routing, mapping

Commonwealth GT Progress

Measured Progress in 0-6 months

Agency GT User Identification HS GIS Task Force, Weekly PEMA meetings PAMAP Definition, Awareness, Marketing,

Fundraising, Prioritization Legislative initiative to address geospatial

issues and needs in Commonwealth Governance: GT Advisory Committee meets

for the first time – Policy, Strategy, High Level Objectives

OIT Communities of Practice Formed NHD Completion Project Starts at DEP BGT joins National States Geographic

Information Council (NSGIC) and Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)

BGT takes over management of PASDA from DEP


GT Steering Committee Meets for First Time – Policy, Technology, and Operations Focus

$1.5M SHSP Grant for Real-Time Weather/Plume Modeling System Awarded

$603K DHS ITEP Competitive Grant AwardedWireless 9-1-1 Regional MeetingsInitial meeting with DHS/GMO/GIOTropical Depression Ivan/State Recovery

Task ForceCAP Grant for PGDSS ProjectAddress and Weather Workgroups CreatedStacey White hired as second full-time staff

person in BGT


TANA Enterprise License SignedMOU with DHS CIO Office SignedHR882 ReleasedDelaware River FloodingGEA GIS Server Architecture Becomes

Operational (Development lab, staging, production)

Address Geocoding Web Service LaunchedProcurement of TANA Routing data pack

to support additional geocoding, mapping and routing web service development

Development of the Commonwealth GT 3-Year Strategic Plan

Hired full-time onsite contractor

BGT Budget History

Annual GT BudgetFY 2003 (Oct 20 – June 30) - $230K

($0 official)FY 2004 (July 1 – June 30) - $1,390K

($0 official, plus $2.1M grant funds)FY 2005 (July 1 – June 30) - $3M

official? Requested 10 staff (5/3/0?)

Top 10 BGT budget in the nation in 2 years? Necessary for continuation of TANA, weather, PAMAP contribution, GEA, etc. to support the 3-Year Commonwealth GT Strategic Plan

Commonwealth GT 3-Year Strategic

Plan

Stacey White

BGT Mission Statement

“BGT will unify agency actions through common interest and concerted action in geospatial technologies, through development of a geospatial enterprise architecture, and will represent a single voice to the Extended Enterprise for GIS/GT in the Commonwealth.”

BGT High Level Strategic Plan Goals and Strategies

Goals Support Public Safety/Homeland Security Increase efficiency and cohesiveness of

government operations, and service delivery to Pennsylvania citizens and businesses

Foster economic development and quality of life

Strategies Leverage technologies and maximize return

on investment Communicate at a high level Leverage existing state and federal initiatives Build and retain skills and resources

throughout the Commonwealth

Commonwealth GT Common Vision…

BGT supports the PAMAGIC Common Vision Initiative

Stakeholders need to indicate priorities, vision, direction

Implementing the GT Common Vision requires participation, resources, collaboration, review, performance measures

Governance Structure is important Communication is important

Next 3 YearsAgency Data Stewardship agreementsAgency data sharing priorities for

external partners (government, first response)

GIS Council to extend Governance Structure to external entities

Sustainable funding for PAMAP ImageryCommonwealth standards for geospatial

interoperability for the use of state and federal funds

Apply for additional federal grants to continue to build Commonwealth/enterprise geospatial capabilities

Next 3 YearsStatewide Data Layers

PAMAP Imagery completion and start of maintenance program

Updated elevation data for Commonwealth County data aggregation for PGDSS data

layers Fill in county data gaps to create statewide

“county” data layers Critical Infrastructure Data layers/Key

Assets

Communications Plan, Newsletters, etc.

Next 3 YearsAlignment of Commonwealth agencies

to GT Communities of Practice (GeoCoPA): Public Safety Environmental Health and Human Services General Government Operations

Legislative support for local government geospatial sustainable operations, training, resources

RCTTF/county geospatial capabilities building

Next 3 YearsParticipating in HLS IT Governance

WorkgroupRelationship building with RCTTFs,

Regional Governments, and CountiesContinue relationship building with the

DHS Geospatial Management Office/ODPParticipating in NSGIC HLS WorkgroupParticipating in National Geospatial

Strategy for Homeland Security WorkshopParticipating in the FEA Geospatial Profile

definition workgroup (GeoCOP)Open data access and interoperable data

sharing is desired – for public, for business, for government users

PA Spatial Data AccessPublic GIS

Clearinghouse

Maurie Caitlin Kelly

What Services do you want from PASDA?

Data Search/Download/Manipulation

End-User ApplicationsEnd-User ServicesMetadata Services/TrainingCommunications and Outreach…Your ideas go here…

Communications

Eric Jespersen

A Different Way to Think About Governance

Communications and Educationplus

Decision-Making

And at both Technical and Policy Levels

History and Status of GIS Coordinating Communication in

PASEDA-COG GIS Task Force 9-12 Counties Since 1993+/- Technical orientation County Commissioners informed

PAMAGIC Public, private, academic Since 1996 Technical and policy orientation “Lead, coordinate, and guide…”


PA (cont’d)PAGIC (GTC) State agencies primarily Since 1998 (became GTC in 2004) Formed by Memo of Understanding Quarterly joint meetings with PAMAGIC

since 2002PASDA

PA public GIS data clearinghouse Since 1998 +/- Opened communications with many

new constituent groups


PA (cont’d)Regional Groups with GIS emphases North Central, DVRPC, Southwest Major data acquisitions 1999-2000 Regional coordination

PAMAP Data-centric National Map pilot project Concept circa 2001-02 Built on local data and contacts Incentives for involvement


PA (cont’d)

In 2003 Homeland Security GIS Task Force RCTTF’s Other regions

•Southern Alleghenies•Northwest


PA (cont’d)

In 2004 CCAP Coordination and Tool Teams RCTTF GIS subgroups Wireless E-911 State Agencies

•GTAC•GTSC•Revamped GTC (was PAGIC)


PA (cont’d)

In 2005 PAMAP Advisory Committee

County Caucus?

Should we make more???

Which ones work???

What do they have in Common???

They all are empowered to:Discuss, Suggest, Advise,

Document, Communicate, Cajole, etc.

Note: These are not “Governance”, because they do not involve Decision!

Worse yet, we do not have a plan to guide us!!!

Why change now?

We know we need a plan!!Serious current data acquisition

initiativesMore at stake

Security and safety Funding? County rights Citizen privacy Could get something we don’t want!

What can we do?Communicate at a high level

We need a repeating structure Same problems at federal, state,

regional, local Simplify, don’t complicate!

Help make Pennsylvania’s plans real Engage when called upon Feed back early and often Make or support a local plan Help others in order to help yourself Engage and inform our legislators!!

How Should We Communicate with the Geospatial Stakeholders

in the Commonwealth?BGT is developing a Communications PlanWhat information do you want to know?Who are the different stakeholder groups to

communicate with or through? (PAMAGIC, CCAP, Planning Partners, APA, PSATS, etc.)

In addition to BGT website, BGT is considering one or more newsletters. What is relevant, how often should it be published?

Regular emails and reports should be sent out to stakeholders. Through what channels, what information, how often?

Interactive Dialogue

Interactive Dialogue

Governance Strategies

Strategic Initiatives for the Commonwealth

Communications Plan

PASDA

Other topics of interest/concern?

Questions?

www.gis.state.pa.us

Documents

Bureau of Geospatial Technologies