[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61269-61270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29108]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey


Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC); Public Meeting of the 
FGDC Facilities Working Group

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to invite public participation in a meeting of 
the FGDC Facilities Working Group. The major topic for this meeting is 
refinement of the working group's definition of ``facility'' in 
preparation for several standards development efforts.

TIME AND PLACE: December 21, 1995, from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. The meeting 
will be held at Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in Room 
8222D of the Pulaski Building, 20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, 
DC. The Pulaski building is located just a few blocks west of Union 
Station.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Fox, FGDC Secretariat, U.S. Geological Survey, 590 National 
Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 22092; telephone 
(703) 648-5514; facsimile (703) 648-5755; Internet ``[email protected]''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FGDC is a committee of Federal Agencies 
engaged in geospatial activities. The 

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FGDC Facilities Working Group specifically focuses on geospatial data 
issues related to facilities and facility management. A facility is an 
entity with location, deliberately established as a site for designated 
activities. A facility database might describe a factory, a military 
base, a college, a hospital, a power plant, a fishery, a national park, 
an office building, a space command center, or a prison. The database 
for a complex facility may describe multiple functions or missions, 
multiple buildings, or even a county, town, or city. The objectives of 
the Working Group are to: promote standards of accuracy and currentness 
in facilities data that are financed in whole or in part by Federal 
funds; exchange information on technological improvements for 
collecting facilities data; encourage the Federal and non-Federal 
communities to identify and adopt standards and specifications for 
facilities data; and promote the sharing of facilities data among 
Federal and non-Federal organizations.

    Dated: November 14, 1995.
Richard E. Witmer,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 95-29108 Filed 11-28-95; 8:45 am]
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