[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 41 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 7801]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4646]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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 
the development of a Facility/Installation ID standard.


TIME AND PLACE: 11 March 1996, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m. The 
meeting will be held at Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in 
Room 7233 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; facimile (703) 648-5755; Internet ``[email protected]''.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FGDC is a committee of Federal Agencies 
engaged in geospatial activities. The 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: February 21, 1996.
Richard E. Witmer,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 96-4646 Filed 2-28-96; 8:45 am]
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