[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 81 (Thursday, April 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 18408]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10258]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
United States Geological Survey


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

agency: U.S. Geological Survey, Interior.

action: Notice of meetings.

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summary: This notice is to invite public participation in meetings of 
the FGDC Facilities Working Group. The major topics for these meetings 
are: development of a Facility/Installation ID standard and development 
of a utilities data dictionary.

time and place: 13 May 1996, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.; 17 June 
1996, from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.; and 15 July 1996, from 1:00 p.m. 
until 4:00 p.m. The meetings 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 22091; telephone (703) 648-5514; facsimile (703) 648-
5755; Internet ``[email protected]''. Minutes of meetings are available by 
clicking on the Facilities Working Group at the FGDC Internet address 
http://fgdc.er.usgs.gov.

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 party 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: April 16, 1996.
Richard E. Witmer,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 96-10258 Filed 4-24-96; 8:45 am]
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