[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 188 (Thursday, September 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50504-50505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-24678]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey


Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC), Public Meeting of the 
Standards Working Group

AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: This notice is to invite public participation in meetings of 
the FGDC Standards Working Group. The major topics for these meeting 
will be: Standards Working Group reviews of proposals for standards 
development, reviews of FGDC draft standards for readiness for public 
review, and review of standards for final FGDC endorsement. Meetings 
include reports on the status of other FGDC standards.

TIME AND PLACE: 8 October 1996, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon; 5 
November 1996, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon; 10 December 1996, from 
9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon. The October and November meetings will be 
held in Room 410 at the National Archives and Records Administration, 
8th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. Information on 
the location of the December meeting will be available in November from 
the contacts listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
 Jennifer Fox, FGDC Secretariat, U.S. Geological Survey, 590 National 
Center, 12201 Sunrise Valley Drive, Reston, Virginia 20192; telephone 
(703) 648-5514; facsimile (703) 648-5755; Internet ``[email protected]''. 
Meeting announcements, agenda items, and minutes are available by 
clicking on Standards at the FGDC Internet address http://www.fgdc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FGDC is a committee of Federal agencies 
engaged in geospatial activities. The FGDC Standards Working Group 
promotes and coordinates the standards activities of the Subcommittees 
and Working Groups that makeup the FGDC. The Standards Working Group 
provides guidance on FGDC standards policy and procedures, facilitates 
the coordination of standards activities between Subcommittees and 
Working Groups that have mutual interests, reviews and recommends 
approval of proposals for FGDC standards, reviews standards for 
compliance to FGDC policy and

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procedure, and makes recommendations to the FGDC Coordination Group as 
to the readiness of a standard for advancement to the next stage toward 
endorsement. Guidelines on the development of FGDC standards are 
documented in the FGDC Standards Reference Model. This document and the 
Standards Working Group Charter, as well as other information about the 
status of FGDC standards activities, Standards Working Group meeting 
notices, and meeting minutes are available on the World Wide Web home 
page of the Standards Working Group at the FGDC Internet address listed 
above under contact information.

    Dated: September 13, 1996.
Richard E. Witmer,
Acting Chief, National Mapping Division.
[FR Doc. 96-24678 Filed 9-25-96; 8:45 am]
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