United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-06-23 monographic deposited born digital 58 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-703 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-703 P0b002ee1803a458e f:d04703 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-703 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-703 GAO-04-703 Data collection Geographic information systems Information resources management Intergovernmental relations Redundancy Strategic information systems planning Strategic planning Electronic government Program coordination OMB Geospatial One-Stop Project Other Written Product A10615 From homeland security to tracking outbreaks of disease, to investigating the space shuttle disaster to responding to natural disasters, the collection, maintenance, and use of location-based (geospatial) information has become critical to many federal agencies' abilities to achieve their goals. Local governments and the private sector also rely on such data to support essential functions. GAO was asked to determine the extent to which the federal government is coordinating the sharing of geospatial assets, including through oversight measures in place at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), in order to identify and reduce redundancies in geospatial data and systems. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-703/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-703.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-703/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-703.pdf GAO-04-703 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-703 Other Written Product GAO-04-703; Geospatial Information: Better Coordination Needed to Identify and Reduce Duplicative Investments; Data collection Geographic information systems Information resources management Intergovernmental relations Redundancy Strategic information systems planning Strategic planning Electronic government Program coordination OMB Geospatial One-Stop Project Public Law 80-242 Public Law 106-148