<div dir="ltr">FYI, on NHD proposals, please submit your proposal ideas using the template to your state liaison.<div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Tom</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 1:05 PM, Carlson, Tom <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tcarlson@usgs.gov" target="_blank">tcarlson@usgs.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote">FYI! NHD partnership information.<br><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Mapping Contracts and Partnerships</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Call for Proposals and Instructions</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Immediate Action Needed</span></p><br><font size="4" color="#0000ff"><b>*** Please note the due date listed in the NHD Newsletter earlier today was a typo. The due date for proposals is April 30 ***</b></font></span></div><div><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">As in past years, the USGS National Geospatial Program (NGP) is seeking stewardship proposals from liaisons for projects that will improve the National Hydrography Dataset (NHD) and/or Watershed Boundaries Dataset (WBD). Please see the attached Hydrography Data Supply Plan for detailed information about the types of projects sought. Proposal submissions will be coordinated by the USGS National Map Liaisons for each state. </span><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Timeline</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">April 30 - Proposals due (Earlier submissions strongly encouraged)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">May 8 - Hydrography Acquisitions Team (HAT) reviews/approves awards over $25K</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">May 22 - HAT reviews/approves awards under $25K</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">June 1 - Procurement paperwork for awards over $25K due from Liaisons </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">June 15 - Procurement paperwork for awards under $25K due from Liaisons</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Overall guidelines on preparing NHD/WBD proposals: </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">1) Any data created by the project needs to be provided back to the USGS. This may be in the form of edits to the line work or contributions to the event data catalog (currently under development).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">2) Each grant recipient will be called on to discuss the project on a NHD Advisory Team call.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">3) Each grant recipient should produce a written report, documenting the rationale for the project, the issues encountered and how they were resolved, and the impact of the project (what can the partner/users do now that they couldn't do before). </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">4) Make sure the NHD and WBD stewards are both aware of the project. Edits to NHD features may affect WBD boundaries, and WBD edits may affect NHD. Similarly if your project is near the Canadian or Mexican border, be sure to work with the appropriate harmonization team so the datasets remain harmonious. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">5) Be certain to discuss the proposed project with your NHD POC and get their estimate of NGTOC support required. Paul Kimsey will circulate the proposals to his POCs and Chris Lund - make sure they are going to make roughly the same estimate of their level of effort to support the project. </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">6) Include a shapefile of the project area.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">More generally, in the narrative please try to describe the application value of the proposed activity - what does the proposed work make possible or improve? A better map is nice, but a better map that allows fisheries managers to identify pathways for invasive species or identify drinking water intakes downstream of a chemical spill is more compelling. </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="line-height:1.38;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Proposals are due by April 30. Please use the attached proposal template. Please submit them to Pam Steigerwald</span>(<a href="mailto:psteiger@usgs.gov" target="_blank">psteiger@usgs.gov</a>) <span style="line-height:1.38;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">with a CC to me (<a href="mailto:ahrea@usgs.gov" target="_blank">ahrea@usgs.gov</a>). If you have any questions feel free to contact me.</span></p></span><span><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Evaluation Criteria</span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Project deliverables are clearly defined</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Deliverables support the stated goals from the data supply plan</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Deliverables support geographic priorities expressed in the data supply plan</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">USGS-NGP share is 50% or less of total project cost </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Partner contributions are clearly defined and credible</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">Project timeline is realistic</span></p></li></ul></span></div><div><br></div><div>Thank you,</div><div>Al</div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><span><font color="#888888">-- <br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Alan Rea, P.E., Hydrologist</div><div>National Hydrography Dataset</div><div>U.S. Geological Survey</div><div>230 Collins Road, Boise ID 83702</div><div>(208)387-1323 <a href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=ahrea@usgs.gov" target="_blank">ahrea@usgs.gov</a></div></div></div>
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