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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Please see the message below from Sen. Wyden’s office. This is
<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/114/s740">S. 740</a>, which basically codifies the Federal Geographic Data Committee’s role in coordinating geospatial activities at the federal level, as well as providing them with the tools to be successful,
including an expectation of more collaboration with state and local government to create and maintain the National Spatial Data Infrastructure. It also provides Congressional oversight for those activities and give the National Geospatial Advisory Committee
some teeth, so their recommendations will be meaningful going forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">Contacting Sen. Wyden, Sen. Merkley and the rest of the Oregon Congressional delegation to let them know you support this bill would be very meaningful and timely.
If you don’t have the contact information, the link above for the bill will walk you through making a phone call.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A">cy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Cy Smith, GISP, State GIO<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">DAS/CIO Geospatial Enterprise Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Past President, Urban Regional Info. Systems Association (URISA)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Past President, National States Geographic Info. Council (NSGIC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">Past Chair, Coalition of Geospatial Organizations (COGO)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#44546A">(503) 378-6066, <a href="http://gis.oregon.gov/">
<span style="color:#0563C1">http://gis.oregon.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Fauerbach, Erin (Wyden) [mailto:Erin_Fauerbach@wyden.senate.gov]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 08, 2015 11:38 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> SMITH Cy * DAS<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Steele, Rebecca (Wyden)<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Geospatial Data Act<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cy,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to let you know that Senator Wyden is going to cosponsor the Geospatial Data Act! He’ll be added on Monday. Thanks for all of your help with this!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Erin <o:p></o:p></p>
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