Thursday, September 21. 2006

New Recommendations for Geospatial in U.S. Government

I read the article at GovExec.com twice, but am still not sure I get the point. Here's the key quotes for those who want to try, too:

The task forces, launched by the Office of Management and Budget earlier this year, are recommending the adoption of uniform governmentwide standards in the three new areas, rather than the creation of more shared service centers, government officials close to the matter told Government Executive.

[The systems] being considered for consolidation. These are budget formulation and evaluation systems, geospatial information systems and IT infrastructure.

The new recommendations, released on Sept. 11 and subject to review by OMB's deputy director for management in mid-October, will not be made public until the February release of the president's fiscal 2008 budget request. Agencies will receive management and budget guidance around Thanksgiving.

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One of the most miguided and egregious examples of our stumbling federal geospatial bureaucracy.

This "initiative" is an absolutely absurd OMB & FGDC witch hunt based on a twenty-year-old premise (discover and eliminate the massive fraud waste and abuse in the rampant duplication of government geospatial data products)...and it ends up as a sincecure for those prattling toadies to expand their meddlesome presence.

Pointless, absurd, wasteful and quintessentially the worst of our government in action. There is no value in the result, other than create a self-licking lollipop for the people who started the idea.

Can the geospatial trades send a communal letter to these self-absorbed people and tell them to get a real job?

#1 Archie Belaney on 2006-09-22 12:28 (Reply)

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