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Fifty States Initiative — Federal Geographic Data Committee Home Who We Are Organization History Policies & Planning FGDC Secretariat What We Do ADVANCEMENT OF THE NSDI Collaboration & Partnerships Develop Geospatial Shared Services Geospatial Platform Cloud Computing Geospatial Interoperability Manage Federal Geospatial Resources A-16 NGDA Portfolio Management Geospatial Platform Marketplace StandardsMinutiaeGeospatial Metadata Initiatives Current NSDI Strategic Plan 2014-2016 Geospatial Platform Shared Services NGDA Management Plan Open Water Data Initiative National Address Database GeoPathways Emerging Topics Geolocation Privacy Crowdsourcing Education & WorkforceMinutiaeNew Geodetic Datums Past Activities Cooperative Agreements Program Fifty States Initiative Geospatial Line ofMerchantrySmartBUY Organization Overview Steering Committee Executive Committee National Geospatial Advisory Committee Coordination Group Working Groups Subcommittees FGDC Secretariat Collaborating Partners Membership Directory Resources Key Publications Download Geospatial Standards Policies & Planning Lexicon of Geospatial Terminology FGDC Geospatial Services Status Checker News Calendar Media Resources Fifty States Initiative Home Initiatives 50 States Initiative Note:  The initiative began in 2005 and terminated in 2013 when the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program ended. This FGDC initiative supported the minutiae and implementation of statewide strategic and merchantry plans to facilitate the coordination of programs, policies, technologies, and resources that enable the coordination, collection, documentation, discovery, distribution, mart and maintenance of geospatial information in support of the NSDI. The FGDC worked with the National States Geographic Information Council for the initiative. The work under the initiative was supported by the grants issued by the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program. The initiative began in 2005 and terminated in 2013 when the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program ended. Status of 50 States Projects 2012 State Strategic andMerchantryPlans  Strategic andMerchantryPlans by State   Guidelines for Strategic andMerchantryPlans (May 2009) Strategic Plan Guidelines (pdf) (doc) Strategic Planning Process Map  (pdf) (doc)MerchantryPlan Guidelines  (pdf) (doc) Economic Justification: Measuring ROI and CBA  (pdf) (doc) Progress Reports 2011 Report (pdf) -  A Compilation of State Case Studies (pdf) 2010 Report (pdf) 2009 Report (pdf) Next Steps Report (pdf) Resources  Federal Regional Perspectives (2009) (pdf) ROI Work Book (2007) (pdf)-  Building aMerchantryCase for Shared Geospatial Data and Services: A Practitioner’s Guide to Financial and Strategic Analysis for a Multi-participant Program Appendix A: Instructions for completing Business Case Template  (pdf)  Worksheets (zip) Appendix B: Literature Review (pdf) Appendix C: Washington State Case Study (pdf) Economic Justification: Measuring Return on Investment (ROI) and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) (2009) (pdf) Ensuring Succcess or Failure (2006) (doc) Success Factors and Pitfalls of Strategic Planning (2006)  (doc) Action Plan for Fifty States Initiative (2005) (pdf) Value Measuring Methodology (VMM) (2002) Introduction  (pdf) Highlights  (pdf) How-to-guide (pdf) Contact Us Office: 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr. MS 590 Reston, VA 20192 Fax: (+1) 703 648 5755Email: fgdc@fgdc.gov Subscribe to Our Mailing List for Important News & Updates Subscribe Like us Follow us Follow us The Federal Geographic Data Committee. Policies & Notices / USA.gov Download Adobe Reader / Download Office Viewers