Over the past five years the Fifty States Initiative has been
successful in raising the
profile of the NSDI with state and local geospatial stakeholders by
catalyzing strategic and business planning. The next steps for the
program involve consolidating those gains, supporting the realization
of the plans through implementation, and beginning the process of
measuring where the nation stands on NSDI development. The thrust of
the recommended next steps for the Fifty States Initiative acknowledges
that successful statewide strategic planning efforts are winding down
and that there needs to be a new focus on assisting states in
actualizing the goals identified through strategic planning. The report
makes seven specific recommendations.
Read the report here. (PDF)