NSDI | Initiatives | Fifty States Initiative

Note: The initiative began in 2005 and concluded in 2013 when the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program ended.

This FGDC initiative supported the development and implementation of statewide strategic and business plans to facilitate the coordination of programs, policies, technologies, and resources that enable the coordination, collection, documentation, discovery, distribution, exchange 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 concluded in 2013 when the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program ended.

: Status of 50 States Projects 2012

State Strategic and Business Plans

Strategic and Business Plans by State

Guidelines for Strategic and Business Plans (May 2009)

Strategic Plan Guidelines (pdf) (doc)
Strategic Planning Process Map (pdf) (doc)
Business Plan 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 a Business Case 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)