gis-l: DEP & GIS for the Nation

[Clark, Brian G.]

Hello,

 

Many of you probably saw this email on the SHRUG listserv, but I wanted to
see whether DEP is considering an official response in support of this
initiative. If it's not currently on the radar, is there someone in the press
office who might be interested in putting together a statement of support?

 

Please see the email excerpt below and visit the link provided for more info.

 

Thanks,

 

Brian Clark

GIS Analyst / ES III
Florida Geological Survey
Department of Environmental Protection
903 W. Tennessee St., MS 720
Tallahassee, FL  32304-7700
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/geology/

(850) 487-9455 x 153

brian.g.clark at dep.state.fl.us

 

 

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From: shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:shrug-l-bounces at lists.dep.state.fl.us] On Behalf Of Pence, Patrick
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 10:57 AM
To: SHRUG-L (E-mail)
Subject: shrug-l: FW: GIS for the Nation Information

 

 

ESRI is supporting a proposal for a GIS for the Nation as part of the Obama
Stimulus package. The time is short in getting this activity into the
stimulus bill. We need your help in reaching out to the GIS community.
Please review the proposal and ppt presentation on www.gis.com/gisnation and
decide if you would be willing to contact your Congressperson or Executive
Management to support the proposal. You can use the following message as a
basis for your communication:

 


 The United States Congress is strongly considering funding the GIS for the
Nation as part of the economic stimulus package.  We are reaching out to
organizations and individuals we believe would benefit from the decision to
build a national GIS. 

 

A National GIS promises many benefits including creating jobs, providing
funding to the private sector, supporting state and local governments with
planned infrastructure projects, and creating a series of base data for
responding to local and national disasters.  Some other key benefits include:

 

o   Creation of 24,000 high tech jobs

o   Cost savings by making government more efficient

o   Better decisions based on accurate and timely data

o   A more competitive America

o   Stimulus money allocated by geography

o   Transparency of funded projects.

 

The time frame to receive support is very short. To learn more about this
proposal, please visit www.gis.com/gisnation <http://www.gis.com/gisnation> .
We invite you to join us in this effort by sending a note to your
representatives in Congress asking them to support this proposal.

 

Regards,

 

Adam Carnow

ESRI-Charlotte

phone: 704-541-9810 x8679

email: acarnow at esri.com

 

 

Plan to attend ESRI's Southeast Regional User Group (SERUG) Conference, April
27-29, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida.  For
registration and other conference information, visit the SERUG website at
www.esri.com/serug.



The Department of Environmental 

Protection values your feedback as a customer. DEP Secretary Michael W. Sole is committed to continuously assessing and 

improving the level and quality of services provided to you. Please take a few minutes to comment on the quality of 

service you received. Copy the url below to a web browser to complete the DEP 

survey: http://survey.dep.state.fl.us/?refemail=Brian.G.Clark@dep.state.fl.us Thank you in advance for completing the survey.
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