1. 1 Geospatial Platform Business Plan Outline Jerry Johnston NGAC Meeting January 12, 2012

2. 2 Business Plan Outline I. Executive Summary II. Geospatial Platform Value Proposition Why the Geospatial Platform is Needed How the Geospatial Platform Promotes Effective Management of Geospatial Assets Benefits of the Geospatial Platform III. Background IV. Concept of Operations What the Geospatial Platform Is What the Geospatial Platform Offers Describing “Trusted” Assets User Functionality, Roles, and Access Management

3. 3 Business Plan Outline (continued) V. Governance and Organizational Approach Governance Framework Relationship to Portfolio Management VI. Costs and Funding Model Costs Funding Options VII. Risk Management VIII. Measuring Performance IX. Appendices and Reference Documents

4. 4 Issues that FGDC continues to work on Governance and Organizational Approach Issue: Determining the selection process for the Managing Partner Costs and Funding Model Issue: Refining cost information Issue: Developing alternatives for interim and longer term funding models

5. 5 Issues for NGAC Attention Concept of Operations Issue: Developing criteria for establishing a network of trusted partners who can contribute data, services, and applications to the Geospatial Platform Exploring the prospects of applying data.gov data policy to the Geospatial Platform as a starting point Identifying Data.gov criteria that are appropriate for Geospatial Platform, identifying other relevant criteria Governance Issue: Including non-Federal stakeholders in the Geospatial Platform governance process

6. 6 Next Steps NGAC Geospatial Platform Subcommittee: Feedback/suggestions on Business Plan outline (January 2012)