Current Activity in Pennsylvania and Our Involvement

• PA-MAPPS Team to Launch High Performing Communities Proposal in Keynote Address at PA GIS Conference

• Stimulus & Governance: Geospatial Activities at the Federal, State and Local Levels Presentation by John Palatiello, MAPPS Executive Director May 19, 2009 at PA GIS Conference

Statewide Geospatial Council

Current Activity

• Legislation to Establish a Pennsylvania Geospatial Coordination Council Introduced

• HB 2300 Introduced June 8, 2010 - State Geospatial Coordinating Council

• Co-Sponsorship list for HB2300 (May 19, 2010)

• Map of Pennsylvania State Representatives Co-Sponsoring HB2300 (Courtesy of PaMAGIC)

• Rep. Fairchild Seeks Co-Sponsors for Legislation Creating Pennsylvania Geospatial Coordination Council

• PA GIS Congress Consensus Letter to Intergovernmental Affairs Committee

• PA GIS Congress Meeting Notes: 01/21/10 and 01/27/10

• A Strategy & Report on establishment of a Pennsylvania Geospatial Council

• New Draft Legislation for GIS Council Formation January 2010

• Geospatial Coordination Strategic Plan for Pennsylvania

• Letter from Represenative Russ Fairchild to Ashis Pal, PA-MAPPS President, Updating House Bill Status

• Pennsylvania GIS Stakeholder Workshops Sponsored by CCAAP, FGDC, USGS

• Information from Pennsylvania Council of Professional Geologists Regarding PAMAP Program Importance to Commonwealth

PA-MAPPS News

• Pennsylvania GIS Hill Day Yields 55 Co-Sponsors for Statewide Geospatial Council Legislation

• PA-MAPPS Team to Launch High Performing Communities Proposal in Keynote Address at PA GIS Conference

• Greater Utilization of Geospatial Technology is Theme of Gubernatorial Roundtable Hosted by PA-MAPPS

• VIDEO: PA-MAPPS Candidate Forum April 6, 2010 with Auditor General Jack Wagner and Nick DiFrancesco, Campaign Representative for Tom Corbett for Governor

• PA-MAPPS Endorses Geospatial Coordination Strategic Plan for Pennsylvania President Calls for .mini-COGO. to Push for Council, Implementation

• PA-MAPPS Elects New Officers, Adopts Strategic Plan

• PA-MAPPS Strategic Plan Adopted June 11, 2009

• PA-MAPPS Meeting Minutes May 20, 2009

• 2008 PA-MAPPS Membership Survey Draft Questions

• PA-MAPPS Testifies Before Pennsylvania Legislature on Geospatial Coordination Bill

• PA-MAPPS Testimony on HB 1304

• PA-MAPPS Feature Article in Directions Magazine

• PA-MAPPS Elects First Board of Directors, Adopts By-Laws

Pennsylvania Geospatial News

• Gov. Rendell Announces More Than $1 Million to Protect, Enhance Pa's Coastal Zones, Shorelines, and Develop GIS Maps