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Archives of MAPPS Home Page Articles
Army Corps of Engineers Identifies At-Risk Levees click here
MAPPS Board Adopts Offshoring Policy click here
MAPPS Seeks to Protect Professional Status of Geospatial Community in Labor Department Initiative click here
Corps of Engineers Policy on Subcontracting for Surveying and Mapping Services click here
FHwA Implements Law Requiring 48 State DoTs to Use Brooks Act Exclusively for A/E Services click here
NOAA Remote Sensing Market Report Released click here
White House Landsat Policy Released click here
Oregon Opens Grandfather Period for Photogrammetrist Licensing click here
SBA Raises Size Standard by $500,000 click here
Corps of Engineers Clarifies QBS Policy click here
President Bush's Remarks Upon Signing Bill that Creates a Website that Will List Federal Government Grants and Contracts click here
House Approves Prison Industry Reform, 362-57 click here ....See How Your Member of Congress Voted click here
Taxpayers Should Get Frosted Over New Form of Government Competition click here
MAPPS Testifies on FLAIR Bill Before House Resources Subcommittee click here
FEMA/DHS Work with MAPPS on Flight Restriction Waivers in Gulf Coast click here
MAPPS Delivers Private Sector Views Before Hydrographic Services Review Panel click here
MAPPS Executive Director Testifies on FLAIR Bill
New Law Creates Geospatial Office in DHS click here SBA Releases New Policy for Reporting Small Business Contracting click here
MAPPS Cadastre Proposal Earns National Media Attention click here
MAPPS Board Approves Dues Restructuring click here
Government Should Develop GIS to Sell Surplus Property click here
State DOT Contracting Out click here
MAPPS Board Requests Comments on Products vs. Services Definition click here
USGS Reorganizes; Establishes National Geospatial Programs Office click here
On-line Method for Submitting SF330 Part II Announced click here
MAPPS Executive Director Testifies on Federal Geospatial Activities click hereMAPPS Submits Comments on the Proposed FAR Changes to the A/E Definition click here Commercial Operation for Landsat Sought by MAPPS click here MAPPS Explains USDA Violations of Brooks Act and FAR click here MAPPS Releases Legal Opinion on Sending Federal Contract Work Offshore click here Executive Order Federal Real Property Asset Management Released by President Bush click hereMaterials on Using the New SF330 Offered click here Report Released on 2003 Salary & Non-Cash Benefits Survey: Copies Available by Order click here
UN Report Forecasts "Rapid Growth" in Offshoring click here
DHS Issues FAR Supplement click here USGS Mapping Information - NMP Standards, National Map Accuracy Standards click hereASPRS Interim Accuracy Standards for Large-Scale Maps click hereMAPPS Supports DoD Rule on Prison Industries Limits click here
MAPPS Executive Director Testifies Before Congress on Offshore Work click here
MAPPS President Mike Ritchie Testifies Before Congress on Geospatial Issues click here
White House Releases Remote Sensing Policy click here
House Rejects New Bush Administration Competitive Sourcing Rules click here
MAPPS Strategic Plan
MAPPS Urges USAID to Use Private Sector for Iraq Reconstruction Mapping & Geospatial
UC Berkeley LIDAR Center Proposal Opposed by MAPPS
Illinois Senate Amends Surveyors' Licensing Bill to Exempt Photogrammetry, GIS/LIS
MAPPS Supports/Seeks Changes to Contract Bundling Rule
Illinois Senate Amends Surveyors' Licensing Bill to Exempt Photogrammetry, GIS/LIS
MAPPS Conducts Non-Cash Benefits & Wage/Salary Survey
MAPPS Federal Programs Conference Featured in Geospatial Solutions magazine
Agency Liaison Committee Meeting Notes, Fall 2002 Review the notes from the meeting with the listed Federal Agencies.
Licensing Data,Licensing People This special forum was co-hosted by the Management Association for Private Photogrammetric surveyors (MAPPS) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS), National Mapping Division. Participating organizations included the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Federal Geographic Data Committee, National Association of Counties, NASA Commercial Remote Sensing Program, NOAA - National Ocean Service, NOAA Coastal Services Center, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service, National Capital Planning Commission, and the US Army Corps of Engineers.
Wages and Benefits Survey Complete survey results on the wage and non-cash benefits paid to employees of more than 90 leading photogrammetry and spatial data service firms throughout the United States. Organized by geographic region, this survey report provides firm owners and human resource managers data to benchmark their compensation programs with the competition. The 60-page report can also be used to determine labor rates for government contract negotiations and wages scales for immigration applications.
September 11 Issues The FAA has announced the phased opening of 12 more enhanced Class B areas to VFR operations.
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