Latest Internet News Reports on Topics of Interest to MAPPS Members and the Geospatial Community
Land Information Transforming Community Development
FCW.com — Interior Reviewing Geospatial LOB Proposals
EmpireStateNews.com — State Officials Seek Security Assurances from Internet Mappers
RapidCityJournal.com — South Dakotan Politicians Dig In for Farm Bill Debate
Newsday.com — Farm Bill Renews Fight Over Subsidies
The Hill.com — Reauthorization May Reignite Fight Between FAA / Controllers
The Hill.com — Appropriators, OMB Differ on How to Cut Earmarks
GCN.com — Geospatial and the Elite
GCN.com — NASA Opens GIS Components to Third Party Use
Politico — Farm Bill Cultivates Concern
E-Commerce Times — NGA Chief Hints at Commercial Imagery Restrictions
Sacramento dBusiness News — CELSOC Celebrates Supreme Court Victory for California Voters article link
Legal Newsline.com — Supreme Court Ruling Lets Private Sector Assist Public Projects
The Hill — FAA’s air-traffic fee proposal sparks resistance
The Hill — Frank, Biggert revive efforts to reform flood insurance program, $20B in debt two years after Katrina
Breitbart.com — Solar Bursts May Threaten GPS
USA Today — Drones Could Defend Airports
GCN.com — NGA Updates Its Strategy
Cresent-News.com — State finds unused land in Fulton County
SpaceRef.com — Members Propose Legislation to Strengthen, Streamline Federal Climate Change Research
YouTube.com — President Bush on Mapping
SpaceNews.com — Draft Bill Would Broaden Role of Space Commercialization Office
ASCE Magazine — Jack Brooks: The Man Behind the Law
GovExec.com — Prison Industries Does Not Qualify as Small Business
Stateline.org — State Finances Heathiest in Decades
Space News — Space News Reports on MAPPS Effort to Push IMAGE Act
USA Today.com — Safety a Concern as Drones Catch On
GovExec.com — Senate Panel Clears SBA Reauthorization
GovExec.com — Bill to Eliminate Inefficienct Programs Pulled from House Floor
GovExec.com — Committee OKs Bill Creating Database to Track Federal Spending article link
GCN.com — Murrett Takes Helm of NGA
GCN.com — USDA Seeks Farm Bill Business Systems
Washington Post.com — Senators Seek Better Defense imagery
GCN — FEMA Maps Out a Better Response
Register-Mail.com — Geo Mapping and Satellite Imagery Technology Used to Expedite Searches in New Missing Children Alert Program
DOI News Release — Secretary Scarlett Praises President Intention to Nominate Mark Myers as USGS Director
UPI.com — New Net Mapping Tool Helps Truckers
Iraq Reconstruction Newletter — Updates from Iraq
GovExec.com — Bush Nominates Veteran Procurement Official for OMB Spot
GAO Report on States Use and Collection of Funds for Wireless Enhanced 911 Services
SBA Press Release — Bush Nominates new SBA Administrator
GCN.com — OMB Issues Geospatial RFI
GCN.com — GSA to Release RFIs for New Lines of Business
GCN.com — OMB Directs Agencies to Name Senior Geospatial Official
Vindy.com — Katrina Aid Delays Flood Plain Map Update
FEMA Uses Aerial Mapping to Identify 60,000 Homes Destroyed by Katrina
GCN.com — CIO Council Issues Geospatial Profile within FEA
Reuters.com — Democrats Ask Rumsfeld to Explain Agency Departure
Freenewmexican.com — U.S. Using Satellite Images to Prosecute Farmers
Missourian.com —
Congress Funds Geospatial Intelligence Research Center at University of Missouri
Federal Times — New Laws Filled with Anti-Outsourcing Measures
MSNBC — US Leads in Satellites
SpaceRef.com — As Montreal Conference considers deforestation issues, ESA presents space solution
WTNH.com — Aerial Maps of Greenwich Become Available, Many Upset
Geospatial Solutions — MAPPS Role Highlighted in the Creation of DHS's Geosptial Management Office
GCN.com — Justice Dept. Grant to Foster Information Sharing Among State CIOs
Information Week — Homeland Security CTO Doesn't Mince Words
Space.com — Satellite Tools Help in Hurricane Response
ABCNews — Can Police Track Your 911 Call? Maybe Not
BostonGlobe.com — BUSINESS TREND: Overseas Service Calls Come Home
WashingtonPost.com — House, Senate Trying to Place Curbs on Competitive Sourcing
GoveExec.com — Prison Industries Overhaul Bill Stalls in House Committee
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