Latest Internet News Reports on Topics of Interest to MAPPS Members and the Geospatial Community

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