Federal Geographic Data Committee

• Transportation, Navigation & Commerce
• Public Land & Marine Sanctuary Management
• Agriculture & Natural Resource Development
• Environmental Protection and Ecosystem Management
• Community and Economic Development
  
• Emergency Management
  
• Public Service Delivery
  
• National Defense
  
• Earth System Science & Geographic Information Technologies
• Public Information
  
• Property & Voting Rights
  
• Revenues

• informed decision-making at the community level
• improved land and resource use
  a more informed public
  
• greater opportunity for public participation in decision-making
• ready transfer of data between the Federal government and communities
• contribution of communities to data
           sets of national & global interest

• Component 1: Multi-agency grant, cooperative agreement and partnership program to support communities (matching funds)
• Component 2: Improving federal agency capability to meet community information needs and to implement NSDI

• C/FIP is included in the President's FY2000 Budget as part of the initiatives to build Livable Communities
• Total amount identified is $39.5 million
  
• Participating agencies are:
  

  - Environmental Protection Agency	-$2.5m
  - Department of Agriculture	- $5m
  - Department of Commerce	- $10m
  - Department of Interior	- $14m
  - Department of Transportation	- $6m
  - Housing and Urban Development	- $2m