Dear Members and Friends of Georgia URISA,

The Georgia URISA is representing our members on the Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council (GGAC), established through O.C.G.A § 12-5-9 (b)(3), with the task of “audit[ing] Georgia’s geospatial capabilities at county, regional and state levels.”

The geospatial audit is being distributed via http://ga.gisinventory.net and will OPEN on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2010.

For anyone interested, an overview of the Georgia Geospatial Advisory Council (GGAC) goals and an orientation to the audit delivery tool, http://ga.gisinventory.net, will be provided during the following times:

• Wed, Sept 8 @ 1:30 – 2:30pm EST | GoToMeeting

          o Phone #217-287-4117 | Access Code #745-398-033 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/745398033

• Thurs, Sept 23 @ 3:30 – 4:30pm EST | GoToMeeting

          o Phone #712-338-7101 | Access Code #252-878-944 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/252878944

• Thurs, Oct 7 @ 10:30 – 11:30am EST | GoToMeeting

          o Phone #217-287-4118 | Access Code #428-474-608 https://www1.gotomeeting.com/join/428474608

We are asking your organization to complete this audit as it will provide a basis for “meet[ing] Federal Emergency Management Agency notification requirements, recommendations for moving forward to achieve governmental data interoperability and enhanced delivery of services to Georgia citizens.” Responses submitted by October 28, 2010 will be included in the resulting Legislative Report.

Ideally, there should be 1 submittal per organization, unless there are various departments managing Data, or unless there’s an org-specific reason to have >1 profile (see p. 15 of the below Audit Instructions). And, questions 1 – 7 in the “State Questions” section of the audit are *key* to the audit results.

INSTRUCTIONS for completing the online audit: http://www.slideshare.net/DanielleAyan/2010-ga-geospatial-audit-instructions

(Instructions include more detail about the legislation and benefits to your organization)

We thank you, greatly, for your time in completing this audit form in its entirety.

Rosemary Harman, GISP

President, Georgia URISA

Cc: GGAC Chair, Danielle Ayan