Technical Committee L1 of the International Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) has announced that it will begin work immediately on Geographic Information Framework Data Content Standards. Homeland Security and Emergency Response Systems Will Be Key Beneficiaries and Voting Membership Open to All Interested Partiest.
The framework standards will address themes identified as needed by many applications for the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). They support the Geospatial One-Stop, which is part of the Office of Management and Budget’s e-government initiative to accelerate federal government improvements in effectiveness, efficiency, and customer service.
