The Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Steering Committee is the policy-level interagency group responsible for overseeing Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circular A-16 related activities and implementation of the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI). The Steering Committee’s central focus is to provide the executive leadership for the coordination of federal geospatial activities between, among, and within agencies by establishing policy and providing guidance and direction to the member agencies.

• Refer to the Steering Committee Charter [PDF 144KB] to learn about the responsibilities, membership and authorities of the committee
• See the current members and leadership of the Steering Committee
• Meetings
  • 2012 - [January] [April] [September]
  • 2011 - [June] [October]
    
  • 2008 - [January] [May] [June] [October] [December HTML or PDF, A-16 Supplemental Guidance and IFTN Vote]
    
  • 2007 - [February] [May] [October]
  • 2006 - [January] [April] [June] [October]
  • 2005 - [June] [October]
  • 2004 - [June]
  • 2003 - [June]
  • 2002 and prior

Executive Committee of the Steering Committee

The Chair and Vice Chair of the Federal Geographic Data Committee have established an Executive Committee of the FGDC Steering Committee. The Executive Committee includes the Senior Agency Officials (SAOGI's) of agencies with major programmatic geospatial responsibilities. The Executive Committee will be a subset of the larger FGDC Steering Committee. The Committee convened on April 11, 2008.

• Executive Committee Charter [PDF 51KB]