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Subject: Fw: Karen Siderelis is Named USGS Geographic Information
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Interesting -- looks like the first official GIO, perhaps?

Jenny Stone Muilenburg
Geographic Information Systems Librarian
Map Collection, University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900   Seattle, WA 98195-2900
phone: 206.543.2725
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> News Release
>
>   U.S. Department of the Interior
>   U.S. Geological Survey
>   119 National Center
>   Reston, VA 20192
>
>   Contact:  Jon Campbell, 703-648-4180, [log in to unmask]
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>   For release:  November 27, 2000
>
> Karen Siderelis is Named USGS Geographic Information Officer
>
> U.S. Geological Survey Director Charles Groat announced the appointment of
> Karen Siderelis as the USGS Geographic Information Officer (GIO) effective
> November 27, 2000.  Siderelis has most recently served as director of the
> Center for Geographic Information for the state of North Carolina.
>
> "The power of place-based information can integrate and enhance all of our
> science at USGS," Groat said.  "I am confident that Karen has the
technical
> knowledge, the organizational ability, and the initiative to effectively
> develop and implement our organizational vision for this new position."
>
> The responsibilities of the GIO at the USGS will be similar to those of a
> Chief Information Officer (CIO), a position mandated for all Cabinet
> departments and recommended for all federal agencies by the 1996
> Information Technology Management Reform Act (ITMRA).  The USGS is unique
> among federal agencies, however, in specifically designating this position
> as a Geographic Information Officer.
>
> "The USGS is widely recognized for providing reliable scientific
> information," said Groat.  "By establishing the position of a GIO, we want
> to fully develop the rich potential of geographic information for
> integrating our scientific findings and for making our science even more
> accessible to the public."
>
> As the GIO, Siderelis will be responsible for guiding the formulation of
> agency strategies that will provide innovative information management
> solutions and ensure the integrity of USGS scientific information.  She
> will ensure that USGS information management policy supports its mission
> and will provide leadership in coordinating USGS scientific information
> management with other government agencies.
>
> While serving as director of the Center for Geographic Information for the
> state of North Carolina, Siderelis managed the state's GIS service center
> and oversaw the development and maintenance of a statewide geographic
> database.  From 1981 to 1991 she was the director of the Land Resources
> Information Service of the N.C. Department of Environment, Health, and
> Natural Resources.  She has been a member of the Mapping Science Committee
> of the National Academy of Sciences since 1994 (vice chair since 1997) and
> has served on the board of the National States Geographic Information
> Council since 1993 (president, 1998-99).
>
> Siderelis received a master's degree in park management from the
University
> in Georgia in 1976 and a bachelor's degree in education in 1973 from the
> University in Georgia.  She is a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
>
> As the nation's largest water, earth and biological science and civilian
> mapping agency, the USGS works in cooperation with more than 2000
> organizations across the country to provide reliable, impartial,
scientific
> information to resource managers, planners, and other customers. This
> information is gathered in every state by USGS scientists to minimize the
> loss of life and property from natural disasters, to contribute to the
> conservation and the sound economic and physical development of the
> nation's natural resources, and to enhance the quality of life by
> monitoring water, biological, energy and mineral resources.
>
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