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NOAALink Executive Industry Council

Quarterly Meeting

April 19, 2018

EIC Meeting Agenda

11:00 – 11:10am Welcome and Executive Address

11:10 – 11:45am Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) and the NOAA Mission – Tony LaVoi, NOAA Geospatial Information Officer, NOAA Office of the CIO, and Integrated Information Services Division Chief, NOAA Office for Coastal Management

11:45 – 11:55am Program Update and Metrics

11:55 – 12:00pm Q&A

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NOAA GIS Overview

Highlighting NOAA’s Use of GIS to Support NOAA’s Mission

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“…estimated market size of US $300B…touching US $500B by 2020” “The last five years saw a paradigm shift in the geospatial market. Technology innovations like Cloud, IOT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Blockchain played a multiplier roles in expanding the business portfolio of the geospatial industry.” Source: geobuiz.com

International Geospatial Industry Status

Geospatial Industry Status

Geospatial Industry Status

A Geographic Information System (GIS) is a computer-based tool that analyzes, stores, manipulates and visualizes geographic information

on a map

What is GIS?

Source Selection Information – See FAR Subparts 2.101 and 3.104-4

• Education in engineering and environmental information systems

• In GIS field for 25 years, with NOAA for 20 years

• NOAA GIO position created in 2011 • 50-50 = cost and time split between

NOAA OCIO and National Ocean Service

• Offers two perspectives – IT enterprise operations and mission programs

Who am I?

My goal as the NOAA GIO is to ensure GIS technologies are an indispensable component in meeting the NOAA mission

This requires strong collaboration with private sector partners

Geospatial is in the NOAA DNA

Geospatial technologies provide the framework to collect, store, analyze, and disseminate ‘NOAA’s Environmental Intelligence’

Geodetic Control Nautical Charts Shoreline Coastal Topography/Bathymetry Marine and Coastal Protected Areas Fisheries Catch and Habitat Weather and Climate Satellite and Aircraft Imagery

Authoritative GeoData

NOAA Core Geospatial Assets

• National Spatial Reference System • Over 2300 Continuously Operating Reference Stations (CORS) • More than 1 million high-accuracy survey control marks • National shoreline to support charting and navigation

• Observing Systems [~100 observing systems] • 122 Doppler radars • 4 Polar and 4 Geostationary satellites • 8 Buoy Networks • 200 Permanent Tide Gages

• Ships and Aircraft • 18 ships and 12 aircraft engaged in research and survey

operations

• High Performance Computing • 2 operational and 3 weather and climate research

NOAA Mission Support

Climate Adaptation

Weather-Ready Nation

Healthy Oceans

Coastal Resilience

IRMA

HARVEY August 25 in Texas

MARIA September 20 in Puerto Rico

Access to Weather Mapping Services

Web Statistics for nowCOAST

Tide and Water Level Data CO-OPS Storm QuickLooks

National Hurricane Center – Potential Surge

National Water Model-based Guidance

Impacted Population from Floods

Digital Coast – Sea Level Rise Viewer

Collecting and Distributing Post-Event Imagery

Surveying and Re-Opening Ports and Harbors

New NOAA Leadership Priorities

For more information, visit gis.noaa.gov

• Leading the world in Earth system observation and weather prediction

• Minimizing impacts from severe weather

• Increasing sustainable economic contributions of U.S. fisheries and oceans - includes developing resilient coastal communities and economies

Healthy Oceans & Resilient Coastal Communities

Marine Planning and Renewable Energy Siting www.marinecadastre.gov

What it takes to make NOAA GIS work

• Governance and Planning

• Technology Profile

• Staffing Needs

• Challenges

• Increasing Impact

• Resources

For more information, visit gis.noaa.gov

Where we stand with GIS in NOAA

• Geo technologies used across all of NOAA

• Users = experts to newbies (estimate 4K users)

• Governance structure / CIO sponsorship

• Organizational funding and enterprise contracts

• Strong interest in expanding shared services

• Efforts to innovate, discovering new and better approaches

• NOAA Geo Community is growing

For more information, visit gis.noaa.gov

NOAA GIS Committee

• GIS Committee chartered by the NOAA CIO Council in 2003

• Each line office has a representative appointed by the LO ACIO

• Form working groups (Google Maps) + special projects

• Each line office also coordinates GIS activities – range for formal (NOS and NWS) to more informal / ad-hoc approaches

• Monthly meetings open to all NOAA staff

• Geospatial Software Licensing and Support

• Geospatial Enterprise Architecture Planning and Implementation

• National and International Representation

• Outreach, Communications, and User Support

NOAA GIS Committee FY18 Work Plan

Geo-Technology and Data Landscape

• Diverse user communities and requirements – internal and external

• Many data types, formats and, dissemination methods

• Operational and legacy systems

• Mix of COTS and Open Source tools

• Multiple development environments

• Fragmented IT infrastructure

• ELA allows for unlimited access to most Esri software + ArcGIS Online (AGOL), basemap services, Virtual Campus training, conference passes, and Premium Technical Support

• Current priorities

• NOAA Tier 1 Technical Support function [NOAA Esri Central Support]

• Cybersecurity approval process for NOAA’s AGOL account [NOAA GeoPlatform]

• ArcGIS Server and Portal architecture and best practices

Esri ELA

• Google Maps API, Google Earth Pro, and Google Earth Engine

• Usage of Google products has declined, remains valuable part of our geospatial technology suite

• OpenSource GIS – strong pockets in NOAA but little formal coordination within the GIS community

• BoundlessGeo within NWS IDP

Google Geospatial and OpenSource

NOAA GeoPlatform (Esri AGOL)

For more information, visit gis.noaa.gov

• Online collaboration environment – “makes GIS easy”

• Publish content to internal or external audiences

• Continued uptick in NOAA users (2,400) and published content

• Commercial and Open Source basemaps are critical for application development

Technology Grab Bag

• APIs, Web services / REST

• Data-as-a-Service model

• Popular Service Types

• Esri GeoServices, GeoJSON, OGC KML ,and WMS

• More Responsive Design than Mobile Apps

• Many NOAA data-driven apps developed by others

• Decrease in desktop NOAA Decision-Support Tools

Staffing Needs

• GIS Professionals • Data Developers • DBAs and Data Analytics • GIS Analysts and

Cartographers • Software/Application

Developers • SMEs (everyone needs GIS!)

• Oceanographers, biologists, meteorologists, cartographers, geodesists, climatologists, economists, planners, …..

Other thoughts on staff requirements

• Key skills • Spatial analysis • Data management and analytics • Scripting and coding • Developers – less about GIS-specific

development, more industry standards (services, APIs)

• Need technical skills with strong content knowledge and ability to apply it to NOAA's mission

• Days of GIS (vector) vs remote sensing (raster) are gone – integration is the key

• Shared gov’t-contractor commitment to routine training and professional dev.

• Ensure access to geospatial software and services needed to meet NOAA’s operational and research missions

• Develop usable options for cloud [internal, hybrid, commodity], including shared sandbox development environment; remove barriers to rapid testing and prototyping

• Expand use of enterprise development tools [GitHub, Jira] - better code sharing and code reuse needed

• Support high-priority NOAA initiatives [IDP GIS, Big Data Partnership]

• Solicit feedback from users / nimble & agile / partnerships

GIO Priorities and Challenges

What can we do to expand the IMPACT?

For more information, visit gis.noaa.gov

• Communicate - reach out beyond technical users to show your work and its value [management; comms; legis staff]

• Users - broaden your base; look inside/outside the agency to all sectors for advocates for your work

• Decision Making and Results - show how GIS is being used to make a difference; move beyond talking about the technology to talking about the impact

• $$$ - find ways to share resources; increase ROI

• Innovate - explore areas where GIS is not currently being used; find and exploit niches

• Engage - attend NOAA meetings; join NOAA listserves; share ideas; be vocal and creative

GIS Resources in NOAA

GIS Community Website: gis.noaa.gov

NECS: gissupport.noaa.gov

Esri ELA: gis.noaa.gov

NOAA GeoPlatform (ArcGIS Online): noaa.maps.arcgis.com

For more information, visit gis.noaa.gov

Contact Information

Tony LaVoi tony.lavoi@noaa.gov NOAA Geospatial Information Officer NOAA Office of the CIO -and- Integrated Information Services Division Chief NOAA Office for Coastal Management c: 843-834-3516

NOAALink FY17 – FY18 Metrics

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FY17 February - March

FY18 February - March

Total Contract Actions 210 181

Total Obligated Value Core

Non-core

Non-core obligated to NOAALink 8(a) contractors

$54,719,135 $15,861,913

$38,857,222

$11,282,900

$46,383,221 $14,752,339

$31,630,882

$8,497,588

Average Days from Requisition Received to Award* 29 31

Average Days for Invoices to be Paid 14 17

*CAM 1307.1 - Required PALT for Task Orders under IDIQ contracts, any amount, lead time range 30-60 days Required PALT for Task Orders under GSA/FSS (requiring a SOW) lead time range 90-165 days

FY18 NOAALink Core Summary

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Core Contractors Contract Actions

New Obligated Value

Mods

8(a) 20 2 $21,195

18 $502,249

SB 50 5 $1,332,926

45 $14,247,141

SMS 21 1 $50,000

20 $6,489,658

Total $22,643,169

Service Requirements

Line Office / Staff Office Requirement Description

NMFS IT Support Services IT and GIS support services

NMFS Data Loading and Information Integration

Collect data on fishing activity, validate and perform quality control procedures, load the cleaned data into an information warehouse, and produce decision making results/reports through online tools

NOS Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System Maintenance Support

Voice rendering software, virtual services, and maintenance support

NWS IT Security Services Cyber security program support for achieving FISMA requirements by monitoring and overseeing the authorization to operate (ATO) process

NWS Meteorological Development Laboratory (MDL) Support Services

Statistical modeling; digital database development; model interpretation and evaluation; infrastructure development and support; storm surge prediction; Virtual Lab development and support; and AWIPS development

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Service Requirements

Line Office / Staff Office Requirement Description

OCIO NOAA Esri Technical Support Services

Management, maintenance, and operations of the NOAA Esri Central Support (NECS)

OCIO Commerce Grants Online Information Technology Support Services

Technical and analytical, help desk, operations and maintenance, project/program management, and special projects support

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Discussion

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• Wrap-up and Review Action Items

• Next Executive Industry Council Meeting • Date: July 19, 2018 • Time: 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.

NOAALink Help: noaalink.help@noaa.gov 301-628-5700

Backup

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Core Program Summary Through 04/11/2018

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Contractor Name Contract No. # of Task Orders Obligated Amount for all

Task Orders Issued

Total Base and All Options Amount for all Task Orders

Issued Ambit Inc DG133010CQ0003 21 $27,690,327.93 $29,284,585.10 Ambit Inc Ceiling $30,000,000.00 Ambit Inc ST133014BU0002 16 $43,536,556.68 $69,239,451.03 Ambit Inc BPA Estimate $111,111,999.00 8(a) Awards E&E Enterprises Global DG133W10CQ0021 28 $5,477,118.46 $5,517,693.39 Ace Info Solutions DG133W10CQ0026 38 $69,227,647.23 $75,469,244.38 ActioNet DG133W10CQ0027 20 $83,575,021.03 $91,122,142.49 Cyberdata Technologies DG133W10CQ0028 41 $106,370,272.63 $115,013,450.57 Aster Engineering Inc DG133W10CQ0036 1 $0.00 $0.00 Total 8(a) 128 $264,650,059.35 $287,122,530.83 8(a) Ceiling $300,000,000.00 Small Business Awards Caelum Research Corp DG133W10CQ0040 17 $30,023,960.24 $40,219,877.29 2020 Company LLC DG133W10CQ0041 20 $111,864,040.53 $171,808,204.18 Earth Resources Technology DG133W10CQ0042 76 $218,699,031.56 $328,807,919.55 Systems Integration & Development DG133W10CQ0049 25 $40,063,285.47 $52,179,456.13 Think Tank INC DG133W10CQ0050 44 $51,754,320.73 $76,598,216.04 GAMA-1 Technologies, LLC ST133017CQ0024 2 $1,151,681.72 $3,232,358.68 Reston Consulting Group, Inc. ST133017CQ0025 1 $165,000.00 $815,769.60 S M Resources Corporation, Inc. ST133017CQ0026 6 $1,268,554.00 $2,476,430.95 Synaptek Corporation ST133017CQ0023 0 $10,000.00 $10,000.00 Total Small 191 $454,999,874.25 $676,148,232.42 Total Core Contracts 8(a) and Small 319 $719,649,933.60 $963,270,763.25 Total All Including Ambit 356 $790,876,818.21 $1,061,794,799.38 Total Program Ceiling $2,500,000,000.00 Total Available Program Ceiling $1,438,205,200.62 Source FPDS- 04/11/2018