Governmental Unit and Administrative and Statistical

Boundary Theme Updateand

A National Address Database

Timothy Trainor

Chief, Geography Division

U.S. Census Bureau

Governmental Unit and Administrative and Statistical Boundary Theme

• Definition: Boundaries of geographic areas for uses such as:– Governance and general provision of services (e.g.,

States, counties, etc.), – Provision of statistical data (census tracts, census blocks,

metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas, etc.).– Administrative (e.g., Congressional Districts, school

districts, fire district, etc.), and/or

• Boundaries are defined through– A documented legal description or– Criteria and guidelines

Governmental Unit and Administrative and Statistical Boundary Theme

• Agency Lead: Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau

• Theme Lead: Lynda Liptrap• Executive Champion: Timothy Trainor

Governmental Unit and Administrative and Statistical Boundary Theme Data

Assets – 5-digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area (Census 2000) – Alaska Native Regional Corporation (Census 2000) – American Indian Tribal Subdivision (Census 2000) – ANSI codes for congressional districts – ANSI codes for states – Block (Census 2000) – Block Group (Census 2000) – Census Designated Place (2010 Census) – Census Tract (2010 Census) – Combined Statistical Area (2010 Census) – Congressional District (111th) – Consolidated City (Census 2000) – County and Equivalent (Census 2000) – County Subdivision (Census 2000) – New England City and Town Area (2010 Census) – Oklahoma Tribal Statistical Areas – School District - Elementary (2010 Census) – School District - Secondary (2010 Census) – State and Equivalent (2010 Census) – State Legislative District (Lower Chamber) (2010 Census) – State Legislative District (Upper Chamber) (2010 Census) – Subbarrio (2010 Census) – Subminor Civil Division (2010 Census) – Topological Faces (2010 Census) – Tribal Census Tract (2010 Census) – Unified School District (Census 2000) – Urban Areas (2010 Census) – Urban Growth Area (Census 2000) – Voting District (Census 2000) – Block Shapefiles with Population and Housing Unit Data – Metropolitan/micropolitan Statistical Area (2010 Census) – American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Area (2000 Census) – American Indian/Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Area (2010 Census)

– Regional Corporation (2010 Census) – American Indian Tribal Subdivision (2010 Census) – ANSI codes for states– ANSI codes for counties– Block (2010 Census) – Block Group (2010 Census)– Census 2000 FIPS 55 Codes– Census Designated Place (Census 2000) – Census Tract (Census 2000) – Congressional District (108th) – Consolidated City (2010 Census)– County and Equivalent (2010 Census) – County Subdivision (2010 Census) – Metropolitan Division (2010 Census) – Redistricting Data (2010 Census)– Public Use Microdata Area (Census 2000) – School District - Elementary (Census 2000) – School District - Secondary (Census 2000)– State and Equivalent (Census 2000) – State Legislative District (Lower Chamber) (Census 2000)– State Legislative District (Upper Chamber) (Census 2000)– Subbarrio (Census 2000) – Super Public Use Microdata Area (Census 2000)– Tribal Block Group (2010 Census) – Unified School District (2010 Census)– Urban Area (Corrected Census 2000) – Urban Growth Area (2010 Census) – Voting District (2010 Census) – ZIP Code Tabulation Area (2010 Census)– Combined New England City and Town Area (2010 Census)– New England City and Town Area Division (2010 Census)

Governmental Unit and Administrative and Statistical Boundary Theme Assets

(cont.)Other Data Sets -Not Collected/Compiled by Census

-Regional Boundaries (HUD)-Regional Boundaries (EPA)- NPS Boundaries and Centroids (NPS)-National Weather Service Forecast Boundaries (NOAA-NWS-Military Installations, Ranges, and Training Areas (DOD)-BLM Administrative Boundaries (BLM)- HUD Entitlement Grantee Jurisdiction- Canadian/US Border- Mexican /US Boarder

Census Bureau Geography

Census Geographic Concepts tutorials:

https://www.census.gov/geo/partnerships/bas/bas_videos.html

Governmental Unit and Administrative and Statistical Boundary Theme

• Data set requirements met – Web services for data access for Census Bureau products:

TIGERWeb– Coordination of theme development

• National Boundaries Group (NBG)

• Additional data set activities in process but awaiting finalization of A-1 Portfolio Management Implementation Plan – Utilization Plan for the Geo Platform Community of Interest– Area of coverage/ currency/ quality– Acquisition– Stewardship plan– Infrastructure for data delivery and archiving– Access through Geo Platform

NBG moving to FGDC

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National Boundary Group

• Why establish National Boundary Group (NBG)– To establish collaboration of federal boundary efforts for A-16 data

sets– For all responsible federal agencies to achieve the following with

boundaries:• Currency• Accuracy• Consistency• Accessibility• Integration

– First meeting held March 14, 2011 • Quarterly meetings startied in 2012

– Co-chaired by the USGS and Census

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NBG Active Discussion Topics• Identification of the national authoritative sources, national

authoritative integrators for boundary data– Who has jurisdictional responsibility?

• Application of enterprise supply/value chain principles. – Who collects what data?– When are data created?– When are the data needed?– What is the maintenance schedule?

• What is the current status of available boundaries?– Are we in sync with the FGDC A-16 dataset and data life cycles?– Are there duplicate dataset collections?

• Are there sufficient standards for content and spatial model?• How is boundary quality established, tracked and documented?

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Improvement and Delivery of National Boundaries

NATIONAL BOUNDARIES GROUP (NBG)

(Parcel, City, County, State, Federal, Tribal, International, PLSS Boundaries)

NBG Participating Agencies• Bureau of Land Management

(BLM)• U.S. Forest Service (USFS)• National Park Service (NPS)• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

(FWS)• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)• U.S. Census Bureau (Census)• Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)• National Geospatial-Intelligence

Agency (NGA)• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

(USACE)• Library of Congress (LOC)• Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL)

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• U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management

(BOEM)• National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration (NOAA)• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)• Department of Defense (DOD - DISDI)• Department of Energy (DOE)• National Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA)• Department of Homeland Security (DHS)• International Boundary Commission (IBC)• International Boundary and Water

Commission (IBWC)• Department of State• Veterans Administration (VA)

Sources of Data

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Boundary Authoritative SourceU.S. Census Bureau (BOC) state, county, incorporated places,

minor civil divisions, congressional districts, tribal lands, and statistical areas

State Department (IBWC, IBC) International Boundary: Mexican-U.S Border, Canadian-U.S. Border

FWS, USFS, NPS, BLM, BOR, DOE, NASA, DOD, DHS, USACE, etc. -some 22 Federal Agencies

Federal Lands: civilian, military

NOAA Maritime boundaries

BLM PLSS

Federal Lands Subgroup

• Objective– To develop a data

standard and the organizational strategies for federally own lands

• Publish aggregated fed lands geodatabase to meet common agency needs

• Complete paired agencies boundary adjudication effort

• Review data standards• Guide workflow and contacts

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• Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

• U.S. Forest Service (USFS)

• National Park Service (NPS)

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS)

• U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)

• U.S. Census Bureau (BOC)

• Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)

• Bureau of Reclamation (BOR)

• Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)

Integration

Federal Lands Subgroup Participants

Some 22 Federal Agencies own land

National Address Database

Proposal for Creating and Maintaining the National Address Database for Use

by All Levels of Government Including the Census Bureau’s Statistical Programs

and the 2020 Census

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The Current Situation A Widespread Challenge That Calls For A Collaborative Solution

Numerous stakeholders have identified a critical need for a

National Address Database. A complete, current, and accurate

address list, along with the associated geocodes and x, y

coordinates and associated metadata are essential for a variety of

government and non-government functions, including emergency

response, conducting the Census, income tax collection, delivering

the mail, planning, routing, and many others. Currently, many

agencies and organizations either collect, purchase, or lease

address information in a non-coordinated fashion.

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- From the National Geospatial Advisory Committee, November 2012

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Objectives

1. Build on efforts to standardize and structure address and location information across multiple levels of government

2. Eliminate the duplication of effort to assemble address information

3. Utilize a shared platform

4. Empower users to more effectively manage and utilize web services for geospatial data sharing

5. Provide access to address and location information and provide a customer-centric service to meet a broad range of tribal, federal, state and local government needs

6. Provide a secure mechanism for governments to share address and location data.

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A Department of Commerce ProposalA Cross-Government Effort

The National Address Database (NAD) will be a multi-

sourced compilation of address and geospatial coordinates,

which offers tribal, federal, state, and local governments

real-time access to the most comprehensive and up-to-

date address and location data available from public and

commercial sources through web-based self-service

channels.

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The Scope of the National Address DatabaseA Database Founded on Government Data Assets

• The NAD will be comprised of a collection of datasets from the following sources:

• State, Local, and Tribal government address data• Federal agency partners (e.g., USPS, NTIA, FEMA, HUD, CFPB)• Commercial data where feasible and/or appropriate

• The NAD will provide data users with: • Address Data

• Postal addresses• Location data (geospatial coordinates)

• Parcel information• Metadata (name, description, date collected, etc.)• No PII will be included in the NAD (names, phone numbers, etc)

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Access to High-Quality Digital Government InformationThe National Address Database is consistent with the Federal Digital Strategy

Info-Centric: builds on efforts to standardize and structure address information, and makes this information available via web-based self-service channels to empower federal, state, tribal, and local users to more effectively manage and deliver location based services

Shared platform: is a centralized service, allowing tribal, federal, state, and local users to share more effectively, and ultimately eliminating the duplication of efforts to assemble address information

Customer-centric: meets a broad range of tribal, federal, state, and local government agency needs

Security and Privacy: provides a secure mechanism for governments to share geospatial information, while ensuring the delivery of services in a manner that promotes efficiency

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Presidential Directives

• Executive Order No. 12906, Coordinating Geographic Data Acquisition and Access: The National Spatial Data Infrastructure, 59 Fed. Reg. 17,671

• OMB, Circular No. A-16, Coordination of Geographic Information and Related Spatial Data Activities

• Federal Information Technology Shared Services Strategy

• Open Government Directive

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Questions?

• Timothy Trainor– Timothy.F.Trainor@census.gov– 301 763-9161