1: Shared Services
Develop National Shared Services Capabilities Other Information:
Developing shared services is a vital strategy for delivering geospatial solutions faster, for less money, and with fewer
resources. These enterprise approaches take advantage of evolving technologies and methodologies to reduce potential duplication,
create innovative tools and technology, and leverage agency budgets and expertise to accomplish agency mission and support
functions more efficiently, while also improving quality. The Geospatial Platform initiative is a critical component for the
continued development of the NSDI. The Platform is a Web-based first generation service environment that provides access to
a suite of well-managed, highly available, and trusted geospatial data, services, applications, and tools for use by Federal
agencies and their State, local, Tribal, and regional partners. In addition, the FGDC community and its partners will utilize
common cloud computing and enterprise acquisition approaches as mechanisms to leverage technology, close productivity gaps,
and combine buying power across agencies for similar needs. This strategic goal describes how the Federal geospatial community
will work with partners to develop shared service approaches and leverage the Administration's Federal Information Technology
Shared Services Strategy.
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