We Need Representatives!
Are you interested in becoming a County Geospatial Representative?
We are looking for County Surveyors, GIS Professionals and others who can speak for the needs of individual Counties to fill out a brief web-based County Scorecard.
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Links

NGS Homepage
NOAA Homepage
National Association of County Surveyors Website

How Well is NOAA Meeting Local Positioning Needs?

National Geodetic Survey (NGS), has developed a new performance metric to evaluate how well it is enabling counties with accurate positioning capacity to the centimeter level relative to the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS). This metric makes use of NOAA's Online Positioning User Service (OPUS), as well as a County Scorecard, to assess county positioning capability and the success of NOAA's products and services.
FY 2008 GPRA Action Plan

GPRA Results

NGS began tracking its progress toward "fully or substantially" enabling counties with accurate positioning. The maps below are the quarterly updates of the percentage of U.S. counties rated as enabled or substantially enabled with accurate position capacity. It is a graphical representation of NGS' Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) performance measure. The Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 seeks to improve Federal program effectiveness and public accountability by promoting a new focus on results, service quality and customer satisfaction. For more information on GPRA click here. NGS's GPRA measure tracks progress in facilitating the capacity of state and local governments and the private sector to utilize accurate positioning information. NOAA will track county level use of its Online Position User Service (OPUS), submitted accepted bluebook data, county scorecard submissions, and indentification of county representatives and State Advisors/Coordinators to determine how well it is enabling state and local governments and the private sector with accurate positioning capacity. Click the maps below for the full image and slide show feature. Just click the 'close' link when you are done viewing to return to this page. Also below is a file containing month by month progress and GPRA targets.

FY 2008 GPRA Tracking Chart

County Scorecard Survey Results

Below you will find the latest results and analyses of the NGS County Scorecard, which is a web-based survey used to obtain feedback from NGS core stakeholders about NGS infrastructure, products and services. This information is used as an input to the NGS GPRA measure and a management tool to improve the services NGS provides. This includes reassessing the workshops NGS provides and who at NGS gives them; supporting areas of the country that have provided feedback indicating a need for workshops NGS provides; and proactively conducting workshops and outreach in States/regions where OPUS-usage is not consistent.
Activities based on Feedback
Combined Results (Nov05-Jan08)
September 2008 Results
January 2008 Results
June 2007 Results
May 2006 Results
November 2005 Results
Analysis of Nov05 - Jun07 Results

Presentations and Updates

Below is a library of County Scorecard Presentations and updates.
April 2008 County Scorecard Flyer
03.07.08 - 2008 ACSM Presentation to the National Association of County Surveyors
January 2008 - NACo Update (ppt)
April 2007 - NACS Newsletter - Measuring Up: Is NOAA Meeting Surveyors Needs?
March 2007 - American Congress on Surveying & Mapping Flyer
03.11.07 - 2007 ACSM Presentation to the National Association of County Surveyors
11.13.06 - County Scorecard Brownbag