FedGeoDay 2024 | Panel - Empowering Federal Governance

This panel discussion is about empowering Federal governance with open source solutions and data.

Highlights:

• Open data sources 🌐

  • geospatial data 🗺️

  • census.gov 📊

  • NOAA Digital Coast 🌊

  • USGS NGWM 🏔️

• Crowd source data 🤝

  • weather stations 🌡️

  • precipitation data 🌧️

  • National Estuarine Research Reserves 🌳

• Challenges ⚠️

  • data quality control 🔐

  • lack of standards ✖️

  • job descriptions not up-to-date 🧑‍💻

• Call to action 📢

  • respond to Census surveys 📋

  • use census.gov data 📊

  • consider a career in geospatial statistics 🧭

  • contribute to open source projects 🏗️