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Investment Description

The Geospatial Platform is a Web-based capability that provides shared, trusted geospatial data, applications, and services. It is coordinated across Federal state and local governments to create efficiencies and promote informed decision-making. The Geospatial Platform is a strategic national resource that supports the Administration's Open Government, Open Data and Digital Government strategies to enhance transparency, collaboration and participation. The GeoPlatform provides a suite of well-managed, highly available, and trusted geospatial data, services, and applications for use by Federal agencies and their State, local, Tribal, and regional partners to meet their mission needs and the broader needs of the Nation. This investment is managed in Core Science System Mission Area, FGDC, and does leverage geospatial services. In 2020, GeoPlatform.gov, operating under the authority of the Geospatial Data Act of 2018,was initiated.
Agency Department of the Interior
Point of Contact Paul McInerny - CIO
Investment Type Major IT Investments
Bureau Department of the Interior
Mission Support Not Applicable
Shared Service Category E-Gov/LoB initiatives
Shared Service Identifier 3100
TMF Initiatives
  • Not Applicable
FY 2025 IT Spending $3.31 M
Current CIO Rating 4
Data As Of: 03/16/2026

Total Projects

6

Cost Variance

  • 6Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Schedule Variance

  • 6Low
  • 0Medium
  • 0High

Cost Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Cost Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Cost Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Cost Variance
Cost Variance: ((Planned Total Costs - Projected or Actual Total Costs) / Planned Total Cost) x 100

Schedule Variance

  • Low: Projects that have <10% Schedule Variance
  • Medium: Projects that have ≥10% and <30% Schedule Variance
  • High: Projects that have ≥30% Schedule Variance
Schedule Variance: ((Planned Completion Date - Projected or Actual Completion Date) / Project Duration) x 100
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  • This section displays the Chief Information Officer (CIO) Risk ratings for the investment. CIOs rate each investment using a set of pre-established criteria and issue a CIO Evaluation Number that reflects the investment’s ability to accomplish its goals within the current fiscal year. This number ranges from 1 - 5, and the higher it is, the better the investment has been rated to meet its goals.
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  • The IT spending visualization below provides the selected IT investment's spending over 5 fiscal years. The IT Investment's spending is further broken down by Operations & Maintenance (O&M) and Development, Modernization, and Enhancement (DME). For each listed fiscal year you will see:
    • Requested amount - The IT $ amount the agency requested from Congress in the President's budget request for that fiscal year.
    • Enacted amount - The IT $ amount Congress actually funded through that fiscal year's appropriation.
    • Actual amount - The IT $ amount the agency actually spent that fiscal year based on what was appropriated by Congress.
    The availability of data for each fiscal year will depend on where in the federal budget process we currently are, and will continue to be updated as the annual appropriations process progresses.

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  • Project Name Project UID Status Planned Total Cost ($M) Cost Variance (%) Planned Start Date Planned End Date Schedule Variance (%) Schedule Variance (Days) TMF Initiative
    Develop V4.0 Geospatial Platform PLAT-0004 Complete 0 0 0 0 Not Applicable
    Develop V4.2 Geospatial Platform PLAT-0006 Completed 0.5 0 2021-10-01 2022-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
    Develop V4.3 Geospatial Platform PLAT-0007 Completed 0.5 0 2022-10-01 2023-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
    Develop V4.4 Geospatial Platform PLAT-0008 Completed 0.5 0 2023-10-01 2024-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
    Develop V4.5 Geospatial Platform PLAT-0009 Completed 0.5 0 2024-10-01 2025-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
    Develop V4.6 Geospatial Platform PLAT-0010 In Progress 0.5 0 2025-10-01 2026-09-30 0 0 Not Applicable
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  • Metric Description Performance Measurement Category Unit of Measure Reporting Frequency Agency Baseline Capability Measurement Condition Target 2025 CY Latest Actual Result Date of Latest Actual Result Met Target
    Quality Assurance - Degree to which the development environment (for developing, staging and testing code releases) mirrors the production environment to ensure that applications and services work to specifications when made available to users. Strategic and Business Results Percent Monthly 0 Over target 99 99 2025-06-30 MET
    Number of service level agreements for hosting agency data on the platform Strategic and Business Results Number Semi-Annual Over target 35 2022-09-30 MET
    Technical - Percent of time platform is available per month Customer Satisfaction Percent Monthly 0 Over target 99 99.99 2025-06-30 MET
    Number of Federal Agencies who identify in their budget process a recurring funding for NGDA datasets' lifecycle cost Strategic and Business Results Number Annual 0 Over target 16 16 2024-10-14 MET
    Number of Federal Agencies that have workflow processes in place for creating ISO metadata for NGDA in accordance with Federal Geographic Data Committee guidelines prior to publishing on data.gov Customer Satisfaction Number Semi-Annual 0 Over target 16 16 2025-04-29 MET
    Percentage of Agencies that report in the CA Annual reporting using defined data standards in collecting, processing and/or dissemination of the data being addressed Strategic and Business Results percent Annual 0 Over target 60 60 2024-09-30 MET
    Percent of Federal Agencies that report their Geospatial Strategies are complete and approved in accordance with GDA USC 43 2808 requirement and complement the FGDC NSDI Strategic Plan Strategic and Business Results percent Semi-Annual 0 Over target 100 100 2025-04-15 MET
    Results Specific. Percentage of NGDAs Implementation of Data and Metadata Content Standards to maximize data quality and use in accordance with FGDC standards/guidelines.. Strategic and Business Results Percentage Annual 0 Over target 90 100 2024-09-30 MET
    Percentage of Federal Agencies that report maintenance processes in place for their geospatial data to ensure authoritative geospatial data. Customer Satisfaction Percent Semi-Annual 0 Over target 100 100 2025-04-29 MET
    Results Specific. Percentage of compliant NGDA theme data assets with standards compliant metadata and web services endpoints Strategic and Business Results Percentage Annual 0 Over target 90 90 2024-10-14 MET
    Percent of Agencies that report having searched the GeoPlatform for existing sources of data prior to making planned geospatial data investments Financial Performance Percent Annual 0 Over target 60 60 2024-09-30 MET
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