Just published by the FGDC, highlights from 2008. The theme for this year’s report is how geospatial data provide critical support for wildfire response. Other items covered in the report include updates on the following topics:
1. Geospatial Line of Business
2. National Geospatial Advisory Committee
3. Fifty States Initiative 2008
4. International Activities
5. Geospatial One-Stop
6. Standards
7. Imagery for the Nation
8. New Executive Committee

This year marks the third year of the Fifty States Initiative. The primary focus of the Fifty States Initiative is the development of strategic and business plans for geospatial coordination statewide. As of September 2008, 17 States had finished developing their plans and several additional States had plans that were nearly completed.