FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Geographic Information Scientists Meet with Six Federal Agencies

Washington, February 8, 2000

Members of the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS) met this afternoon at the Capitol Hill Club with representatives from six agencies of the federal government that are funding geographic information science or geographic technology projects.

Afternoon Federal agency meeting.

As part of the dialogue, each agency representative identified how funding of university research has helped it advance its mission, described currently funded projects involving GI science or technologies, and mentioned upcoming funding opportunities in the context of its requirements.

Participating federal agencies and their representatives included:

U.S. Department of Transportation. Dr. K. Thirumalai, Chief Engineer of Research, Office of Research, Innovation, & Education

National Imagery and Mapping Agency. Dr. Richard Berg, Science Advisor and Chief, Advanced Research and Development

U.S. Geological Survey. Dr. John A. Kelmelis, Associate Chief of Science, National Mapping Division

National Science Foundation. Dr. Nina Lam, Program Director, Geography and Regional Science Program (Download 108K PPT file - right click on multiple button mouse or hold down on single button mouse and "Save Link As")

Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dr. Victor Rubin, Director, Office of University Partnerships and Dr. David Nystrom, Senior Information Technology Advisor, Administrative Office

National Cancer Institute, NIH. Dr. Linda Pickle, Senior Mathematical Statistician, SRP, DCCPS (Download 920K PPT file - right click on multiple button mouse or hold down on single button mouse and "Save Link As"

UCGIS is a non-profit consortium of universities and other research institutions committed to advancing understanding of geographic processes and spatial relationships through improved theory, methods, technology and data.

For more information contact:

Susan McDonald Jampoler

Executive Director, UCGIS

43351 Spinks Ferry Road

Leesburg, VA 20176

(703) 779-7980

execdir@ucgis.org