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    50 States Initiative Note:  The initiative began in 2005 and concluded in 2013 when the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program ended.
This FGDC initiative supported the development and implementation of statewide strategic and business plans to facilitate the coordination of programs, policies, technologies, and resources that enable the coordination, collection, documentation, discovery, distribution, exchange and maintenance of geospatial information in support of the NSDI. The FGDC worked with the National States Geographic Information Council for the initiative. The work under the initiative was supported by the grants issued by the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program. The initiative began in 2005 and concluded in 2013 when the NSDI Cooperative Agreements Program ended.
Status of 50 States Projects 2012****State Strategic and Business Plans
**Strategic and Business Plans by State**Guidelines for Strategic and Business Plans (May 2009)
Strategic Plan Guidelines (pdf)(doc)
Strategic Planning Process Map  (pdf) (doc)
Business Plan Guidelines  (pdf) (doc)
Economic Justification: Measuring ROI and CBA  (pdf) (doc)Progress Reports****
2011 Report (pdf) -  A Compilation of State Case Studies (pdf)
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Federal Regional Perspectives (2009) (pdf)
ROI Work Book (2007) (pdf)-  Building a Business Case for Shared Geospatial Data and Services: A Practitioner’s Guide to Financial and Strategic Analysis for a Multi-participant Program
Appendix A:Instructions for completing Business Case Template (pdf)Worksheets (zip)
Appendix B:Literature Review (pdf)
Appendix C:Washington State Case Study (pdf)Economic Justification: Measuring Return on Investment (ROI) and Cost Benefit Analysis (CBA) (2009) (pdf)
Ensuring Succcess or Failure (2006) (doc)
Success Factors and Pitfalls of Strategic Planning (2006)(doc)
Action Plan for Fifty States Initiative (2005) (pdf)
Value Measuring Methodology (VMM) (2002)
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