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Working GroupChair PersonPhone**Architecture and Technology**
Vacant**Users/Historical Data**
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Vacant**Standards**
Vacant**National Boundaries**
Dierdre Bevington-Attardi, Department of Commerce / Census & Brigitta Urban-Mathieux, Department of the Interior / USGS
dierdre.bevington.attardi@census.govburbanma@usgs.gov**UN Global Geospatial Information Management**
Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop, Department of Commerce / Census
301-763-1696
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Working GroupChair PersonPhoneBiological Data
OpenClearinghouseEarth Cover
Thomas Iivari, Department of the Agriculture / NRCS
202-690-0024Facilities
Nancy Blyler, Department of Defense / USACE
202-761-5540Geospatial Applications & Interoperability
Myra Bambacus, NASA
301-286-3215Geospatial Line of Business Working GroupsHomeland Security
Jonathan Hasse, Department of Homeland Security
202-447-3725Marine Boundary
Cindy Fowler, *Co-Chair*, NOAA Steve Kopach, *Co-Chair*, MMS
843-740-1249 303-275-7120Sample Inventory and Monitoring of Natural Resources and the Environment (SIMNRE)
Jeff Goebel, Department of Agriculture / NRCS
301-504-2270Sustainable Forest Data
Paul Geissler, *Co-Chair,* Department of the Interior / USGS Rick Guldin, *Co-Chair*, Department of Agriculture / FS
301-497-5780 202-205-1507Tribal
Ed Liu, *Co-Chair,* Environmental Protection Agency Richard Moore, *Co-Chair,* Bureau of Indian Affairs
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