Federal Geographic Data Committee
Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data
The next meeting is Tuesday, June 17, 2008 from 9am-12pm at the Department of Commerce, in Room 4813. The Department of Commerce is located at 14th & Constitution Ave., NW Washington, DC 20230. The meeting agenda and more information is available online.
The Subcommittee on Cultural and Demographic Data (SCDD) of the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) is composed of members from Federal agencies that collect or finance the collection of cultural and demographic geospatially referenced data as part of their mission or that have direct application of these data through legislated mandate.
The SCDD’s purpose is to promote the collection, use, sharing, and dissemination of cultural and demographic geospatially referenced data pertinent to the needs of the Nation. These data include the characteristics of the people, the nature of the dwellings in which they live, the economic activities they pursue, the facilities they use to support their health and recreational needs, the environmental consequences of their presence, and the boundaries, names and numeric codes of geographic entities used to report the information collected.
The SCDD engages in the following activities:
- Developing and maintaining government wide standards for the description, documentation, and exchange of geospatially referenced cultural and demographic data.
- Identifying key cultural and demographic geospatial data sets that meet critical national planning and management needs and publishing classification schemes for these data. The subcommittee works to improve access to these data within the restrictions imposed by applicable confidentiality and privacy regulations.
Comments, suggestions, or questions:
Randy J Fusaro (SCDD Chair), E-mail: Randy.J.Fusaro@census.gov
Anne O'Connor (SCDD Administrator) E-mail: Anne.V.O.Connor@census.gov
Fax: (301) 457-4710
This site is maintained by:
Matthew McCready E-mail: matthew.j.mccready@census.gov
