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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I was passed this report awhile
back but lost track of it. It still has relevance, so I am now forwarding it to
you.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;
color:#1F497D'>Gail M. Ewart, GISP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;
color:#1F497D'>Geospatial Information Officer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;
color:#1F497D'>Idaho Geospatial Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;
color:#1F497D'>Dept of Administration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;
color:#1F497D'>208-332-1879<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;
color:#1F497D'>gail.ewart@cio.idaho.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Papyrus;
color:#1F497D'>http://gis.idaho.gov<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Whitesell, Bruce L <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, June 18, 2009 10:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Nagode, James B; Clark, Douglas R; Crowe, Stacey; Hansen, David T.;
Gault, Gregory J; Heinzer, Thomas J; Johnson, Charles B. Jr.; Paquin, Melanie
J; Peltz-Lewis, Lorri A; Phillips, Mark A; Pucherelli, Michael J; Simms, Ronald
D; Wille, Kurt B; Winslow, David; Young, Gary L.<br>
<b>Subject:</b> A new Congressional Research Service report on GIS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Good Morning,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I was made aware of this report, <a
href="http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40625.pdf"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>http://www.fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R40625.pdf</span></a>
, via the EGIM team. I'll be spending a little time wading through it as
the summary and table of contents grabbed my attention. I think that some
of you might be interested as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Bruce Whitesell<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Physical Scientist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>US Bureau of Reclamation<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Team<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>PO Box 25007, 86-68211<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Denver, CO 80225<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>303 445 2287<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>bwhitesell@usbr.gov<o:p></o:p></p>
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