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<u><span style="color:#1F497D">MESSAGE SENT ON BEHALF OF DONNA PHILLIPS<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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Idaho Geospatial Council Members!<o:p></o:p></p>
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Your input is needed on an important Federal Initiative! The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing for the first time in fifteen years revisions to the Federal Government’s governing document establishing policies for the management
of Federal information resources: “Circular A-130, Managing Information as a Strategic Resource”.<o:p></o:p></p>
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The state of Idaho has some of the greatest leaders in GIS. This is your opportunity to influence federal data policy. Please go to the links below, review the proposed policy and then submit your feedback! The deadline for comments is November 20<sup>th</sup>.<br>
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The proposed revisions are open for 30-day public input at <a href="https://a130.cio.gov/" target="_blank">
https://a130.cio.gov/</a> The public feedback period will start today and close on<b> November 20, 2015.
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You can read more about the release of A-130 at <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/10/20/modernizing-federal-information-policy" target="_blank">
https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/10/20/modernizing-federal-information-policy</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Apple Chancery";color:#17365D">Donna</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Donna Phillips, GISP<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Public Works<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">City of Hayden<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">208.209.2020<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.cityofhaydenid.us">www.cityofhaydenid.us</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:dphillips@cityofhaydenid.us">dphillips@cityofhaydenid.us</a>
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