USGS revisits center consolidation.(GOVERNMENTCONNECTION) From: GEO World | Date: September 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Bev-AL Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) plans to allow mapping centers in Denver and Rolla, Mo., to again compete for the consolidated site of the National Geospatial Technical Operations Center (NGTOC).

A Department of the Interior (DOI) decision allowing the two centers to "re-compete" for the project comes in the wake of congressional pressure. In a statement released in summer 2006, the DOI states that it "directed the action in an effort to comply with the expressed inten...

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