Donald Buhler Cadastral Subcommittee, Bureau of Land Management

Alexandria, VAFebruary 4, 2009

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October 2008 NGAC MeetingNGAC Actions:

NGAC endorsed recommendations in NRC report, and identified a set of comments related to the recommendations

NGAC recommends that immediate action be taken on Recommendation #1 in the NRC report (designation of land parcel coordinator)

NGAC recommends that FGDC, through the Cadastral Subcommittee, convene a stakeholder group to address parcel data issues related to the mortgage crisis

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FGDC Steering Committee ActionsOctober 17, 2008

• Begin addressing the first recommendation from NRC Study, “National Land Parcel Data: A vision for the Future” • Examine the statutory and policy authorities of

BLM to coordinate Federal and national parcel activities.  

• As recommended by the National Geospatial Advisory Council (NGAC)• The FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee will convene a

stakeholder group to address parcel data issues related to the mortgage crisis and the economic recovery bill.

Task: Begin addressing NRC Recommendation #1 on Land Parcel DataNRC recommendation #1: Examine authorities

and capacities of BLM to serve as Federal and national coordinator for integration of land parcel data.

NRC vision:Coordination of multiple sources of dataMinimal set of data attributes (in light of cost, privacy)Presentation/delivery of data through one portalIncentives (mandates or assistance)OST would coordinate for Indian lands and share data

with national coordinator

Federal Lands Parcel Coordinator RoleCoordination

Circular A-16 gives BLM clear lead; statutes provide basis at least for BLM, public domain lands

BLM has strong institutional base; estimated 1 FTE neededPresentation

Likely covered by A-16; statutory basis for BLM, public domain lands

Capacity of “most visible” NILS project uncertain pending BLM and DOI reviews; resource needs probably substantial

Incentives: No authority to enforce compliance absent new legislation

conferring mandate on participating agenciesLimited authority to transfer funds absent Economy Acts

agreement; funds would need to be appropriated, possibly per joint budget initiative

National Lands Parcel Coordinator RoleCoordination

Circular A-16 supports BLM role; statutory basis unclearGood institutional base; estimated 1 FTE needed

PresentationUnclear if A-16 role covers this; no statutory basis foundNILS capacity under review by BLM, DOI; additional

users may demand new functions; substantial resource need

IncentivesNo basis in A-16 or statutes to require non-federal

entities to share data; no clear basis to provide fundingNo existing enforcement or funding resources

Parcel Data - Mortgage CrisisEconomic recovery

Categories of StakeholdersIdentification of ParticipantsStrategy and Action StepsTimelineObservations

Categories of StakeholdersData Sources

Authoritative Data Sources – local govt. (counties – assessors, recorders, parcel mappers)

Trusted Data Sources – publishers at State or regional levels

Consumers and ApplicationsFire and EmergencyRegulatory , monitoring and oversight agencies

StakeholdersCounty Parcel Data•Authoritative Data Source•Most Current Source•Maintained to Support Local Business Needs -------------------------------•Data needs to be standardized•Mapping Needs to be completed nationwide•Support for standardization and completion

State/Regional Hosting•Trusted Data Source•Provides integrated portal or access•Technology to serve to applications--------------------------•Data is standardized and is integrated with state and federal owned lands•Support for collecting public lands, integration and publication

Applications•Built on top of Authoritative and Trusted Data•Serves Business needs and built by business area experts•Uses Core and Core Plus data---------------------------•RAVAR•HAZUS•Mortgage and Financial Analysis

By agreement between Authoritative and Trusted Sources

If state or regional hosted data is not available

Project Level (site specific) request for the most current data

Consumers•Agencies that use applications to support decision making, analysis and reporting

Potential Participants• International Association of Assessment

Officers (IAAO) • FGDC Cadastral Subcommittee (Cadastral

Subcommittee) • Consumers - Federal Times - some of the federal

agencies involved in regulation and response – Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA)– Office of Thrift Supervision (OTS) – Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

(OCC)– Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac– Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)– Others

Strategy and Action Steps• Define the application needed to support the consumer

needs such as including the standard processes and standardized data sets.

• Develop a demonstration of solutions for the Consuming Agencies, including the departments of Treasury and Housing and Urban Development (HUD), as a point of beginning to reach an understanding among all stakeholders concerning what is needed (in terms of data content , technology, standardization, data availabilities etc.)

• Facilitate work with the private sector to develop applications according to standards and consumer needs.

• Document the participation and benefits to all stakeholder groups.

Activities to Date Completed the approach and strategy document Developed and established partnerships with IAAO and NSGIC Assembled teams to do the work

Solutions and Stakeholders Meeting Team – David Cowen Lead Completed initial review of federally available tracking data Assessment of the role of local parcel data Starting planning on the meeting

Valuation team – George Donatello and David Stage – co -chairs Identify pilot areas to test valuation models Documented the standards and approach to valuation models Working on documentation to explain when, how and what of these models

Parcel Life Cycle and Economics Team – David Moyer and Nancy von Meyer co-chairs Develop glossary and bibliography (in progress) Completed comparison of parcel early warning and CDC Define a parcel life cycle that can be used to organize and discuss

stakeholders and processes

Timeline• Refine application needs and document –

(February)• Apply demonstration application and capture

scenarios and results – (February)• Identify stakeholders for meeting – (ongoing)• Meeting with Consumer Stakeholders – (April-

May)• Document meeting results and publish results

to data producers – (May)• Total Project – 3 to 4 months

ObservationsLevel of appropriate public intervention

Legislation to limit lossIncentives to participate

Standardized data sets – not more dataUsability and transparency on a

public/government sitePartnership with public and private

Strengthen relationship of stakeholdersConceptualize the solutions

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