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 What opportunities are envisioned for the commercial sector to actively participate in GeoBase? All of the "successful" GIS implementation tasks on defense installations today share one common trait: they all relied heavily on the commercial sector for expertise in all phases of their program; requirements definition, implementation planning, database and application development, and even on-site organizational staffing for program sustainment. In many cases, USAF organizations have relied on the commercial sector so heavily we've neglected to aggressively integrate the use of the organization's GIS investment into our own daily operations. The USAF demand for GIS support from the commercial sector will certainly not lapse anytime soon, regardless of the form the GeoBase effort may formally assume. However, one change the commercial sector should anticipate is the elimination of redundant installation mapping task orders from various base-level mission elements and their replacement with tasks reflecting an integration of multi-functional geospatial information requirements. Another change should be statements of work for geospatial information and services showing more of a standardized process for commercial firms to follow in producing deliverables in a format easily integrated into a corporate georeferenced mission picture. This would include adherence to spatial data content standards such as the TSSDS as well as metadata standards offered by the Federal Geographic Data Committee. The USAF GeoBase vision will not be achieved without unprecedented partnering. This includes partnering between a wing's CE and SC components, partnering across the CE and SC communities Air Force wide, and partnering between co-located installations that could share GeoBase development costs. Partnering is also vital between the commercial and military sectors. All too often contractual relationships between commercial and military organizations begin with mutually high expectations only to gradually decay until both parties are blaming the other for failing to meet expectations. Think for a moment on what circumstances usually lead to this disappointing outcome. The commercial sector obviously secures a competitive advantage by retaining state-of-the-art expertise in the geospatial information technologies. Unfortunately, government employees rarely have the same opportunity to remain abreast of the latest IT developments. For example, in 1993 only one of every 5 IT workers employed by the government was a federal employee while today this federal IT in-house gap has grown to only one of every 8. With no signs of this trend abating, though, a "win-win" outcome still remains very achievable for both the government and commercial parties through GeoBase. Both parties need only to step back from the traditional geospatial information business practices and examine how new proposed tasks could be accomplished more effectively through a corporate "learning consortium" approach, establishing new GeoBase partners in the process. Additional outcomes would include more stable and trusting federal-commercial cooperative ventures. The commercial sector can rest assured that as the USAF GeoBase Initiative moves toward a more formal role still to be determined, they should look forward to improved opportunities to see their efforts lead to long-term enhanced mission performance. « Return to FAQ List Пиццерия, пицца на заказ Сокольники. |
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