TAX-25-075, Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Strategic Membership

On behalf of NOAA, NESDIS/ACIO-S is acquiring a Strategic Membership in Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to fulfill its mission and its functions. The NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service (NESDIS) /Assistant Chief Information Officer (ACIO) mission and function is a leadership role in the NOAA-wide development of the NOAA Integrated Earth Observation and Data Management systems architecture. Fundamental to its approach in generating guidelines for the implementation of data management capabilities is the commitment to support and leverage the efforts of organizations that are developing open standards to enableand enhance data system interoperability. The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) is a nonprofit, international, voluntary consensus standards organization that was formed to coordinate the development of open standards for geospatial and location-based services. With this acquisition, the OGC w