Final Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Administrative Units (Boundaries) Data Standards and Database Submission Requirements
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
WASHINGTON, DC 20240
http://www.blm.gov
February 7, 2011
In Reply Refer To:
1202, 1283 (830/560) P
EMS TRANSMISSION 02/09/2011
Instruction Memorandum No. 2011-063
Expires: 09/30/2012
To: Assistant Directors and All Field Officials
Attn: Management Analysts, Data Administrators, and State GIS Coordinators
From: Assistant Director, Business and Fiscal Resources Directorate
Subject: Final Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Administrative Units (Boundaries) Data Standards and Database Submission Requirements DD: 02/28/2011
Program Area: Organization Control
Purpose: This Instruction Memorandum (IM) transmits the final data standard for the BLM Administrative Units (Boundaries) Geographic Information System (GIS) data. This document contains the Bureau GIS data definitions and standards for developing data sets necessary for mapping and/or digitizing all BLM Administrative Units (boundaries) and related spatial elements. State Office (SO) and Washington Office (WO) comments on the draft standards have been carefully reviewed and incorporated into the final plan.
Policy/Action: The data standards for developing and maintaining the BLM Administrative Units (boundaries) in electronic format are found in Attachments 1 through 3 of this IM. All offices must use these data standards when developing, amending, or maintaining electronic BLM Administrative Units (boundaries) datasets.
Time Frame: This standard is effective immediately. Submission of GIS data by each state for all BLM Administrative Units (boundaries) is to be completed within 30-60 days of issuance of this IM. Databases should be submitted to William Lamb, National Operations Center, Spatial Data Coordinator.
Budget Impact: Minimal budget impact. The cost of converting the data to the new data standard shall be offset by monies provided through the Geospatial Services Strategic Plan (GSSP).
Background: This final plan contains GIS boundary data standards for all BLM Administrative Units, including BLM State, District, and Field Offices. These final data standards supersede all previous standards for BLM Administrative Units (boundaries). Some National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) units will be included within this dataset where they are administratively part of the three-tier system. The remaining NLCS units will be located in the NLCS data standard and dataset.
Many BLM geospatial datasets require edge matching between administrative units to ensure that features on adjoining layers are aligned. By developing an official set of jurisdictions for the BLM administrative units, many different BLM programs will be able to edge match their data as well as to accurately identify exceptions to the jurisdictions where needed. This edge matching is critical to the development of seamless national datasets for BLM program data.
Manual/Handbook Sections Affected: This IM and data standard incorporate information and processes from the 1201-Organization Management, 1202-Organization Control, and 1203-Delegation of Authority Manuals.
Coordination: Development of these standards was coordinated amongst WO-830, NOC, ` WO-210, WO-170, WO-350 and representative state GIS coordinators.
Contact: Rebecca Mack, Management and Program Analyst (BLM Business Data Steward and Lead for Organization Management), WO-830 at (202) 912-7082; Alexandra Ritchie Management and Program Analyst, WO-830 at (202) 912-7081; William Lamb, Spatial Data Coordinator, NOC at (303) 236-0911.
Signed by: Authenticated by:
Janine Velasco Robert M. Williams
Assistant Director Division of IRM Governance,WO-560
Business and Fiscal Resources
3 Attachments
1 – BLM Administrative Jurisdictions (boundaries) Data Standard Report (25 pp)
2 – BLM Administrative Jurisdictions (boundaries) Implementation Guidelines (36 pp)
3 – BLM Administrative Jurisdictions (boundaries) Domains (3 pp)