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EGMO helps USDA organizations use geospatial technologies to achieve their missions.

Operations

The EGMO works closely with agency executives, program directors, GIS practitioners, and external partners to:

• Identify operational best practices, which may be elevated and reused as enterprise solutions
• Define and resolve gaps in geospatial capacity and competency
• Manage geospatial portfolio decisions to reduce duplication, redundancy, and obsolesce
• Create scalable geospatial pilot products and services to foster rapid adoption of new technologies  

Overall Capabilities

The EGMO offers customer capabilities in the following:

• Developing geospatial thinking decision-making tools for executives and program managers
• Optimizing Geographic Information System (GIS) programs and process
• Improving use and value of limited resources
• Creating pilots and prototypes to demonstrate value proposition of GIS

The Enterprise Geospatial Management Office (EGMO) provides leadership for strategy, planning, and operational capabilities