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