GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS

ACSM, actively promotes, monitors, influences and protects the interest of the surveying and mapping professions in the Federal legislative and regulatory arenas through a governmental affairs program.

ACSM’s Government Affairs consultant Laurence Socci monitors and reports on Federal government activities of interest and concern to our members. The consultant also works closely with the members of the ACSM Government Affairs Committee and Executive Director to represent the members’ interests before Congress and the Executive Branch.

ACSM represents the professions in government policy making bodies such as:
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
National Geodetic Survey (NGS), and
Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC).

ACSM represents the professions in such international forums as:
International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
International Cartographic Association (ICA)

Contact Information for US Representatives and Senators can be found using http://www.house.gov/ or http://www.senate.gov/ respectively.  Simply select "Representatives" or "Senators" as approriate.

JGAC Reports

2010 Joint Government Affairs Annual Report (Spring 2010)

2010 Joint Government Affairs Semi-Annual Report (Fall 2010)

For additional information, contact:
Government Affairs Director
American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
6 Montgomery Village Avenue, Suite #403
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
Phone: 240-632-9716, ext.106
Fax: 240-632/1321

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