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Position: Associate Director for Geospatial Information and Chief Information Officer—as of March 2007, Ms. Siderelis is on a detail as Acting Chief Information Officer for the Department of the Interior. In her temporary absence, Kevin Gallagher will be Acting Associate Director for Geospatial Information and CIO for the USGS.

Responsibilities: Ms. Siderelis is responsible for creating agency strategies to provide innovative information management solutions, ensuring the integrity of USGS scientific information, and establishing USGS information policy to support its mission. She also provides leadership in coordinating USGS scientific information management with other Government agencies.

Career History and Highlights: Before Ms. Siderelis joined the USGS in her current role in November 2001, she served as director of the Center for Geographic Information and Analysis for the State of North Carolina. While in North Carolina, she managed the State's Geographic Information System service center and oversaw the development and maintenance of a statewide geographic database.

She has been a member and vice chair of the Mapping Science Committee of the National Academy of Sciences and has been president (1998-1999) and board member of the National States Geographic Information Council.

Education: Ms. Siderelis has a master's degree in park management and a bachelor's degree in education from the University in Georgia.